Season: 2
Original Airdate: 5/6/1989
Writer(s): Maurice Hurley
Director(s): Robert Bowman
Guest Stars
Colm Meaney as Miles O’Brien
John de Lancie as Q
Lycia Naff as Sonya
Stardate: 42761.3
Synopsis: The mysterious Q returns claiming that he has been asked to leave the Q-continuum and that he wishes to join the Enterprise crew. He tells Picard that they need him as a guide because humanity is unprepared for what awaits them. When Picard insists they are, Q hurls the Enterprise several thousand light-years away where they encounter the Borg, a race of cyborgs.