Editing Hide and Q (section)

==Reception==
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| quote = '''[[Jean-Luc Picard]]''':Ohh, I know Hamlet! And what he might say with irony, I say with conviction! What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!<br/>
'''[[Q (Star Trek)|Q]]''':Surely you don't see your species like that, do you?<br/>
'''Picard''':I see us one day becoming that, Q. Is it that which concerns you?|source= — "Hide and Q", 1987<ref name="mcgill" />
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"Hide and Q" aired in [[broadcast syndication]] during the week commencing November 22, 1987. It received [[Nielsen rating]]s of 11.0, reflecting the percentage of all households watching the episode during its timeslot. This was higher than both the episodes broadcast before and afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Nielsen Ratings – Seasons 1–2|url=http://treknation.com/nielsens/tng/season12.shtml|website=TrekNation|publisher=UGO Networks|access-date=June 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001005185203/http://treknation.com/nielsens/tng/season12.shtml|archive-date=October 5, 2000}}</ref>

This episode was noted for the use of [[Shakespeare and Star Trek|Shakespeare in the ''Star Trek'' franchise]], in particular when Captain Picard talks to the Q entity.<ref name="mcgill">{{cite book|last1=Graham|first1=Kenneth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KMi_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA236|title=Shakespeare On Stage and Off|last2=Kolentsis|first2=Alysia|date=2019|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP|isbn=978-0-2280-0006-8 |page=236|access-date=14 March 2020}}</ref>

Several reviewers re-watched ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' after the end of the series. Keith DeCandido for [[Tor Books|Tor.com]] thought that the plot was predictable, describing Riker being written as "so paint-by-numbers the color is practically dripping off the screen".<ref name="decandido">{{cite news|last=DeCandido|first=Keith|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "Hide and Q"|url=https://www.tor.com/2011/06/06/star-trek-the-next-generation-rewatch-qhide-and-qq/|access-date=January 27, 2022|newspaper=Tor.com|date=June 6, 2011}}</ref> He praised the relationship between Q and Picard, stating that de Lancie was having such "fun with the role that the episode itself is also fun despite its flaws".<ref name="decandido" /> He gave "Hide and Q" a score of five out of ten.<ref name="decandido" /> Zack Handlen re-watched the episode for ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', and thought it was an example of where ''TNG'' avoided characterisation in favour of a [[morality play]]. He thought that the episode was a mess, with the highlights being Picard reciting [[Shakespeare]] and the Napoleonic monsters. He rated the episode as a C−.<ref>{{cite news|last=Handlen|first=Zac|title="The Battle"/"Hide and Q"/"Haven"|url=https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-battle-hide-and-1798164882|access-date=January 25, 2022|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=April 23, 2010}}</ref>

''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' actor Wil Wheaton reviewed the episode for the ''[[Huffington Post]]'' after the end of the series, describing John de Lancie in his role of Q as "brilliant casting and masterful acting", and thought that overall the episode was reminiscent of the original series and had some good points. However, he thought the script had the characters lecturing the viewer on occasion, based on the idea that ultimate power will lead to corruption. He gave the episode a score of B−.<ref name="wheatonreview">{{cite news |last=Wheaton |first=Wil |author-link=Wil Wheaton |title=Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hide and Q|url=http://www.aoltv.com/2007/02/19/star-trek-the-next-generation-hide-and-q/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831231728/http://www.aoltv.com/2007/02/19/star-trek-the-next-generation-hide-and-q/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 31, 2011|access-date=November 9, 2012|newspaper=[[Huffington Post]] |date=February 19, 2007}}</ref>