Ok, the "Move Along Home" joke had me 😂😂😂😂😂

One of favourite moments is small, when Data laughs, but not because of Data. Its Troi's reaction to it. She reacts so wholesomely with joy, as an empath, she's sensing emotion from her friend for the first time and honestly her reaction sells it for me that its genuine. Its subtle, but its very sweet.

"Eat any good books lately?" is an hilarious line. This episode was great.

Worf’s lines in this episode are some his absolute best in the series in my opinion.

data's line to q when realizing q is in fact human, "so you have achieved in disgrace what i have always aspired to be" hits like a god damn truck!

I love Q's line there, while he's talking to Picard. Picard says he's still not convinced that this isn't one of Q's ill-conceived jokes, to which Q replies: "Yes, it is a joke...A joke on me...a joke of the universe...the King who would be man. As I learn more and more what it is to be human, I am more and more convinced that I would never make a good one. I don't have what it takes. Without my powers, I'm frightened of everything. I'm a coward, and I'm miserable...and I can't go on this way."

About 5-6 years ago my now 12 yo daughter was obsessed with My Little Pony. One day I hear her giggling, laughing, really enjoying the episode. John De Lancie was voicing a character named Discord, a chaos demon, and was channeling all his brilliant TNG Q'ness into this character. My point? Watching my 6yo laughing so much was priceless. It wasn't just childish animated antics. It was some of the character's line deliveries that had my daughter in stitches. Regardless of medium or target age group, de Lancie's comic performance always shines.

Calamarain, count to four.

I'm so glad you did a shoutout to Corbin Bernsen as "the other Q" in this episode. When this was filmed, Bernsen was at the height of his fame as divorce lawyer Arnie Becker on "LA Law." Becker was a hotshot who was single and dated lots of beautiful women, but even though he feigned cynicism about life and relationships, he often ended up doing the inconvenient, ethical thing in spite of himself, very much like the Q in this episode. For any fan of 80s-90s prestige TV, having Bernsen in this role was a brilliant casting stroke, adding a very meta layer to this scene and to the entire episode.

Corbin Bernsen's cameo was a Really Big Deal when this aired. LA Law was hugely popular at the time, and we didn't have the Internet to spoil such cameos.

I’d add that the scene where Data laughs is extremely touching. I also like the way that Q saving the planet is revealed as a surprise. God tier episode for a literal god like character.

There's an alternate universe somewhere, where Q never got his godhood back, and remained a human member of the crew, using his infinite knowledge to help out, and slowly, glacially, becoming a better person as the program unfolded, season after season.

TNG's "Deja Q" and DS9's "In the Cards" (DS9's most underrated episode) make a great double feature of Trek character-driven comedies with substance and layering. They are both my favorite episodes of their respective series for good reason.

Whenever I feel down, I rewatch the ending of this episode. The part where Q gets his powers back is just pure joy.

In Q Who, Q was trying to get the crew to let him join them. Here in Deja Q, he gets his wish.

Data just enjoying his laugh till Geordi stops him.

This might be my favourite Q episode. I know Tapestry is well-regarded, but it's more of a Picard episode with Q as a major supporting character. But this is

I especially liked his bit on Ten Forward where he thinks ten chocolate sundaes is an adequate response to his mood, then turns them away when they're finally brought out

As someone with chronic insomnia, I am frequently quoting this episode with "I've been entirely preoccupied by a most frightening experience of my own. A couple of hours ago, I realized that my body was no longer functioning properly. I felt weak, I could no longer stand. The life was oozing out of me, I lost consciousness."

This is one of my favorite TNG episodes. The laugh is such a powerful gift that seems so small but is profoundly life altering for our man Data. It shows a powered Q has some humanity in him after all.