Star Trek: The Next Generation
"Deja Q"
Air date: 2/5/1990
Written by Richard Danus
Directed by Les Landau
Review by Jamahl Epsicokhan
As the Enterprise attempts to correct the decaying orbit of a moon before it crashes into the populated planet below, Q appears, having been stripped of all his powers by the Q Continuum and made into a mortal human being. Having the choice of where to be banished, Q picked the Enterprise because of "all the fun we had in the past." Q now finds himself among a crew that doesn't like him, experiencing the very non-omnipotent lifestyle of a normal, limited human.
"Deja Q" is one of the rare attempts by TNG to do sustained comedy, and it might also be the most successful. Q as a fish out of water is a gimmick, to be sure, but it's a good one. John de Lancie has natural comic timing, and the story wisely pairs Q with Data for much of the show, which is an inspired choice. Not only is Data the perfect, endlessly patient straight man for Q's nonstop chatter, it allows the story to provide a running commentary on the human condition from the perspective of outsiders.
A successful comedy must also have sharp, funny dialog, which "Deja Q" has. In addition to all of Q's ongoing struggles with human banalities like sleeping and eating ("I'll have 10 chocolate sundaes"), we have the running joke that this formerly omnipotent being still takes omnipotence for granted. (His solution to the decaying moon orbit: "Change the gravitational constant of the universe." And he isn't kidding; he means it.) Q proves to be an insufferable man. We have scene after scene of Q's arrogance, boredom, and sarcasm. The secret to this working is that because of the way de Lancie plays him, Q is likable despite being a constant pain in the ass. (Q on not being able to get along with others: "It's hard to work well in groups when you're omnipotent.")
Even the peril — and no TNG plot would be satisfied without peril — is made amusing. (When Q is attacked by the Calamarain and Data saves him, Data lands on his side, like an object rather than a person, which is a likably goofy gag.) But what ultimately makes this episode work as well as it does is that it's actually about something — Q and Data and their similar plights of trying to figure out what it means to be human while approaching that question from completely different points of view: Data as someone who wants to be human, and Q as someone who definitely does not.
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66 comments on this post
Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 12:11pm (UTC -5)
In this scene, I can't believe you didn't mention Worf's great line! Q asked what does he have to do to prove he's mortal? Worf: Die!
This episode definitely has my recommendation.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012, 8:38am (UTC -5)
Actually, Troi was present at the episode's beginning. She said that she could sense an emotional presence in Q, but the crew were still understandably skeptical due to their past dealings with him.
Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:26pm (UTC -5)
I wouldn't normally quibble over your star-ratings of episodes, but I have to make an exception for this episode. "Deja Q" is the creme de la creme of TNG. John deLancie's multifaceted performance was Emmy-worthy. The script was as funny and witty as "The Trouble with Tribbles" while touching on all the serious philosophical touchstones of the Roddenberry philosophy. It should definitely get a "Living Witness"-level reconsideration for a full 4 stars. IMHO.
Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 3:23pm (UTC -5)
Watching Data laughing made my mood. Why did Geordi had to ruin Data's moment? Just let your friend laugh his head off, Geordi, for God's sake!!!
And of course, as always John de Lancie is shining as Q.
Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 5:00pm (UTC -5)
Thu, Jan 9, 2014, 1:12pm (UTC -5)
That, however, is probably more of a subjective thing than anything else, and the episode is definitely one of Q's best performances.
Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 5:51pm (UTC -5)
Two other notes:
1) There's a lot of very heavy episodes in the middle of this string of episodes (starting with Defector and ending with Sins of the Father, more or less) that deal with a lot of difficult questions, heavy themes, dramatic moments, and strong emotions. Getting TNG's best comedy show in the middle of all of this is a pleasant relief. It has nothing to do with the episode as a whole, but it's pleasant nonetheless.
2) The sub-plot of the falling moon is a good one. With all the magical spatial anomalies and subspace disruptions and other technobabble nonsense, seeing some hard science was enjoyable. The discussion of options in the beginning was probably too simple for highly skilled and trained spacemen from the future (seriously, one would assume they would all know that blowing up the moon wouldn't help), but it's a necessary conceit to get this info to the viewers. And even though the solution (or partial solution) was all technobabbleish (warp bubbles to change the gravitational constant or whatever), the problem of obtaining the delta-V needed was stated in realistic terms. It was good to watch all around.
Wed, Feb 5, 2014, 6:15pm (UTC -5)
I agree with Patrick, this is the cream of the crop of TNG. If I were to made a list of awesome TNG episodes, this one would be one of them. As Jammer says, it might as well be TNG's best comedy episode.
I only have petty complaints like, for instance, Q used his powers to produce a Mariachi band (not sure why, but it feels a bit embarrassing to watch), and if I recall correctly, the other Q used to speak to our Q while he's a little tiny fairy or something. It felt a bit childish.
But those are minor complaints, as the rest of the episode was awesome! Great dialogue, and humor and drama (for Q himself, mostly, hah). The acting was superb and I even enjoyed the B-plot, since it tied into the A-plot.
Now, the episode was almost perfect until that moment when Data laughed. Then it became...beautiful. To me that was the icing on a cake. For one brief moment Data was able to experience emotions like a real human (without becoming one, as seen in the S1 episode "Hide and Q").
Data saying "It was a wonderful...feeling" is one of my favorite good lines of the entire series.
And, of course, John de Lancie is just wonderful here.
Mon, Apr 7, 2014, 12:36am (UTC -5)
I thought that Guinan stabbing Q with a fork was a bit over the top, but it was funny and unexpected.
It's true that the almost complete absence of Troy might be one of the good points of the episode. Her magical sensing abilities are too often overused and tell us what we should see for ourselves.
There are many very good quotes and amusing moments. This is also a very philosophical episode that explores the question of human nature. "You have achieved in disgrace what I have always aspired to be." - Data
Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 6:20pm (UTC -5)
Sat, Jun 21, 2014, 7:56pm (UTC -5)
Also: this ep is the origin of the Picard Facepalm meme! +0.5 star bonus!
4 stars.
Funniest exchange:
Picard: Q the liar! Q the misanthrope!
Q: Q the miserable! Q the desperate! What must I do to convince you people?
Worf: Die.
Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 3:57pm (UTC -5)
Whenever he turns up, the captain becomes the Skipper yelling "GILLIGAN!"
I am with Worf here, I wish he would just DIE!
Tue, Aug 26, 2014, 10:16pm (UTC -5)
Fri, Jan 2, 2015, 12:30pm (UTC -5)
Fri, Jan 2, 2015, 12:56pm (UTC -5)
Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 12:15am (UTC -5)
Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 10:08am (UTC -5)
As for this episode, I'm less thrilled than others that it is played for laughs, though it works as a comedy.
The highlight is the Data-Q duality and it serves to develop Data's character (and some Guinan character development as well)
The Q2 at the end seemed a bit like a lenient parent who had second thoughts after scolding his kid. Though in the context of this being a comedy it didn't hurt too much.
Mon, Jun 1, 2015, 11:26am (UTC -5)
However, there is one problem I have with the episode and it's a big one. For all the protestations this episode throws our way about how humanity is so willing to forgive and how that's our greatest characteristic, very few of the characters actually display that strength. Now, granted, Q is a loud, rude, crude, smug, self-important, obnoxious (but ultimately likeable) pain-in-the-ass, but isn't the whole 'point' that our compassion-filled heroes are willing to look past that and protect even someone as undeserving as Q? The only characters who show any of that awe-inspiring human compassion and willingness to forgive are Picard and Data. It's odd that the most 'human' character in this episode is the android.
Riker, in all seriousness, advocates turning Q over to his enemies to be killed because protecting him "isn't his job." Crusher is deliberately very rough with Q while treating his back. LaForge acts like a petulant child toward Q for most of the episode (going so far as to regulate him to do grunt work simply because he, LaForge, is slightly perturbed by Q's crudeness - never mind that billions of people's lives hang in the balance, don't use your most important asset if you're a little put off). While working on Data in Sickbay, LaForge even says "he's not worth it," in regards to Q. You know, because he's so willing to forgive! Guinan straight-up physically assaults Q (you know, for the LOLs) and then smugly stands there and revels in his pain after the Calamarain attack him for the first time. Isn't that what she literally just got done saying made Q such scum?! "How the mighty have fallen." Yes, you have indeed fallen pretty far to lower yourself to Q's level, Guinan!
Such wonderfully compassionate people!
Thankfully, the comedy, de Lancie and Spiner cover over all this, however. And, it's got the mariachi band on the bridge scene, which absolves a multitude of sins.
7/10
Mon, Aug 17, 2015, 11:03pm (UTC -5)
The acting is good in parts, but certainly not from those 2 aliens. We know a moon crashing into a planet is bad.
Guinan is also bad in this episode. She assaults Q without provocation.
The episode is essential Q, but don't watch it sober.
Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 8:15pm (UTC -5)
Thu, Sep 3, 2015, 9:13am (UTC -5)
I definitely think this episode deserves the full 4 stars. I can't think of a part I didn't like or appreciate in some way. And there is a lot of depth here, which is what I enjoy most in a Trek episode.
Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 8:17pm (UTC -5)
Sat, Aug 6, 2016, 11:13am (UTC -5)
One last thing. I remember early in the series Riker was playing trombone in a holodeck fantasy and watching him it appeared like he did play it since the slide movements appeared correct (and as we later learn, he does play trombone). Does Mr. de Lancie play trumpet? It's hard to tell since he's waving it around and I don't play trumpet myself but there seemed some authenticity there.
Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 8:55pm (UTC -5)
Mon, Jan 9, 2017, 4:33am (UTC -5)
Sun, May 21, 2017, 10:26pm (UTC -5)
Perhaps it hasn't hurt that I've just come off re-watching Breaking Bad, where John de Lancie puts in such a memorable and sympathetic performance, but this is one character and actor who I've certainly done a 180' on over the decades. Not to say he hasn't been in a few clangers (wanting to mate with Janeway, for example. Was that before or after Tom Paris mated with her while they were newts? I can't remember? Still he was probably the best thing about that episode).
Worf's monosyllabic existential suggestion, 'Die', as the only acceptable evidence of being mortal is possibly the funniest one second of dialog in ST history (well, it's debatable, but it'll do until someone can point me to something obviously better, consisting of no more than three letters. Maybe there's a really funny phoneme out there?)
Seriously though, this episode is one of the rare moments when Star Trek manage to a generally funny episode without it being a disaster involving something like the aforementioned Negus and Troi's mother. Babylon 5, for instance, managed to weave humorous dialog into a regular dramatic episode, but usually Trek gives me the impression of having decided that they've had a run of deep and serious eps, and it must therefore be time for a comedy episode, and then playing the whole 44:30 minutes for laughs. This episode manages to be lighthearted without being disposable - though the Mariachi Band was maybe a bridge too far, and the cigar in the last shot might have been ok if they'd have left that awful SFX head out, or waited a few years til they could have CG'd it.
Tue, Jun 20, 2017, 2:34pm (UTC -5)
The thing is the whole while the viewer knows Q will get his powers back in the end and play some gags.
I wasn't too engaged with Geordi's attempts at deflecting the moon - not sure a starship should be able to do this, but who knows in sci-fi. The technobable wasn't particularly interesting.
As for the real point of the episode which I assume is about human qualities being experienced from the standpoint of an alien - the compassion, selflessness issue is dealt with a bit summarily. Data and Q made a good team and the android exemplified the self-sacrifice but it's a bit hard to take seriously given it's hard to know what's really going on with Q's situation.
Bernsen was fine as the 2nd Q, but his judgment about Q's shred of humility is cloaked in humor as well - so a bit hard to give much credence to the story's plot.
"Deja Q" is worth 3 stars for me - not a fan of omnipotent beings but that doesn't factor into the episode except for at the edges but it's a fun episode mainly because of Q's humor and the crew's reactions toward him.
Thu, Sep 21, 2017, 3:12pm (UTC -5)
I still don't like the Guinan / Q thing but at least we didn't have the daft hissing and posturing Skeksis impression nonsense that happened last time they clashed.
I loved the Mariachi band.
Q is just brilliant at lampooning the dull, self important twits of Starfleet.
Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 3:33pm (UTC -5)
Q's retort is just fun: "Eat any good books lately?"
Yeah, season 3 is the best in TNG history.
Sat, Oct 21, 2017, 11:17am (UTC -5)
Overall I think almost all the main cast members got to have their moment this episode. When TNG fires on all cylinders, they really fire on all cylinders .
Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 6:53pm (UTC -5)
Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 8:54pm (UTC -5)
Mon, Jan 1, 2018, 9:31pm (UTC -5)
Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 6:01am (UTC -5)
Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 1:49pm (UTC -5)
It evokes Data's remark to the Borg Queen in "First Contact" about "believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind."
Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 3:58pm (UTC -5)
While your argument about the Q has a certain logic to it, you've entered the territory of "can God make a rock so heavy he can't lift it?" If the Q are omnipotent, can't they do anything, including removing their omnipotence? Or if not, does that mean there's something they can't do, so are they really OMNIpotent? It devolves into a sophistical argument at this point because we could never understand what real omnipotence is in the first place.
Another question you might well ask is how there could possibly be more than one omnipotent being in existence? If there are many of them, they obviously cannot each be ALL-powerful since the power is split up, or otherwise contestable amongst them.
I think the safe assumption here (and the one I've always made) is that the Q are not in fact omnipotent in the sense of being literally all-powerful, but are omnipotent in the sense of having full control over any aspect of the physical universe, in both space and time. The assumption here would have to be that there's a mode of existence beyond the physical, and that perhaps they're not omnipotent in that realm. My head canon is that they're the most advanced of the non-corporeal life forms and hit the stage that comes after the stage where we see occasional energy beings (like the Organians).
Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 4:56pm (UTC -5)
Wed, Apr 25, 2018, 9:49pm (UTC -5)
Can you imagine how freaked out the two scientists (not to mention the people on the coastal areas of the western continent) would have been if they had been privy to all that was going on with Q and the Calamarain?
I don't think of this as a comedy, though. While witty and funny, it had a lot to say about the human condition. It did break up a string of intense episode before it in a nice way.
Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 6:07pm (UTC -5)
I love Worf puns, from Data's "Take my Worf ...please" to Q's "Little boy who cried Worf." bwahahahahah funny stuff
Best moment this time round was when Data said "Trained little minions." echoing Q's derision of the Enterprise crew.
Worf's "Die" suggestion was quite droll.
And let's not forget Q's dig at Riker's stache.
There was some serious stuff as Q contemplated his mortality. Overall 5 out of 4 stars.
More Q please. They should make a Star Trek Q series lol
Sun, Oct 7, 2018, 5:45pm (UTC -5)
Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 8:27pm (UTC -5)
Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 8:34pm (UTC -5)
Sat, Mar 2, 2019, 6:49am (UTC -5)
Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:23pm (UTC -5)
I usually don't care for the Q episodes but this one wasn't so bad. After watching this one it strikes me that Q episodes remind me of the Ferengi episodes on DS9: campy, funny to some but not to all, character that seems a little out of sync with the main cast.
I guess I don't see an immortal who sees all and knows all to be so interested in one species in one corner of the universe and to take on such a persona. But I guess one such as that would know exactly what kind of human character to portray itself through.
Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 11:36pm (UTC -5)
I knew I was in for a fun time after this bit:
Q (insisting he's human): What must I do to convince you people???
WORF: Die.
Perfection. Lots of boring preachy dialogue not necessary (or optimal) for getting a point across.
What it means to be human. How best to be human. Selflessness, morality. Happiness, laughter, suffering, tears. Oww!!
It's all there in the ep, all without lectures from Picard.
The dialogue was snappy, the performances were great, the story engaging. Having Data act as a foil for depressed-human Q was pure genius.
John de Lancie at his peak.
The planet is saved; Q is saved.
Q's in his Continuum and all's right with the Galaxy.
Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 6:49pm (UTC -5)
First things first, even before the Quintessential focus of the episode kicks in, there's a moment that basically encapsulates the plight of Starfleet's poor engineers.
"Geordi, what can we do?"
"Uhh, we could try this, but it'd be like an ant pushing a tricycle."
"Great! Let's do it."
Fun times down in Engineering.
Meanwhile on the bridge, there's Q, completely naked and hovering in midair. (I love how petty he is about clothes this episode. Complains that the ones they put him in "aren't his colours". Proceeds to repeatedly beg for a Starfleet uniform. And then, when he finally gets his powers back, the *very first thing he does* is immediately change himself into one. Such perfectly precise pettiness.)
I could go on, but it would be impossible to pick out a list of "best Q moments" without essentially writing up a full script of his dialogue from the episode. Every single line is glorious, no exaggeration. So instead, I want to say that I love his double act with Data -- who's really the perfect straight man for *any* double act -- in how it's both hilarious and fascinating to watch. Their unlikely rapport over time, as essentially tourists to humanity, builds up a surprisingly solid emotional core when it comes to the conclusion. Data's just such an innocent, earnest helper that he manages to inspire the tiniest bit of selflessness in Q's immortal ego. Honestly, I'd die for Data too.
(Special mention to the Guinan scene, by the way. It's immensely satisfying to see Guinan move from being an implied equal to Q to being the one with the upper hand.)
The ending is really just the cherry on top of the chocolate sundae. I think I heard *Data's* laughter from space. That moment managed to be hilarious, ridiculous, adorable and rather emotionally affecting all at once... and that sums up the episode, really.
Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 2:03pm (UTC -5)
A few thoughts anyway:
That line about changing the gravitational constant of the Universe. That would have have devastating consequences in billions of star systems in billions of galaxies, for the sake of one planet and its satellite. I don't like to think that Q has that power. Something a bit more modest and imaginative might have been a better bet (and he does of course fix the problem at the end of the episode - we can assume, I hope, that he hasn't made a fundamental change to the celestial mechanics of the totality of the cosmos).
Q's hair looks a little shorter in some of the scenes. Bit of a continuity gaffe.
Every time Q turns up, it's "oh jeez not you again", yet he is possessed of powers and knowledge that might transform the human experience for all eternity.
Still. All that said, it's a belter of an episode.
Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 4:40pm (UTC -5)
"That line about changing the gravitational constant of the Universe. That would have have devastating consequences in billions of star systems in billions of galaxies, for the sake of one planet and its satellite. I don't like to think that Q has that power."
I see no reason to believe Q doesn't have that power. That being said, he might have meant that he would change the gravitational constant of the universe - but just locally. The "of the universe" is a term that means it's contant across the universe, but wouldn't necessarily mean that he'd have to change it for the entire universe to do this. All changing it locally would mean is that it's no longer a "universal constant"!
As an aside on this point, extending the warp field to the asteroid pretty does exactly what Q suggested, so his idea wasn't even far-fetched. It was supposed to sound ridiculous, but I think mostly in the sense that he would just do it by thinking it, whereas humans would have to come up with a technological trick to approximate that effect.
"Every time Q turns up, it's "oh jeez not you again", yet he is possessed of powers and knowledge that might transform the human experience for all eternity."
Yes, I've had this problem myself with early Trek's use of Q. It might be fair to surmise that after Encounter at Farpoint and maybe Hide and Q that Picard has his ego hurt by Q's power over them, and his attitude after that was to treat Q as an annoying blight. Maybe the only power Picard could ever hope to have over Q was to not treat him seriously. Personally I think that was a mistake, and apparently Q did also because in Q Who he took steps to rectify them taking him more seriously. By Deja Q I agree it would be illogical for them to suddenly treat him like he's useless and to be dismissed, so I think (and some of us here have sort of agreed on this point already) that Deja Q sort of breaks continuity and even Trek logic for the sake of a wonderfully comic and fun episode. Trying to make sense of the remaining Q episodes is a lot easier if Deja Q isn't counted among them. One reason being, it's hard to believe that Deja Q's story is canon-worthy if we're also supposed to believe the premiere and finale in terms of Q's role in helping humanity.
Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 8:44am (UTC -5)
Throughout the series, John de Lancie always handled both comedy and drama brilliantly, but this stands out as unique among all his other performances. The comedy is self-defeating and somewhat tragic, while the drama is much more personal than Q's usual menacing, grandiose characterizations.
In a story sense, it's unusual that Q suddenly has no security detail when he confesses to Picard in the Ready Room, nor when he talks to a recovering Data in Sickbay, but from a dramatic sense, these two scenes need a one-on-one dynamic, and of course, de Lancie pulls off both scenes flawlessly. This Q is more interesting and three-dimensional than he is in any other episode (including his appearances on DS9 and Voyager). Bravo to de Lancie and the writers!
Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 1:26pm (UTC -5)
Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 7:54am (UTC -5)
Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 4:51pm (UTC -5)
I feel bad because Jane's Dad is a really good actor, probably one of the strongest, but I just can't get into most Q episodes.
I did enjoy the Corbin Q scene in the shuttle but, overall, the Q continuum just feels like a graveyard for stories.
"Nearly omnipotent and nearly omniscient and mildly annoying entity shows up to chew the scenery and irritate Picard."
How many times can you watch the same story rehashed over and over?
Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 5:05pm (UTC -5)
I'm not a huge fan of "Q as Prankster" episodes, either, but Tapestry, All Good Things, and Q Who all show the characters potential, imo.
I do think this is easily the best of the more humorous Q episodes; there are several great lines in this one. I liked Corbin Bernsen's performance, but I have to admit that I wish the first Q we met after Q wasn't so Q-like. If that makes any sense.
Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 7:52am (UTC -5)
Morning log;
“I got to insult Q and then throw him in the brig.
BEST. DAY. EVER.”
Evening log:
“Q is back and omnipotent again, and brought a Mariachi band onto the bridge.
WORST. DAY. EVER.”
Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 2:04am (UTC -5)
Q: “Oh very funny Worf. Eat any good books lately?”
Q: (to Worf) “I can’t disappear! Any more than you could win a beauty contest.”
Q: “…like the boy who cried Worf “
Q: (to Data) “It’s an irony that you make a better human than I do.”
John de Lancie is his normal self - I.e. he delivers his lines with perfect timing. I’m not a huge fan of Q episodes, but this and Q Who? are two of the best, albeit for entirely different reasons.
(The transporter can beam a whole shuttle craft? Uh….?)
3.5 stars seems fair.
Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 4:22am (UTC -5)
The transporter is a plot device to gets people from a to b quickly. In TNG they already pushed it to the brink with Thomas Riker and other things.
Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 4:24am (UTC -5)
Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 8:22am (UTC -5)
Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 12:38pm (UTC -5)
Yet they also have a tractor beam - why stretch our credibility with the transporter?
Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 12:48pm (UTC -5)
Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 10:43am (UTC -5)
Troi: I am sensing an emotional presence, Captain. I would normally describe it as being terrified.
Q: How rude.
Amen.
Fri, Feb 3, 2023, 4:00pm (UTC -5)
And boy, am I glad Gene did that - the result is one of my favorite episodes in all of Trek.
Gene Roddenberry was by no means a perfect man but at the end of the day, he grasped the heart of Trek in a way no one else was quite able to afterward. That story illustrates why.
Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 10:45pm (UTC -5)
Luke, Luke, Luke: "Very few of the characters actually display [forgiveness]. . . . . It's odd that the most 'human' character in this episode is the android."
What one or two annoyed, tense people do at a single moment in time is not the point; the point is the general character of the entire species.
"Crusher is deliberately very rough with Q while treating his back." Actually forceful pressure is a standard technique for alleviating muscle spasms.
"Guinan straight-up physically assaults Q." Guinan is not human.
Fri, Apr 7, 2023, 3:24pm (UTC -5)
Sun, May 21, 2023, 12:25am (UTC -5)
Sat, Jun 3, 2023, 3:05pm (UTC -5)
Came back to this classic episode and didn't like it. Hated the alien prosthetics - probably the worst post-TOS aliens ever. Thought the moon spiraling in was dumb. I didn't hate it. Q's proposed solution for the moon thing was funny. But mostly I was bored and impatient.
I think I'll wrap up TOS, pause TNG, and return to this episode in 2024 to see if it can respark my affection for Trek.
Rating withheld.
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