New Picard S2 teaser taunts us with return of Q, time shenanigans

Picard discovered that Dahj was actually a synthetic, technically Data's "daughter," and she had a twin sister, Soji, who was also in danger.Resolved to save Soji, Picard asked Starfleet for a ship, but he had been gone a long time, and his entreaties were rebuffed. Patrick Stewart personally invited Whoopi Goldberg to reprise her role as Guinan in S2 during an appearance on The View, and Paramount dropped an initial S2 teaser in April, on First Contact Day, that strongly hinted Q would return and the second season would play with time.That teaser was just a tour through Picard's empty home, set to Stewart's voiceover ruminations. Time offers so many opportunities—but never second chances."The teaser ended with a Queen of Hearts playing card evaporating into dust, leaving just the "Q," followed by de Lancie's unmistakable voice chuckling and saying, "The trial never ends." As every ST:TNG fan knows, Q notoriously put humanity on trial in that show's finale, "All Good Things...," with Picard forced to prove humanity's potential to the Q Continuum. As a distraught Picard wonders what is happening, we hear Q answer, "Excellent question, Jean-Luc," before commenting that Picard looks "a bit older than imagined." And then Q appears, also looking older and more distinguished—and not wearing tights, per de Lancie's request.