 Several reviewers re @-@ watched the episode following the end of the series . Keith DeCandido reviewed " Q Who " for Tor.com , describing it as " one of the best hours of TNG " . He called de Lancie 's performance a " triumphant return " , said that Goldberg brought " mystery and depth " to her role and that Stewart " just kills " as Picard . He said that the introduction of the Borg was " phenomenal " , and gave the episode a score of ten out of ten . Zack Handlen , writing for The A.V. Club said that the plot was " brilliant " because Q was proved right . He thought that had the crew been able to come to some sort of solution then it would have been a " strong " episode , but because Picard is forced to plead with Q it made it the first " great episode " of the series because " it admits that these humans ... can be arrogant , and weak , and that they can be bested " . He gave the episode an " A " grade . 
