Episode Trivia

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The transport ship Denver has struck a gravitic mine left over from the Cardassian War and crash landed on a planet in the Mericor System.
   
Geordi says that he uses his VISOR to see his friends' cards after their Poker games.
   
The U.S.S. Potemkin (see "Peak Performance" and "Legacy") brings the neurospecialist Dr. Toby Russell to the Enterprise.
   
Crusher has recently written a paper on cybernetic regeneration (see "The Best of Both Worlds").
   
Klingons have done very little research into neurological trauma as they would usually let patients severely injured or disabled die.
   
Russell claims that Klingons are "over designed". Their bodies have 23 ribs, 2 livers, and 8-chambered heart and double lined neural pia mater. Almost every vital function has a built in redundancy in case of failure. The Klingons refer to this as "brak'lul".
   
The Hegh'bat is a Klingon ceremony designed to help a warrior to die. A family member should normally attend, preferably the eldest son.
   
Alexander is the best at multiplication in his class.
   
Riker has lost count of the friends he's seen die. He mentions Sandoval (who was apparently hit by a disruptor blast 2 years previously and lived for about a week after), Fang-lee, Marla Aster ("The Bonding") and Tasha Yar ("Skin of Evil").

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