Editing William Riker (section)

===''Star Trek: Picard''===
Riker returns to the screen in the "Nepenthe" episode of ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]''. In that episode, taking place in 2399, Riker is married to Deanna Troi; they have two children, Thad (now deceased) and Kestra. Picard and his gynoid companion Soji visit the Rikers' home, a National Parks-style lodge on the planet Nepenthe, and are welcomed with open arms. Will and Deanna are retired from Starfleet although Will describes his status as being on "active reserve."<ref>{{cite web | url =http://trekcore.com/blog/2019/07/star-trek-picard-brings-back-jeri-ryan-brent-spiner-jonathan-frakes-marina-sirtis/ | title = TREK Vets Brent Spiner and Jeri Ryan Back for STAR TREK: PICARD, Plus: Frakes and Sirtis Returning Too! | date = July 20, 2019 | access-date= July 20, 2019 | publisher= TrekCore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/star-trek-picard-what-you-need-to-know-before-diving-into-the-cbs-all-access-series-140094|title='Star Trek: Picard': The Complete Guide to the CBS All Access Series|website=Entertainment Tonight|language=en-US|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref>

Riker makes another ''Picard'' appearance in the Season 1 finale "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part II". In that episode, Riker has been reinstated to active duty. He is temporarily in command of the USS ''Zheng He'', the lead ship in a Starfleet squadron sent to the planet Coppelius to protect its inhabitants from imminent [[Romulan]] attack.

Riker, along with other former members of the crew of the USS ''Enterprise''-D, return for an extended story arc in the third and final season of ''Picard'', wherein they fight a rogue Changeling conspiracy against the Federation. Riker appears from the season premiere onward (as of the fourth episode), and is acting captain of the {{USS|Titan|NCC-80102-A}}{{snd}}successor to [[#Star Trek: Lower Decks|the ship he was given command of]] at the end of ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'', continuing in ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]''{{snd}}in the third and fourth episodes. While conducting a heist at the advanced research center the Daystrom Institute on Picard's behalf, Riker is captured by the rogue Changelings, and reunited with Deanna in the sixth episode. Riker had fallen into an existential crisis after Thad's death, and their relationship had turned into one of toxic codependency and longing for adventure, necessitating their temporary separation and Picard's help. Their former crewmate [[Worf]] rescues the couple and brings them aboard the ''Titan'' in the eighth episode, reuniting the crew of the ''Enterprise''.