Ds9 thomas riker episode

Apr 15, 2018 course this is a regular problem with a serialized series like ds9, but if youre gonna have a special guest star like riker you gotta realize youre gonna bring in fans who dont normally watch. If you watch that scene carefully, youll notice that obrian is friendly toward riker, who acts cold and rude in response. So thomas riker missed out on a bunch of episodes there. Tom riker, now a maquis leader, poses as commander riker and steals the defiant, using it to attack cardassian targets. Star trek deep space nine s 03 e 09 defiant recap tv tropes. His other character, thomas riker, steals the defiant for the maquis. Which star trek tng and ds9 episodes overlay chronologically. In a bizarre twist of events, riker was duplicated by a transporter beam incident during a mission in 2361. Thomas riker would later go on to make his way in the galaxy, eventually ending up on deep space 9.

In the next generation episode second chances, were introduced to will riker s clone, who was created via transporter accident eight years earlier during a routine plot device calibration. Defiant episode memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. The next time we see rikers duplicate is in the ds9 episode defiant. When encountering obrian, he was very cold and said ive got nothign to say to you, and it was never explained why. If youre cruising episodes looking for some good ones, id pick this one. Rewatched the thomas riker ds9 episode and for no reason at all riker goes to visit sisko in his office, sisko has a joker smile on his face and they laugh and chat like good old friends. Odo and sisko think that thomas riker is working with the maquis and dukat explains how this could start a. Atmospheric distortions caused the transporter beam to bounce back to the surface and create. After all, they kinda did that with obrien being killed and replaced in that episode where he keeps jumping forward in time. For some reason, the writers were never very interested in bringing thomas riker back after this episode.

The first episode of ds9, emissary, has two parts to it. At the end of the episode thomas gives himself up to sisko, and agrees to do hard time for the rest of his life at a cardassian labor camp. Just watching the ds9 episode defiant where thomas riker poses as william riker to steal the defiant. One of the duplicates continued to be known as william riker. Whilst posing as will the fake riker meets obrien who initially seems pleased to see him until fake riker very harshly says theres nothing to say to you obrien, i think you know why.

This is the first time up to this point that a main character reverts to the former uniform. Thomas riker was the accidental transporter duplicate of william riker, created in 2361. S3, ep 9 defiant deep space nine was the second spin off series from the original and remains arguably the best in terms of. As part of the uk vhs collection star trek crossovers set. Going by riker s middle name, thomas, by the end of the episode, the stilljustalieutenant version of riker left the enterprise and was pretty much forgotten, other than a ds9 plotline wherein he. The episode was a carryover from the secondseason closer the jemhadar, with sisko.

Terrorists dont get to be heroes jonathan frakes not only behind the camera not in this one, in other episodes this season but also in front in ds9 is it will riker. Do you remember the episode where because of a transporter malfunction a second riker. I assumed this episode was going to be just a treat for fans only, with a wink and a nod and the presence of jonathan frakes, from the next generation. As time progressed from the point of the accident, the two rikers developed different personalities based on their differing. One point never explained is why tom riker, portraying will, was so rude to obrien in that first act. Dec 05, 2017 back on the station, the crew are contacted by riker about a potential warpcore breach. May 16, 2016 in the episode second chances of star trek. My guess is that it thomas didnt want to have obrian talk about the old times on enterprise, and hed stump thomas with a question that will would be able to answer. Dominion war 39 part 3 the rescue of thomas riker dominion war. According to numerous episodes, time on the deep space nine space station is based on the length of a standard bajoran day, which is twentysix hours. Thomas riker calls the defiant a tough little ship. Riker, who was created following a transporter accident in 2361. This is one of my favorite episodes of the third season of star trek ds9.

In 2015, recommended this episode as essential watching for their abbreviated star trek. You are looking for a way to set yourself apart, some way to be different. Feb 23, 2020 the character is thomas riker, a duplicated version of riker from the tng episode second chances. Thomas riker returned in deep space nine, having joined the maquis and stole the defiant. Defiant is the 55th episode of the television series star trek. I wouldve hit the cardassians so hard, they wouldve screamed for peace. This is about you, isnt it, you and that other will riker out there, the man with your face, your name, your career. Deep space nine kicked off its third season on october 1, 1994, with the first installment of this twoparter. As the stations crew allow riker to pilot the ship safely away from the ds9, the ship suddenly goes into warp. It is a little cramped as a story, it doesnt quite fit into one episode, and you might find it slightly overdone. As tom riker was for all intents and purposes an exact double of william riker, they. We also learn that he is going by his middle name of thomas instead of his first name of will so as to differentiate himself from will riker.

Jonathan frakes not only behind the camera not in this one, in other episodes this season but also in front in ds9 is it will riker. Now a maquis operative, thomas is determined to use the warship to penetrate cardassian space and investigate the mysterious orias system. Thomas impersonates his doppelganger to gain kiras trust and a tour of the defiant. But a person could enjoy this without any knowledge of commander riker.

Jonathan frakes even wanted to do a followup episode. This adds to the confusion throughout the series up to this episode with the use of tng and ds9 voy style uniforms. Towards the beginning of the episode, the renegade thomas riker convinces an unsuspecting kira to give him a guided tour of deep space 9 s newest battleship. After odo reads the wikipedia entry for second chances, he says that thomas riker showed maquis leanings while. We also learn that he is going by his middle name of thomas instead. While serving on the uss potemkin eight years earlier, riker had a malfunction while beaming back to the ship from nervala iv.

They note that william riker appears at the deep space nine station, and the overall story also has a maquis connection. Thomas riker was first introduced in second chances. Thomas riker deliberately engineered an argument with miles obrien, the one person on ds9 who could immediately identify him as an imposter. Oct 02, 20 dukat shows up and the episode automatically starts getting even better. He would go on to join the maquis, steel a ship from ds9 while posing as will riker, and take major kira with him to spy on cardassian war fleet development. Since the transporter incident that created thomas, he too joined starfleet, and served separately from will. This was absolutely a missed opportunity, in my opinion. Its strange to think that the ds9 writers never bothered to revisit the thomas riker plot. As time progressed from the point of the accident, the two rikers developed different personalities based on their differing life experiences. Did kira or anyone else ever go back for thomas riker from. Deep space nine defiant tv episode 1994 jonathan frakes as thomas.

Cliff bole production information episode no 3x09 production no 455 first aired. If riker was in command of ds9 it would have been interesting to see how the thomas riker episode would have played out. Riker from the enterprised arrives on deep space 9, he takes a liking to kira, who gives him a tour of the defiant. Dominion war 39 part 3 the rescue of thomas riker youtube. You know when thomas riker turned up on ds9 and impersonated william riker, i thought it was a little odd how a high ranking officer came aboard and spent a night on the station and it. I could see thomas riker replacing will riker if riker was originally a ds9 character. I just rewatched the ds9 episode where he surrendered and was taken to a labor camp and then we never see him again. Deep space nine defiant tv episode 1994 jonathan frakes as thomas riker. I thought it was a rather decent episode, with, in retrospect, some rather good foreshadowing. Riker arrives on deep space nine and proceeds to charm the crew. But along the way, he obviously developed sympathies f. Second chances while serving aboard the gandhi, tom had a romantic relationship with mary barranco. What did thomas riker mean when he said that he had.

He was rescued from nervala iv in 2369, after which he served aboard the uss gandhi. He was captured by the cardassians, and that was the last we saw of thomas riker. Tom riker said the exact same thing about the ship in this episode. William thomas tom riker was a result of a transporter accident in. At the time, thomas tom riker was masquerading as william, his genetic template. Riker, but thomas riker who was created during a transporter accident several years ago.

She would next be seen on deep space nine as sirella in the sixth season episode you are cordially invited. Thomas riker, or tom, as his maquis comrades would later call him, was an exact duplicate of william t. But riker is revealed to be not who he claims to be when he attacks kira and steals the defiant. Turns out, that schemes news to all players but the obsidian order, whos behind it. After kira releases the security lockout to enable riker to have access to the defiants computers, riker suddenly and without warning blasts kira with a phaser shot. The original plan was for will riker to finally take command of a ship and thomas riker take his place on the. Of course we met thomas riker in second chances on tng, and a follow up on ds9 seemed like a fantastic idea. Tng regular frakes makes an appearance on ds9 in defiant. The wonderful twist of having the riker in question be thomas riker is a great continuation of the tng episode second chances. Kira then takes riker on a tour of the defiant, and as soon as they get in, riker hijags the ship. The script builds with a moviequality dramatic tension. The character is thomas riker, a duplicated version of riker from the tng episode second chances.

Somewhat bitter with starfleet and trying to make a name for himself that will differentiate him from will riker, thomas has joined the maquis. You shouldnt go fishing today tom riker burns major kira nerys deep space nine. I thought that this was a brilliant idea and was wonderfully executed. Not actually will riker, but thomas riker, a duplicate of the enterprise first officer. Soon it becomes aparent that commander riker isnt actually commander riker, but his evil double, thomas riker, who was introduced in the sixth season tng episode second chances, and who has since turned into a mquis terrorist. Just watched the ds9 episode with thomas riker on ds9. Its clear that obrien has no clue why riker is so angry at him and hes described as too shocked to say anything. Jul 11, 2019 thomas riker would later go on to make his way in the galaxy, eventually ending up on deep space 9. So the twist in the second act of this episode that reveals tom riker was more. But when there is a good script, like this one, all the actors fall into place and you can see how good they really are. The duplicate riker was stranded on the planet nervala iv for eight years, until the events of the tng episode. This episode explores one aspect of ds9 i have never talked about, the marquis. Sisko must go against years of training in order to help the cardassians hunt down the ship and destroy it. The next generation, commander riker was shocked to discover he had a duplicate.

But it has a lot to recommend itself, with good straight action and lots of character nuances. After odo reads the wikipedia entry for second chances, he says that thomas riker showed maquis leanings. Somewhat bitter with starfleet and trying to make a name for himself that will differentiate him from will riker, thomas has joined. A polaron deflector was a piece of equipment aboard the uss defiant. Shannon cochran reprises her role as kalita from tng. Riker visited quarks during the enterprises first visit to ds9 in emissary, its second visit in birthright, part i or another time. Tng would never do something that dark and daring, though. I enjoyed seeing the cardassian judicial system in tribunal, and more of that with thomas riker flair thrown in would have been great. This adds to the confusion throughout the series up to this episode with. According to the noncanon novel quarantine, it was chakotays idea for tom riker to steal the defiant from deep space 9 by posing as commander riker. I ve wondered more than once why tng was the only series that didnt have a evil mirror crew episode of some kind. Odo and sisko think that thomas riker is working with the maquis and dukat explains how this could start a war with the federation. Thomas riker memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. The main and only plot of defiant is lieutenant thomas riker, the transporter clone of commander william riker, sweeping kira off her feet en route to stealing the defiant from deep space nine and using it to unmask a cardassian scheme and a secret shipyard.

In star trek deep space 9, season 3, episode 9, defiant. Tng only had lore ok, and thomas riker but he wasnt exactly evil. Star trek smack talk riker burns kira shouldnt go fishing. Not actually will riker, but thomas riker, a duplicate of the enterprise first officer created in a transporter mishap nine years ago and discovered two years ago in tngs episode second chances. William thomas tom riker was a result of a transporter accident in 2361 that created two william thomas rikers, genetically indistinguishable from each other, with personality and memories identical up to the point of the duplication. A ship built to fight and defeat the borg becomes as much a character on ds9 as the enterprise is on the. Thomas riker returns, posing as will riker in order to steal the uss defiant from ds9. Also, riker is my favorite captain, so it kinda makes sense that id agree with him. The other chose to use his middle name and be known as thomas riker. Riker, meanwhile, again gave no thought to his own command and joined picard and the. It was being serviced by chief miles obrien when lieutenant thomas riker came to deep space 9 posing as commander william t.

Did kira or anyone else ever go back for thomas riker from the cardassian labor camps. According to various bits of info ive heard, mainly from a thread around here, tom riker was meant to be the ds9. Ironically, the two clashed in temperament, with the found riker finding his own restless career on the gandhi before resigning to join the maquis rebels and his subsequent capture by cardassians in a useless theft of the u. In ops, major kira nerys is having a bad day, swamped with the numerous little details of running a space station. Examples of other use is when thomas riker impersonates william riker and when worf joined the station. Tom riker has hijacked the defiant for a special maquismission in. He helps uncover the secret fleet being used by the tal shiar and the obesiden order. Ranor was a cardassian gul, commander of the galorclass warship kraxon.