Encounter at Farpoint (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Motifs

• Colossal Alien

  Farpoint Station turns out to be built on the back of an enormous jellyfish-like alien, about the size of a city.

• Extreme Power or Omnipotence

  Q is an alien being that seems to be able to do anything. He decides to "put humanity on trial" and judge their actions throughout the series.

• Non-humanlike Intelligence

  The miraculous production capabilities of Farpoint Station turn out to be a giant alien that had an intelligence that only the psychic capabilities of the ship's counselor, Deanna Troi, could detect.