Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Q Who (1989)

Whoopi Goldberg: Guinan

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• [last lines] 

  Capt. Picard : Maybe Q did the right thing for the wrong reason.

  Guinan : How so?

  Capt. Picard : Well... perhaps what we most needed was a kick in our complacency - to prepare us for what lies ahead.

• Q : My purpose is to join you.

  Commander William T. Riker : To join us as what?

  Q : As a member of the crew, willing and able, ready to serve. This ship is already home for the indigent, the unwanted, the unworthy. Why not for a homeless entity?

  Commander William T. Riker : Homeless?

  Q : Yes.

  Commander William T. Riker : The other members of the Q Continuum kicked you out?

  Guinan : Not all the Q are alike. Some are almost respectable.

• Guinan : My people encountered them a century ago. They destroyed our cities, scattered my people throughout the galaxy. They're called the Borg. Protect yourself, Captain, or they'll destroy you.

• Q : [referring to Guinan]  Picard, if you had half the sense you pretend to have, you would get her off your ship immediately. And if you'd like, I'd be more than pleased to expedite her departure.

  Capt. Picard : [to Guinan]  You know him?

  Guinan : We have had some dealings.

  Q : Those dealings were two centuries ago. This creature is not what she appears to be. She's an Imp, and where she goes, trouble always follows.

  Capt. Picard : You're speaking of yourself, Q, not Guinan.

• [Riker prepares to beam over to the Borg ship with an away team] 

  Guinan : I wouldn't go there if I were you.

  Commander William T. Riker : I don't know, Guinan. They paid us a visit; it seems only fair that we return the courtesy.

• Capt. Picard : How do we reason with them, let them know that we're not a threat?

  Guinan : You don't. At least, I've never known anyone who did.

• Capt. Picard : They will be coming.

  Guinan : You can bet on it.

• Capt. Picard : Guinan, your people have been in this part of the galaxy.

  Guinan : Yes.

  Commander William T. Riker : What can you tell us?

  Guinan : Only that if I were you, I'd start back now.

• Commander William T. Riker : Why didn't the Borg attack? They could have, but they didn't.

  Guinan : They don't do that individually. That's not their way. When they decide to come, they're going to come in force. They don't do anything piecemeal.

• Guinan : [to Q after he appears in Ten-Forward with a kidnapped Captain Picard]  I knew it was you!