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Q2 (Star Trek: Voyager)
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| Star Trek: VOY episode | |
| "Q2" | |
 Young Q recites an essay about the Q Continuum. |
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| Episode no. | 165 |
|---|---|
| Prod. code | 265 |
| Airdate | April 11, 2001 |
| Writer(s) | Kenneth Biller Robert J. Doherty |
| Director | LeVar Burton |
| Guest star(s) | John de Lancie as Q Keegan de Lancie as Q2 Manu Intiraymi as Icheb Michael Kagan as Chokuzan commander Lorna Raver as Q-Judge Anthony Holiday as Nausicaan Scott Davidson as Bolian |
| Year | 2377 |
| Stardate | 54704.5 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Human Error" |
| Next | "Author, Author" |
"Q2" is an episode of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager.
Q shows up on USS Voyager to introduce Kathryn Janeway to her godson, Q Junior, who now has the appearance of human teenager.
Things start out bad with Junior around. He starts making all sorts of trouble for the Voyager crew, for example, turning Engineering into a nightclub, and starting a war between two peaceful races. He even created a Borg Voyager, to see how "humans act under pressure". until his father wisked away the Borg drones on the ship.
Q explains to Janeway in her ready room that the Continuum hoped his son would stablize everything. However, it was quite the opposite; Junior started war, tampered with primordial gene pools and tore holes in the fabric of space-time. The Continuum blamed Q for this so he dumped his son on Voyager in hopes he'll learn something. Janeway suggests he spent some "father-son" time with Junior. But ten minutes later (one minute is one year in Q time), Junior shifted the tectonic plates of a nearby planet and refused to apologize.
Disappointed by young Q's lack of progress, Q takes away young Q's powers and he leaves once again. The Q Continuum has ruled that the boy will be turned into an amoeba unless he improves. After a rough start, young Q gains Icheb's trust and kidnaps him on the Delta Flyer on a tour of the galaxy. They run into a Chokuzan ship, which fires a neural weapon at the Delta Flyer leaving Icheb incapacitated. Young Q returns to Voyager and pleads with the Doctor to save Icheb. The Doctor is powerless without knowledge about the Chokuzan weapon. When young Q finally admits that it's his fault Icheb is paralyzed, Q reveals that he simulated the Chokuzan ship as a test, to see if the young Q had improved. He then gets the Q Continuum to restore young Q's powers. Junior leaves a room full of red roses for "Aunt Kathy".
Grateful for Janeway's help, Q gives Janeway information which will get Voyager a few years of travel closer to home. She asks why not send them directly back. Q responds "What example would I'd be setting for my son."
- "Q2" article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- "Q2" episode summary from StarTrek.com