@misnomer I loved the Borg, too but they watered them down a bit at times. I don't remember specifics of the episode but I agree in general. The whole episode has resemblance to the Picard "Family" one in a way that it has some good character parts and gives us backgound story but kind off just roles along.
@finfan yes, Family was mostly about Picard, whereas Brothers felt like some sort of similar episode about Data. Unfortunately, the latter is nowhere near as emotionally engaging as the former. I absolutely loved the Borg on TNG, but where I feel they were truly watered down was in Voyager. They humanised them a wee bit too much by then (Seven of Nine being a partial example of it). They were definitely more ruthless, creepy and "raw" during TNG.
@misnomer Voyager was definately over-borged but I really liked Seven. Not because of her looks - well, OK, yes a bit of that too - but because she was opposition to Janeway where the rest of the crew was mostly the little ducklings walking behind Mother Duck.
But I agree, the Borg were better in TNG - singleminded and much more dangerous.
Shout by kinkyVIP EP 6BlockedParent2018-08-03T20:56:38Z
I thought the Borg were a formidable foe until I watched this episode. It's impressive (and somewhat creepy) how quickly and easily Data can take over the Enterprise and leave everyone defenseless (or even simply killing everyone on board with minimum effort). Hacking Data must be quite the fun hobby in the future.
It's always fun to see Lore, but the whole "family reunion" thing was rather underwhelming.