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Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker is a fictional character portrayed by Jonathan Frakes in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Encounter at Farpoint (season 1), they were 35 years old.
They appear in all 176 aired episodes and have accumulated 13835 positive votes.
The character of Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker is mainly associated with Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Lieutenant Worf and Lieutenant Commander Data.

Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker

by Jonathan Frakes

character

Episodes176

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    Encounter at Farpoint

    episode S1.E1 september 1987
    On the maiden mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), an omnipotent being known as Q challenges the crew to discover the secret of a mysterious base in an advanced and civilized fashion.
  • 6.5
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    The Naked Now

    episode S1.E2 october 1987
    The crew of the Enterprise is infected with a virus that causes them to behave as though they were intoxicated.
  • 5.1
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    Code of Honor

    episode S1.E3 october 1987
    When the leader of an alien culture takes a romantic interest in Lt. Yar, he claims her for his own, to the dismay of his own wife, who, in turn, challenges Tasha in a fight to the death.
  • 6.3
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    The Last Outpost

    episode S1.E4 october 1987
    The Enterprise makes a confrontational first contact with the piratical Ferengi race as their two ships are ensnared by a presumed dead planet ready to judge them.
  • 7.5
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    Where No One Has Gone Before

    episode S1.E5 october 1987
    Everyone accurately pegs a visiting propulsion scientist as a charlatan, but only Wesley Crusher recognizes his alien assistant as the real deal.
  • 6.3
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    Lonely Among Us

    episode S1.E6 october 1987
    While distracted by two antithetical races applying for Federation membership, the Enterprise picks up a sentient entity that can alternately possess either man or machinery.
  • 6
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    Justice

    episode S1.E7 november 1987
    On an alien planet, young Wesley Crusher commits a transgression - small by our standards but mandatorily punishable by death in theirs.
  • 6.8
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    The Battle

    episode S1.E8 november 1987
    Beware Ferengi bearing gifts. Capt. Picard receives the Stargazer, a ship considered lost that he once commanded.
  • 6.9
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    Hide and Q

    episode S1.E9 november 1987
    The Enterprise encounters Q again, and he tempts Riker by endowing him with the powers of the Q.
  • 6.2
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    Haven

    episode S1.E10 november 1987
    While on a mission to a planet called Haven, Counselor Troi meets her husband to be, a marriage arranged by her father years before, as the Enterprise encounters a ship far deadlier than any combat could provide.
  • 7.2
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    The Big Goodbye

    episode S1.E11 january 1988
    Captain Picard and some of his crew are caught in a deadly trap in the holodeck as the result of a ship-wide scan from an alien race.
  • 7.6
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    Datalore

    episode S1.E12 january 1988
    The Enterprise visits the planet where Data was created and discovers another android like him, but when he's assembled, he's not exactly like him.
  • 5.7
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    Angel One

    episode S1.E13 january 1988
    Riker, Troi, Data and Yar beam down to a planet ruled by a matriarchal government in the hopes of locating a missing freighter crew.
  • 7.4
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    11001001

    episode S1.E14 january 1988
    The Enterprise docks at a starbase for repairs where it is commandeered by a race of technologically-linked aliens intent on using the vessel for their own purposes.
  • 6.1
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    Too Short a Season

    episode S1.E15 february 1988
    The Enterprise transports an elderly Starfleet Admiral to negotiate a hostage crisis. When the Admiral takes a de-aging drug, he endangers both his life and the mission.
  • 6.4
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    When the Bough Breaks

    episode S1.E16 february 1988
    A planet that was able to cloak itself for thousands of years suddenly reveals itself, with its inhabitants proposing peace. But, after initial negotiations, children of the Enterprise are kidnapped due to the infertility of the inhabitants.
  • 6.8
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    Home Soil

    episode S1.E17 february 1988
    On Velara III, Geordi and Data discover a microscopic life form responsible for the death of an engineer stationed on the base.
  • 7.1
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    Coming of Age

    episode S1.E18 march 1988
    Picard finds himself facing a strenuous test of his loyalty to Starfleet, one which the other members of the crew are struggling to cope with, whilst Wesley faces an equally challenging entrance exam at Starfleet Academy.
  • 7.2
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    Heart of Glory

    episode S1.E19 march 1988
    The Enterprise searches for answers as to why three Klingon warriors were the only survivors aboard a freighter just inside the Neutral Zone which was seemingly attacked by a Ferengi ship.
  • 7.1
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    The Arsenal of Freedom

    episode S1.E20 april 1988
    The Enterprise encounters a planet long dead, but technical equipment still functions for the purpose of selling off its arsenal, along with self sufficiency.
  • 6.9
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    Symbiosis

    episode S1.E21 april 1988
    The Enterprise encounters two neighboring cultures, one suffering from a plague, the other marketing a cure, and learns that nothing is as simple as it seems.
  • 6.8
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    Skin of Evil

    episode S1.E22 april 1988
    Counselor Troi is held captive on a deserted planet by a slick, black, oily, sentient and immortal puddle of evil.
  • 6.5
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    We'll Always Have Paris

    episode S1.E23 april 1988
    A scientist's experiment in time goes awry, reuniting Picard with an old flame, now married to the scientist.
  • 8
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    Conspiracy

    episode S1.E24 may 1988
    After diverting to a secret meeting with an old friend and some of Starfleet's finest commanders, Picard finds the Horatio blown to bits just hours after the meeting and he returns the Enterprise to Earth looking for answers.
  • 7.4
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    The Neutral Zone

    episode S1.E25 may 1988
    While assigned to investigate missing outposts in the Neutral Zone, the Enterprise revives three cryogenically frozen people found aboard a wayward derelict Earth vessel.
  • 5.8
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    The Child

    episode S2.E1 november 1988
    Deanna is impregnated by an unknown alien life-form, and Dr. Katherine Pulaski joins the Enterprise as the ship's new Chief Medical Officer.
  • 7
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    Where Silence Has Lease

    episode S2.E2 november 1988
    The Enterprise encounters a mysterious void in space and when they move in closer to investigate further, it envelops them and they can't get out.
  • 8.1
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    Elementary, Dear Data

    episode S2.E3 december 1988
    An attempt to provide Data with a challenging Sherlock Holmes holodeck RPG scenario backfires when its Prof. Moriarty character accidentally becomes self-aware.
  • 6.2
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    The Outrageous Okona

    episode S2.E4 december 1988
    The Enterprise rescues the captain of a broken-down freighter, only to become involved in a dispute between feuding worlds--each demanding custody of their guest. Data seeks help from Guinan in understanding humor.
  • 6.5
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    Loud as a Whisper

    episode S2.E5 january 1989
    The crew ferries a deaf mediator to Solais V to negotiate an end to a civil war.
  • 6.9
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    The Schizoid Man

    episode S2.E6 january 1989
    A dying anti-social scientist unintentionally comes upon the perfect vessel in which to preserve his intellect and arrogant personality - Data.
  • 6.5
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    Unnatural Selection

    episode S2.E7 january 1989
    Enhanced DNA developments trigger an epidemic of rapid aging. Caught among its victims - Dr. Pulaski.
  • 8
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    A Matter of Honor

    episode S2.E8 february 1989
    Under an Officers Exchange Program, Riker serves aboard a Klingon ship, whose aging captain seeks an unwarranted bloody retaliation for suspected Enterprise treachery.
  • 9.1
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    The Measure of a Man

    episode S2.E9 february 1989
    When Data resigns his commission rather than be dismantled for examination by an inadequately skilled scientist, a formal hearing is convened to determine whether Data is considered property without rights or is a sentient being.
  • 6.2
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    The Dauphin

    episode S2.E10 february 1989
    Wesley falls for the young future leader of Daled IV, unaware just how dangerous the girl's protective and overly restrictive guardian can be.
  • 7.6
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    Contagion

    episode S2.E11 march 1989
    Encountering the superior technology of a very ancient race creates system malfunctions for a doomed Federation starship, for the Enterprise, and for an eavesdropping Romulan warbird.
  • 6.6
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    The Royale

    episode S2.E12 march 1989
    Worf, Data and Riker find themselves trapped in a recreation of a poorly written novel.
  • 7.5
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    Time Squared

    episode S2.E13 april 1989
    The Enterprise comes across its own shuttlecraft adrift in space - a duplicate - with an unconscious duplicate Capt. Picard inside.
  • 6.2
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    The Icarus Factor

    episode S2.E14 april 1989
    Riker's delight at being offered a command of the USS Aries turns to frustration when the man sent to prepare him for his mission is his estranged father; Worf's behavior leads Wesley to delve into Klingon tradition.
  • 6.8
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    Pen Pals

    episode S2.E15 april 1989
    Data befriends an alien girl in distress, breaking the Prime Directive, while Wesley commands his first team.
  • 8.9
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    Q Who

    episode S2.E16 may 1989
    Q tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time.
  • 6.5
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    Samaritan Snare

    episode S2.E17 may 1989
    With Picard away for routine surgery, the Enterprise responds to an apparent distress call from a Pakled vessel.
  • 6.2
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    Up the Long Ladder

    episode S2.E18 may 1989
    An antiquated distress signal leads to two lost 22nd century Earth colonies, each facing doom in different ways, one by fire, the other by prolonged cloning.
  • 6.1
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    Manhunt

    episode S2.E19 june 1989
    A midlife Betazoid condition renders Ambassador Troi hot on the hunt for romance and wedlock with Captain Picard - or any man.
  • 7.5
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    The Emissary

    episode S2.E20 june 1989
    The Enterprise addresses the emergency of an old Klingon ship coming out of stasis and ready to fight the Federation. A half-Human/half Klingon emissary arrives to help, who once knew Worf intimately.
  • 7.7
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    Peak Performance

    episode S2.E21 july 1989
    The crew of the Enterprise participates in war games.
  • 3.3
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    Shades of Gray

    episode S2.E22 july 1989
    When Commander Riker comes down with a dangerous alien infection after an away mission, the only way to treat it may be through reliving his memories.
  • 6.5
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    Evolution

    episode S3.E1 september 1989
    Wesley's latest science project escapes the lab, threatening the Enterprise and an eminent scientist's life-long project.
  • 7.4
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    The Ensigns of Command

    episode S3.E2 september 1989
    After 111 years of silence, an extremely litigious alien race asserts its agreed upon right to wipe out a Federation colony in its territory.
  • 7.6
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    The Survivors

    episode S3.E3 october 1989
    The Enterprise responds to a distress call from Rana IV, a Federation colony that is under attack from an unknown alien ship. When they arrive, they find the entire surface of the planet destroyed, save for a single house and two occupants.
  • 8
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    Who Watches the Watchers

    episode S3.E4 october 1989
    A proto-Vulcan culture worships Captain Picard and prepares to offer Counselor Troi as a sacrifice.
  • 6.7
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    The Bonding

    episode S3.E5 october 1989
    A startling surprise awaits the crew of the Enterprise when a mission costs the life of a crew member, who left her son behind.
  • 7.4
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    Booby Trap

    episode S3.E6 october 1989
    The Enterprise triggers an ancient yet effective trap left by an extinct race, with a perfectly preserved derelict ship serving as cheese for Picard.
  • 7.8
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    The Enemy

    episode S3.E7 november 1989
    La Forge gets left behind on a storm-plagued planet when the rest of his team encounters a Romulan warrior.
  • 6.3
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    The Price

    episode S3.E8 november 1989
    While the Enterprise hosts negotiations for control of a stable wormhole, Troi forms a personal relationship with an opposing negotiator, unaware of his true being.
  • 6.5
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    The Vengeance Factor

    episode S3.E9 november 1989
    The Enterprise pursues a race of "gatherers" who continue to raid Federation outposts, unaware of the dangers lurking among them.
  • 8.4
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    The Defector

    episode S3.E10 january 1990
    When a Romulan officer defects to the Federation with a warning of a impending invasion, Capt. Picard struggles to decide if he is to be believed.
  • 7.5
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    The Hunted

    episode S3.E11 january 1990
    Investigating a planet applying for membership into the Federation, the crew of the Enterprise finds a group of inhabitants who used to be soldiers, but now fight for their very existence.
  • 6.8
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    The High Ground

    episode S3.E12 january 1990
    While visiting a planet under civil war, Dr. Crusher is taken hostage by an opposing faction of the planet's ruling government.
  • 8.5
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    Deja Q

    episode S3.E13 february 1990
    Much to Picard's displeasure, Q reappears on the Enterprise, claiming to have been ejected from the Q Continuum, and therefore, lost his powers.
  • 6.7
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    A Matter of Perspective

    episode S3.E14 february 1990
    The widow of respected scientist Dr. Nel Apgar accuses Riker of seducing her and killing her husband. Rather than turn Riker over for unfavorable trial, the Enterprise reconstructs the facts.
  • 9.2
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    Yesterday's Enterprise

    episode S3.E15 february 1990
    The Enterprise C enters the Enterprise D's time and space continuum, where they find Picard and crew in a constant state of war with the Klingons, and only Guinan knows it.
  • 8.5
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    The Offspring

    episode S3.E16 march 1990
    After returning from a cybernetics conference to the Enterprise, Data creates his own "child," much to the chagrin of his captain, and without regards to the ramifications with Starfleet.
  • 8.2
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    Sins of the Father

    episode S3.E17 march 1990
    A Klingon commander comes aboard the Enterprise in an officer exchange program initiated by Starfleet, much to the chagrin of the crew.
  • 7.4
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    Allegiance

    episode S3.E18 march 1990
    Picard is kidnapped and held with three different aliens and meanwhile replaced with a replica as impostor captain.
  • 7.2
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    Captain's Holiday

    episode S3.E19 march 1990
    After mediating a difficult trade agreement, Captain Picard is encouraged to take a much needed rest on a vacationing planet, where he's visited by a strange race from the future, in search of a dangerous weapon.
  • 7.2
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    Tin Man

    episode S3.E20 april 1990
    The Enterprise reaches out to an alien being, while dancing around with the Romulans, who want to attack it in an act of vengeance.
  • 7.7
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    Hollow Pursuits

    episode S3.E21 april 1990
    A shy member of the "Enterprise" crew becomes addicted to the holodeck, where relationships are easier than in real life, when his knowledge is needed in engineering.
  • 7.6
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    The Most Toys

    episode S3.E22 may 1990
    When transporting a dangerous material to the Enterprise, Data is kidnapped and the crew is led to believe he is dead when the shuttlecraft he was piloting explodes enroute.
  • 8.1
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    Sarek

    episode S3.E23 may 1990
    Legendary Federation ambassador Sarek visits the Enterprise to conclude peace talks with a race called the Legarans. His arrival is accompanied with a rash of unusual emotional outbursts among the crew.
  • 6.5
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    Ménage à Troi

    episode S3.E24 may 1990
    When Deanna's mother spurns advances made by a Ferengi Daimon, he takes it upon himself to kidnap the two of them, along with Commander Riker and steal them away aboard his ship.
  • 6.9
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    Transfigurations

    episode S3.E25 june 1990
    The Enterprise finds a deserted planet where a ship has crashed, and, with it, the lone survivor with no memory, but extraordinary healing powers.
  • 9.3
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    The Best of Both Worlds: Part 1

    episode S3.E26 june 1990
    Responding to a distress call on one of the Federation's outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives...only to find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack.
  • 9.2
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    The Best of Both Worlds: Part 2

    episode S4.E1 september 1990
    Having absorbed Captain Picard and his knowledge, the Borg head for Earth, leaving Riker and the Enterprise desperate for an unanticipated way to defeat them.
  • 8.3
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    Family

    episode S4.E2 september 1990
    After defeating the Borg, the crew of the Enterprise experiences shore leave in various ways. Captain Picard's return to his family's vineyard in France has some extraordinary repercussions.
  • 7.7
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    Brothers

    episode S4.E3 october 1990
    After an accident aboard the Enterprise leaves one of its children in grave danger, Data commandeers the Enterprise, driven to take the ship to an unknown origin, where an interesting figure awaits.
  • 6.4
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    Suddenly Human

    episode S4.E4 october 1990
    On a rescue mission to an alien shipwrecked training mission, they discover one of its trainees to be a human.
  • 7.8
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    Remember Me

    episode S4.E5 october 1990
    Dr. Crusher's fear of losing loved ones becomes real when her worries create an alternate reality.
  • 6.7
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    Legacy

    episode S4.E6 october 1990
    The crew of the Enterprise enters into orbit around the home planet of their former crewmate, Tasha Yar, where they encounter her sister.
  • 8.3
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    Reunion

    episode S4.E7 november 1990
    When the leader of the Klingon High Council passes on, Picard finds himself in the middle of the struggle for the now-vacant position. Meanwhile, Worf reunites with a past love, only to find he now has a son.
  • 7.7
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    Future Imperfect

    episode S4.E8 november 1990
    Riker awakens sixteen years after an away mission where he contracted a disease which destroyed his memory back to the point of infection - or so he's told.
  • 6.7
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    Final Mission

    episode S4.E9 november 1990
    Before leaving for Starfleet Academy, Wesley Crusher accompanies Captain Picard on a dangerous mission.
  • 6
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    The Loss

    episode S4.E10 december 1990
    As an unknown force drags the Enterprise, Deanna Troi struggles with the loss of her empathic abilities.
  • 8.1
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    Data's Day

    episode S4.E11 january 1991
    Data tries to comprehend the complex emotions between O'Brien and Keiko, who are about to be married.
  • 8.1
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    The Wounded

    episode S4.E12 january 1991
    After being fired upon by a Cardassian vessel, Picard races against time to find out the facts behind the Cardassian commander's claim that the Federation attacked one of their outposts.
  • 7.2
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    Devil's Due

    episode S4.E13 february 1991
    While answering a distress call, Picard finds himself not sure of exactly who he is dealing with, but he's sure he's not dealing with the planet's version of the Devil, as she claims to be.
  • 8.2
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    Clues

    episode S4.E14 february 1991
    Effects of passing through a wormhole give the Enterprise crew a sense that they were unconscious for more than the thirty seconds they've been led to believe.
  • 8.1
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    First Contact

    episode S4.E15 february 1991
    Disguised as an alien prior to First Contact, Will's life becomes imperiled when incurred injuries reveal his foreign internal structure to a xenophobic alien population.
  • 7
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    Galaxy's Child

    episode S4.E16 march 1991
    As Geordi La Forge finally meets the real Dr. Leah Brahms, a tragic first contact leaves the Enterprise with a gigantic galactic infant suckling the ship's energy.
  • 7.1
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    Night Terrors

    episode S4.E17 march 1991
    The Enterprise gets trapped in a Tyken's Rift, an energy-absorbing rupture in space, where all but Data, Troi and Guinan experience rising hallucinations and paranoia.
  • 6.7
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    Identity Crisis

    episode S4.E18 march 1991
    Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge and an old friend fight to defeat a parasite that is trying to transform them into another species.
  • 7.9
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    The Nth Degree

    episode S4.E19 march 1991
    When assigned to investigate an unknown probe, Lt. Barclay is hit by an energy surge, through a shuttlecraft's computer, and he receives an inexplicable boost of confidence and a vast increase in his knowledge.
  • 7.2
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    Qpid

    episode S4.E20 april 1991
    Aiming to get out of Jean-Luc's debt, Q forces Capt. Picard and his officers to live out the Legend of Robin Hood - with a past acquaintance as Maid Marian.
  • 8.4
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    The Drumhead

    episode S4.E21 april 1991
    A retired admiral boards the Enterprise in an effort to determine the actions aboard the ship surrounding an act of sabotage and possible treason.
  • 7.3
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    Half a Life

    episode S4.E22 may 1991
    Counselor Troi's mother visits the Enterprise and becomes infatuated with a man whose culture forces him into a suicidal ritual called "The Resolution."
  • 6.4
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    The Host

    episode S4.E23 may 1991
    Dr. Crusher falls for someone who's not at all what she expects him to be.
  • 7.7
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    The Mind's Eye

    episode S4.E24 may 1991
    Geordi is brainwashed by the Romulans to start a war between the Klingons and the Federation
  • 7.1
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    In Theory

    episode S4.E25 june 1991
    When a female crew member is infatuated with Lieutenant Commander Data, he decides to give a romantic relationship a try. Also, the Enterprise finds itself having to maneuver through a dangerous nebula.
  • 8.4
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    Redemption

    episode S4.E26 june 1991
    Both Captain Picard and Lt. Worf must decide where their priorities lie as the Klingon Empire descends into a bitter civil war.
  • 8.4
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    Redemption II

    episode S5.E1 september 1991
    As Worf fights in the Klingon Civil War, Captain Picard and his crew must stop the Romulans from helping their pawns achieve victory.
  • 8.7
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    Darmok

    episode S5.E2 september 1991
    Picard must learn to communicate with a race that speaks in metaphor under a difficult set of circumstances.
  • 7.8
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    Ensign Ro

    episode S5.E3 october 1991
    Captain Picard foils a plot against the Bajorans with his new Bajoran officer, Ensign Ro.
  • 7.2
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    Silicon Avatar

    episode S5.E4 october 1991
    The Crystalline Entity returns, and the Enterprise takes aboard a scientist to help track it down, but her personal agenda does not match Capt. Picard's.
  • 7.9
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    Disaster

    episode S5.E5 october 1991
    Collision with a quantum filament leaves Troi in charge of a damaged and endangered Enterprise with emergency bulkheads cutting off sections of the ship.
  • 7.4
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    The Game

    episode S5.E6 october 1991
    Wesley Crusher returns to the Enterprise on vacation from the Academy only to discover a mysterious alien game infiltrating and controlling the crew.
  • 8.2
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    Unification I

    episode S5.E7 november 1991
    Picard and Data follow Spock into Romulan space on a dangerous mission.
  • 8.3
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    Unification II

    episode S5.E8 november 1991
    On Romulus, Picard finds Spock, as well as an underground peace movement, a double agent, a bold ulterior motive against the Federation, and a familiar adversary.
  • 7.2
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    A Matter of Time

    episode S5.E9 november 1991
    Reaching Penthara IV after an asteroid wreaks havoc of catastrophic proportions, the Enterprise crew deals with trying to save the planet as well as deal with someone who claims to be a historian from the future.
  • 6.5
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    New Ground

    episode S5.E10 january 1992
    Geordi can barely curtail his enthusiasm at being able to test out a new theory of transportation, as Worf's mother boards the Enterprise with his son and news that Worf's Earthly parents can no longer care for him.
  • 6.6
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    Hero Worship

    episode S5.E11 january 1992
    Data rescues an orphaned boy named Timothy from a damaged ship. As a way to repress his own pain, Timothy begins to mimic Data's personality.
  • 6.2
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    Violations

    episode S5.E12 february 1992
    Transporting three Ullian mind-probing historians, the Enterprise crew is stymied when some of its members fall into a coma. Deanna Troi, the first crew member to come through it, cannot recall anything surrounding the incident.
  • 6.7
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    The Masterpiece Society

    episode S5.E13 february 1992
    Working together to prevent the annihilation of a perfectly balanced, isolated society (with no contingency for outside visitors) may, in fact, destroy it.
  • 8.2
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    Conundrum

    episode S5.E14 february 1992
    When an approaching alien ship wipes their memory, the crew struggles to put back together what happened.
  • 7.3
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    Power Play

    episode S5.E15 february 1992
    A long-lost ship is found on a planet where cosmic storms prevented detection for 200 years. When a surface landing goes wrong, the away team is beamed back...with a few extra surprises.
  • 7.2
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    Ethics

    episode S5.E16 february 1992
    After an accident that leaves him no longer able to walk, Worf asks Riker to help him commit suicide.
  • 6.8
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    The Outcast

    episode S5.E17 march 1992
    While aiding an androgynous race who lost a couple of members in an unmapped region of space, Riker falls for one of them, which can lead to trouble if detected, since the alien race does not endorse gender specificity.
  • 8.9
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    Cause and Effect

    episode S5.E18 march 1992
    The Enterprise gets caught in a time loop which always has one result: total destruction of the ship, itself.
  • 7.8
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    The First Duty

    episode S5.E19 march 1992
    Wesley Crusher's team has an accident at Starfleet Academy. Picard offers to help a Starfleet investigation as to what happened, and begins to suspect they are hiding something.
  • 6.1
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    Cost of Living

    episode S5.E20 april 1992
    As undetectable parasites devour the ship, Deanna's mother arrives, taking young Alexander under her wing en route to meeting a man she's blindly agreed to marry.
  • 7.3
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    The Perfect Mate

    episode S5.E21 april 1992
    Ferengi machinations unleash a diplomatic gift aboard the Enterprise - the rare, empathic perfect mate, ready to bond with any male around her.
  • 6
    /10

    Imaginary Friend

    episode S5.E22 may 1992
    A powerful, potentially dangerous energy life form, intent on scouting out the Enterprise, steps into the role of a girl's imaginary friend.
  • 8.8
    /10

    I Borg

    episode S5.E23 may 1992
    The Enterprise finds a lone Borg drone, separated from the collective, and brings him aboard. The drone begins to reassert his individuality, but his presence causes differing levels of fear and sympathy from various crew members.
  • 8.3
    /10

    The Next Phase

    episode S5.E24 may 1992
    A transporter malfunction, combined with a Romulan ship under stress and a damaged cloaking device, creates the illusion that Ensign Ro and Geordi are dead, but Geordi doesn't believe it to be so, and he acts accordingly.
  • 9.4
    /10

    The Inner Light

    episode S5.E25 may 1992
    Picard awakes to find himself living in a small village where he is a well-known member of the community who is suffering from a delusion of being a starship captain.
  • 8.3
    /10

    Time's Arrow

    episode S5.E26 june 1992
    Captain Picard and his archaeological curiosity are called upon by scientists from Earth when they find evidence to support beliefs that aliens had visited Earth in the late 1800s.
  • 8.2
    /10

    Time's Arrow, Part II

    episode S6.E1 september 1992
    Captain Picard and crew follow Data back to the late 1800s to get him back, only to find the suspected alien visitors killing people of that time.
  • 7.2
    /10

    Realm of Fear

    episode S6.E2 september 1992
    Overcoming his fear of transporter, Lt. Barclay joins an away team, only to find something in the beam with him.
  • 5.7
    /10

    Man of the People

    episode S6.E3 october 1992
    When the Enterprise comes to the rescue of an ambassador and his "mother", Deanna finds herself attracted to him, and seeks to comfort him upon her death.
  • 8.5
    /10

    Relics

    episode S6.E4 october 1992
    The Enterprise stumbles upon a Dyson sphere, with a ship crashed on the outer surface. An away team finds some systems still powered up and the chief engineer from the old Enterprise, Montgomery Scott, locked in the transporter cycle.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Schisms

    episode S6.E5 october 1992
    Commander Riker's inability to fall asleep begins to show in other members of the crew in other forms, putting the Enterprise on the trail of a mystery.
  • 7.4
    /10

    True Q

    episode S6.E6 october 1992
    When an honor student in the medical field is assigned to the Enterprise in an internship manner, she begins to demonstrate powers of the Q, prompting you-know-who to show up.
  • 7.2
    /10

    Rascals

    episode S6.E7 october 1992
    An emergency beam out renders four crewmen down to childhood shortly before renegade Ferengi take over the Enterprise and offload the adults.
  • 7.4
    /10

    A Fistful of Datas

    episode S6.E8 november 1992
    While the crew is experiencing some much needed down time, Worf and his son go on an Old West excursion in the holodeck, where they meet several versions of Data serving as the bad guy after an experiment in Engineering goes wrong.
  • 7.4
    /10

    The Quality of Life

    episode S6.E9 november 1992
    When Geordi is assigned to survey a new mining development with Dr. Farallon, who invented an experimental mining technology, she uses a new sophisticated robot called an Exocomp to repair a power grid.
  • 8.3
    /10

    Chain of Command, Part I

    episode S6.E10 december 1992
    Picard is replaced as captain of the Enterprise so he, Lt. Worf and Dr. Crusher go on a top-secret mission into Cardassian space. Meanwhile, his replacement, Captain Jellico, meets his new command with some resistance from the crew.
  • 8.9
    /10

    Chain of Command, Part II

    episode S6.E11 december 1992
    While the humorless Captain Jellico leads the effort to prevent a Cardassian invasion, Picard is captured and tortured by a ruthless interrogator in an attempt to break him.
  • 8.5
    /10

    Ship in a Bottle

    episode S6.E12 january 1993
    Lt. Barclay mistakenly awakes Moriarty in the forgotten holodeck program, who then makes his demands clear and unforgettable.
  • 6
    /10

    Aquiel

    episode S6.E13 january 1993
    Murderous intrigue abounds for the Enterprise when one of the crew aboard a subspace station is believed dead, and suspected to have taken part in it until the Klingons show up with the young lieutenant, to Geordi's taste.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Face of the Enemy

    episode S6.E14 february 1993
    Deanna awakes to find herself altered to look like a Romulan, immediately unaware she's involved in a cat-and-mouse game as a member of their intelligence agency.
  • 8.8
    /10

    Tapestry

    episode S6.E15 february 1993
    When Captain Picard's artificial heart fails, he is offered the rare opportunity to go back in time and set right the mistake that led to his demise.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Birthright, Part I

    episode S6.E16 february 1993
    While visiting Deep Space 9, a Yridian tells Worf his father lives, and a discharge from an alien device puts Data in a dream state where he meets his own father.
  • 7.3
    /10

    Birthright, Part II

    episode S6.E17 february 1993
    In seeking his father, Worf discovers a prisoner-of-war camp that has evolved into a Klingon/Romulan haven - an Eden where Worf becomes their serpent.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Starship Mine

    episode S6.E18 march 1993
    When the Enterprise puts in to space dock for an energy sweep of the ship which is lethal to humans, Picard gets trapped on board with technicians who are not what they appear to be.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Lessons

    episode S6.E19 april 1993
    Picard falls for the new head of the stellar science services department, but has feelings of misgivings when he's forced to assign her to a dangerous mission.
  • 8
    /10

    The Chase

    episode S6.E20 april 1993
    The crew of the Enterprise must race against various rival powers to uncover an archaeological secret that explains the predominance of humanoid life forms in the galaxy.
  • 8.1
    /10

    Frame of Mind

    episode S6.E21 may 1993
    Riker begins to question reality when he finds himself in an alien insane asylum and faces the prospect his life on the Enterprise has been a delusion.
  • 7
    /10

    Suspicions

    episode S6.E22 may 1993
    Dr. Crusher puts her career on the line to prove a scientist's theoretical new shielding technology which may have cost him his life.
  • 7.1
    /10

    Rightful Heir

    episode S6.E23 may 1993
    During Worf's crisis of faith on Boreth, Kahless the Unforgettable makes his promised legendary return, but Klingon leader Gowron challenges his authenticity.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Second Chances

    episode S6.E24 may 1993
    Riker's exact duplicate is discovered on Nervala IV. His first order of business: resume his relationship with Deanna. Second order: obey orders from his superior - himself.
  • 8.5
    /10

    Timescape

    episode S6.E25 june 1993
    Aboard a shuttlecraft and en route back to the Enterprise, Picard, LaForge, Data, and Troi find themselves trapped in a time trap of some sort, where the Enterprise is being taken over by Romulans, and the ship, itself, on a course of destruction.
  • 8.1
    /10

    Descent

    episode S6.E26 june 1993
    After an encounter with the Borg, Data feels his first emotion when he gets angry with the Borg. Data then tries to find ways to recreate the situation in order to feel emotions again, whilst the Enterprise investigates the Borg activity, and are bewildered as to why they feel emotions too.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Descent, Part II

    episode S7.E1 september 1993
    Before Lore can run risky experiments on Geordi, Troi and Picard, the three seek a way to re-boot Data's ethical program that Lore switched off to pull Data to his side.
  • 6.6
    /10

    Liaisons

    episode S7.E2 september 1993
    On a diplomatic mission, Worf, Troi and the Captain deal with three aliens who explore foreign concepts with extreme, singular focus.
  • 6.2
    /10

    Interface

    episode S7.E3 october 1993
    Geordi is distracted by the news of the possible loss of his mother while he uses a new remote probe technology to search for a downed spacecraft.
  • 7.8
    /10

    Gambit, Part I

    episode S7.E4 october 1993
    While investigating the apparent death of Capt. Picard, Riker is abducted by a group of intergalactic archaeological thieves, only to find Picard has apparently joined their ranks.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Gambit, Part II

    episode S7.E5 october 1993
    Riker and Picard must find out why this intergalactic gang is looting archaeological sites.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Phantasms

    episode S7.E6 october 1993
    Data deals with his new ability to experience nightmares as the Enterprise deals with the installation of a new warp core that won't work as expected.
  • 6.4
    /10

    Dark Page

    episode S7.E7 october 1993
    While establishing diplomatic relations with an alien race called the Cairn, Deanna's mother experiences a mental breakdown and falls into a coma, and it seems like Deanna is the only one who is able to help her, even if her mother doesn't want it.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Attached

    episode S7.E8 november 1993
    Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher discover things about one another when they are captured by an opposing alien race, due to the fact that the Enterprise has come to allow the planet's other civilization the choice of being part of the Federation.
  • 6.3
    /10

    Force of Nature

    episode S7.E9 november 1993
    While searching for a missing Federation medical transport, the Enterprise is accosted by two scientists from a nearby planet who claim that cumulative exposure to warp energy is weakening the fabric of space.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Inheritance

    episode S7.E10 november 1993
    On Federation planet Atrea IV, Data encounters the former wife of his creator Noonian Soong who claims to be his "mother".
  • 8.8
    /10

    Parallels

    episode S7.E11 november 1993
    On his return from a bat'leth competition in the Klingon Empire, Worf finds himself shifting realities where events and details are in a constant state of flux and only he is aware of the changes.
  • 8.5
    /10

    The Pegasus

    episode S7.E12 january 1994
    Riker finds out his former commander from the starship Pegasus has orders that entail more than what is revealed to Picard, who thinks the Enterprise is en route to recover the lost ship. And Riker is ordered to secrecy.
  • 7
    /10

    Homeward

    episode S7.E13 january 1994
    In an attempt to preserve a race of people on a planet being bombarded by storms that would kill them, Worf's foster brother violates the Prime Directive, leaving the Enterprise crew in a difficult position.
  • 4.8
    /10

    Sub Rosa

    episode S7.E14 january 1994
    Dr. Crusher meets the man in her dead grandmother's life when she tries to put her affairs in order, whom one of the local people warn her to stay away from by not lighting a candle that has been lit for generations.
  • 8.7
    /10

    Lower Decks

    episode S7.E15 february 1994
    A mission of the Enterprise is seen through the eyes of some junior officers who are up for promotions, as questions of duty and honor arise among some of them, such as a Bajoran whom Worf has designated to be promoted to operations.
  • 7.8
    /10

    Thine Own Self

    episode S7.E16 february 1994
    Data is sent to follow a probe that has drifted off course and crashed on a primitive planet, only to crash on the planet himself, with no memory of any event prior to crashing on the planet's surface.
  • 5.8
    /10

    Masks

    episode S7.E17 february 1994
    Investigating a rogue comet that's been traveling throughout the universe for over 87 million years, Picard discovers alien beings within the comet, which infest the computer systems on the Enterprise, as well as Data.
  • 6.6
    /10

    Eye of the Beholder

    episode S7.E18 february 1994
    As a young lieutenant aboard the Enterprise commits suicide, his shipmates deal with the loss and Deanna deals with feelings surrounding her as she and Worf begin to form a relationship.
  • 7
    /10

    Genesis

    episode S7.E19 march 1994
    When a new torpedo guidance system malfunctions, Picard and Data go chasing after it into an asteroid field, while the crew is left behind to deal with their own strange behaviors.
  • 6.2
    /10

    Journey's End

    episode S7.E20 march 1994
    After the Federation grants access by the Cardassians to a planet already inhabited by Native Americans, Picard has the daunting task of relocating them.
  • 6.7
    /10

    Firstborn

    episode S7.E21 april 1994
    In an effort to help him accept his Klingon heritage, Worf and his son, Alexander, attend an ancient Klingon ceremony.
  • 6.5
    /10

    Bloodlines

    episode S7.E22 april 1994
    Picard races the Ferengi in an effort to track down the son he never knew he had.
  • 6.5
    /10

    Emergence

    episode S7.E23 may 1994
    Strange images begin appearing throughout the ship's decks and holodecks. Data and the rest of the crew begin to investigate only to discover that the ship's computer itself is exhibiting the strange behavior as it begins to become self-aware.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Preemptive Strike

    episode S7.E24 may 1994
    Following her return from Advanced Tactical Training, Bajoran Ro Laren is sent to infiltrate the Maquis and finds herself torn between her loyalty to Picard and Starfleet, and her sympathy with the Maquis fighting "the good fight".
  • 9.1
    /10

    All Good Things...

    episode S7.E25 may 1994
    Capt. Picard finds himself shifting continually into the past, future and present and must use that to discover a threat to humanity's existence.

Best moments10

  • 8
    /10
    94% of the votes

    A Matter of Honor

    episode S2.E8 february 1989
    Under an Officers Exchange Program, Riker serves aboard a Klingon ship, whose aging captain seeks an unwarranted bloody retaliation for suspected Enterprise treachery.
  • 7.7
    /10
    94% of the votes

    Future Imperfect

    episode S4.E8 november 1990
    Riker awakens sixteen years after an away mission where he contracted a disease which destroyed his memory back to the point of infection - or so he's told.
  • 8.1
    /10
    94% of the votes

    Frame of Mind

    episode S6.E21 may 1993
    Riker begins to question reality when he finds himself in an alien insane asylum and faces the prospect his life on the Enterprise has been a delusion.
  • 8.5
    /10
    88% of the votes

    The Pegasus

    episode S7.E12 january 1994
    Riker finds out his former commander from the starship Pegasus has orders that entail more than what is revealed to Picard, who thinks the Enterprise is en route to recover the lost ship. And Riker is ordered to secrecy.
  • 6.8
    /10
    87% of the votes

    The Outcast

    episode S5.E17 march 1992
    While aiding an androgynous race who lost a couple of members in an unmapped region of space, Riker falls for one of them, which can lead to trouble if detected, since the alien race does not endorse gender specificity.
  • 7.5
    /10
    82% of the votes

    Second Chances

    episode S6.E24 may 1993
    Riker's exact duplicate is discovered on Nervala IV. His first order of business: resume his relationship with Deanna. Second order: obey orders from his superior - himself.
  • 7.5
    /10
    82% of the votes

    Schisms

    episode S6.E5 october 1992
    Commander Riker's inability to fall asleep begins to show in other members of the crew in other forms, putting the Enterprise on the trail of a mystery.
  • 6.5
    /10
    74% of the votes

    The Vengeance Factor

    episode S3.E9 november 1989
    The Enterprise pursues a race of "gatherers" who continue to raid Federation outposts, unaware of the dangers lurking among them.
  • 7.4
    /10
    69% of the votes

    11001001

    episode S1.E14 january 1988
    The Enterprise docks at a starbase for repairs where it is commandeered by a race of technologically-linked aliens intent on using the vessel for their own purposes.
  • 6.7
    /10
    64% of the votes

    A Matter of Perspective

    episode S3.E14 february 1990
    The widow of respected scientist Dr. Nel Apgar accuses Riker of seducing her and killing her husband. Rather than turn Riker over for unfavorable trial, the Enterprise reconstructs the facts.

Votes per episode

67
E1
107
E2
36
E3
13
E4
730
E5
21
E6
36
E7
25
E8
93
E9
267
E10
31
E11
2
E12
2
E13
652
E14
572
E15
1
E16
3
E17
3
E18
12
E19
0
E20
3
E21
0
E22
1
E23
1
E24
165
E25
3
E1
47
E2
1
E3
3
E4
15
E5
1
E6
0
E7
892
E8
20
E9
19
E10
7
E11
149
E12
9
E13
483
E14
8
E15
3
E16
33
E17
454
E18
36
E19
2
E20
446
E21
485
E22
2
E1
0
E2
6
E3
20
E4
0
E5
2
E6
0
E7
385
E8
535
E9
1
E10
13
E11
4
E12
0
E13
483
E14
0
E15
5
E16
0
E17
51
E18
39
E19
1
E20
6
E21
0
E22
0
E23
19
E24
0
E25
271
E26
495
E1
0
E2
0
E3
1
E4
0
E5
11
E6
0
E7
738
E8
3
E9
68
E10
0
E11
0
E12
0
E13
0
E14
406
E15
0
E16
0
E17
1
E18
7
E19
1
E20
1
E21
0
E22
115
E23
0
E24
1
E25
0
E26
0
E1
1
E2
0
E3
10
E4
0
E5
1
E6
1
E7
26
E8
2
E9
5
E10
1
E11
7
E12
1
E13
87
E14
6
E15
44
E16
654
E17
0
E18
0
E19
0
E20
15
E21
0
E22
0
E23
0
E24
1
E25
0
E26
10
E1
0
E2
88
E3
0
E4
556
E5
19
E6
23
E7
0
E8
4
E9
91
E10
31
E11
0
E12
55
E13
1
E14
2
E15
0
E16
0
E17
0
E18
17
E19
2
E20
683
E21
0
E22
0
E23
583
E24
1
E25
4
E26
4
E1
1
E2
1
E3
396
E4
25
E5
2
E6
1
E7
34
E8
6
E9
2
E10
9
E11
603
E12
2
E13
0
E14
32
E15
7
E16
4
E17
9
E18
6
E19
4
E20
2
E21
0
E22
1
E23
1
E24
1
E25