Guinan

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| Transcript label | GUINAN |
| Episodes | 29 of 176 speaking |
| Dialogue lines | 487 |
| Played by | Whoopi Goldberg |
| Species | El-Aurian |
| Affiliation | Civilian, Ten Forward host |
| Status | Active at series end |
Key facts
- El-Aurian bartender who runs Ten Forward from season 2 (Memory Alpha); centuries old (Memory Alpha); a 'listener' (Memory Alpha).
- Her people were scattered by the Borg; she alone senses the wrongness of the altered timeline (Yesterday's Enterprise S03E15).
- Met Picard in 1893 San Francisco (Time's Arrow S05E26 · S06E01); of their friendship she later says 'beyond friendship, beyond family' (The Best of Both Worlds, Part II S04E01).
- Mutual hostility with Q (Q Who S02E16, Deja Q S03E13).
- Urges Picard to talk to Hugh face to face and see him as an individual (I, Borg S05E23); turned into a child in Rascals S06E07.
Relationship graph
Relationships recorded in the curated data for this character, as on the Visuals page. Colour is affiliation. Hover a person for detail, click to open their note. Faint curves are ties between the people shown.
StarfleetKlingonRomulanCivilian / FederationOther
Relationships
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: deep friendship (Memory Alpha: Jean-Luc Picard · Memory Alpha: Guinan)
- Q: enemy (Memory Alpha: Q · Memory Alpha: Guinan)
- Ensign Ro Laren: friend and confidante (Memory Alpha: Ro Laren)
- Hugh: Borg she was hostile to, then accepted (Memory Alpha: Hugh · Memory Alpha: Guinan)
Most scenes shared with
Lines per season
| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 108 | 112 | 86 | 117 | 64 | 0 |
Appearances at a glance
One cell per episode in broadcast order; darker means more lines, an outlined cell is an appearance without dialogue. Hover for the episode, click to open it.
Appearances
| Code | Episode | Lines |
|---|---|---|
| S02E01 | The Child | 18 |
| S02E04 | The Outrageous Okona | 23 |
| S02E09 | The Measure of a Man | 8 |
| S02E10 | The Dauphin | 17 |
| S02E16 | Q Who? | 31 |
| S02E22 | Shades Of Gray | 11 |
| S03E01 | Evolution | 16 |
| S03E06 | Booby Trap | 12 |
| S03E13 | Déjà Q | 11 |
| S03E15 | Yesterday's Enterprise | 34 |
| S03E16 | The Offspring | 18 |
| S03E21 | Hollow Pursuits | 15 |
| S03E26 | Best Of Both Worlds, part 1 | 6 |
| S04E01 | Best of Both Worlds, part 2 | 8 |
| S04E02 | Family | 8 |
| S04E10 | The Loss | 16 |
| S04E14 | Clues | 19 |
| S04E16 | Galaxy's Child | 10 |
| S04E17 | Night Terrors | 5 |
| S04E25 | In Theory | 8 |
| S04E26 | Redemption | 12 |
| S05E01 | Redemption part 2 | 9 |
| S05E03 | Ensign Ro | 28 |
| S05E22 | Imaginary Friend | 26 |
| S05E23 | I, Borg | 30 |
| S05E26 | Time's Arrow, part 1 | 24 |
| S06E01 | Time's Arrow, part 2 | 29 |
| S06E07 | Rascals | 7 |
| S06E22 | Suspicions | 28 |
Heaviest episodes
- Yesterday's Enterprise (S03E15): 34 lines
- Q Who? (S02E16): 31 lines
- I, Borg (S05E23): 30 lines
- Time's Arrow, part 2 (S06E01): 29 lines
- Ensign Ro (S05E03): 28 lines