The Next Generation could have been very different if the show had chosen to pursue two huge Commander Riker storylines.

A whole entire Borg cube! Plus that card game at the end. What is even happening here?! The only thing that's missing -- and it's majorly disappointing, I'm not gonna lie -- is Jean-Luc Picard's ...

He runs a research program aboard the repurposed Borg cube and he wields enough power ... Hugh's more recent history in coming episodes of Picard as we learn about this mysterious reclamation ...