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Voyager comes across a comet. They decide to beam over a sample of it but instead get a member of the Q continuum (hereby designated Q3, Q is the Q from TNG and DS9, Q2 is the Q from the episode where Q had his powers stripped away) who thanks the Voyager crew for freeing him from his imprisonment, then tries to commit suicide. But he ultimately fails (see Omnipotence paradox) and instead of killing himself, all males onboard Voyager are, gone. Q appears and accuses Q3 of sending humans to the delta quadrant where they didnt belong yet. And then accuses Janeway of getting rid of all the men. He fixes things and wants to return Q3 to prison. Q3 demands Federation protection (Q laughs at this) So Q agrees to a trial on Q3's life. He later bribes Janeway that if Q3 loses, he'll send Voyager home. Q3 shows the court the Q continuum (or rather how it would be interpreted by their feeble human minds) as a road stretching around the entire planet with one rest stop (A giant Q) describing immortality as very boring, you can only experience the universe so many times before it gets boring. Ultimately Janeway agrees Q3 has a right to die. Q strips Q3 of his powers, and he names himself Quincy. Janeway and Chakotay try to decide on where to assign Quincy so he won't use his knowledge to evolve humanity overnight, when they receive the message that he had killed himself using a substance that the computer won't replicate due to it's harmful nature. Q admits to having given Quincy the substance. The omnipotence paradox is a philosophical paradox which arises when attempting to apply logic to the notion of an omnipotent being. ...
The race was named after a regular Star Trek director, Cliff Bole and their home planet is named Bolarus IX (as an in-joke there have been references to the "Cliffs of Bole" on their planet).
In the Star Trek: Voyagerepisode Bride of Chaotica, crew member Neelix remarks that malfunctioning toilets will hit the Bolians especially hard, although there is no specific explanation provided.
In the Voyagerepisode Life Line, canon established that during medical examinations 24th century doctors commonly ask if a human patient has had sexual relations with a Bolian.
As a result, I had no idea whether "DeathWish" was going to be a fantastic shot in the arm, or an unmitigated disaster.
"DeathWish" had some interesting musings on life in the Q-Continuum (or "Qontinuum", as I've occasionally written it in the past), a killer performance by Gerrit Graham, and a lot of workable, very watchable moments.
That heart of the episode was strong; it was all the side trips along the way that weakened it.
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