Well, at least we know Shakespeare is a viable literary source some four hundred years into the future.
Irritable alien life force Q (John de Lancie) is back with another challenge for the Enterprise crew, fairly soon after the premier episode eight weeks earlier. However, it seems that the Q he speaks of now is even larger than himself, encompassing an entire but unknowable cosmic entity. Having dealt with Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) previously in 'Encounter at Farpoint', Q now sets his sights on Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes), whom he offers the opportunity to merge with Q himself and become an all powerful god-like being. You have a pretty fair idea how this one will go, but of course, Riker has to see for himself that the crew members he impacts would rather be themselves than accept his life altering offers. The most surprising one was Geordi (LeVar Burton), who gave up his newly acquired eyesight for the restrictive eyepiece that he always wore. Data (Brent Spiner) held fast as well, denying the chance to become human.
You have to wonder if Q, in losing his bet with the Captain, would ever return again since that was the condition of the challenge. I guess we all know better now, but since I'm watching this series just now for the first time after almost three decades, I'll have to wait and see. One final thought though - I don't think I would have minded if Wesley (Wil Wheaton) remained ten years older. He looked like he would have been less annoying.
Irritable alien life force Q (John de Lancie) is back with another challenge for the Enterprise crew, fairly soon after the premier episode eight weeks earlier. However, it seems that the Q he speaks of now is even larger than himself, encompassing an entire but unknowable cosmic entity. Having dealt with Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) previously in 'Encounter at Farpoint', Q now sets his sights on Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes), whom he offers the opportunity to merge with Q himself and become an all powerful god-like being. You have a pretty fair idea how this one will go, but of course, Riker has to see for himself that the crew members he impacts would rather be themselves than accept his life altering offers. The most surprising one was Geordi (LeVar Burton), who gave up his newly acquired eyesight for the restrictive eyepiece that he always wore. Data (Brent Spiner) held fast as well, denying the chance to become human.
You have to wonder if Q, in losing his bet with the Captain, would ever return again since that was the condition of the challenge. I guess we all know better now, but since I'm watching this series just now for the first time after almost three decades, I'll have to wait and see. One final thought though - I don't think I would have minded if Wesley (Wil Wheaton) remained ten years older. He looked like he would have been less annoying.