Would he if they asked him nice?

[STEPhon IT]

I don't remember that episode, "True Q" which season is that from? I admit that I am not a big fan of Q after his first appearance on TNG. I think they could of done more with him instead of making him look like Uncle Arthur from Bewitched.

Season 6 of TNG.

Uncle Arthur. Wow, you saw that from the character after watching "Encounter at Farpoint" or from a series of re-appearances? If it was just VOY I think the comparison is spot on.

 

[Oddish]

The Q was just fine before Voyager ruined them. TNG "All Good Things..." did such a great job in closing the book on anything Q; only a good thought provoking story would be a reason to bring the concept back. Star Trek, our heroes has faced deity type characters several times, probably been better to invent a new character in the vein of Q, Apollo, and Trelane. Something VOY could tackle than ruining established characters from TNG.

Kate Mulgrew was close friends with John de Lancie, she lobbied to have him appear on Voyager.

 

[STEPhon IT]

And what good did that do for the character of Q or their Continuum???

 

[Oddish]

Most people consider "Death Wish" to be a good episode. And I thought the first half of "Q and the Gray" was pretty funny.

 

[at Quark's]

Yeah, Death Wish was good. But it gradually went downhill after that.

 

[STEPhon IT]

Most people consider "Death Wish" to be a good episode. And I thought the first half of "Q and the Gray" was pretty funny.

Most people??? Glad to know, you know most people.

 

[Oddish]

Most reviewers seem to think well of the episode. Let's put it that way.

And besides, Riker shows up and flirts with Janeway. Automatic boost to episode cool factor.

 

[Kor]

Agreed, "Death Wish" is just fine. But the Q episodes after that weren't so fine.

Kor

 

[Oddish]

But the first half of Q and the Gray is something of a guilty pleasure for me.

 

[dupersuper]

But the first half of Q and the Gray is something of a guilty pleasure for me.

Yeah: the cosmic war/chase stuff is fun, but once it turns into a civil war reenactment it loses me big time.

 

[Oddish]

Agreed. The best part is when Q is pestering Janeway, bothering the crew, tattooing himself, and cuddling the puppy he conjured up.

 

[STEPhon IT]

Mr. Mork, see TNG episode "True Q", it's a good episode. Far better than "Death Wish".

 

[dupersuper]

Mr. Mork, see TNG episode "True Q", it's a good episode. Far better than "Death Wish".

Despite Oliva D'abo, I must disagree.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Am I vastly misremembering an episode?

They could have gone through at any time if they didn’t feel honor bound to help the planet.

I thought they did ask Q and he gave a response like “Oh I can’t make it that easy for you”.

 

[Oddish]

Q is too capricious for that. He's perfectly happy to make whatever he wants as easy or difficult as he wants. He actually reminds me of the old Greek pantheon... their gods are immortal and have vast powers, but they're all too human in how they behave.

 

[Boris Skrbic]

Since VGR had quite a few episodes that were sort of similar to stories already touched upon on TNG, one option might’ve been for Q to just bring them back for a two-parter. And then of course character shields are artificially dropped and everything goes wrong for almost everyone: the Maquis crew is imprisoned; Voyager is reassigned to fight in the Dominion War; key characters die. The surviving crew members ultimately see the light, and so in accordance with the reset button of victory made famous by the show, Q returns the ship to its original position, leaving the crew with no memories of the experience whatsoever.

 

[Josh Kelton]

Technically, Q might have got them home, albeit not directly. His 'homework' in the episode "Q2" may have actually put them on course for the Borg transwarp hub.

 

[Swedish Borg]

It's been argued by some that instead of imposing the Prime Directive on the Ferengi, Voyager should have just jetted into the wormhole at full impulse, gone home safe, and let the situation sort itself out. At most, simply captured the Ferengi first.

Capturing the Ferengi was a waste of time, the locals had had just about enough of these two clowns and would have gotten rid of them sooner rather than later. You just have to look at how eager they were to burn them at the stake. Janeway should never have intervened.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Yeah: the cosmic war/chase stuff is fun, but once it turns into a civil war reenactment it loses me big time.

I loved the idea behind it. That the Q Continuum and their weapons were so beyond us (and when they fired they were setting off supernovae) they were depicted as Civil War era stuff. It was a genius way around showing gods battling.

Stargate did something similiar, with their evil ascended Goa'uld depicted as a fat guy in a diner.

 

[Oddish]

Technically, Q might have got them home, albeit not directly. His 'homework' in the episode "Q2" may have actually put them on course for the Borg transwarp hub.

I do think that there was a reason why Q didn't just snap Voyager home... maybe they were somehow meant to thrash the Borg before they left the quadrant.