"All Good Things..." Line-by-Line

[Vanyel]

Q: No and no. (The crowd laughs.) 5 down.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: That's only 4.

 

[Vanyel]

Q: Is it a Romulan plot? Is it a plot to start a war? Those are separate questions.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Did you create the anomaly?

 

[Vanyel]

Q: No, no, no. You’re going to be so surprised when you realize where it came from…if you ever figure it out.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Are you responsible for my shifting through time?

 

[Vanyel]

Q: I’ll answer that question if you promise you won’t tell anyone. (Q leans over to whisper in Picard’s ear.) Yes.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Why?

 

[Vanyel]

Q: Sorry! That’s not a “yes” or “no” question. You forfeit the rest of your questions. (The crowd laughs and jeers.) Oh I expected as much. You’re such a limited creature, a perfect example of why we made our decision. The trial never ended, Captain. We never reached a verdict. But now we have. You’re guilty.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Guilty of what?

 

[Vanyel]

Q: Of being inferior. 7 years ago I said we’d be watching you, and we have been. Hoping that your ape like race would demonstrate some growth, give some indication that your minds had room for expansion. But what have we seen instead? You worrying about Cmndr. Riker’s career, listening to Counselor Troi’s pedantic psyhchobable, indulging Data in his witless exploration of humanity.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: We've journeyed to countless new worlds, we've contacted new species, we have expanded our understanding of the universe.

 

[Vanyel]

Q: In your own paltry limited way. You have no idea how far you still have to go. But instead of using the last 7 years to change and to grow, you have squandered them.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: We are what we are, and we're doing the best we can. It is not for you to set the standards by which we should be judged.

 

[Vanyel]

Q: Oh but it is, and we have. Time may be eternal, Captain, but our patience is not. It is time to put an end to your trek through the stars, make room for other more worthy species.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: You're going to deny us travel through space?

 

[Vanyel]

Q: Hahahahaha! No, you obtuse piece of flotsam. You’re to be denied existence. Humanity’s fate has been sealed. You will be destroyed.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Q, I do not believe that even you are capable of such an act.

 

[Vanyel]

Q: “I”? There you go again, always blaming me for everything. Well this time I’m not your enemy. I’m not te one who causes the annihilation of mankind. You are.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Me?