Picard: It Doesn't Matter If Q's Jean-Luc Plan Works (He's Still Dying)
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Season 2, Episode 8 — «Mercy»
Regardless of whether Q's (John de Lancie) Star Trek: Picard plan to help Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) works, he's still dying. InStar Trek: Picard season 2, episode 8, «Mercy,» Q finally answered Guinan's (Ito Aghayere) summons, and the El-Aurian bartender was shocked when the formerly omnipotent being confessed he lacks his powers and he's deathly ill. Q enlisted the help of Dr. Adam Soong (Brent Spiner) to help him change the future but Q also told Guinan that all of his machinations are really intended to help Jean-Luc Picard.
After decades away, Q reappeared in Picard's life and put the Starfleet Admiral back «on trial» at the start ofStar Trek: Picard season 2. Q claimed Jean-Luc was responsible for the timeline being changed into the dark reality ruled by the Confederation of Earth, but it was really Q who traveled back in time to 2024 Los Angeles to take the future in a different direction. Q changed the timeline by targeting Jean-Luc's ancestor, Renée Picard (Penelope Mitchell), an astronaut for the Europa Mission who is integral to the future. In response, Jean-Luc and his motley crew time-traveled to 2024 to stop Q, who suddenly realized that he lost his powers in the past. Q decided to recruit Adam Soong by dangling the cure to his daughter Kore's (Isa Briones) genetic disease, although Q ultimately gave Kore her cure and the «freedom» to walk her way from her diabolical father. But all of these plots and schemes lead back to Jean-Luc Picard for Q.
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