Star Trek: Picard
Summary
IconicStar Trekactor John de Lancie , well known as Q onStar Trek : The Next contemporaries , discuss how easily he was able-bodied to reprise the almighty trickster inStar Trek : Picard . Along with the player who act as the master bunch of the USS Enterprise - D , John de Lancie ’s Q was part ofStar Trek : The Next Generation from its premier episode . Remarkably , Q has only appear in 22 episodes ofStar Trek , acrossTNG , Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , Star Trek : Voyager , Star Trek : Lower deck , andStar Trek : Picard , but de Lance ’s unpredictable space god has die hard as one of the franchise ’s most dear character .
In an upcoming exclusive interview withScreen Rantto promoteFanFair Signatures , the practical autograph business co - founded by his son , Owen de Lancie , we asked John de Lancie if he found it difficult to repriseQ inStar Trek : Picardseason 2afternot play the character in almost two decades . Read de Lance ’s answer below :
Well , as Owen knows , I practice my omnipotence at plate all the sentence … masses used to expect me , when they would see me in that justice ’s outfit , they would say , " Oh , my gosh , where did you get that outfit ? That ’s such a great outfit . " I suppose , Oh , it ’s just something I bring from home . It ’s how are with the kids . It was not difficult to slip back into [ play Q ] . I play the character pretty close to the vest . And , and it ’s really about putting my attention , in the case of Picard , putting my attention on Patrick or on Picard . And off we go .
Star Trek : Picard season 3 ’s finale concludes the story of TNG in rarefied style and sets up the next generation ’s legacy , along with a enceinte surprise .
Q’s 22 Appearances & Star Trek Future Explained
“The trial never ends…”
Before Star Trek on Paramount+ ’s series brought John de Lance back as Q , the omnipotent being only appear in 12 episode ofStar Trek . Q ’s 8 appearances inStar Trek : The Next Generationinclude the serial premiere , " Encounter at Farpoint , " and theTNGseries conclusion , " All Good Things … “Q made only one appearance inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , but he popped in to pester Captain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) in three episode ofStar Trek : Voyager . Q never appear in anyStar Trekfeature celluloid , but disregardless , his caption was already insure .
It was a Q episode that introduced the Borg toStar Trek : The Next Generationin time of year 2 ’s " Q Who ? "
Q ’s surprising return toStar Trekwas a brief cameo inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 1 . This launch the door to Q ’s full - fledged return as the main scoundrel ofStar Trek : Picardseason 2 , although the last revealed Q manipulated the timeline to force Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) to front his womb-to-tomb psychic trauma . Q apparently died at theend ofPicardseason 2 , but a once again omnipotentQ made a shameful comeback in the end - credits scene ofPicardseason 3 . As for Q ’s futurity , Star Trek : Picardseason 3 ’s finale sets up Q as an opponent to Jean - Luc Picard ’s son , Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ) , who has a cosmic circumstances of his own that would be explore if Paramount+ decides to make Picard ’s pop the question spinoff , Star Trek : Legacy .
Star Trek : The Next GenerationandStar Trek : Picardare available to stream on Paramount+ .
