 Wolfe believed that if he had written the episode later in the series he would have concentrated more on the established characters and less on Q and Vash . De Lancie felt that the episode never explained Q 's motivation for wanting to stay with Vash . " I think Q is best used when he deals with large philosophical issues , and skirt chasing just isn 't one of them " , he said . Because certain aspects of Q 's character are left unexplored , De Lancie found that " the style , the quips and the panache in which things are done become very important " . 
