More like we will return to the Prime Universe when we see Brian Brophy as Maddox. This is an alternate universe. (And also Ceti Alpha V.)
Season 2 finale: Q snaps his fingers, turns out to be Brian Brophy. All that is good in the universe is restored.
Then Q-Broph smacks Picard and tells him, "You, mon Synth Capitan, are property of Starfleet! Know thy place! The android trial never ends!!!!!!"
Yesterday was Brian Brophy's birthday and none of you Brophy worshippers acknowledged the day? I'm very disappointed in you. More to the point, so is he...
Brophy is the watcher and the watched. Every day is his birthday. He exists outside of our linear corporeal universe
I heard Oscar himself wanted the award to be renamed "the Brophy." But then he thought better of it when he realized no one but Brian Brophy could be awesome enough to deserve it and win it.
Great Brophy interview! Talks about his early life, family and being a teacher, being neurodivergent, Star Trek (TNG and Picard), and a long discussion of the Shawshank Redemption. https://www.stitcher.com/show/monday-morning-critic Ep 272 "The Shawshank Redemption" - Dec 24, 2021