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It sounds like you want to summon Q.

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I'm flattered, but that might
be beyond my capabilities.

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Yours, maybe.

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But there's someone else.

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Wait a minute.

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No "So nice to see you,
my new old friend?"

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[Narrator] Among
the esteemed few

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Admiral Jean-Luc Picard
calls close friends,

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there is one who is
an enduring confidant

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throughout his life.

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In fact,

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their friendship transcends
several lifetimes.

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Our relationship
is beyond friendship,

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beyond family.

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[Narrator] Guinan,
the El-Aurian barkeep,

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has often been
there for Picard,

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and her long lifespan has
allowed him to turn to her

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more than once when time traveling.

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This wrong must be righted,

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something which only
you can help me do.

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[Narrator] It's not just her intuition

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and El-Aurian listening abilities

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that compel Jean-Luc to seek
out 21st-century Guinan,

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but also her unique relationship with Q.

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You can't really want me to summon a Q.

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[Narrator] Here's what we know

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about Guinan and Q's strange history,

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and how it is that she alone

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can unsettle this godlike trickster.

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You!

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[Narrator] Picard first
witnesses the strange effect

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Guinan has
on Q in Season 2

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of Star Trek:
The Next Generation.

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Q reveals that his fraught
relationship with Guinan

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is longstanding,

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though he hasn't always
known her by that name.

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Guinan. Is that
your name now?

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[Narrator] And it would
seem that the Q

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Picard is most familiar
with isn't the only Q

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Guinan has met.

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Not all the Q are alike.

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Some are
almost respectable.

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[Narrator] Well traveled

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and having spent
much time on Earth,

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Guinan has a
unique appreciation

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for humans
and Starfleet,

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coming to their defense

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when Q judges
them unfairly.

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They don't have a clue
as to what's out here.

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But they will
learn, adapt.

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That is their
greatest advantage.

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[Narrator]
When Q thrust Picard

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and the Enterprise crew

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into a first encounter
with the Borg,

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it's Guinan who was
able to provide insight

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on this terrifying
new threat.

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My people encountered
them a century ago.

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They destroyed our cities,

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scattered my people
throughout the galaxy.

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Protect yourself, Captain,
or they'll destroy you.

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[Narrator] When next
Guinan and Q meet,

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he has been stripped
of his powers

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by the Continuum

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and seeks asylum
on the Enterprise.

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All too acquainted
with Q's arrogance,

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Guinan revels
in his disgrace.

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Seems human
enough to me.

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And you better
get used to it.

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What?

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Begging. You're a pitiful
excuse for a human.

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The only way
you're gonna survive

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is on the
charity of others.

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[Narrator] In Season 2
of Star Trek: Picard,

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21st-century Guinan fills Jean-Luc in

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on the historical
details of the El-Aurians

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and the Q Continuum.

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My people and the denizens
of the Q Continuum

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struck a truce.

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The truce was made over a bottle.

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[Narrator] Though, for an
El-Aurian, summoning a Q

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is no simple matter.

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[Guinan screams unsettlingly]

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With the future of humanity on the line,

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Guinan and Q's unique connection

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may prove critical to Picard's mission.

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Is it him?