When Q offers Riker an invitation to join the cult, Riker is tempted. But when the power starts corrupting absolutely, Picard and crew must remind Riker of his humanity. Would you have saved that dead child? And what was a child doing at a mining operation, anyway? Doesn't the Federation have child labor laws?
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- 6:20 - Teaser
- 12:03 - Act 1
- 21:39 - Act 2
- 34:46 - Act 3
- 39:58 - Act 4
- 49:59 - Act 5
- 58:36 - Humanist Themes
- 1:05:49 - Patron Shout Outs
- 1:07:45 - Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge
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