True Q

[Neutral Zone]

Recentky I watched the ep True Q, to refresh those who have not seen it for a while:
On the Enterprise is a girl with the the powere of the Continuum. And our old friend Q has come to collect her. He has to persuade that she has only one choice. otherwise she has to die because of the power that she has. [I think that just about covers it?].

Why the death threat? The Continuum have the power to take away these powers, they did when they were mad at Q in Deja Q. Can't remember the ep but they/he even gave Riker the power for a while. So, why the drastic measure of the death penalty if she didn't join them?

 

[startrekwatcher]

I never much cared for this episode. It isn't awful just really boring and I could have cared less about Amanda and the Q in this one.

 

[Char Aznable]

If I remember correctly, It was John Delance who asked to include the bit about killing Amanda. He said he wanted to bring back some of Q's earlier menace.

 

[Jbarney]

I've always thought the use of the powers of the Q was pretty inconsistant. If you watch all of the Q episodes there are a lot of issues with the way the writers used/changed the powers of the Q.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

Don't forget the "I Dream of Genie" hand waving. That was, like, totally the bomb, yo.

 

[Unicron]

I'd have to go back and rewatch the ep, but I seem to recall the issue with the death threat had to do with the Continuum's fear that unless Amanda accepted Q's guidance and joined them, she could become a very grave threat without the ability to control her powers. Not unlike how Quinn got himself and the VOY crew into a degree of trouble when he tried to use his powers to commit suicide.