"Riker Zero" before being changed in post-production.

This is the last of three TNG episodes to feature a Borg cube, which had been present during the Borg's previous two appearances. The ship design went on to make reappearances in Star Trek: First Contact, DS9 pilot episode "Emissary", and numerous episodes of Star Trek: Voyager.

Despite Locutus' dismissal of Data as a "primitive artificial organism" who would be "obsolete in the new order," the Borg Queen seems to take a far greater interest in Data during the events of Star Trek: First Contact. This is either an inconsistency, an indication that the Borg had reevaluated Data's importance, or was merely an attempt to convince him to surrender the command codes locking out the Enterprise main computer.

While several science fiction publications havevoted "The Best of Both Worlds" Star Trek's finest piece and even in some cases one of science-fiction television's finest pieces, Michael Piller and Cliff Bole have both stated that they felt Part II was a letdown after the strong buildup of Part I. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)

Of this episode and the previous installment, Cliff Bole has also stated, "They turned out very well [....] The two episodes really go together, and I wouldn't put it past Paramount to release them theatrically in the foreign market. However, I did think that Part Two's ending was a bit of a cop-out. We ran out of time [....] You would like to do a bigger ending, and not one so claustrophobic that it takes place in the ship's