161 - Déjà Q

Data Stellare 43539.1: Per rendere ancora più complessi i problemi di Picard, che sta tentando di tutto per impedire che la luna di Bre'el IV si scontri con il pianeta, Q torna sull'Enterprise; questa volta però non è una sua scelta: gli altri membri del continuum pensano che abbia causato troppi problemi e decidono di togliergli i poteri e depositarlo a bordo della nave della Flotta Stellare. E la prima cosa che Picard fa è mettere Q in prigione.

Note

• Il nome del Dottor Garin è citato solamente nello script.

47

• Per muovere la luna l'Enterprise deve superare del 47% l'output raccomandato per i motori a impulso.

YATI

• Al termine dell'episodio il dott. Garin dice che la luna si è stabilita in un'orbita circolare e quindi non c'è alcun problema per il pianeta. Peccato che le orbite stabili siano ellittiche, non circolari.

Versione italiana

• Nel teaser Data presume che l'attrazione atmosferica farà precipitare la luna alla prossima orbita.

Citazioni

Picard: Captain's Log, Supplemental. We are no closer to finding a solution to the deteriorating orbit of the Bre'el IV moon. But with the arrival of Q, we now have a good idea of the cause.

Q: I'm no longer a member of the continuum: my superiors have decided to punish me!
Picard: ...and punish us as well, it seems.

Data: Sir, he is reading as fully human.
Q: What is there, an echo in here?

Troi: I am sensing an emotional presence, Captain. I would normally describe it as being terrified.
Q: How rude!

Picard: Return that moon to its orbit.
Q: I have no powers! Q, the ordinary!
Picard: Q, the liar! Q, the misanthrope!
Q: Q, the miserable, Q, the desperate! What must I do to convince you people?
Worf: Die.
Q: Very clever, Mr. Worf. Eaten any good books lately?

Picard: Fine, you want to be treated as human?
Q: Absolutely.
Picard: All right. Mister Worf, throw him in the Brig.
Worf: Delighted, Captain.

Worf: Be quiet! Or disappear back where you came from.
Q: I can't disappear... anymore than you could win a beauty contest.

Q: Truthfully, Jean-Luc, I've been entirely preoccupied by a most frightening experience of my on. A couple of hours ago, I realized that my body was no longer functioning properly. I felt weak. I could no longer stand. The life was oozing out of me. I lost consciousness.
Picard: You fell asleep.
Q: Oh, how terrifying. How can you stand it day after day?
Picard: You'll get used to it.
Q: What other dangers await me? I'm not prepared for this, I need guidance.

Q: This is getting on my nerves, now that I have them.

Data: Can you recommend a way to counter the effect?
Q: Simple: change the gravitational constant of the universe.
La Forge: What?
Q: Change the gravitational constant of the universe, thereby altering the mass of the asteroid.
La Forge: Redefine gravity. And how am I supposed to do that?
Q: You just do it! Ow! Where's that doctor anyway?

Q: There's something wrong with my stomach.
Crusher: It hurts?
Q: It's making noises.
Crusher: Maybe you're hungry.

Guinan: You could learn a lot from this one.
Q: Sure, the robot who teaches the course in humanities.
Data: I am an android, not a robot.
Q: I beg your pardon.

Data: To function aboard a starship, or in any human activity, you must learn to perform relationships.
Q: It's so hard.
Data: And of more immediate importance, is your ability to work within groups.
Q: I'm not good in groups. It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent.

Q2: After all the things that you've done, they are still intent on keeping you safe.
Q: A genetic weakness of the race.

Q: Au contraire, mon capitain! He's back!