Picard Season 2 Can Finally Resolve A Q & Guinan Mystery From TNG
Star Trek: Picard's season 2 trailer has teased the reunion of one of Jean-Luc's best friends, as well as one of his most troubling antagonists with the return of both Whoopi Goldberg's Guinan and John de Lancie as Q. Longtime Star Trek viewers will recognize Goldberg as the bartender/empathetic ear from Star Trek: The Next Generation's Ten Forward, the lounge aboard the Enterprise-D. And of course, Q (and his people, the Q Continuum) has been a sliver in Starfleet's palm since The Next Generation's premiere episode, «Encounter at Farpoint,» in 1987. But these two characters have an unexamined connection that fans have been waiting to be revealed for more than 30 years.
Early in Guinan's residency on the Enterprise, it was revealed that she and the omnipotent Q had encountered each other previously. In The Next Generation episode, «Q Who» (season 2, episode 16), Guinan said that she and Q had "some dealings" previously. She seemed to be able to sense his presence, contacting the bridge to ask Commander Riker if anything unexpected had happened just before the crew realized that Jean-Luc was missing. Later, Q argued that Guinan, who Jean-Luc trusted implicitly, was "an imp" and said, "where she goes, trouble always follows." He also implied that Guinan had gone by another name when he knew her previously. Beyond that, however, little is truly known about their relationship.
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By bringing back Guinan and Q for Picard season 2, Star Trek may finally be revealing the connection between the two long-lived and enigmatic characters. Both of them are part of civilizations that have been kept shadowed by mystery in the Star Trek franchise, though it is clear that
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