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XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current
From: bobby@youspammingme5ilby.karoo.co.uk
"Shaun" wrote in message
news:1116172134.634374.196850@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>>> Sort of like the "Why was Riker so pissed off at O'Brien on DS9?"
>>> question that people ask every time that episode airs? I can't
> believe
>>>people still get confused by that one.
>
>>Actually im still confused over that one.
>
> Are you really? I'm not ragging on you for it, I'm just amazed that so
> many people didn't pick up on it... To me at least it seemed pretty
> simple. Tom Riker's masquerading as Will, and when O'Brien walks in
> greeting "Will," Tom realizes that any discussion of "old times" aboard
> the Enterprise could lead to his being exposed as a fraud. Putting on
> an act of anger and resentment and saying "I have nothing to say to
> you!" is a good way to end any discussion and leave the chief walking
> away confused, wondering what he did to upset his friend and former
> commander. It was all just a cover.
>
> The only thing I was unclear about is whether or not Tom actually knew
> about O'Brien's presence on the station or was blindsided by this.
> IIRC, the TNG epsiode "Second Chances" came after O'Brien moved over to
> DS9, so it's more likely Tom knew nothing about the cheif prior to
> meeting him on the Defiant.
>
> Perhaps the episode needed a line at the end where O'brien says
> something like "Ohh! So that's why he pretended to be mad at me... He
> knew I'd realize his secret." I thought it was fairly straightforward,
> but plenty of others clearly did not.
Ah yeah, its easy to forget theyd never have met. Although O'Brien sort of
using it as the missing clue as to who he is could have worked.
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