What happened to Jonathan Frakes?

Frakes leaned into directing and moved away from acting. In total, Jonathan Frakes was behind the camera for eight episodes of The Next Generation. He also found himself behind the lens for episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager
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, Star Trek: Discovery, and Star Trek: Picard.
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How many people did Commander Riker sleep with?

If you scroll down to the "Romance" section of Riker's Memory Alpha page, you can see that Riker slept with a maximum of 14 'women' that we know of - obviously he and Kirk could have been hosting orgies off-screen in-between episodes for all we know - during the course of TNG and the films.
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Why does Commander Riker tilt his head?

And the #1 reason Riker walks with his head tilted:

He's trying to make his hair fall out because he heard only bald guys get to command the Enterprise.
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Why does Riker sit down?

What is this? Frakes had a back injury, caused by having a job moving furniture. The result is the “Riker Lean,” where you often see him on set leaning on chairs or consoles, or with one leg propped up on something. You can also see his body is tilted a little when he's standing up straight.
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Did Worf marry Troi?

He is married to Deanna Troi and has a daughter Shannara Rozhenko and a son Eric Christopher Rozhenko. However, she doesn't know anything about Alexander (TNG: "Parallels").
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Who does Riker marry?

Riker returns to the screen in an episode of Star Trek: Picard, titled "Nepenthe". In that episode, taking place in 2399, Riker is married to Deanna Troi; they have two children, Thad (now deceased), and Kestra.
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Does Riker ever become Admiral?

In 2398 Riker, now a four-star admiral, was appointed to Starfleet Command. Three years later he was promoted to fleet admiral, and in 2404 President Aennik Okeg appointed him as Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet, replacing the retiring Fleet Admiral Sitak.
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Why does Jonathan Frakes sit down like that?

According to a thread on Reddit, actor Jonathan Frakes has an old back injury that he sustained years before Star Trek: The Next Generation, which caused him to have to modify the way he sits.
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What happened to Tom Riker?

After a brief show trial on Cardassia Prime, Riker was able to escape the death penalty but was sentenced to life imprisonment in the labor camp on Lazon II.
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Was Captain Kirk a womanizer?

In the new Star Trek movies, Kirk is often portrayed as a scandalous womanizer. He sleeps with Uhura's roommate, then leers at Uhura while he changes on her bed. He also never backs off when Uhura tells him that she isn't interested in him.
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Why did Commander Riker grow a beard?

Between seasons 1 and 2 of the series there was a long pause in production due to a writer's strike, during which Frakes grew out his beard. By the time filming had started again for TNG Frakes decided he had enough of shaving and went on set as Riker with his full-grown beard.
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Is Riker in a mental institution?

Plot. Prior to taking a covert mission, Riker is rehearsing for a theater play "Frame of Mind" for the Enterprise. The play involves Riker's character confined to a mental asylum, and involves a soliloquy regarding the nature of being sane. During practice for the mission, he is accidentally injured by Lt.
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Are Picard and Riker friends?

Riker was Picard's right-hand man on the bridge and later a lifelong friend he could rely on. Riker was never shy about wanting Picard's job, and the Captain appreciated his honesty from their first meeting in "Encounter At Farpoint".
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Did Brent Spiner win any awards?

In 1997, he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Data in Star Trek: First Contact, and was nominated in the same category for portraying Dr. Brackish Okun in Independence Day, a role he reprised in Independence Day: Resurgence.
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Why is Brent Spiner in Picard?

Jean-Luc Picard's synthetic body allows for Brent Spiner to reprise his role as a classic Star Trek: TNG character for Picard season 3's TNG reunion.
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Why does Picard pull down his shirt?

This tugging of the shirt has actually been nicknamed The Picard Maneuver. The reason that he did this was that the shirt became uncomfortable after he sat in a chair. He had to tug it to make him feel more comfortable. The producers wanted him to stop doing it, but he just couldn't help himself.
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Are Deanna and Riker together?

Romantics can learn a lot from the way that Troi and Riker interacted with each other. The last time we saw Will Riker and Deanna Troi in Star Trek: Nemesis, they were happily married and living on Titan together. Yet this was not always the case.
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How long did Riker Captain the Titan?

Riker was best known for service in Starfleet, as a captain in command of the Federation starship USS Titan from the year 2379 to 2385.
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What was Kirk's final rank?

According to a friend, students could either "think or sink" in his class, and Kirk himself was "a stack of books with legs". Upon graduating in the top five percent, Kirk was promoted to lieutenant and served aboard the USS Farragut.
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Why does Picard call Riker Number One?

Riker is usually referred to as “Will”. He is also usually (and informally) called “Number One” by Captain Picard, because of his position as first officer on the Enterprise.
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What kind of Admiral is Picard?

In 2385, Picard accepted a promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral and assumed command of the Invincible-class Fleet Carrier-Battleship USS Invincible, as well as its task force, both of which are assigned to the Vanguard Command of Starfleet Academy batchmate and old friend Fleet Admiral Maximus Hunter.
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Do Picard and Crusher ever get together?

In the series finale "All Good Things...", it is revealed that in an alternate future, Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard had been married and then divorced—still evidently having feelings for each other after so many years. Little information is given about the circumstances of their marriage or separation.
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Why does Deanna Troi call Riker Bill?

More from Star Trek: The Next Generation

Why does Counselor Troi call you 'Bill' when the rest of your fellow officers call you 'Will'?” Riker then explains that “I used to go by Bill at the Academy — but then I dated a woman named Bili Beller, so we mutually decided I'd use Will.
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Why does Riker call Troi Imzadi?

Troi's history with Riker had been introduced in the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Encounter at Farpoint"; this also included the word imzadi, a Betazoid term of endearment usually translated as "beloved".
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