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 SECOND CHANCES  (#250)
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EIGHT YEARS AGO, A TRANSPORTER MISHAP CREATED AN EXACT DUPLICATE...

   [ With Data looking on, Riker confronts his duplicate
     Lt. Riker (in torn Support Services uniform) ]

  Lt. Riker:  I am Will Riker.

NOW, TWIN OFFICERS CO-EXIST...

   [ The Two Rikers, with Worf and Data, beam down to a planet ]

   [ Riker talking to Troi ]

  Riker:  Which of them is real?

...BUT HIDDEN PASSIONS COULD TURN THEM INTO BITTER ENEMIES...

   [ Lt. Riker grabs Troi and sweeps her up off her feet ]

   [ Riker talking to Lt. Riker ]

  Riker:  There's no place for you in my Away Team.

...AND JEALOUSY THREATENS TO ENDANGER A CRITICAL MISSION.

   [ Riker and Lt. Riker on the planet ]

   [ Lt. Riker talking to Riker on the Enterprise ]

  Lt. Riker:  Playing it safe?

  Riker:  Why don't we wait and see who comes out on top.

   [ In a cavern on the planet, a walkway collapses under Lt. Riker;
     Riker grabs his arm as Lt. Riker dangles over the edge ]

  Lt. Riker:  Let go!

...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.


Short version:

  When Riker confronts his own double, jealousy could turn
  them into bitter rivals, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.