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Originally Posted by Mull
TNG is pretty strong Star Trek and space-god Q and Picard arguably the key stand-off of that show (perhaps the Borg).
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difference is because TNG is episodic, Q pops in and out every once in a while to wreak havoc and then mostly leaves everything back where he found it with a few humbling lessons for the Enterprise crew. That way omnipotent quippy alien doesn't overstay his welcome. Even the Borg were not season long villains, which was a good thing because they soon became used too much and totally lost their intimidation factor.
a full season of old Q screwing around with old android Picard doesn't sound like a slam dunk to me, but who knows maybe he's there because they decided the mortal android body thing is a terrible idea after all so Q's just going to make him decrepit flesh again.