TNG fans I have a question... The 2 Will Rykers

[xultar]

Cna you refresh my memory on how there came to be 2 Will Rykers?

[Guava Jelly]

1. I think it was a transporter malfuction

but may be wrong
It's been a long time

Having already gone down the "evil twin" route (with Data and Lore) but still wishing to explore ideas of doubles and doubling, the writers of "Second Chances" involve Riker in a plot that would later be exploded into the Gwyneth Paltrow indie film Sliding Doors. Once upon a time, young Lieutenant Will Riker was the last crew member beamed off of a planet as its distortion field intensified. Eight years later he returns to the same planet as Commander Will Riker and learns that he both did and he didn't make it off the planet. The distortion field caused him to split into two, one of whom made it and one who didn't get away. Like bickering brothers, once the two Rikers meet, they don't get along. One thing that helped Lieutenant Riker get through his eight years as a castaway was thoughts of his main squeeze at the time, counselor Deanna Troi. When Lieutenant Riker finds out Commander Riker chose career over romance, he sees it as a chance to make things right. Then again, maybe it's just in his nature to choose career first. Jonathan Frakes hams it up in his dual role, while the true second chance belongs to Troi, who quickly falls back into a relationship with the Riker who didn't leave her on purpose. She's the true heart of the story, even though the twin Rikers get all the screen time. --Andy Spletzer

[xultar]

2. I saw the eppy Monday when he found his twin. I don't remember

their being an eppy showing how they were split. Must have happened before the show before he came to the enterprise. I was looking for the eppy where the split happened. No wonder I didn't find it.

[Kutjara]

3. 'Tom' Riker (the name the twin chose to...

...differentiate himself from 'Will' (Tom being Ryker's middle name), appeared in a couple of episodes after the one in which he's discovered on the planet (as described in the post above). He ultimately joins the Maquis in their fight against the Cardassians and sacrifices himself by surrendering to the Cardies in return for their guarantee that his crew can go free. This shows that 'Tom' Riker cares more about people and relationships than career and duty, further differentiating him from 'Will'.

[Guava Jelly]

8. They should have sent the other Riker to Yoyager

I never cared for Janeway.

[Dukkha]

19. He reappaeared on Deep Space Nine

as a marquis terrorist. He stole the Defiant and was eventually capturd by the Cardassians.

[BarenakedLady]

4. Hey you!

:hi:

I'm suddenly getting the urge to break out the old TNG videos.

[Guava Jelly]

5. Hey bnl how are you this evening

:)
nice to see you around :hi:

[BarenakedLady]

6. I'm doing ok

Besides a bunch o' guilt. How about yourself?

:hug:

[Guava Jelly]

7. I'm living beats the alternative

I won't ask you why.If you wanted me too know you'd tell me.
I just hope it passes quick so i can see you smile :hug:

[BarenakedLady]

9. I am smiling

Oh wait, no that's a grimace.

I hurt someone that I should NOT have and now I can't fix it. That's about it.

Could you sing me a song or play a few bars on your guitar? :)

Had to edit a very important word there. NOT NOT NOT NOT

[Guava Jelly]

11. Sure..My favorite Bnl song

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~c9tuazon/images/GuitarSmiley
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FIXc43DVsWc
Brian Wilson

Drove downtown in the rain nine-thirty on a Tuesday night,
just to check out the late-night record shop.
Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane,
but when I'm surrounded I just can't stop.

It's a matter of instinct, it's a matter of conditioning,
it's a matter of fact.
You can call me Pavlov's dog.
Ring a bell and I'll salivate. How'd you like that?
Dr. Landy tell me you're not just a pedagogue,
cause right now I'm

Chorus
Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did
Well I'm lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did.

So I'm lying here, just staring at the ceiling tiles.
and I'm thinking about what to think about.
Just listening and relistening to Smiley Smile,
and I'm wondering if this is some kind of create drought
because I am

Chorus

And if you want to find me I'll be out in the sandbox,
wondering where the hell all the love has gone.
Playing my guitar and building castles in the sun,
and singing "Fun, Fun, Fun."

Chorus

I had a dream that I was three hundred pounds
and though I was very heavy,
I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground
I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground
Somebody help me, I couldn't see the ground
Somebody help me, I couldn't see the ground
Somebody help me because I'm

Chorus

Drove downtown in the rain nine-thirty on a Tuesday night.
Just to check out the late-night record shop.
Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane;
but when I'm surrounded I just can't stop

[BarenakedLady]

13. I'm going to marry Steven Page

He doesn't know that yet. Ok, sure we are both married to other people and all. But he will be mine....oh yes he will be mine.

Seriously, the man has an amazing, totally underrated voice.

Thanks GOP. You gave me a real authentic smile just watching that.

[Guava Jelly]

14. You are welcome

There are a great band.
Thier cover of Gin and Juice kills me :)

[BarenakedLady]

15. I'm going to have to take a pic

Of me in my new BNL t-shirt from the concert earlier this month. hehehehe

[Guava Jelly]

16. I would love to see that

And if you do at least try to fake a smile (I accept pms ya know) :)

[Deja Q]

10. Yes. Transport accident. It was a season 6 story...

And season 6 is chock full of "the transporter did it" storylines.

[spillthebeans]

12. Did they resurrect Scotty there, too? nt

[Deja Q]

17. The only way to do it...

and probably a more highly rated episode too. :evilgrin:

[baldguy]

18. Trek plot cliché #21.