- The Enterprise encounters Q again, and he tempts Riker by endowing him with the powers of the Q.
- The indefatigable Q appears again, still not convinced that humans are a race worth saving and wanting to test them yet again. This time he focuses on Commander Riker and sets out to prove that mankind will not do the right thing when the opportunity presents itself. To prove his point, he vests in Riker all of his powers convinced that the old adage about absolute power corrupting absolutely will prove to be true. Riker is obviously tempted to play God but his assumptions about giving people the opportunity to be whatever they want doesn't go over quite well. Picard knew that the experiment would fail and wins his wager with Q.—garykmcd
- The Enterprise's urgent rescue mission to a planet colony in distress after an explosion is interrupted by Q. He feels nothing takes priority over his plan, a 'game' in which humanity, notably Riker, can win an unsurpassed prize or perish with his Q-selected away party. It's a Napoleonic battle against uniformed monsters. The captain is left in his disabled ship, which also serves as penalty bench. Riker survives, but only by accepting the prize, which proves no lesser challenge: wielding Q-powers over the entire crew, while Picard advocates against any 'profitable' use.—KGF Vissers
- Enterprise is on its way to the Sigma 3 solar system where a federation colony has had a mining accident, injuring 504 people. Enterprise is tasked with providing emergency medical assistance.
The indefatigable Q (John De Lancie) appears again, still not convinced that humans are a race worth saving and wanting to test them yet again. This time he focuses on Commander Riker and sets out to prove that mankind will not do the right thing when the opportunity presents itself. He transports everyone, except Picard, from the bridge of the Enterprise to a class M planet. Picard is trapped on the bridge, alone, and cannot speak to anyone in or out of the ship.
Q and the bridge crew led by Riker, are in a Napoleonic setting. Q decrees that the game will be completely unfair. When Yar objects, he places her in a penalty box. If anyone else violates the rules of the game, they will go to the penalty box and Yar would go into nothingness. Q and Yar appear on the Enterprise bridge. Q reveals to Picard that he is testing Riker this time. The wager is Picard's command against Q keeping away from Humanity's affairs forever.
To prove his point, Q vests in Riker all his powers convinced that the old adage about absolute power corrupting absolutely will prove to be true. Riker and his crew find a group of French soldiers in the hills on the Planet, forming skirmishing lines and heading towards the Enterprise crew. Their phasers still work. Worf reports that while the uniforms maybe French, but the beings inside them are not human, but alien animal type, and vicious. Riker's crew comes under attack from the alien beings and Riker saves them by beaming them back to the Enterprise.
Riker remains on the planet though. Q meets Riker and offers him to join the Q community. Q says that the human thirst for knowledge and advancement will surpass the Q at some point, and the Q want to learn from it, and hence the offer to Riker to join them. Riker rejects the offer and Q transports everyone back to the planet, including Picard and Wesley, but no phasers. The alien beings in French Uniforms attack again. Worf and Wesley are killed, Riker is enraged and sends everyone back to the Enterprise, including himself.
The Enterprise reaches Sigma 3. They find a handful of survivors and a dead girl buried in the rubble. Picard forbids Riker from using his powers again to bring the dead girl back to life. Riker is starting to get arrogant and wants a meeting with Picard and his bridge crew. Riker argues that him saving a little girl is not any different to him saving the Enterprise crew. Arguments get heated, and Q appears to goad Riker on.
Riker offers to give gifts to his friends that he knows they would like, using his powers. He turns Wesley 10 years older, into a man. He turns Data into a human. He gives Geordi his eyesight. Worf, a Klingon female companion.
Riker is obviously tempted to play God but his assumptions about giving people the opportunity to be whatever they want doesn't go over quite well. Geordi says that the price is too high and says he wants to be the way he was. Worf rejects his companion as she is from a world now alien to him. Wesley wants to be a boy again, as it's too soon for this. Riker learns his lesson, Q is defeated. Picard knew that the experiment would fail and wins his wager with Q. Q is yanked away by his collective.
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