2x18 Death Wish - Star Trek: Voyager Episode Guide

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- Episode 02x18

Episode: 02x18
Title: Death Wish
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 130
First Aired: Feb. 19, 1996

Season 2 » Episode #18 - Death Wish

Summary: Stardate: 49301.2 While trying to take in a sample of a rogue comet, the crew of Voyager inadvertently beams aboard a member of the Q, who has been imprisoned in the comet by the Continuum due to his desire to commit suicide. When the Q who had pestered Captain Jean-Luc Picard for so many years materializes, Q asks for asylum on Voyager, which leads to a lengthy court hearing on this request.

Who appeared in this episode?

Commander William T. Riker	played by Jonathan Frakes
Quinn	played by Gerrit Graham
Isaac Newton	played by Peter Dennis
Maury Ginsberg	played by Maury Ginsberg

Episode Quotes

	Season 2 / Episode 18: - Death Wish Captain Kathryn Janeway: Based on my research, you have been many things. A rude, interfering, inconsiderate, sadistic... Q: You've made your point! Captain Kathryn Janeway: ...pest. And, oh, yes, you've introduced us to the Borg, thank you very much. But one thing you have never been, is a liar. Q: I think you uncovered my one redeeming virtue. Am I blushing?
	Season 2 / Episode 18: - Death Wish B'Elanna Torres: [after Q transports Voyager back in time to the Big Bang] This ship was not designed to withstand the formation of the cosmos.

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TRIVIA

According to the short article entitled "Bringing Back Q", appearing in the Feb. 17-23, 1996 issue of TV Guide, Michael Piller originally wanted to bring on more guest stars for this episode than actually had appeared. According to Piller, "We tried to get Michael Jordan (I), but he wants to be hired as an actor, not as himself. We also wanted to get Cal Ripken, Bill Gates (I), Henry Kissinger, or Frank Sinatra," adding, "Hey, we aim high."
The scenes of the comet where Q/Quinn was imprisoned are re-used footage of another comet shown in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) {Masks (#7.17)}.
The title refers to a series of Charles Bronson movies in the 1970s and 1980s where he had a self proclaimed vigilantly crusade against crime.