Riker’s Best Star Trek Episode Is Trek’s Greatest Deep Space Nine/The Next Generation Crossover

The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Second Chances” featured the Enterprise revisiting Nervala IV and finding a duplicate of Will Riker, created by an unusual accident. This duplicate had been stranded there for eight years, eventually adopting the name Thomas and joining another ship. While that episode explored Riker’s story, it largely focused on him. In contrast, the episode “Defiant” is entirely centered around Thomas.







