Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Q2 (2001)

John de Lancie: Q

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Quotes 

• Q : [lecturing his son]  If the Continuum's told you once, they've told you a thousand times: DON'T - PROVOKE - THE BORG!

• 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.

• [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?

• 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.

• [Q has released his son from a Petri dish] 

  Q2 : What was that for?

  Q : What's wrong? You didn't enjoy life as an Oprelian amoeba?

  Q2 : No! I was... shapeless and slimy. The only thing to eat was paramecia.

  [spits] 

  Q : [unimpressed]  Sounds unpleasant. I'm sure you'll do whatever you can to avoid returning to that petri dish.

• [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 : I wish you could see the look on your faces! Oh, wait, you can!

  [he snaps his fingers, and mirrors appear before Janeway and Q2, who look into them] 

• Q : Like Aunt Kathy said, you're never gonna learn anything if you don't face the consequences of your actions. If your little playmate has to die to teach you a lesson - so be it.

• Q : Now, then, if we're all finished here, it's Judgment Day for Junior.

• 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!