William Riker's leadership/identity arc: sudden elevation into a high‑stakes diplomatic role, wrestling with self‑doubt and then asserting moral and institutional authority (defending Troi, unmasking manipulation) — personal growth under public pressure.
William Riker's leadership/identity arc: sudden elevation into a high‑stakes diplomatic role, wrestling with self‑doubt and then asserting moral and institutional authority (defending Troi, unmasking manipulation) — personal growth under public pressure.
Events in This Arc
In Sickbay Beverly Crusher diagnoses Mendoza with a non-life-threatening but incapacitating system-wide histaminic reaction, formally ruling him out of the wormhole negotiations for days. Picard and Riker absorb the political …
In Ten-Forward Riker deliberately confronts Devinoni Ral, cutting through the Chrysalian’s polished banter to expose a moral emptiness beneath his charm. Riker refuses to be played—calling Devinoni out for having …
On the bridge Troi publicly exposes Devinoni Ral's use of empathic manipulation to stage a crisis: the missile threat and Goss's belligerence were a performance engineered to cow Premier Bhavani …