Jonathan Frakes appeared as Lt. Thomas Riker on Star Trek: ... Commander Sisko's role in "Defiant" echoes the President of the United States played by Henry Fonda in the 1964 thriller Fail Safe, ...

The episode essentially recreated the events of Star Trek's “Balance Of Terror,” but this time, both Pike and Kirk worked in unison to resolve the tense situation with the Romulan ship.Henry ...