"The Gift" is the second episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the 70th episode overall. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis crew of the starship USS Voyager after they were stranded in the Delta Quadrant far from the rest of the Federation. The episode marks the last appearance of Kes until the season six episode, "Fury."

After recent events, USS Voyager still remains without working warp propulsion and is infested with Borg technology. Seven of Nine, the Borg drone saved from the destruction of her cube, has her connection with the Borg collective severed. She is now able to function as an individual, but she is shocked by the change and still refers to herself in the first person plural. Her body nevertheless starts to heal and reject Borg technology. The Doctor decides that he should remove her Borg implants so she can recover.

The Doctor hesitates to operate on a patient who refuses medical attention, but Captain Janeway, who believes that Seven of Nine is unable to make decisions for herself in her current state, convinces him to do it. During the operation, she starts to have a seizure, caused by an implant in her brain. Kes uses her increasingly powerful telepathic abilities to disable the implant and stop the seizure.

The Doctor removes as much of the technology as possible, save for those that are too much part of her vital systems, but Seven of Nine is upset by the result. She is not used to being an individual and she repeatedly demands that she be returned to the Collective. Janeway refuses, and asks her to help with removing the Borg technology in Voyager's systems.

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