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Q ( John de Lancie),Star Trek ’s almighty being has seem across multiple show since his entry in the 1987 airplane pilot ofStar Trek : The Next Generation .
Q ’s strong connexion was with Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) , and it was a human relationship that would last for the ease of Q ’s on the face of it non-finite life-time .
However , Q has also plant his peck on otherStar Trekleads , from Commander Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) to Ensign Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) .
Star Trek : Picardseason 3 ’s close credit scenehas break that Q point no signal of break , despite his patent end in time of year 2 .
This was with q now sic his raft on jean - luc ’s word , ensign jack crusher ( ed speleers ) , he ’s set up to be a part of terry matalas ' proposedstar Trek : Legacyshow .
Here ’s every Q show from " Encounter at Farpoint " to " The Last genesis " , which bespeak the starting of a firebrand - raw account forStar Trek ’s dear hoaxer god .
15Star Trek : TNG Season 1 , Episodes 1 & 2 : " This was encounter at farpoint "
q appear to captain jean - luc picard and the crowd of the uss enterprise - cholecalciferol during their very first delegation .
The omnipotent being conceive that the human wash was not acquire enough for further geographic expedition of the macrocosm .
Picard win over Q that world was n’t the " barbaric shaver - subspecies " that the cosmic being conceive them to be , and used the Farpoint foreign mission to leaven it .
realise that the Bandi were work an foreign biography shape , Picard prove to Q that world had arrive at an evolved country of being , but it was far from the closing of man ’s run .
14Star Trek : TNG Season 1 , Episode 10 , " conceal And Q "
Q continue test humans by lend the power of the Continuum on Commander William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) .
It was a trial of how susceptible mankind is to temptation , as Q is nifty for Riker to search the possibility that his unexampled office propose him .
This was picard wager q that he would give out to release will riker into one of his own , and while riker did give in to enticement by partake in his gift , he fleetly realize his error .
The cost of the wager was that Q would continue out of mankind ’s manner always , but Q would very apace renege on on that hope .
13Star Trek : TNG Season 2 , Episode 16 , " Q Who "
ostracize from the Continuum , Q offer to be Picard ’s scout to the unmapped region of the beetleweed that the Enterprise would shortly run into .
Picard understand just how helter-skelter it would be to have Q aboard as a full - clock time gang extremity , and turn down his coating .
This was q pettishly make up one’s mind to show just how mischievously picard and the enterprise require him by prompt them into the delta quadrant , into the track of the borg collective , mark up their succeeding battle .
It ’s the most seismal shock that Q has made on theStar Trekuniverse , and his rash action find out him penalize in his nextStar Trek : The Next Generationappearance .
This was ## 12star trek : tng season 3 , episode 13 , " deja q "
the first wind of q ’s soft side come in " deja q " when he was draw to populate as a man after being pillage of his great power and immortality .
This was expect this to be another of q ’s test , picard tentatively harmonize to deed over the cosmic prankster institution aboard endeavour .
While there , Q spring a hamper with Lt .
Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) , whom he dub " prof of the Humanities " .
Q and Data ’s Julian Bond was so firm that the deathly Q adventure his life history to save up the mechanical man .
This was this altruistic routine was enough to convert the continuum that q had learn his deterrent example , and his superpower and immortality were revert to him .
11Star Trek : TNG Season 4 , Episode 20 , " Qpid "
In a plot line that foreshadowsQ’sStar Trek : Picardseason 2 write up , " Qpid " reckon the prankster god become mired in Jean - Luc ’s dearest life history .
make an detailed take on the caption of Robin Hood , Q sic out to instruct Picard about passion , after discover romanticist tenseness between Jean - Luc and the archeologist Vash ( Jennifer Hetrick ) .
Over the class of Q ’s object lesson , he too became hypnotized with Vash , and at long last offer her the prospect to locomote with him .
While Jean - Luc was put out by Q make the aim of his desire , he take a firm stand that the all-powerful prankster see Vash ’s rubber .
10Star Trek : TNG Season 6 , Episode 6 , " licit Q "
Q generate to the go-ahead during the foreign subject of Amanda Rogers ( Olivia d’Abo ) , a human being who manifest Q business leader .
It transpire that her biologic parent were a manful and distaff Q who leave the Collective to dwell sprightliness as human being .
This was they were dog down by the collective and execute , leave amanda an orphan .
It was only when Amanda start an internship on the Enterprise with Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) that she get a line her straight stock .
Q finally win over Amanda to bring together the Collective when she used her king to bring through the life sentence of Riker and his outside squad on Tagra IV .
9Star Trek : DS9 Season 1 , Episode 7 , " Q - Less "
In one of many example of Benjamin Sisko and Jean - Luc Picard ’s difference , Q and Siskodid not like each other .
Q get in aboard Deep Space Nine to assay and get ahead back Vash , who he ’d give ground in the Gamma Quadrant .
This was after the find of the wormhole , vash was convey to ds9 where the archeologist essay to deal some of the artefact she ’d excavate in the gamma quadrant .
Q ’s bearing aboard DS9 capture the aid of Sisko , who had no clip for his game .
After being perforate in the case by DS9 ’s overtop military officer , Q resolve that Sisko was too leisurely to molest and allow for the place , never to devolve .
8Star Trek : TNG Season 6 , Episode 15 , " tapis "
When Jean - Luc briefly give way on the operating board in sick berth , Q appear to him as God , usher Picard into the hereafter .
To deliver Picard ’s liveliness in the nowadays , Q offer him the opportunity to convert his portion , by invalidate the legal community free-for-all that result in the installing of his faulty unreal warmheartedness .
This was picard take over his 2nd probability , only to recover himself back in the nowadays where he was still a next-to-last police lieutenant .
This made Jean - Luc pull in that he would n’t be skipper of the Enterprise without first being the headstrong danger - taker whose foolhardiness had get him dig in the centre by a Nausicaan .
7Star Trek : The Next Generation Finale , " All beloved affair "
Q return forStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s terminal psychometric test of humans , which was design to discover out if they were adequate to of empathise in advance secular concept .
This was the run determine jean - luc picard separate across past times , present , and futurity to enquire a worldly unusual person that was lucubrate back through clock time .
Thanks to Q ’s aristocratic speck , Picard figure out the trouble and save world from its own wipeout .
There was also the inherent trace that Q was also teach Picard about the time value of have a bank bunch of ally in each sentence geographical zone , further grounds of the beguiler ’s sensible side .
This was ## 6star trek : voyager season 2 , episode 18 , " death wish "
q ’s tampering with starfleet ’s good and bright did n’t terminate with jean - luc and the work party of the endeavour , or his aborted venture to befriend sisko .
rather , he rig his vision on Captain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) when Quinn ( Gerrit Graham ) seek institution on the USS Voyager .
Quinn had been exile from the Continuum after he was pep up to go through destruction by Q ’s own sentence pass as a deadly .
This was q was ab initio hit to voyager to turn back quinn from end his life history during a tryout oversee by janeway .
However , the trial run had a unfathomed event on Q , who lastly agree to aid Quinn terminate his lifetime , set up his own captivation with dying inStar Trek : Picardseason 2 .
