10 Most Overrated Star Trek Villains
1. Q
Tacked onto the pilot of TNG purely to flesh out the second half of the feature-length episode, Q became far more than an afterthought.
Appearing across TNG, DS9, VGR, Lower Decks and soon Picard, the omnipotent one has been the thorn in many a captain's side over the years. Or has he?
If we look back at his exploits, Q began as a genuine threat to the Federation in Encounter at Farpoint. He placed the crew in real danger during the courtroom trial and proved to have something of a dark side by introducing viewers to the Borg and even trying to turn Riker by granting him similar powers.
But for a good proportion of his time, Q is nothing more than a diversion and that annoying child who continuously stabs his finger into your thigh demanding chocolate at the supermarket till. He promises a lot, delivers, and produces significantly underwhelming results. Actor John De Lancie is far better used when Q is dealing with more serious affairs such as the anti-time paradox or the mortality of Death Wish when there is a higher goal at stake.