Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Finale – "The Last Generation"The return of Q (John de Lancie) in Star Trek: Picard's season 3 finale makes more sense of the trickster's convoluted season 2 storyline. In a surprise post-credits scene, Ensign Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) encountered his father's old cosmic sparring partner Q, in his quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-G. Despite his apparent death in Picard's season 2 finale, Q now has his sights set on Jack Crusher, for whom the trial of humanity is just beginning.
Now that Q's plans for the son of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) have been revealed, it makes sense of his confusing plan from Star Trek: Picard season 2. Q's meddling with time was apparently a means to get Jean-Luc to confront his own father issues. However, it was never entirely clear why Q had to create a dystopian timeline, threaten the life of Picard's ancestor, and accidentally create a new species of Borg to achieve this goal. Thankfully, Q's appearance in Jack Crusher's quarters at least answers why he was keen for Jean-Luc to resolve his issues with his father.
