ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Hide and Q</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#000000"> <TABLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="580" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="150" VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/Next-Gen-Logo.gif" WIDTH="175" HEIGHT="117" BORDER="0" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Logo"></TD> <TD WIDTH="230" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="4" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'Hide and Q'</B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(Story Code 111)<BR>by C. J. Holland and Gene Roddenberry<BR>Story by C. J. Holland</TD> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="200" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/STTNG S1 Cast.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="150" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Cast"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> The <I>U.S.S. Enterprise</I> is sent on a mission to bring medical aid to the survivors of a planet rocked by a lethal explosion. However, while en route, the Federation vessel is brought to a standstill by Q, the mysterious entity the crew met during their earlier mission to Farpoint station. Q demands that Picard abandon his rescue mission to take part in a deadly game that could result in either the greatest possible future for the crew - or their death. He transports several members of the bridge crew down to the surface of a nearby planet, and forces them to fight vicious, animal-like soldiers. Worf and Wesley are killed, and when Commander Riker excels in the conflict, Q grants him omnipotent powers like his, and then offers him full membership in the Q-Continuum& <BR><BR> Patrick Stewart (<B>Captain Jean-Luc Picard</B>), Jonathan Frakes (<B>Commander William Thomas Riker</B>), LeVar Burton (<B>Lieutenant Geordi La Forge</B>), Denise Crosby (<B>Security Chief Lieutenant Natasha  Tasha Yar</B>), Michael Dorn (<B>Lieutenant Worf</B>), Gates McFadden (<B>Doctor Beverly Crusher</B>), Marina Sirtis (<B>Councelor Deanna Troi</B>), Brent Spiner (<B>Lieutenant Commander Data</B>), Wil Wheaton (<B>Wesley Crusher</B>), John de Lancie (<B>Q</B>), Elaine Nalee (<B>Female Klingon</B>), William A. Wallace (<B>adult Wesley Crusher</B>) <BR><BR><B>Directed by Cliff Bole <BR>Produced by Maurice Hurley <BR>Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry </B> <BR><BR><B>TX:</B> <FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> <BR>23rd November, 1987 <BR><BR><B>Notes:</B> <BR>*Featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas Riker, Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Security Chief Lieutenant Natasha  Tasha Yar, Lieutenant Worf, Doctor Beverly Crusher, Councelor Deanna Troi, Lieutenant Commander Data and Wesley Crusher <BR><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>