The summer after this aired, Patrick Stewart was on vacation in Florida. He stopped at a red light. Another car pulled up beside him, and the driver recognized him. He yelled out the window to Stewart, "You ruined our summer!"

This is easily, by far, the single best cliffhanger in television history.

Now you have to wait three months to watch part 2 to get the full cliffhanger experience.

Much has been said about this episode over the past 30+ years... and Katrina’s “FUCK!!!” sums it up perfectly 👍

I always laugh when Geordi does the unnecessary barrel roll.

"You judge yourself against the pitiful adversaries you've encountered so far. The Romulans. The Klingons. They're nothing compared to what's waiting." Truer words...

"I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile. Your life as it has been is over. From this time forward, you will service us." Chills... every time

- The original viewers had to wait 3 months + 6 days for part 2 - Part 1 was written without knowing how part 2 would resolve - This episode is said to have started the TV tradition of season-ending cliffhangers - Ron Jones composed the iconic music for the episode

I love how Katrina is now even more invested in Star Trek than I was as a little kid watching at for the first time. And I was *real* invested in Star Trek as a kid, ha ha.

The summer of 1990 was very, very long. I cannot describe how shocking this was at the time. Even as a 9-year-old, I knew that. Cliffhangers were rarely a thing in television at the time, especially at the end of a season, and absolutely not for Star Trek. ....Seriously, those fourteen weeks were painful. 😂

This episode made TNG blow up. I still think it's funny that Michael Piller wrote the episode thinking someone else would have to come up with a resolution to his enormous cliffhanger, since he had not thought of one. 😆

I still remember watching this and having to wait 3 whole months for the resolution! It was crazy! And I can't think of one cliffhanger episode that works as great as this one. It is so "immediate" with no time to spare.

That Duh Duh Duh at the end of the episode still gets me. The whole score for this episode is so good and helps raise the tension throughout and the distinctive Borg sound track is eerie. Good a and B plot. It stands up well today. I only had to wait a week in the uk because we got the episodes later than the US. I still remember one of my friends phoning and leaving a message on my answer phone telling me to watch that Star Trek episode (I was!) as “the new aliens are so cool”.

I love the tension between Shelby and Riker. It's a rare moment the show actually has tension between characters, as well as really examining what Riker's goals are and how much he has changed. The scene with Troi is excellent because feeling a bit insecure like Riker does words like 'experience' and 'seasoned' all sound like euphemisms for tired and washed-up. Now i'm about the age Riker is in this episode, I can appreciate how he feels because you do begin to look around and notice younger people doing what you USED to do and wonder if you've lost a step. It can be hard to recognise what you've gained and how happy you really are.

The next episode I can't wait for is season 4 episode 2. That one was so powerful.

What I love is the comment about how silent they’re being, and Paula’s obvious tension, even though she’s already familiar with the outcome. It’s amazing how a good story can stress you out every time you relive it.

Ah, we come to it at last. The ONE episode that made EVERYBODY VERRRRRY NERVOUS!

I immensely enjoyed watching the Girls watch this season! I never expected to enjoy watching Katrina tear up to just about every single episode, but I loved that she's so affected by the quality of a true season of Star Trek!

If you had a computer in 1995 and were a Star Trek fan, you had the "Resistance is futile" wallpaper with Bill Gates as Locutus.

First! Also here before CBS tries to block anything. Keep up the great work ladies!!!

My dad had a role in this episode. It's such an important accomplishment in cultural history, I will always take pride in that.

I found myself laughing at Katrina's reaction in solidarity to the feelings.

I'm more looking forward to Katrina's reaction to 4×2, which is my favorite character building episode of the entire series

Best of Both Gals. This is the 'who shot JR' of sci-fi, basically letting the world suffer in suspense as a whole load of contract negotiations go on. But desperation also leads to damn good drama. Please make Katrina wait a month until the reaction to part 2..

The music for this episode is absolutely outstanding! Also I really like Shelby. It is so nice to see a female guest star who is not a love interest.

I attended an SF convention the summer this season ended. Melinda Snodgrass, one of the producers, was a guest. She never dropped a spoiler, but its was all anyone talked about.

that ending never fails to give me goosebumps.

The Borg broke into the house and took away the crew's paternal figure--that was a gut punch.

Katrina as a ball of tension all episode is what they call, "a mood."

The OG Borg cubes are canonically a "perfect" cube of 3 kilometres along each axis. So yeah, pretty big.

"Death is irrelevant." If THAT isn't chilling...

Yes! My most anticipated Katrina reaction after Yesterday’s Enterprise! 😆 (An’ sorry, Katrina. It was definitely one of the first biggest cliffhangers I remember watching on television. Plus the wait..)

The greatest cliffhanger in television history !

Widely regarded as one of the greatest cliffhangers in TV history, and helped popularize season-ending cliffhangers, which became pretty standard for adventure shows throughout the 90s. I was 9 years old when it aired, and it was my first real cliffhanger, the first one where I had to *wait* for what happened next. An entire summer, which is basically forever when you're 9. It was excruciating! The one thing that really stands out to me this time around is the music. It is so tense and so good, from the use of choral elements to the minor-key use of the Trek theme when you first see Borg!Picard, all building and building until it hits those final chords as Riker gives the order to fire... and then just leaves you hanging, waiting all goddamn summer to see it. I've been around since before y'all split off from that other channel and you've been among my favorite reaction channels from the start. I've loved watching your journeys through TNG, Doctor Who, and ATLA, and I even finally gave in and watched season 4 of Rick and Morty to keep up with you! I'm so glad to see you hit this milestone, especially with it hitting around the same time (at least from our perspective) as the Doctor Who 50th!

Awesome episode, very much looking forward to you seeing part 2, shout out to the music and sound fx and background tension throughout this episode that it produces, truly great television.

Inasmuch as you can enjoy someone's suffering, bless Katrina for going through this emotional ringer for our enjoyment. :) It's so fun to watch someone experience this epic cliffhanger for the first time, truly one of the greatest TV two-parters of all time.

My dad was a sci-fi fan and I would sit with him when ever he watched Dr Who, Star Trek or any other show. I was about 7/8 years old when this episode aired in the UK and I lost my tiny mind and went bananas asking him how they was going to beat the Borg and get Picard back. Safe to say I was sitting with my nose up against the screen waiting for it to start when it came back. 🤣

"Dun! Dun! Dun!" "Dun! Dun! Dun!"..... network TV cliff hangers back then :D

The answer to the question “how do you keep a Trekkie in suspense for three months?”

Let’s be honest when this episode came out it was terrifying

There's a Christmas card out there somewhere that was produced around this time (which I gave to a fan friend one Christmas). That has a picture of Picard as "Locutus" on it, but they've edited a Santa Claus hat onto his head and the caption inside reads: "Seasons Greetings are Irrelevant!"

So glad Katrina managed to remain relatively unspoiled. At least she won't have to wait an entire summer to see part 2, like we did back in the day... Fun fact..."Resistance is Futile" was actually uttered in the final episode of Space 1999 back in 1977...

Gotta Love how she complains about having to "wait" when us old Geezers had to wait literal MONTHS to see the conclusion when this first aired! (it was AGONY) Also, that bid of dialogue; "I would rather DIE!" " . . . . . . .Death is Irrelevant." makes my stomach drop through the floor every time I hear that.

And so begins the Borg in earnest, past their 'trailer' moment shown in the Q theater. I really hope you two cover the other Star Trek series, be curious to see your views of the Borg evolve over time. Looking forward to part 2!

One if the best cliffhangers ever. I watched it when it first aired, but my country was like two years behind and the episodes aired daily. So I get to watched the next episode the next day.

Haha Paula, that grin on your face at the end as Katrina cries. You're evil! 😁

And boom goes the dynamite! Paula playing coy...it's FULL title is.🤣 Bring on Season 4!🖖

When you started your 'Get Warped' series, I was also on my Star Trek Marathon. I had already finished ENT, had started TOS, then went onto TAS, TNG, DS9, and now I am on season 6 of Voyager. By the time you guys finish, I might be back to rewatching season 1 of TNG again 😂

Imagine being a young nerd and having to wait 3 - 4 months before seeing the continuation. Feel the pain of us older millenials and gen xers young ones... To me this is one of the finest 2 parters in the history of tv.

And of course the first character on screen is the most important man in Starfleet's history. Miles O'Brien.

Worf's petulant "He _is_ a Borg." is just hilarious in such a dark moment.

Even after all these years, this still remains one of the all-time best Star Trek stories in the ENTIRE franchise. I still remember how nail biting it was seeing it for the first time and having to wait many months for the second part. There is so much awesomeness throughout this episode and I loved the initial rivalry between Riker and Shelby. It's quite a nice callback to the very first TNG episode how Riker, being in command now, has to be told he has to stay on the ship (which is what he's always said to Picard). The Borg look and sound more epic and unstoppable than before. I also always love listening to the score for this episode too. It's so epic!

I think just about every Trekkie felt like Katrina does now when this first aired. I know I sure did. She has become one of us for real.

I really enjoyed this episode I remember seeing it for the first time right before the series finale. They were doing a special weekend with a bunch of episodes to say goodbye to the series. I was at my grandparents house for the weekend.

Couple items of note. This episode is what set the standard for season ending cliffhangers. Second Elizabeth Dennehy who played commander Shelby is the daughter of actor Brian Dennehy

It's been a delight to see Katrina react to the series to this point. It reminds me so much of how it was for me when I watched the show during it's initial run. These days where information and spoilers come about so easily, it's remarkable you can still experience the show the way we did back then. The writers wrote themselves into a corner with this episode. They had no idea how to resolve it, and didn't start working on it until they started to write the next season. Patrick Stewart was worried at the time that they were writing him out of the show. When he originally signed on to the series, everyone advised him that the show wasn't going to work, and he'd be lucky they would finish the first season. So he figured he'd get paid for a bit of work and then go back to the UK in a few months. This has turned out to be three solid seasons of work that he's gotten to enjoy, but now that may or not change in the coming season. The hiatus kept everyone in suspense, including cast, crew, writing and production, not just the fans. I guess the question now is are you guys going to wait as long as the original hiatus before getting to Season 4?

Legitimately one of the best Trek episodes of all time and one hell of a cliffhanger.

Oh wow, I assumed Paula had seen the show on VHS/DVD/maybe some reruns like me, but she mentioned seeing it for the first time on Netflix! I feel so old and I'm only early 30s lol

Back then it was considered the greatest TV cliffhanger

"He IS a Borg!" Worf sounded like he was crying.

Kat’s reactions are hilarious to watch. Compared to the two of you, I remember watching this cliffhanger in first-run on Santa Clara’s KNTV Channel 11. Waiting three months was quite painful. I’m waiting to see Kat’s reaction to “eyes in the dark, one moon circles...”

13:01 - ... And then we had to wait 4 MONTHS to know what happens next! 😱😱😱... 😂 Lucky Katrina has only one week! 14:14 - That is hilarious since it makes 100% sense to have the Doctor on this mission as her medical expertise might have been necessary to make sure they could get Picard alive; and to think she might not have been on it had she not complained.

7:02: “ Warp 9, course 151 MARK. 330 ENGAGE.” Like a Boss.

I've watched all their Dr Who stuff but have resisted watching the trek rxns - then this week I saw "Best of Both Worlds" come up and I HAD to take a peek. To my mind this two parter remains the most intense trek ever put on screen. (Possibly excepting The Wrath of Khan)

Finally, we've all been waiting thru this great season to see this specific reaction. :)

You witnessed one of the best cliffhangers of TV history. Your tears towards the episode finale moved me a lot.

Paula enjoying herself way too much with that "To be continued" lol

There's an episode of the Ready Room to which Wil Wheaton is interviewing Jonathan Frakes & Elizabeth Dennehy. They mentioned this episode and how no one knew what was going to happen with the next part and they mention how Michael Pillar who wrote the episode was all set to leave so he was like "I just made it as bad as I could for them, then I get a call over the summer that we need you to come back, so I had to fix it"

9:47 I got a friend who does a lil pro wrestling....and when he went to Japan for a few weeks to do some matches there, he noticed the crowd being VERY quiet during his fight. He called me up that night and he said it was so quiet, I told him "you did GOOD, then". In Japan, a quiet audience means they love when they are seeing. Being quiet means what ya see it good. :)

Best cliffhanger in television history, I can't imagine having to wait an entire Summer to find out what happens.

Imagine watching this back in the day, and having to wait 3 freaking months!

Although I can't find the reference now, I remember reading that they were suspecting the series was going to be cancelled and they wouldn't have to write the conclusion for this, but then it was renewed and Piller's contract was renewed and they had to figure out how to write the second part. The "what-if" scenario for if the series ended right there is parodied in the movie Galaxy Quest, where the last episode of the fictional TV show had ended with a Best of Both Worlds style cliffhanger, never to actually show the conclusion.

They also wrote part 1 without having a part 2 written...they had no idea how to resolve this episode and spent then entire summer figuring it out

Waiting months just for this reaction!! One of the best cliffhangers on any show, ever!! Katrina is taking it better than I thought! Hahaha!!

It was Very cute how Paula brought the mic into the frame and said,"To be continued"

When you show Katrina some TOS episodes, obviously, "The City on the Edge of Forever" must be among them. That's not even a question, but also "Bread and Circuses" must be there. Among other virtues, it has the single most exciting beam out in Trek history.

So, "The Best of Both Worlds" two-parter was the first ever episode(s) of TNG I ever saw. When Part 1 finished, my reaction to the ending was identical to Katrina's. I couldn't believe I had to wait for Part 2...and then Part 2 immediately followed and all was right-ish with the world.

Yeeaaa Katrina has finally watched Best of Both Worlds pt.1

Ah good old Locutus. I feel like this is the first time on this channel and going back to Fan Theory that Katrina has been genuinely broken. It's happened a couple of times with Paula and DW but I think this tops the list of Galifrey Gal broken reactions. Picard as a Borg is one of THE iconic images of Star Trek TNG, and maybe to this day the franchise as a whole.

You guys don't know how good you have it with streaming these episodes, I remember when this episode first aired and having to wait an entire year to see what happened with picard

Paula's got a pretty good poker face. TNG just got real. Katrina's going to implode if she doesn't get some resolution soon. I like BoBW a lot, but I like the third part "Family" the best. Of course, without the cliffhanger and resolution, it wouldn't mean much.

just so you know...this cliffhanger's conclusion broke TV records in its original aired date

What I love most is this: The guy who made the Borg prosthetics let his son help. His son found a neat little pen laser that he thought would look cool on the headpiece. They had no idea prior to filming the shot that it would produce a visible beam as Patrick Stewart turned toward the camera. They thought they were just putting a cool red light on the head prosthetic and accidentally created one of the most iconic shots in all of Star Trek.

Please start season 4 next week I don’t think Katrina could go longer than that without seeing Part 2

At least you don't have to wait a whole summer to see what happened next, as I did when I watched this first run! Oh man, this was the best cliffhanger the show ever produced IMHO. Such a nail biter. What's going to happen next?

That was a hard ass summer when it first came out. Next Gen was made before the internet so there were no spoiler sites, or message boards...Just nothing until the new episodes came out...

Holy crap. That was a LONG ass summer. My first semester at college was in the fall and I remembering crowding into a tiny college dorm room to watch TBoBW Part II on an equally tiny TV set. It was HOT and claustrophobic in that small room, but, damn it, I was gonna find out what happened next!

I'll never forget watching this when it first aired with my family, literal screams at the end... and then to wait half a year to see the conclusion!!! Arrrrrgggg... Touché, TNG.

"WE ARE BORG. YOUR BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS WILL ADDED TO OUR OWN. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE."

Those of us who were fans of the show when it originally aired had to wait four months for the premiere of season 4 to find out what happened - so I think that Katrina should wait four months for the next episode to really get the full emotional experience of fan agony in 1990!

I don'tknow if Katrina knows this but there are some Doctor Who graphic novels and in one the Cybermen team up with the Borg.

“Resistance is futile” didn’t originate here; together with the variation “resistance is useless” it was already a well-worn science fiction cliche. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was already making fun of it with a Vogon guard in the mid 70s. But TNG earns a high score for taking an oldest-one-in-the-books supervillain line and turning it into something truly chilling and memorable.

Of course it shoud be noted that when the Borg came up with their catchphrase, they were heavily 'influenced' by the Vogons' "resistance is useless!"

This episode is the finest example of space opera.

And now imagine having to wait until September to see the next part, just like we did!

I get here, and the episode isn't blocked. Huzzah! I remember the first time I saw this episode. Hard thing for a twelve year old. I live in Australia. It took nearly a year to get part 2. I will also say that this was during Patrick Stewart's contract renegotiations. The guy was a Shakespearean stage actor before Trek. There was no guarantee TNG would get to S2, let alone keep him longer than S3.

ITS HERE! THE EPISODE REACTION IS HEEEERRREE!!! Now it's time to watch and enjoy haha

When I watched this the 1st time...I got to wait 3 months for the Enterprise to fire it's weapon

I remember watching this when it was new. This was the cliffhanger of all cliffhangers. Had to wait like 3 months for the 2nd part.

I dare you to wait 3 months to watch the second part the way we had to wait back when it was aired. Suffer the same agony! That cliffhanger with NO idea about the show's future, or movies, or future spinoffs--no idea what's happening to Picard... Absolutely agonizing to wait!