Q" "Tapestry" "All Good Things..." Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "Q-Less" Star Trek: Voyager: "Death Wish" "The Q and the Grey" "Q2" Star Trek: Lower Decks: "Veritas" Star Trek: Picard: "The Star Gazer" "Penance" "Assimilation" "Watcher" "Fly Me to the Moon" "Two of One" "Mercy" "Farewell" Novels, (audiobook versions read by John de Lancie): Q-in-Law1 Q-Squared1 I, Q (written by de Lancie)1 The Q Continuum (includes Q-Zone, Q-Space, Q-Strike) String Theory Star Trek: Borg Planet X The Eternal Tide Audio Presentations (starring John de Lancie and Leonard Nimoy): "Spock vs. Q" "Spock vs. Q: The Sequel" Video games: Star Trek: Borg Star Trek: The Game Show (features Q as "host" of a trivia contest) Star Trek: Online Star Trek Timelines 1Note: Audiobook version available. Television Q debuted in "Encounter at Farpoint", where he puts Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew on trial, arguing that humanity is a dangerous race and should be destroyed. When they later save the life of a kidnapped alien, Q agrees to defer judgment, though he hints that it will not be the last time the crew sees him. In "Hide and Q", he forces the Enterprise crew to participate in a war game against monsters he summoned, then makes a wager with Picard. He grants Commander William Riker the powers of a Q, then promises that if Riker rejects the powers, then Q will leave them alone. Riker uses the powers to save his friends and starts to lose himself to them, but ultimately manages to reject them. Q attempts to go back on his word, but the Q Continuum forcibly recalls him. In "Q Who", he offers to divest himself of his powers and guide humanity through uncharted regions and prepare it for unknown threats. Picard argues that Q's services are unneeded (and unwanted), and Q rebuts him by teleporting the USS Enterprise to a distant system for their first encounter with the Borg. Unable to resist the Borg, Picard must ask Q to save the ship. Q returns the Enterprise home and tells Picard that other men would rather have died than ask for help. This episode also reveals Q has a past history and hostile relationship with Guinan. In "Deja Q", Q is punished by the Q Continuum by being made mortal; his committing of an uncharacteristically selfless act (sacrificing his life so that a race attacking him will not destroy the