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Star Trek: The Next Generation


“Q Who”

Episode Number42 (2.16)
Production Number142
Season2
Stardate42761.3
Original Airdate08-May-1989
TeleplayMaurice Hurley
DirectorRob Bowman
The Enterprise is trapped by a Borg cube
Synopsis

Q is kicked out of the continuum. Denied a position on the Enterprise, Q throws the ship 70,000 light years into the Delta Quadrant, where they must battle the Borg, ruthless cyborgs with a collective mind.

Special Guest Star

Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan)

Guest Cast

John De Lancie ("Q")
Lycia Naff (Ensign Sonya Gomez)
Colm Meaney (Chief Miles O'Brien)

Notes
  • This classic episode introduces the Borg. The Borg return in season three's finale "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I".
  • Pulaski does not appear in this episode.
  • This episode won two Emmy awards: Outstanding Sound Editing and Outstanding Sound Mixing. (It was also nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects).