Favourite Q moments?

Worf protesting that he is, in fact, NOT a merry man, will never fail to get a chuckle from me

Probably the best thing about Q is how sparingly he was used.  Made it really exciting when he showed up.

"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross, but it's not for the timid."

I loved that Q appeared in the first and last episodes; it brought the story arc together as a whole.
Star Trek is my go-to comfort.

Q : "What do I have to do to prove I am mortal? " Worf "Die".

Only 8 episodes and such a massive impact.  That's just solid writing and DeLancie being a legend.

"I've just been paid a visit by Q.  He wants to do something nice for me."

"I'll alert the crew."

I asked John Delancie at a convention how he thought Q's powers worked. He said he thought it was like someone who had escaped from Plato's cave, and then went back into the cave.

I loved the line when Q said to Riker you wasn’t like this before the beard

Q is not a villain, he chooses to be the Antagonist

This line from Q when he visits Data in sickbay: "There are creatures in the universe who would consider you the ultimate achievement, android. No feelings, no emotions, no pain. And yet you covet those qualities of humanity. Believe me, you're missing nothing. But if it means anything to you, you're a better human than I."

It's wild that Q only ever actually appears in eight episodes, he is such a strong presence in terms of what the show tries to tell us and the mechanisms it uses to do so that it feels like he's a way larger part of the show than he actually is going by screen time

10:00 funny little side note. In the scene where Q conjures the mariachi band, you can see Worf look down at his console and shake his head, that’s actually Michael Dorn breaking character and laughing at DeLancie cause that whole bit is genuinely hilarious.

I don't think the Q would have worked without De Lance. Dude understood the assignment and knocked it out of the park.

I know it's more of a Data moment, but I love it when Q allows Data to laugh.

Wow...only 8 episodes?!? 😮 It felt like so many more,  I suppose that adds to the strength the character had.

Q is that drunk best friend that shows up when your life is starting to go smoothly

My favorite lines are when Q says "What must I do..." and Worf answers "Die.".

"The trial never ends" -- such a sublime summation to all of Star Trek before and since. Just masterful film making all around.