The following contains spoilers for Star Expedition: Picard Flavor ii, Episode 8, "Hide and Seek," streaming now on Paramount+.

While Q may non exist the major antagonist Star Expedition: Picard Season 2 initially presented him to be, in that location are other enemies marshaling forces. The Borg Queen has taken control of Agnes Jurati'due south body and embarked on a fiendish mission, allying herself with the unscrupulous scientist Adam Soong. And while the Queen intends to start the Borg Collective centuries earlier than predictable and Soong reshapes the course of human history, Jean-Luc Picard and his associates are the only ones able to cease this duo from carrying out their plans.

Chris Rios is barely able to evacuate Teresa and her son from La Sirena in time as the Borg Queen and her drones teleport to Picard's abandoned vineyard to take it over. The Queen attempts to gain full access to the ship'south systems, but to discover Jurati installed a fail-safe to prevent this. A hard light simulation of Elnor is activated, attacking the Borg drones while the Queen's frustration visibly grows and her small-scale army advances on Picard and his forces in the nearby château.

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Every bit the defenders face waves of Borg drones, Rios is wounded and teleported back to Tallinn's abode with Teresa and her kid. Thus, Picard ensures that Rios stays out of the rest of the fight, much to his understandable chagrin. Soong appears on the battlefield and implores Picard to stand up downward and let him and the Queen secure his legacy, simply Picard rejects this and takes cover in the château with Talliinn. As Picard and Tallinn hide in the network of tunnels underneath the château, more than repressed memories from Picard'south childhood emerge of the young Picard going into the tunnels with his mother and releasing her from her room, but for her to commit suicide.

Seven of Nine and Raffi Musiker keep a drastic charge to board La Sirena, contesting through waves of drones in the vineyard before managing to make it back to the ship. Reuniting with the hologram of Elnor, Raffi and Seven realize Elnor possesses the code allowing admission to the ship systems and work to go along him from the Borg'southward grasp. With Elnor interfaced to the ship, Seven begins effulgent drones away using La Sirena's transporter.

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With the Queen wearing a transport inhibitor, she evades Seven's strategy to forcibly remove the Borg from the transport and confronts the trio herself. After deactivating the Elnor hologram, the Queen gravely injures 7 before assuming primary control of La Sirena. However, Jurati intervenes earlier the Queen can stop off Seven. Jurati proposes the Queen repurpose the Borg Collective to be a beacon for second chances, offering to maintain a sense of individuality to its members while growing and thriving. After a moment's consideration, the Queen heals Seven, though she is partially assimilated once once again.

As Picard and Tallinn emerge from Château Picard's tunnels by the dawn's early lite, they are confronted by Soong and a detachment of drones under his command. Rios arrives on the scene only in time to accept out the drones, and Soong runs after an energy weapon nigh detonates in his hand. As the merged Jurati-Queen takes command of La Sirena to lead information technology into a new future, Picard and the others realize they must rally to stop any Soong'due south last-ditch effort may exist to derail the Europa mission.

Created past Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer and Alex Kurtzman, Star Trek: Picard releases new episodes Thursdays on Paramount+.