278: Why He Decided to Stay Back

Riker's Command Offers.
 
William T. Riker serves as first officer on the Enterprise-D and
Enterprise-E for a total of 15 years during seven seasons of The
Next Generation and four movies. In that time, he is offered
command of a Starfleet ship three times and declines each time
before finally accepting command of the USS Titan. Why does Riker
keep turning down command offers and what do the times we do see
him in command say about what he would be like in command of his
own ship?

In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Amy Nelson and Justin Oser
are joined by Brian Meloche, Associate Producer of The Edge, to
talk about Riker's command offers. The discussion includes
talking about why he declines offers to command three different
Starfleet ships, why he accepts command of the USS Titan, and the
different times that we see Riker in command of the Enterprise-D
and Enterprise-E.



Chapters
Intro (00:01:11) 
Brian's Trek Story (00:09:05)   
USS Drake (00:16:46) 
USS Aires (00:22:38) 
USS Melbourne (00:33:08) 
USS Voyager (00:40:09) 
Captain Riker Style (00:45:12) 
USS Titan (00:53:38) 
Final Thoughts (00:57:11)   
Closing (01:02:44)

Runtime: 1 hour 15 minutes 43 seconds
 
Hosts
Amy Nelson and Justin Oser
 
Guest
Brian Meloche
 
Production
Amy Nelson (Editor and Producer) Justin Oser (Producer) Tony
Robinson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew
Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer)
Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E Hueter (Associate
Producer) Thomas Appel (Associate Producer) Chris Tribuzio
(Associate Producer) Joe Keegan (Associate Producer) Jim McMahon
(Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Richard
Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art)
Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)