Q returns, offering to give Riker the powers of the Q. After Riker realizes that the powers only make him more arrogant and stupid, Riker rejects them, and Q is forced to leave humanity alone forever.
It's nice to have Q back. He's certainly one of the best Trek villains(?) of all time, and he's portrayed just as well here as he was before. But there's too many other problems with the episode for it to be all that great in the end.
For one thing, the overall production value here is just too low. The mysterious planet Q transports the bridge crew to is the old generic, cheap "random planet" set that's more distracting than anything else. Why didn't they just film out in the desert or something?
Riker gets a little creepy-arrogant when he starts using his Q powers. Why? Do the Q powers literally corrupt, or was it just a case of human psychology taken to a horrible extreme? It's never really explained.
Despite a good effort from the cast and an intriguing plot, this is not a very well-made episode.
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