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:"''[[Captain's log]], [[stardate]] 46192.3. We have arrived at [[Starbase 112]] and are loading relief supplies destined for [[Tagra IV]], an ecologically devastated planet in the [[Argolis Cluster]]. We have also taken on a rather unusual passenger.''"
 
:"''[[Captain's log]], [[stardate]] 46192.3. We have arrived at [[Starbase 112]] and are loading relief supplies destined for [[Tagra IV]], an ecologically devastated planet in the [[Argolis Cluster]]. We have also taken on a rather unusual passenger.''"
   
A female intern has come aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}, while the crew are helping [[Tagra IV]] with its ecological state. The intern, whose name is [[Amanda Rogers]], is speaking with [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] and [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Beverly Crusher|Crusher]] about assisting with some medical experiments, and how she eventually wants to go to [[Starfleet Academy]]. She explains she feels very lucky she was accepted as intern out of hundreds of other applicants. [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] enters and leads Amanda to her quarters, she unexpectedly seems to know the ship already. In her [[quarters]], she explains she wishes her three pet dogs were present, and displays an unmistakable attraction to the Commander. When Riker leaves, several puppies appear in her quarters. She is dismayed and tells them that they have to go. The dogs gradually disappear.
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A female intern has come aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}, while the crew are helping Tagra IV with its worsening ecological state. The intern, whose name is [[Amanda Rogers]], is speaking with [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] and [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Beverly Crusher|Crusher]] in the [[captain's ready room]] about assisting with some medical experiments, and how she eventually wants to go to [[Starfleet Academy]]. She explains she feels very lucky she was accepted as intern out of hundreds of other applicants. [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] enters and leads Rogers to her [[quarters]], but she unexpectedly seems to know much about the ship's layout already. In her quarters, she explains she wishes her three pet [[dog]]s were present, and displays an unmistakable attraction to the commander. After Riker leaves, several puppies appear in her quarters. She is dismayed and tells them that they have to go. The dogs gradually disappear.
   
 
===Act One===
 
===Act One===
Amanda and Dr Crusher are talking in sickbay about her desires for the future and Doctor Crusher's family history while she is testing [[tricorder]]s. Amanda mentions she is actually adopted and her biological [[Unnamed Humans (24th century)#Amanda Rogers' parents|parents]] were killed when she was young. Crusher mentions [[Wesley Crusher|Wesley]] being at the Academy and the fact that her husband is dead.
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Rogers and Dr. Crusher are talking in a medical lab about her desires for the future and Crusher's family history while she is testing [[tricorder]]s. Rogers mentions she is actually adopted and her biological [[Unnamed Humans (24th century)#Amanda Rogers' parents|parents]] were killed when she was very young. Crusher mentions her son [[Wesley Crusher|Wesley]] being at the Academy and the fact that [[Jack Crusher|her husband]] had died [[2354|many years previous]].
   
In the [[cargo bay]], Amanda delivers the tricorders to [[Geordi La Forge|Geordi]] and they discuss how the [[Tagran]]s have polluted their [[atmosphere]] and are now using many [[baristatic filter]]s rather than cleaning up their industrial base. Commander Riker arrives with a message for Geordi and then begins talking to other crewmen when a container falls from a height. Amanda moves her hand and the container shifts and barely misses Riker. No one notices Amanda's actions.
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In the [[cargo bay]], Rogers delivers the tricorders to [[Geordi La Forge]] and they discuss how the [[Tagran]]s have polluted their [[atmosphere]] and are now using a thousand [[baristatic filter]]s rather than cleaning up their industrial base. Commander Riker arrives with a message for La Forge, and as he is reading information off a [[PADD]], a container falls from above him. Rogers moves her hand and the container shifts, just barely missing Riker. No one notices that Rogers' actions saved Riker's life.
   
The ''Enterprise'' receives a message from [[Orn Lote]] on Tagra IV, who indicates that they are having problems with a [[field modulator]] on one of the reactors. Captain Picard says they can try to come up with a solution. Geordi and [[Data]] are in engineering working on a way to fix the Tagrans' reactor when Amanda comes to visit. Just as she arrives a completely bizarre [[warp core]] [[Warp core breach|breach]] occurs. They try to contain the explosion but the breach proceeds too quickly. The warp core explodes toward Amanda who puts out her hands, somehow managing to stop the explosion and repair the breach. Everyone is stunned by these actions.
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The ''Enterprise'' receives a message from [[Orn Lote]] on Tagra IV, who indicates that they are having problems with a [[field modulator]] on one of the reactors. Captain Picard says they can try to come up with a solution. La Forge and [[Data]] are in [[engineering]] working on a way to fix the Tagrans' reactor when Rogers comes to visit. Just as she arrives, a completely bizarre [[warp core breach]] occurs. They try to contain the explosion and [[warp core ejection system|eject the core]] but the breach proceeds too quickly. The warp core explodes toward Rogers, who puts out her hands, somehow managing to stop the explosion and miraculously repair the breach. Everyone is stunned by these actions.
   
 
===Act Two===
 
===Act Two===
Later in the [[conference room]], Picard, Crusher, Geordi, and [[Counselor]] [[Deanna Troi|Troi]] discuss the issue cautiously. Picard reports that Amanda is medically fine without bringing up what she did. Picard asks Geordi for an explanation for the breach. Geordi has none - but when he claims that the laws of physics "went out the window," [[Q]] appears, wonders why such "inconvenient" things ''shouldn't'' be discarded, and admits that "of course" the core breach was his doing. He then reveals that Amanda is a [[Q (species)|Q]], shocking everyone else. When Crusher claims Amanda's birth parents were Human, Q reveals they were members of the [[Q Continuum]] who had assumed Human form. They died in an accident and the Q were unsure if Amanda had inherited their powers but they have begun to manifest so as an "expert in humanity," Q was sent to oversee them. He warns that if Amanda doesn't control her powers, she could destroy the entire [[galaxy]]. Picard is dubious at Q wanting to help and Q admits he wouldn't care but (to his annoyance), others in the Continuum feel it's their responsibility to oversee Amanda. He says he is there to evaluate her and take her back to the [[Q Continuum]]. Crusher objects to his intentions and he teleports himself and Picard to the [[ready room]]. There he explains that he is there to evaluate the girl and make sure she isn't dangerous to herself or others. Picard doubts Q's abilities, but agrees to introduce them.
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Later in the [[observation lounge]], Picard, Crusher, La Forge, and [[Counselor]] [[Deanna Troi|Troi]] discuss the issue cautiously. Picard reports that Rogers is medically fine without bringing up what she did. Picard asks La Forge for an explanation for the breach but he has none – but when he claims that the laws of physics "went out the window," [[Q]] appears, wonders why such "inconvenient" things ''shouldn't'' be discarded, and admits that "of course" the core breach was his doing. He then reveals that Rogers is a {{dis|Q|species}}, shocking everyone else. When Crusher claims Rogers' birth parents were Human, Q reveals they were members of the [[Q Continuum]] who had assumed Human form. They died in an accident and the Q were unsure if Amanda had inherited their powers, but they have begun to manifest so as an "expert in Humanity," Q was sent to oversee them. He warns that if Rogers doesn't control her powers, she could destroy the entire [[galaxy]]. Picard is dubious of Q wanting to help and Q admits he wouldn't care but (to his annoyance), others in the Continuum feel it's their responsibility to oversee Rogers. He says he is there to evaluate her and take her back to the Continuum. Crusher objects to his intentions and he teleports himself and Picard to the [[ready room]]. There he explains that he is there to evaluate the girl and make sure she isn't dangerous to herself or others. Picard doubts Q's abilities, but agrees to introduce them.
   
In Amanda's quarters, Crusher breaks the news as gently as possible. When Amanda agrees to meet Q, he walks straight through the wall and starts uncomfortably examining her while Picard rushes to make introductions. Q declares she has potential and tries to take her to the Continuum immediately, but Amanda throws him across the room. Q later complains to Picard about her behavior. Picard suggests that Q try a less abrasive approach. Q admits it is worth a try and leaves to attempt it. After he leaves, Picard goes out and asks Data to research Amanda's parents' death, both agreeing it doesn't make sense for a Q to die in an "accident."
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In Rogers' quarters, Crusher breaks the news as gently as possible. When Rogers agrees to meet Q, he walks straight through the wall and starts uncomfortably examining her while Picard rushes to make introductions. Q declares she has potential and tries to take her to the Continuum immediately, but Rogers throws him across the room with her powers. Q later complains to Picard about her behavior. Picard suggests that Q try a less abrasive approach. Q admits it is worth a try and leaves to attempt it. After he leaves, Picard goes out to the bridge and asks Data to research Rogers' parents' death. They both agree that it doesn't make sense for a Q to die in an "accident."
   
As Q is walking in a corridor, a shadow appears and asks him for a progress report. Q admits there are problems, but says they may not have to "terminate the girl."
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As Q is walking in a [[corridor]], a shadow appears and asks him for a progress report. Q admits there are problems, but says they may not have to "terminate the girl."
   
 
===Act Three===
 
===Act Three===
Doctor Crusher talks to Amanda in her quarters again, where Amanda admits much fear and insecurity about what is happening to her. Doctor Crusher tells her that she can see Amanda's distraught, but Q is really the only one who can help her. Amanda reluctantly agrees to meet with him again, but makes Doctor Crusher promise that she won't treat Amanda any differently.
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Doctor Crusher talks to Rogers in her quarters again, where Rogers admits much fear and insecurity about what is currently happening to her. Doctor Crusher tells her that she can see Rogers is distraught, but Q is really the only one who can help her through this situation. Rogers reluctantly agrees to meet with him again, but makes Doctor Crusher promise that she won't treat Rogers any differently.
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[[File:Amanda Rogers with Q.jpg|thumb|Q Encourages Amanda Rogers to use her Q abilities]]
 
Q visits Rogers again and behaves much less forward. They discuss the Q and what is possible, to which Q replies "anything we want." He then leads her through an exercise where she evokes the image of her biological parents.
   
 
She meets with Doctor Crusher in the medical lab and she gives her an experiment to perform while she is working elsewhere. Q arrives after she leaves and tells Rogers she can use her powers to perform the experiment much faster.
Q visits Amanda again and behaves much less forward. They discuss the Q and what is possible, to which Q replies "anything we want." He then leads her through an exercise where she evokes the image of her parents.
 
   
 
Commander Riker visits shortly afterward and asks for Doctor Crusher. Rogers asks him to stay, but he goes to the cargo bay. Q accuses Rogers of being attracted to him and is repulsed by what he sees. Doctor Crusher then walks in and is amazed that Rogers is done with the experiment. When Crusher explains that by cutting corners she has actually ruined the experiment, Q accuses her of wasting Rogers' time. Crusher and Q argue about this and then Q briefly turns her into a dog, but Rogers turns her back.
She meets with Doctor Crusher in the medical lab and she gives her an experiment to perform while she is working elsewhere. Q arrives after she leaves and tells Amanda she can use her powers to perform the experiment faster.
 
 
Commander Riker visits shortly afterward and asks for Doctor Crusher. Amanda asks him to stay, but he goes to the cargo bay. Q accuses Amanda of being attracted to him and is repulsed. Doctor Crusher then walks in and is amazed that Amanda is done with the experiment. When Crusher explains that cutting corners ruined the experiment, Q accuses her of wasting Amanda's time. They argue and Q briefly turns her into a [[dog]], but Amanda turns her back.
 
   
 
===Act Four===
 
===Act Four===
Q asks Amanda about her teleportation and Amanda admits to ending up in the wrong place a lot. She and Q play "hide and seek" in different parts of the ship, eventually ending up on the [[hull]] of the ''Enterprise''.
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Q asks Rogers about her teleportation abilities and Rogers admits to ending up in the wrong place a lot. She and Q play "hide and seek" in different parts of the ship, eventually ending up on the [[hull]] of the ''Enterprise'' near the supports for the ship's [[nacelle]]s.
   
On the [[bridge]], Data informs Picard that Amanda's parents were killed by a [[tornado]] in Kansas, something Picard finds unbelievable due to the [[weather modification network]] in place to dissipate such events. Data has no explanation, but Picard has a suspicion of his own.
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On the bridge, Data informs Picard that Rogers' parents were killed by a [[tornado]] in [[Topeka]], [[Kansas]], something Picard finds unbelievable due to the [[weather modification network]] in place to dissipate such events. Data has no explanation, but Picard has a suspicion of his own.
   
Amanda goes to eat with Counselor Troi and Dr. Crusher in [[Ten Forward]]. Riker enters and Amanda invites him to join, but he goes to sit with another female crewmate instead. Amanda looks despondent about this until she abducts Riker to a 19th century romantic setting. Riker is annoyed and tells her he has no real feelings for her. Amanda responds by giving him some, but quickly becomes disillusioned by the farce and sends him back.
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Rogers goes to eat dinner with Counselor Troi and Dr. Crusher in [[Ten Forward]]. Riker enters and Rogers invites him to join, but he goes to sit with another female crewmate instead. Rogers looks despondent about this until she abducts Riker to a 19th century romantic setting. Riker is annoyed and tells her he has no real feelings for her. Rogers responds by giving him some, but quickly becomes disillusioned by the farce and sends him back.
   
 
===Act Five===
 
===Act Five===
Q appears in Picard's ready room at his request, where Picard confronts him with the facts of Amanda's parents' death. He eventually gets Q to admit that they were executed by the Q for disobeying a mandate placed on them, and the real reason for his examination was to determine if Amanda was actually a Q or some sort of hybrid that would have to be exterminated. Picard is appalled at Q's callousness, but Q explains that the Continuum has no other choice.
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Q appears in Picard's ready room at his request, where Picard confronts him with the facts of Rogers' parents' death. He eventually gets Q to admit that they were executed by the Q for disobeying a mandate placed on them, and the real reason for his examination was to determine if Rogers was actually a Q or some sort of hybrid that would have to be exterminated. Picard is appalled at Q's callousness, but Q explains that the Continuum has no other choice.
   
 
:"''[[Captain's log]], [[stardate]] 46193.8. We have arrived at [[Tagra IV]] and have begun delivering supplies. In the meantime, I am faced with a crisis of a different nature.''"
 
:"''[[Captain's log]], [[stardate]] 46193.8. We have arrived at [[Tagra IV]] and have begun delivering supplies. In the meantime, I am faced with a crisis of a different nature.''"
   
Meanwhile in the cargo bay, Orn Lote is consulting with Geordi and is impressed with the solution they came up with for fixing the reactor. They head down to the surface to commence repairs.
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Meanwhile in the cargo bay, Orn Lote is consulting with Riker and is impressed with the solution they came up with for fixing the reactor. They head down to the surface to commence repairs.
   
Picard consults with Crusher and Troi, who eventually agree that Amanda should be told about Q's ultimatum. Picard offers to break the news to her himself. He meets with her in his ready room and explains Q's real purpose, to which Amanda becomes angry and demands Q face her. After a lecture from Picard about Q's laughable credentials as a moral judge, Q reveals that they have decided not to kill Amanda, and are willing to offer her a choice: return to the Continuum or live as a Human and refrain from using her powers. He tells her that it will not be easy: her parnts were given the same choice, but were unable to live as just humans. Amanda immediately chooses to stay on the ''Enterprise'', just before an emergency call for Captain Picard comes through.
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Picard consults with Crusher and Troi, who eventually agree that Rogers should be told about Q's ultimatum. Picard offers to break the news to her himself. He meets with her in his ready room and explains Q's real purpose, to which Rogers becomes angry and demands Q face her. After a lecture from Picard about Q's laughable credentials as a moral judge, Q reveals that they have decided not to kill Rogers, and are willing to offer her a choice: return to the Continuum or live as a Human and refrain from using her powers. He tells her that it will not be easy: her parents were given the same choice, but were unable to live as just Humans. Rogers immediately chooses to stay on the ''Enterprise'', just before an emergency call for Captain Picard comes through.
   
On the bridge, Riker is on the surface and tells Captain Picard that the damage to the Tagrans' reactor was worse than they let on and there's the possibility of an overload. He and Geordi try to stay and repair the damage. Picard accuses Q of manufacturing the crisis, but Q pleads innocence. The reactor looks like it is about to go critical but then miraculously starts repairing itself, and then the entire atmosphere of the planet clears. Picard realizes Amanda did it just as Q reappears and says "I told you it would be harder to resist than you thought." Amanda says she couldn't let all those people die.
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On the bridge, Riker is on the surface and tells Captain Picard that the damage to the Tagrans' reactor was worse than they let on and there's the possibility of an overload. He and La Forge try to stay and repair the damage. Picard accuses Q of manufacturing the crisis, but Q pleads innocence. The reactor looks like it is about to go critical but then miraculously starts repairing itself, and then the entire atmosphere of the planet clears. Picard realizes Rogers did it just as Q reappears and says "''I told you it would be harder to resist than you thought.''" Rogers says she couldn't let all those people die.
   
Amanda brings Dr. Crusher to the bridge and says she has accepted that she's a Q and agrees to go to the Continuum after explaining it to her parents. Amanda tells Dr. Crusher she hopes she can come back and see her some day. Dr. Crusher says, "You're a Q. You can do anything you want." Amanda smiles, and she and Q vanish.
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Rogers brings Dr. Crusher to the bridge and says she has accepted that she's a Q and agrees to go to the Continuum after explaining it to her adoptive parents. Rogers tells Dr. Crusher she hopes she can come back and see her some day. Dr. Crusher says, "''You're a Q. You can do anything you want.''" Rogers smiles, and she and Q vanish.
   
==Memorable Quotes==
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==Memorable quotes==
 
"''It's like the laws of physics just went right out the window!''"<br />
 
"''It's like the laws of physics just went right out the window!''"<br />
 
(A bright flash of light)<br />
 
(A bright flash of light)<br />
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"''That being...''"<br />
 
"''That being...''"<br />
 
"''That she's'' Q."
 
"''That she's'' Q."
: - '''Picard''' and '''Q''', revealing the truth about Amanda
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: - '''Picard''' and '''Q''', revealing the truth about Amanda Rogers
   
   
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"''Crusher gets more shrill with each passing year.''"
"''You don't have to eat, you know. It's a nasty human habit you could easily do without.''"<br />
 
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: - '''Q'''
:-'''Q''' to Amanda, as she leaves for dinner
 
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"''You don't have to eat, you know. It's a nasty Human habit you could easily do without.''"<br />
 
:- '''Q''' to Rogers, as she leaves for dinner
   
   
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"''None of us knew whether she had inherited the capacities of the Q, but recently they've begun to emerge, and uh, as an ''expert'' in humanity, I was sent to investigate.''"<br />
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"''None of us knew whether she had inherited the capacities of the Q, but recently they've begun to emerge, and uh, as an ''expert'' in Humanity, I was sent to investigate.''"<br />
"''You? An expert in humanity.''"<br />
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"''You? An expert in Humanity.''"<br />
 
"''Not a very challenging field of study, I grant you.''"
 
"''Not a very challenging field of study, I grant you.''"
 
: - '''Q''' and '''Riker'''
 
: - '''Q''' and '''Riker'''
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"''Wait a minute. You can't just come in here and take her away from everything she's ever known."''<br />
 
"''Wait a minute. You can't just come in here and take her away from everything she's ever known."''<br />
 
"''I assure you, I ''can''."''
 
"''I assure you, I ''can''."''
: - '''Q''' and '''Dr. Crusher'''
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: - '''Crusher''' and '''Q'''
   
   
"''Very well, I will introduce you. But... we cannot argue like this in front of her. We must at least appear to be..''"<br />
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"''Very well, I will introduce you. But... we cannot argue like this in front of her. We must at least appear to be...''"<br />
 
[Q puts his arm on Picard's shoulder]
 
[Q puts his arm on Picard's shoulder]
 
"''Pals?''"<br />
 
"''Pals?''"<br />
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"''Very impressive the way you containted that explosion. What else have you done?''"<br />
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"''Very impressive the way you contained that explosion. What else have you done?''"<br />
 
"''I don't understand.''" <br />
 
"''I don't understand.''" <br />
 
"''Telekinesis? Teleportation?"''<br />
 
"''Telekinesis? Teleportation?"''<br />
 
[Q looks at Picard]<br />
 
[Q looks at Picard]<br />
 
"''Spontaneous combustion of someone you don't like?''"
 
"''Spontaneous combustion of someone you don't like?''"
: - '''Q''' and '''Amanda''', when they first meet
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: - '''Q''' and '''Rogers''', when they first meet
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"''Don't worry. With time, you'll overcome the disadvantages you suffered as a child. No one will hold it against you for having been Human.''"
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: - '''Q''', to Amanda Rogers on joining the Q Continuum
   
   
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"''[..] She's so impetuous - she'll just have to start behaving like a Q.''" <br \>
 
"''[..] She's so impetuous - she'll just have to start behaving like a Q.''" <br \>
 
"''If I'm not mistaken, she just did.''"
 
"''If I'm not mistaken, she just did.''"
: - '''Amanda''', '''Q''', and '''Picard'''
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: - '''Rogers''', '''Q''', and '''Picard'''
   
   
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"''I am not.''"<br />
 
"''I am not.''"<br />
 
"''I think you are. How repulsive! How do you stand that hair all over his face?''"
 
"''I think you are. How repulsive! How do you stand that hair all over his face?''"
: - '''Q''' and '''Amanda''', about Riker after it became obvious that Amanda is attracted to him
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: - '''Q''' and '''Rogers''', about Riker after it became obvious that Rogers is attracted to him
   
   
 
"''..and I don't think it's asking too much that you do the same WOOF W-W-WOOF WOOF WOOF...''"
 
"''..and I don't think it's asking too much that you do the same WOOF W-W-WOOF WOOF WOOF...''"
: - '''Dr. Crusher''', during an argument in which Q turns her into a dog
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: - '''Dr. Crusher''', during an argument in which Q turns her into an [[Irish Setter]]
   
 
"''She has no choice. She never did. If she's truly Q then she must return to the Continuum where she belongs. But if she were some sort of hybrid &ndash; neither Human nor Q, then...''"<br />
 
"''She has no choice. She never did. If she's truly Q then she must return to the Continuum where she belongs. But if she were some sort of hybrid--neither human nor Q, then...''"<br />
 
 
[Q mutely snaps his fingers while he raises his eyebrow]
 
[Q mutely snaps his fingers while he raises his eyebrow]
: - '''Q''', on Amanda's future
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: - '''Q''', on Rogers' future
   
   
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"''I'' told ''you it would be harder to resist than you thought!''"
 
"''I'' told ''you it would be harder to resist than you thought!''"
: - '''Q''', after Amanda saves Targa
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: - '''Q''', after Rogers saves Targa
   
   
"''Ever since I got here, I've been fighting this...I've been denying the truth...denying what I am. I am Q.''"
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"''Ever since I got here, I've been fighting this... I've been denying the truth... denying what I am. I am Q.''"
: - '''Amanda''', accepting who she really is
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: - '''Rogers''', accepting who she really is
   
 
== Background information ==
 
== Background information ==
 
=== Production ===
 
=== Production ===
 
* [[Matthew Corey]] wrote the original material for this episode.
 
* [[Matthew Corey]] wrote the original material for this episode.
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* According to the Paramount Syndication Bible, this episode is also known as "Q Me?" [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014024237/http://www.paramounttv.com/series/star_trek__the_next_generation/star_trek_the_next_generation_6th_season.htm], which may have been the working title to this episode.
 
* First UK airdate: 16 August 1995
 
* First UK airdate: 16 August 1995
   
 
=== Continuity ===
 
=== Continuity ===
* This is the first of [[John de Lancie]]'s record three appearances as [[Q]] during the 1992-1993 season. The next appearance would be in {{DS9|Q-Less}} and the third would be in {{TNG|Tapestry}}. Q did not appear at all during TNG's fifth season. [[Undeveloped Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes#Q Makes Two|Several potential Q stories]] were developed for the fifth season, but they didn't work out and Q did not reappear until this episode. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'')
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* This is the first of [[John de Lancie]]'s record three appearances as [[Q]] during the 1992-1993 season. The next appearance would be in {{DS9|Q-Less}} and the third would be in {{TNG|Tapestry}}. Q did not appear at all during TNG's fifth season. [[Q Makes Two|Several potential Q stories]] were developed for the fifth season, but they didn't work out and Q did not reappear until this episode. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'')
 
* Amanda's temptation to use the powers of the Q is reminiscent of William Riker's temptation to use the powers of the Q in the first season episode {{e|Hide and Q}}.
 
* Amanda's temptation to use the powers of the Q is reminiscent of William Riker's temptation to use the powers of the Q in the first season episode {{e|Hide and Q}}.
 
* Q's line "''With unlimited power comes responsibility''" is a paraphrase of the famous quote from the popular comic book series Spider-Man, "''With great power comes great responsibility.''"
 
* Q's line "''With unlimited power comes responsibility''" is a paraphrase of the famous quote from the popular comic book series Spider-Man, "''With great power comes great responsibility.''"
* Q states that "''the jury is still out on that''", with regard to Q's trial of humanity. This is perhaps foreshadowing to {{e|All Good Things...}}, where that trial continues.
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* Q states that "''the jury is still out on that''", with regard to Q's trial of humanity. This is perhaps foreshadowing to {{e|All Good Things...}}, where that trial continues; this is contrary to Q's statement in {{e|Q Who}} that "[they] were exonerated".
* Amanda's parents were killed in a [[Kansas]] [[tornado]], a tip of the hat to ''[[The Wizard of Oz]].''
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* Rogers' parents were killed in a [[Kansas]] [[tornado]], a tip of the hat to ''[[The Wizard of Oz]].'' {{incite}}
 
* This is the last Q episode where the rest of the crew see Q; his subsequent appearances on the ''Enterprise'' feature him appearing only to Picard.
 
* This is the last Q episode where the rest of the crew see Q; his subsequent appearances on the ''Enterprise'' feature him appearing only to Picard.
* This episode appears to contradict the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode {{e|The Q and the Grey}}, as Amanda Rogers is technically the first known child born of the Q species, not [[Q (Junior)|Q Junior]] (to whom Q ''instantly'' feels the emotional attachment he hoped never to understand in this episode). However, Amanda was born on Earth to human parents formerly of the Q Continuum while Q junior was born in the Continuum itself.
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* This episode appears to contradict the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode {{e|The Q and the Grey}}, as Amanda Rogers is technically the first known child born of the Q species, not [[Q (Junior)|Q Junior]] (to whom Q ''instantly'' feels the emotional attachment he hoped never to understand in this episode). However, Rogers was born on Earth to Q parents who were in Human form, doing things the Human way and refraining from using their powers, while Q junior was born in the Continuum itself.
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* Doctor Beverly Crusher debuts a new hairstyle here which she keeps for the rest of the series. Gone is the long, curly wig, replaced by actress Gates McFadden's own straight, shorter hair. This is the first time since the first season where McFadden hasn't worn a hairpiece, with the possible exception of Season 3's {{e|The Enemy}}.
   
 
===Apocrypha===
 
===Apocrypha===
 
* In the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' novel, ''[[The Eternal Tide]]'', Amanda Rogers is recognized as a child of the Q, but not the first full Q child, because she was born outside the Continuum to Q who had given up their powers, despite the fact Q says, in this episode, that they were allowed to leave if they didn't use their power, but still had them, but they were unable to refrain from doing so. During the same book, Rogers is also killed helping Q Junior figure out what is going on.
 
* In the Star Trek Voyager novel, "The Eternal Tide", Amanda is recognized as a child of the Q, but not the first full Q child, because she was born outside the Continuum to Q's who had given up their powers. During the same book, Amanda is also killed helping Q Junior figure out what is going on.
 
   
 
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Q once again graces the Enterprise with a visit, claiming that a young intern aboard is really a Q.

Summary

Teaser

"Captain's log, stardate 46192.3. We have arrived at Starbase 112 and are loading relief supplies destined for Tagra IV, an ecologically devastated planet in the Argolis Cluster. We have also taken on a rather unusual passenger."

A female intern has come aboard the USS Enterprise-D, while the crew are helping Tagra IV with its worsening ecological state. The intern, whose name is Amanda Rogers, is speaking with Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher in the captain's ready room about assisting with some medical experiments, and how she eventually wants to go to Starfleet Academy. She explains she feels very lucky she was accepted as intern out of hundreds of other applicants. Commander Riker enters and leads Rogers to her quarters, but she unexpectedly seems to know much about the ship's layout already. In her quarters, she explains she wishes her three pet dogs were present, and displays an unmistakable attraction to the commander. After Riker leaves, several puppies appear in her quarters. She is dismayed and tells them that they have to go. The dogs gradually disappear.

Act One

Rogers and Dr. Crusher are talking in a medical lab about her desires for the future and Crusher's family history while she is testing tricorders. Rogers mentions she is actually adopted and her biological parents were killed when she was very young. Crusher mentions her son Wesley being at the Academy and the fact that her husband had died many years previous.

In the cargo bay, Rogers delivers the tricorders to Geordi La Forge and they discuss how the Tagrans have polluted their atmosphere and are now using a thousand baristatic filters rather than cleaning up their industrial base. Commander Riker arrives with a message for La Forge, and as he is reading information off a PADD, a container falls from above him. Rogers moves her hand and the container shifts, just barely missing Riker. No one notices that Rogers' actions saved Riker's life.

The Enterprise receives a message from Orn Lote on Tagra IV, who indicates that they are having problems with a field modulator on one of the reactors. Captain Picard says they can try to come up with a solution. La Forge and Data are in engineering working on a way to fix the Tagrans' reactor when Rogers comes to visit. Just as she arrives, a completely bizarre warp core breach occurs. They try to contain the explosion and eject the core but the breach proceeds too quickly. The warp core explodes toward Rogers, who puts out her hands, somehow managing to stop the explosion and miraculously repair the breach. Everyone is stunned by these actions.

Act Two

Later in the observation lounge, Picard, Crusher, La Forge, and Counselor Troi discuss the issue cautiously. Picard reports that Rogers is medically fine without bringing up what she did. Picard asks La Forge for an explanation for the breach but he has none – but when he claims that the laws of physics "went out the window," Q appears, wonders why such "inconvenient" things shouldn't be discarded, and admits that "of course" the core breach was his doing. He then reveals that Rogers is a Q, shocking everyone else. When Crusher claims Rogers' birth parents were Human, Q reveals they were members of the Q Continuum who had assumed Human form. They died in an accident and the Q were unsure if Amanda had inherited their powers, but they have begun to manifest so as an "expert in Humanity," Q was sent to oversee them. He warns that if Rogers doesn't control her powers, she could destroy the entire galaxy. Picard is dubious of Q wanting to help and Q admits he wouldn't care but (to his annoyance), others in the Continuum feel it's their responsibility to oversee Rogers. He says he is there to evaluate her and take her back to the Continuum. Crusher objects to his intentions and he teleports himself and Picard to the ready room. There he explains that he is there to evaluate the girl and make sure she isn't dangerous to herself or others. Picard doubts Q's abilities, but agrees to introduce them.

In Rogers' quarters, Crusher breaks the news as gently as possible. When Rogers agrees to meet Q, he walks straight through the wall and starts uncomfortably examining her while Picard rushes to make introductions. Q declares she has potential and tries to take her to the Continuum immediately, but Rogers throws him across the room with her powers. Q later complains to Picard about her behavior. Picard suggests that Q try a less abrasive approach. Q admits it is worth a try and leaves to attempt it. After he leaves, Picard goes out to the bridge and asks Data to research Rogers' parents' death. They both agree that it doesn't make sense for a Q to die in an "accident."

As Q is walking in a corridor, a shadow appears and asks him for a progress report. Q admits there are problems, but says they may not have to "terminate the girl."

Act Three

Doctor Crusher talks to Rogers in her quarters again, where Rogers admits much fear and insecurity about what is currently happening to her. Doctor Crusher tells her that she can see Rogers is distraught, but Q is really the only one who can help her through this situation. Rogers reluctantly agrees to meet with him again, but makes Doctor Crusher promise that she won't treat Rogers any differently.

Amanda Rogers with Q

Q Encourages Amanda Rogers to use her Q abilities

Q visits Rogers again and behaves much less forward. They discuss the Q and what is possible, to which Q replies "anything we want." He then leads her through an exercise where she evokes the image of her biological parents.

She meets with Doctor Crusher in the medical lab and she gives her an experiment to perform while she is working elsewhere. Q arrives after she leaves and tells Rogers she can use her powers to perform the experiment much faster.

Commander Riker visits shortly afterward and asks for Doctor Crusher. Rogers asks him to stay, but he goes to the cargo bay. Q accuses Rogers of being attracted to him and is repulsed by what he sees. Doctor Crusher then walks in and is amazed that Rogers is done with the experiment. When Crusher explains that by cutting corners she has actually ruined the experiment, Q accuses her of wasting Rogers' time. Crusher and Q argue about this and then Q briefly turns her into a dog, but Rogers turns her back.

Act Four

Q asks Rogers about her teleportation abilities and Rogers admits to ending up in the wrong place a lot. She and Q play "hide and seek" in different parts of the ship, eventually ending up on the hull of the Enterprise near the supports for the ship's nacelles.

On the bridge, Data informs Picard that Rogers' parents were killed by a tornado in Topeka, Kansas, something Picard finds unbelievable due to the weather modification network in place to dissipate such events. Data has no explanation, but Picard has a suspicion of his own.

Rogers goes to eat dinner with Counselor Troi and Dr. Crusher in Ten Forward. Riker enters and Rogers invites him to join, but he goes to sit with another female crewmate instead. Rogers looks despondent about this until she abducts Riker to a 19th century romantic setting. Riker is annoyed and tells her he has no real feelings for her. Rogers responds by giving him some, but quickly becomes disillusioned by the farce and sends him back.

Act Five

Q appears in Picard's ready room at his request, where Picard confronts him with the facts of Rogers' parents' death. He eventually gets Q to admit that they were executed by the Q for disobeying a mandate placed on them, and the real reason for his examination was to determine if Rogers was actually a Q or some sort of hybrid that would have to be exterminated. Picard is appalled at Q's callousness, but Q explains that the Continuum has no other choice.

"Captain's log, stardate 46193.8. We have arrived at Tagra IV and have begun delivering supplies. In the meantime, I am faced with a crisis of a different nature."

Meanwhile in the cargo bay, Orn Lote is consulting with Riker and is impressed with the solution they came up with for fixing the reactor. They head down to the surface to commence repairs.

Picard consults with Crusher and Troi, who eventually agree that Rogers should be told about Q's ultimatum. Picard offers to break the news to her himself. He meets with her in his ready room and explains Q's real purpose, to which Rogers becomes angry and demands Q face her. After a lecture from Picard about Q's laughable credentials as a moral judge, Q reveals that they have decided not to kill Rogers, and are willing to offer her a choice: return to the Continuum or live as a Human and refrain from using her powers. He tells her that it will not be easy: her parents were given the same choice, but were unable to live as just Humans. Rogers immediately chooses to stay on the Enterprise, just before an emergency call for Captain Picard comes through.

On the bridge, Riker is on the surface and tells Captain Picard that the damage to the Tagrans' reactor was worse than they let on and there's the possibility of an overload. He and La Forge try to stay and repair the damage. Picard accuses Q of manufacturing the crisis, but Q pleads innocence. The reactor looks like it is about to go critical but then miraculously starts repairing itself, and then the entire atmosphere of the planet clears. Picard realizes Rogers did it just as Q reappears and says "I told you it would be harder to resist than you thought." Rogers says she couldn't let all those people die.

Rogers brings Dr. Crusher to the bridge and says she has accepted that she's a Q and agrees to go to the Continuum after explaining it to her adoptive parents. Rogers tells Dr. Crusher she hopes she can come back and see her some day. Dr. Crusher says, "You're a Q. You can do anything you want." Rogers smiles, and she and Q vanish.

Memorable quotes

"It's like the laws of physics just went right out the window!"
(A bright flash of light)
"And why shouldn't they? They're so inconvenient."

- La Forge and Q


"Are you responsible for this incident in engineering?"
"Of course! I needed to find out if what I suspected about the girl were true."
"That being..."
"That she's Q."

- Picard and Q, revealing the truth about Amanda Rogers


"Crusher gets more shrill with each passing year."

- Q


"You don't have to eat, you know. It's a nasty Human habit you could easily do without."

- Q to Rogers, as she leaves for dinner


"What is it about these squirming little infants that you find so appealing?"
"I'm sure that's beyond your comprehension, Q."
"I desperately hope so."

- Dr. Crusher and Q


"None of us knew whether she had inherited the capacities of the Q, but recently they've begun to emerge, and uh, as an expert in Humanity, I was sent to investigate."
"You? An expert in Humanity."
"Not a very challenging field of study, I grant you."

- Q and Riker


"I find it hard to believe that you're here to do us a favor."
"You're quite right, I wouldn't. But there are those in the Continuum..."
[Q rolls his eyes upward with annoyance]
"...who have an over-exaggerated sense of responsibility."

- Picard and Q


"Wait a minute. You can't just come in here and take her away from everything she's ever known."
"I assure you, I can."

- Crusher and Q


"Very well, I will introduce you. But... we cannot argue like this in front of her. We must at least appear to be..."
[Q puts his arm on Picard's shoulder] "Pals?"
"...Civil."

- Picard and Q


"Very impressive the way you contained that explosion. What else have you done?"
"I don't understand."
"Telekinesis? Teleportation?"
[Q looks at Picard]
"Spontaneous combustion of someone you don't like?"

- Q and Rogers, when they first meet


"Don't worry. With time, you'll overcome the disadvantages you suffered as a child. No one will hold it against you for having been Human."

- Q, to Amanda Rogers on joining the Q Continuum


"Leave me alone! I'm not going anywhere with you!"
"[..] She's so impetuous - she'll just have to start behaving like a Q."
"If I'm not mistaken, she just did."

- Rogers, Q, and Picard


"Well, if it isn't Number Two."

- Q, when Riker enters the room


"You're attracted to him."
"I am not."
"I think you are. How repulsive! How do you stand that hair all over his face?"

- Q and Rogers, about Riker after it became obvious that Rogers is attracted to him


"..and I don't think it's asking too much that you do the same WOOF W-W-WOOF WOOF WOOF..."

- Dr. Crusher, during an argument in which Q turns her into an Irish Setter

"She has no choice. She never did. If she's truly Q then she must return to the Continuum where she belongs. But if she were some sort of hybrid – neither Human nor Q, then..."
[Q mutely snaps his fingers while he raises his eyebrow]

- Q, on Rogers' future


"With unlimited power comes responsibility."

- Q


"Jean-Luc...sometimes I think the only reason I come here is to listen to these wonderful speeches of yours..."

- Q, after Picard lectures him on morality


"The heat has fused the injectors shut - we're losing containment!"
"How long till meltdown?"
"A few minutes at most - we're going to have to..."
"Commander, look at this!!!"
"This is impossible!"
"Captain, I don't know what's happening but the reaction is stabilizing on its own!"

- La Forge, Picard, Orn Lote, and Riker


"I told you it would be harder to resist than you thought!"

- Q, after Rogers saves Targa


"Ever since I got here, I've been fighting this... I've been denying the truth... denying what I am. I am Q."

- Rogers, accepting who she really is

Background information

Production

  • Matthew Corey wrote the original material for this episode.
  • According to the Paramount Syndication Bible, this episode is also known as "Q Me?" [1], which may have been the working title to this episode.
  • First UK airdate: 16 August 1995

Continuity

  • This is the first of John de Lancie's record three appearances as Q during the 1992-1993 season. The next appearance would be in DS9: "Q-Less" and the third would be in TNG: "Tapestry". Q did not appear at all during TNG's fifth season. Several potential Q stories were developed for the fifth season, but they didn't work out and Q did not reappear until this episode. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)
  • Amanda's temptation to use the powers of the Q is reminiscent of William Riker's temptation to use the powers of the Q in the first season episode "Hide and Q".
  • Q's line "With unlimited power comes responsibility" is a paraphrase of the famous quote from the popular comic book series Spider-Man, "With great power comes great responsibility."
  • Q states that "the jury is still out on that", with regard to Q's trial of humanity. This is perhaps foreshadowing to "All Good Things...", where that trial continues; this is contrary to Q's statement in "Q Who" that "[they] were exonerated".
  • Rogers' parents were killed in a Kansas tornado, a tip of the hat to The Wizard of Oz. (citation needededit)
  • This is the last Q episode where the rest of the crew see Q; his subsequent appearances on the Enterprise feature him appearing only to Picard.
  • This episode appears to contradict the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Q and the Grey", as Amanda Rogers is technically the first known child born of the Q species, not Q Junior (to whom Q instantly feels the emotional attachment he hoped never to understand in this episode). However, Rogers was born on Earth to Q parents who were in Human form, doing things the Human way and refraining from using their powers, while Q junior was born in the Continuum itself.
  • Doctor Beverly Crusher debuts a new hairstyle here which she keeps for the rest of the series. Gone is the long, curly wig, replaced by actress Gates McFadden's own straight, shorter hair. This is the first time since the first season where McFadden hasn't worn a hairpiece, with the possible exception of Season 3's "The Enemy".

Apocrypha

  • In the Star Trek: Voyager novel, The Eternal Tide, Amanda Rogers is recognized as a child of the Q, but not the first full Q child, because she was born outside the Continuum to Q who had given up their powers, despite the fact Q says, in this episode, that they were allowed to leave if they didn't use their power, but still had them, but they were unable to refrain from doing so. During the same book, Rogers is also killed helping Q Junior figure out what is going on.

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Argolis Cluster; Bilaren system; Crusher, Jack; Crusher, Wesley; dog; Earth; eco-regeneration; Fermi; gesture; gigawatt; hide and seek; internship; Irish Setter; Jefferies tube; Kansas; microscope; mitosis; neurobiology; number one; painting; plasma dynamics; Q (species); Q Continuum; shuttlebay; shuttlepod; spontaneous combustion; Starbase 112; Starfleet Academy; Tagra IV; Tagran; tissue sample; tornado; tricorder; warp core breach; weather modification network

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