The Q Snap, from the Star Trek Day Celebration video.

oh was this pre-face deaging sfx? This looks like the “let me catch up” snap. I hadn’t thought of this standalone shot since it showed up.

“He’s naughty. He’s not evil. He’s not all good. He’s sort of bad. You get to play him the way you role out of bed in the morning. Depends on which side of the bed you roll out of. And so that’s great fun. Now, just understand that the process of shooting especially a television show, and especially a television show like this, where these were more teleplays than they are like what a regular movie is: I would have big speeches and then a few lines and then another big speech and stuff like that. And so as somebody who always struggled learning lines and what have you, there’s a lot of tension attached to it as well. And then we get one or two rehearsals and then the camera starts rolling, and after about the third time if they don’t have it in the can, people would kind of start darting eyes.” — John de Lancie on portraying Q

Happy birthday, John de Lancie (b. 20th March 1948)

John de Lancie as Q + outfits throughout his appearance

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - “Q-Less” (1.16) 
STAR TREK: VOYAGER
STAR TREK: PICARD - Season 2

Is this not how it went down?

John de Lancie as Q
STAR TREK: PICARD - “The Star Gazer” (2.01)