A lot. People here keep mentioning “Q Who?” as important. It very much is, to the entire franchise, not just TNG. And in the end, when Picard is musing aloud over what happened, it’ll be your first opportunity to consider that Q might have done them a favor in his way and is more complex than you thought.
Thanks, you talked me back into sticking with it from the beginning. I’d wonder what I missed if I skipped a whole season or two, I think.
A lot. People here keep mentioning “Q Who?” as important. It very much is, to the entire franchise, not just TNG. And in the end, when Picard is musing aloud over what happened, it’ll be your first opportunity to consider that Q might have done them a favor in his way and is more complex than you thought.
Before it’s too late: Skip episode 4. “Code of Honor,” alternate title: “The Gang Gets Racist”
Don’t forget “Racism 2: Irish Boogaloo” when O’Brien beams up that colony of goat herders.