[TNG] Season 2, Episode 16 (Netflix: S2 E16): Q Who?
Rating: 4
This episode is a great introduction to one of the best villains, and thus deserves a 4. I also like how Q knocks the crew off their high horse. It’s a nice push back from the high opinion of humans that we often hear in Star Trek.
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Notes:
I’m glad Picard seems as annoyed with this encounter as I am
Geordi gives Sonja, the new ensign, lessons on how not to be such a dork. She must not know much about Geordi
Q wants to talk
We learn that Guinan and Q are at odds and haven’t seen each other for a couple hundred years
Q wants to join the crew because he’s bored. Picard says they don’t need him. Q says Romulans and Klingon are nothing compared to what they will encounter. That’s bold build up
Q sends them 7,000 light years away, where they come across a Borg cube
A Borg drone beams to the ship to check things out. The Borg’s motives in this episode are only to steal technology
They adapt!
The Borg send an ominous message saying they’re going to get what they want
The have a battle. Enterprise loses 18 people and a chunk of their ship, but the Borg seem done. They read minimal life signs still left on the cube
Picard calls a conference to discuss things. Riker suggests they beam over to the cube to learn as much as they can. Guinan’s the only one who thinks that’s crazy
They beam over and find out that the Borg aren’t dead, they’ve just plugged into the ship and weren’t being detected as separate life forms
They also find some Borg babies
When they find out how rapidly the Borg are repairing their ship, they get the hell out of there
The Borg pursue them, and this time Enterprise’s weapons don’t have any effect. Picard gives in and says he needs Q
They realize that the Borg are on their way, and will be back in an awesome episode next season
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