After Picard is mortally wounded during a surprise attack, he finds himself in the afterlife with his foe Q, who gives him the opportunity to change his destiny.

John De Lancie ("Q")
Ned Vaughn (Ensign Cortin "Corey" Zweller)
J.C. Brandy (Ensign Marta Batanides)
Clint Carmichael (Nausicaan)
Rae Norman (Penny Muroc)
Clive Church (Maurice Picard)
Marcus Nash (Young Ensign Jean-Luc Picard)

• An ensign recently graducated from the Academy, Picard was stabbed in the heart by a Nausicaan and received an artificial heart.
  
• When Q sends Picard back, he avoids the fight and then finds himself a junior grade Lieutenant science officer on the Enterprise, where Troi and Riker tell him that he'll never make command because he never takes risks. Picard is the assistant astrophysics officer; the captain is Thomas Halloway.