 In 2015, WhatCulture ranked this the 26th best episode of all time in the "Star Trek" science fiction universe.They praised this for mixing action and character development on Seven of Nine's quest for her humanity.In 2017, Netflix announced that "Dark Frontier" (1 & 2) was among the top ten most re-watched "Star Trek" episodes on their streaming service, excluding the first two episodes of each series (e.g.