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Thomas Riker taking off his fake sideburns is the best five seconds in all of Star Trek. Sorry.
It's so wild for so many reasons.
1. It's meant to reveal that he's not Will but Thomas, but in the TNG episode with Thomas, he had the same beard as Will. He didn't have a goatee. It's like he's making a big reveal but this indicates nothing for the audience.
1. It's meant to reveal that he's not Will but Thomas, but in the TNG episode with Thomas, he had the same beard as Will. He didn't have a goatee. It's like he's making a big reveal but this indicates nothing for the audience.
2. Why would he even do that? Why not just grow a beard for the mission?
3. If he showed up with less facial hair than Will, nobody would be like "Hey, waaaait a minute. The real Will Riker always has this much facial hair at all times. J'accuse!"
3. If he showed up with less facial hair than Will, nobody would be like "Hey, waaaait a minute. The real Will Riker always has this much facial hair at all times. J'accuse!"
4. Does this mean Thomas Riker started wearing different facial hair prior to this mission to differentiate himself from Will? Even if that's true, how many people on DEEP SPACE NINE would know that? There is no need for this disguise.
5. It's riskier wearing the disguise than not wearing the disguise. What if he applied it incorrectly and it fell off? "Yes, Kira, I am wearing fake sideburns, but did you ever consider... [smoke bomb] so long, suckeriwasthomasrikerthiswholetimebyeee"
I want to be clear. I'm nitpicking this out of love. This is so baffling, but it's also so much fun.
