Q’s Dead (?)
Speaking of time travel nonsense in Picard season two, its bonkers finale saw Q—who sent Picard and his friends to an alternate fascist timeline that then led to them jumping back to the early 21st century to avoid said fascist timeline happening—reveal that his latest shenanigans were both a test and a parting gift for his long-time frenemy. Q was dying, and wanted to show Jean-Luc how to love himself—pissing him off, nearly eradicating his known existence, and nearly killing him multiple times—by confronting the tragedies of his family’s pasts, and having done so, used the last of his omnipotence to whiz Picard and his friends back to their own time to save the day.
However, Q’s Q, which means there could be any number of contrivances that bring him back at some point. But for now, he’s gone.
