The Betazed scenes were filmed at the Huntington Library Botanical Gardens in San Marino, L.A.
	To mark Wesley's promotion to full Ensign at the end of this episode, Gene Roddenberry gave Wil Wheaton his own ensign's bars earned in the US Navy thirty years early. General Colin Powell was on hand for the ceremony.
	Ethan Philips (Farek) would later win the role as regular Talaxian Neelix in spinoff Voyager.
	The U.S.S. Bradbury is named for sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury.
	Among the delegates seen were a Vulcan female, a Selay, a Zackdorn male, two Bolian females, a Mizarian Male and an Algolian.
	Body doubles were used for the Barrett/Sirtis nude scene.

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