Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Q2 (2001)

Kate Mulgrew: Capt. Kathryn Janeway

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Quotes 

• Captain Janeway : [to the replicator]  Coffee, black.

  Voyager Computer : Make it yourself.

  Neelix : You can thank Q's son. He thought the computer needed more personality.

• Q2 : Aunt Kathy!

  Captain Janeway : Don't you "Aunt Kathy" me!

  Q2 : Yell at me later. We need to get Icheb to sickbay.

• Captain Janeway : [about Q2]  The last time I saw him, he was an infant.

  Q2 : Four years ago in human time. You called me 'adorable.'

  Captain Janeway : [stunned]  You remember?

  Q2 : I may have looked like an infant, but I was still a Q.

  Q2 : [to Q]  Maybe you should have picked a better godparent.

  Q : I wonder if it's too late to ask Jean-Luc.

• Captain Janeway : This party is over! Get your... guests off my ship!

  Q2 : I like you, Aunt Kathy. You've got gumption, but what you don't have is unlimited control of space, matter and time, which means, *I* give the orders around here.

• Q2 : [of his father]  He abandoned me on an antiquated flying machine run by primates!

  Captain Janeway : We "primates" are your only hope.

• [last lines] 

  Q : [handing Janeway a PADD]  Oh, before I leave, I did a little homework for you. Consider it a thank you for everything you did for Junior.

  Captain Janeway : [looking at the PADD]  Not that I don't appreciate it, but this will only take a few years off our journey. Why not send us all the way?

  Q : What sort of an example would I be setting for my son if I did all the work for you?

• Q2 : I've been through every deck on this ship, and do you know what I've seen? Bipeds pushing buttons, bipeds replacing relays, bipeds running diagnostics. When you gonna do something interesting?

  Captain Janeway : Say hello to Q, everyone.

• Captain Janeway : [about Q's son]  He worked so hard on that paper. The least you could have done was tell him you were proud of him.

  Q : But I'm not.

  Captain Janeway : [frustrated]  Oh!

  Q : And frankly, it's a little hard to be impressed with any of the boy's accomplishments. He's been here for five days, and what have you taught him? How to scribble essays and play with holograms? What's next, basket weaving?

• Captain Janeway : You're asking me to change your son in one week?

  Q : I'm sure you'll think of something.

  Q2 : What if she doesn't?

  Q : Then it's single-cellular city for you, my boy.

• Captain Janeway : [with Q2 bereft of his powers]  What you no longer have, Q, is unlimited control of space, matter and time, which means *I* give the orders around here. Do I make myself clear?

• Captain Janeway : If the Continuum decides they won't take you back... I'll ask them to let you stay here.

  Q2 : I don't think they care WHERE an amoeba spends eternity.

  Captain Janeway : That's not what I meant. I'll ask them to let you remain human.

  Q2 : I appreciate that, but I don't wanna be human. I want to be a Q, like... my father.

• Neelix : [of Q2]  He may be omnipotent, but he's still a young man in need of guidance. Perhaps if someone were to approach him as a friend.

  Captain Janeway : You think he needs a mentor.

  Neelix : Exactly.

  Captain Janeway : Are you volunteering?

  Neelix : Well, I am good with children.

  Captain Janeway : [chuckles]  Q is no ordinary child.

  Neelix : I'm no ordinary mentor.

• Captain Janeway : We may be common bipeds, but we're not stupid.

• Captain Janeway : Aren't you supposed to be supervising our young guest?

  Chakotay : He says he doesn't need supervision.

  Captain Janeway : And you accepted that?

  Chakotay : Of course not. I'm just giving him a chance to fail.

• [Q2 has presented an essay to his father] 

  Captain Janeway : [to Q]  Well?

  Q : Huh?

  Captain Janeway : What did you think?

  Q : [unconcerned]  Oh, it's very nice.

  Captain Janeway : "Nice?"

  Q : Yes, I especially liked the part about the Continuum.

  Captain Janeway : The entire essay was about the Continuum.

  Q : [irritated]  Yes, and it's very nice.

• Captain Janeway : Whether you're willing to admit it or not, your son has made progress here. He has the potential to be a better Q than you will ever be.

  Q : Potential isn't going to be enough for the Continuum.

  Captain Janeway : Then what WILL be enough?

  Q : The boy needs to demonstrate nothing less than... exemplary Q-ness.

  Captain Janeway : And what exactly is "Q-ness?"

  Q : Oh, it's impossible for your minuscule mind to comprehend, but I know Q-ness when I see it, and this...

  [he picks up Q2's essay and throws it to Janeway] 

  Q : ...is not it.

• Q : [Q pops his head through the turbolift doors]  Going up?

  Captain Janeway : I'll catch the next one.

• Q2 : You're leaving me here?

  Captain Janeway : I though we agreed that YOU were going to take a more active role.

  Q : I'd like to, Kathy, but we both know that you're a million times the parent I am.

  Q2 : I'm not a parent.

  Q2 : Well, maybe not in the biological sense, but you're certainly a mommy to this crew. Just look how quickly you house-broke that Borg drone.

• Q : Your brilliant plan didn't work. I smothered the boy with attention, spent every waking moment with him, but things only got worse.

  Captain Janeway : You've been gone for less than ten minutes!

• [Janeway discovers an unfamiliar teenage smugly sitting in the corner of her ready room] 

  Q2 : [on Icheb's lengthy report]  I would have failed him. Kirk may have been a lowly human, but at least he had pizzazz. That report made him sound about as exciting as a Vulcan funeral dirge.

  Captain Janeway : [hitting her combadge]  Janeway to Security.

  Q2 : Don't bother. I trapped your crew in a temporal loop. They keep experiencing the last thirty seconds over and over - almost as monotonous as drone boy's essay.

• Captain Janeway : [to Q]  Parenhood is more than just cleaning up your child's messes. YOU need to set an example.

• Captain Janeway : [reviewing Junior's report]  Insightful. Informative. I'm impressed. Too bad you didn't write it.