How would you describe Janeway�s relationship with Seven of Nine?

I think originally it was intended to be a mentor-student relationship, and one could call it that to this day. But it became so many other things. Seven evolved into this really epic character.

I think it was a wonderful opportunity for those writers to illustrate science fiction at its best. What a great idea, here we have a Borgified human trying to adjust to this ship, under the aegis of this extremely human captain, and I think the juxtaposition was just stellar. There�s no way to quite define why.

She has marvellous chemistry with the screen. I was told again and again, we had chemistry together, and the writers, of course, stepped up to the plate, as only they can when they�re given that kind of food. Hence its great success. I think that theirs was a poignant story.

I�m not quite sure that we wrapped it up, but we certainly explored endlessly.