"Death Wish" Line-by-Line

[LeadHead]

Janeway: Is this possible?

 

[Orac]

Q: No. It's a ridiculous idea. You would never understand.

 

[LeadHead]

Tuvok: My client has a right to ask for an inspection of the living conditions that have led to his suffering, Captain.

 

[Enterprise1981]

JANEWAY: I would agree with that.

 

[Athena28]

Q: I suppose you have some crazy idea how to pull this off?

 

[CoffeeAddict]

QUINN: Yes.

 

[hux]

(Quinn whispers in Q's ear.)

Q: Only if.

 

[Orac]

Quinn: Fine, fine.

 

[LeadHead]

Q: We've agreed on a format for this little sojourn, but I still believe it's ill-advised.

 

[hux]

JANEWAY: I'll be the judge of that. Whenever you're ready.

 

[LeadHead]

Both Q and Quinn start to raise a hand to transport them.

Q: No, please.

Quinn gestures and all of them zap away, ending up on a barren, desert road.

 

[Orac]

Janeway: This is the Q Continuum? A road in a desert?

 

[LeadHead]

Q: I told you so.

 

[Orac]

Quinn: This is a manifestation of the Continuum that we hope falls within your level of comprehension. This way.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

[Roadside building]

(A man and woman in 1920s clothes are playing croquet on an immaculate lawn, with planets for balls. A scarecrow in Starfleet uniform stands nearby. The sign over the door says Never Closes and the clock has no hands. A man puffing on a pipe is reading a book called The Old while a young woman reads a magazine called The New. Someone plays the Continuum Galaxy pinball machine. The group walk past a panting bloodhound.)

JANEWAY: Good afternoon.

 

[Orac]

Quinn: I apologise for their lack of hospitality, Captain. We're not used to visitors here. In fact you are the only ones who've ever come.

 

[LeadHead]

Tuvok: Then what is the purpose of the road?

 

[JanewayRulz!]

QUINN: The road takes us to the rest of the universe, then it leads back here. An endless circle.

 

[hux]

JANEWAY: This was your existence before your confinement?

 

[Orac]

Quinn: I traveled the road many times, sat on the porch, played the games, been the dog, everything. I was even the scarecrow for a while.