Review
| Series : |
The Next Generation |
Rating : |
 |
| Disc No : |
6.5 |
Episode : |
149 |
| First Aired : |
24 May 1993 |
Stardate : |
46915.2 |
| Director : |
LeVar Burton |
Year : |
2369 |
| Writers : |
Michael A. Medlock |
Season : |
6 |
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| Guest Cast : |
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| YATI : |
Surely Lieutenant Riker should get the same promotion as Commander Riker did for his actions on Nervala IV. They were both the same person then, after all. |
| Great Moment : |
The special effects shots showing the two Rikers together are superb - especially the scene in which one Riker puts a trombone down and then the other picks it up in the same shot. |
| Body Count : |
Zero. |
| Factoid : |
The original intent of the writing staff was, amazingly, to kill Commander Riker and move Data up to first officer, permanently keeping the duplicate Riker as a much more career-hungry younger self still in love with Troi! When Berman and Piller refused to allow this it was decided to kill off the younger Riker, but Piller suggested a more surprising ending would be to allow both to live. |
Plotline
Riker must confront a duplicate of himself accidentally created and stranded on a barren planet eight years ago.
Analysis
Another good performance by Frakes makes this one an interesting episode.
