Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Deja Q (1990)

Jonathan Frakes: Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker

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Quotes 

• [Q has made appear two scantily clad women to fawn on Riker] 

  Commander William T. Riker : I don't need your fantasy women.

  Q : Oh, you're so stolid! You weren't like that before the beard.

• Lt. Cmdr. Data : Captain, the aliens have disappeared. And so has the shuttle.

  Commander William T. Riker : Scan the sector.

  Lt. Cmdr. Data : I have, sir.

  Capt. Picard : Well... I suppose that is the end of Q.

  [with a flash, Q appears on the bridge with a trumpet, accompanied by a mariachi band] 

  Q : AU CONTRAIRE, MON CAPITAINE! HE'S BACK!

  [the band starts playing, accompanied by Q with gusto] 

• Q : I'm forgiven! My brothers and sisters of the Continuum have taken me back. I'm immortal again! Omnipotent again!

  Commander William T. Riker : Swell.

• Q : [about the Calamarain, which he has tortured in the past]  They simply have no sense of humor - a character flaw with which you can personally identify.

  Commander William T. Riker : I say we turn him over to them.

  Q : Oh, well, I take it back. You do have a sense of humor, a dreadful one at that.

• Q : I know human beings. They're all sopping over with compassion and forgiveness. They can't wait to absolve... almost any offense. It's an inherent weakness of the breed.

  Capt. Picard : On the contrary, it is a strength.

  Q : You call it what you will. But I think you'll protect me, even though I've tormented you now and again.

  Commander William T. Riker : Fighting off all the species which you've insulted would be a full-time mission. That's not the one I signed up for.