Commander William T. Riker

Contents (7 sections)

Key facts
Rank and role timeline
Relationships
Most scenes shared with
Lines per season
Appearances
Heaviest episodes


Transcript label	`RIKER`
Episodes	176 of 176 speaking
Dialogue lines	7402
Played by	Jonathan Frakes
Species	Human
Affiliation	Starfleet
Status	Active at series end

Key facts

First officer ('Number One') for the whole run; from Valdez, Alaska; estranged from his father Kyle Riker until The Icarus Factor S02E14.
Repeatedly declines his own command (Drake, Aries, Melbourne) to stay on the Enterprise; briefly made captain during the Borg crisis (The Best of Both Worlds S03E26 · S04E01).
Imzadi (soulmate) of Deanna Troi (S05E12); their past relationship on Betazed is referenced throughout and rekindled in later seasons.
A transporter accident on Nervala IV created a duplicate, Thomas Riker (Second Chances S06E24).
Served as first officer on the Klingon ship Pagh in an officer exchange (A Matter of Honor S02E08).
Temporarily hosted the Trill symbiont Odan (The Host S04E23). (S04E23)
Served on the USS Pegasus under Captain Pressman and helped cover up an illegal Federation cloaking device (The Pegasus S07E12).
Plays jazz trombone (Memory Alpha), hosts the senior staff poker game (Memory Alpha), and grows the beard from season 2 onward (Memory Alpha).
Offered the powers of the Q (Hide and Q S01E10); trapped in an asylum reality (Frame of Mind S06E21); led the 'Future Imperfect' false timeline.

Rank and role timeline

From	Rank / role
Encounter at Farpoint (S01E01-E02)	Commander, first officer
Best of Both Worlds, part 2 (S04E01)	Captain (field promotion during Borg crisis)
Family (S04E02)	Commander, first officer (reverted)

Relationship graph

Relationships recorded in the curated data for this character, as on the Visuals page. Colour is affiliation. Hover a person for detail, click to open their note. Faint curves are ties between the people shown.

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Relationships

Counselor Deanna Troi: Imzadi, former and future partner (Memory Alpha: Deanna Troi)
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: captain and mentor (Memory Alpha: Jean-Luc Picard · Memory Alpha: William T. Riker)
Kyle Riker: father (Memory Alpha: Kyle Riker · Memory Alpha: William T. Riker)
Thomas Riker: transporter duplicate Thomas (Memory Alpha: Thomas Riker · Memory Alpha: William T. Riker)
Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Shelby: rival then first officer (Memory Alpha: Elizabeth Shelby)
Admiral Erik Pressman: former captain (Memory Alpha: Erik Pressman · Memory Alpha: William T. Riker)
Q: Q who tempted him with Q powers (Memory Alpha: Q)
Captain Edward Jellico: captain he clashed with (Memory Alpha: William T. Riker · Memory Alpha: Edward Jellico)

Most scenes shared with

Character	Scenes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard	1214
Lieutenant Commander Data	945
Lieutenant Worf	752
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge	657
Counselor Deanna Troi	432
Dr Beverly Crusher	366
Wesley Crusher	196
Lieutenant Natasha 'Tasha' Yar	121

Lines per season

S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7
1274	1281	1034	959	1069	937	848

Appearances at a glance

One cell per episode in broadcast order; darker means more lines, an outlined cell is an appearance without dialogue. Hover for the episode, click to open it.

Appearances

Code	Episode	Lines
S01E01-E02	Encounter at Farpoint	116
S01E03	The Naked Now	54
S01E04	Code of Honour	34
S01E05	The Last Outpost	73
S01E06	Where No One Has Gone Before	58
S01E07	Lonely Among Us	51
S01E08	Justice	33
S01E09	The Battle	84
S01E10	Hide & Q	69
S01E11	Haven	26
S01E12	The Big Goodbye	33
S01E13	Datalore	35
S01E14	Angel One	81
S01E15	11001001	97
S01E16	Too Short A Season	15
S01E17	When The Bough Breaks	36
S01E18	Home Soil	39
S01E19	Coming of Age	30
S01E20	Heart Of Glory	41
S01E21	The Arsenal Of Freedom	68
S01E22	Symbiosis	39
S01E23	Skin Of Evil	39
S01E24	We'll Always Have Paris	29
S01E25	Conspiracy	43
S01E26	The Neutral Zone	51
S02E01	The Child	50
S02E02	Where Silence Has Lease	80
S02E03	Elementary, Dear Data	11
S02E04	The Outrageous Okona	25
S02E05	Loud as a Whisper	57
S02E06	The Schizoid Man	11
S02E07	Unnatural Selection	24
S02E08	A Matter of Honour	114
S02E09	The Measure of a Man	37
S02E10	The Dauphin	30
S02E11	Contagion	63
S02E12	The Royale	114
S02E13	Time Squared	68
S02E14	The Icarus Factor	80
S02E15	Pen Pals	54
S02E16	Q Who?	63
S02E17	Samaritan Snare	114
S02E18	Up The Long Ladder	64
S02E19	Manhunt	33
S02E20	The Emissary	35
S02E21	Peak Performance	64
S02E22	Shades Of Gray	90
S03E01	Evolution	29
S03E02	The Ensigns of Command	35
S03E03	The Survivors	54
S03E04	Who Watches The Watchers	32
S03E05	The Bonding	30
S03E06	Booby Trap	52
S03E07	The Enemy	40
S03E08	The Price	31
S03E09	The Vengeance Factor	91
S03E10	The Defector	47
S03E11	The Hunted	43
S03E12	The High Ground	29
S03E13	Déjà Q	41
S03E14	A Matter Of Perspective	68
S03E15	Yesterday's Enterprise	34
S03E16	The Offspring	2
S03E17	Sins Of The Father	27
S03E18	Allegiance	34
S03E19	Captain's Holiday	36
S03E20	Tin Man	31
S03E21	Hollow Pursuits	37
S03E22	The Most Toys	30
S03E23	Sarek	32
S03E24	Ménage à Troi	39
S03E25	Transfigurations	14
S03E26	Best Of Both Worlds, part 1	96
S04E01	Best of Both Worlds, part 2	115
S04E02	Family	9
S04E03	Brothers	45
S04E04	Suddenly Human	31
S04E05	Remember Me	21
S04E06	Legacy	76
S04E07	Reunion	15
S04E08	Future Imperfect	167
S04E09	Final Mission	37
S04E10	The Loss	51
S04E11	Data's Day	19
S04E12	The Wounded	18
S04E13	Devil's Due	14
S04E14	Clues	24
S04E15	First Contact	35
S04E16	Galaxy's Child	25
S04E17	Night Terrors	17
S04E18	Identity Crisis	22
S04E19	The Nth Degree	40
S04E20	Qpid	27
S04E21	The Drumhead	8
S04E22	Half a Life	8
S04E23	The Host	69
S04E24	The Mind's Eye	23
S04E25	In Theory	31
S04E26	Redemption	12
S05E01	Redemption part 2	9
S05E02	Darmok	76
S05E03	Ensign Ro	29
S05E04	Silicon Avatar	51
S05E05	Disaster	31
S05E06	The Game	55
S05E07	Unification, part 1	54
S05E08	Unification, part 2	62
S05E09	A Matter Of Time	39
S05E10	New Ground	36
S05E11	Hero Worship	29
S05E12	Violations	27
S05E13	The Masterpiece Society	28
S05E14	Conundrum	74
S05E15	Power Play	70
S05E16	Ethics	24
S05E17	The Outcast	139
S05E18	Cause and Effect	53
S05E19	The First Duty	2
S05E20	Cost of Living	17
S05E21	The Perfect Mate	27
S05E22	Imaginary Friend	18
S05E23	I, Borg	19
S05E24	The Next Phase	38
S05E25	The Inner Light	23
S05E26	Time's Arrow, part 1	39
S06E01	Time's Arrow, part 2	55
S06E02	Realm of Fear	18
S06E03	Man of the People	39
S06E04	Relics	29
S06E05	Schisms	56
S06E06	True Q	35
S06E07	Rascals	50
S06E08	A Fistful of Datas	12
S06E09	The Quality of Life	40
S06E10	Chain of Command, part 1	39
S06E11	Chain of Command, part 2	30
S06E12	Ship in a Bottle	35
S06E13	Aquiel	49
S06E14	Face of the Enemy	17
S06E15	Tapestry	15
S06E16	Birthright, part 1	4
S06E17	Birthright, part 2	5
S06E18	Starship Mine	33
S06E19	Lessons	37
S06E20	The Chase	29
S06E21	Frame of Mind	138
S06E22	Suspicions	11
S06E23	Rightful Heir	9
S06E24	Second Chances	83
S06E25	Timescape	22
S06E26	Descent, part 1	47
S07E01	Descent, part 2	26
S07E02	Liaisons	17
S07E03	Interface	25
S07E04	Gambit, part 1	74
S07E05	Gambit, part 2	43
S07E06	Phantasms	19
S07E07	Dark Page	4
S07E08	Attached	55
S07E09	Force of Nature	45
S07E10	Inheritance	26
S07E11	Parallels	59
S07E12	The Pegasus	87
S07E13	Homeward	13
S07E14	Sub Rosa	4
S07E15	Lower Decks	53
S07E16	Thine Own Self	30
S07E17	Masks	32
S07E18	Eye of the Beholder	25
S07E19	Genesis	26
S07E20	Journey's End	11
S07E21	Firstborn	51
S07E22	Bloodlines	16
S07E23	Emergence	34
S07E24	Preemptive Strike	18
S07E25-E26	All Good Things...	55

Heaviest episodes

Future Imperfect (S04E08): 167 lines
The Outcast (S05E17): 139 lines
Frame of Mind (S06E21): 138 lines
Encounter at Farpoint (S01E01-E02): 116 lines
Best of Both Worlds, part 2 (S04E01): 115 lines