Second Season - Episode 042

Q WHO

Stardate: 42761.3 - 42761.9
Rating: 13 Humour: - Action: ++ Tension: + Romance: -

Alternate Titles: German: "ZEITSPRUNG MIT Q"

Written By: Hurley, Maurice
Director: Bowman, Rob
Executive: Roddenberry, Gene
Co-Executive: Berman, Rick
Hurley, Maurice
Producer: McCullough, Robert L
Line-Producer: Livingston, David

Cast

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Patrick Stewart
Cmd. William T. Riker: Jonathan Frakes
Lt. Geordi LaForge: LeVar Burton
Lt. Worf: Michael Dorn
Counselor Deanna Troi: Marina Sirtis
Lt.Cmd. Data: Brent Spiner
Wesley Crusher: Wil Wheaton
Guinan: Whoopi Goldberg
O'Brien: Colm Meaney
Q: John de Lancie
Ensign Sonya Gomez: Lycia Naff

Plot

The mysterious Q returns claiming that he has been asked to leave the Q-continuum and that he wishes to join the Enterprise crew. He tells Picard that they need him as a guide because humanity is unprepared for what awaits them. When Picard insists they are, Q hurls the Enterprise several thousand light-years away where they encounter the Borg, a race of cyborgs.

Goofs

  • Q snaps with his fingers to send the Enterprise back to the starting point. The ship then turns around to the left. But look at the view of the stars on the screen: they move from right to left. This is the wrong direction.
  • Worf shoots Borg #1, who falls to the ground, his left arm sprawled over his head and his right leg bent in an awkward position. The camera switches to wide-angle, and in that instant the dead Borg changes his position.

Quotes

Picard: "You promised that you would never trouble my ship again."
Q: "I always keep my agreements, sir. Look...we're nowhere near your vessel."

Q: "Ah, the redoubtable Commander Riker...and Microbrain! Growl for me... let me know you still care."

Q: "I add a little spice, a little excitement to your lives, and all you do is complain!"

Q: "It's not safe out here! It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."

Q: "Why? Why, to give you a taste of your future...a preview of things to come. Con permiso, capitan? The hall's been rented, the orchestra engaged...it's time to see if you can dance."

Q: "We'll just have to see how ready you are!"
Guinan: "Q, no!"

Q: "You can't outrun them. You can't destroy them. If you damage them, the essence of what they are remains...they regenerate and keep coming. Eventually, you'll weaken. Your reserves will be gone. They are relentless."

Picard: "If we all die...here, now...you will not be able to gloat!"

Picard: "You wanted to frighten us...we're frightened. You wanted to show us that we are inadequate...for the moment, I will grant that. You wanted me to say that I need you...I need you!"

Q: "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you had better go back home and crawl under your bed."

Picard: "Q might have done the right thing for the wrong reason. Perhaps we needed a good kick in our complacency to get us ready for what's ahead."

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