Episode Behind the Scenes

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In an effort to save money, a huge battle between the Cardassian ships and the Enterprise was shelved.
   
Frank Abatemarco did huge amounts of research in everything from Amnesty International to the psychology of torturers in preparation for the Picard torture scene.
   
Patrick Stewart is a big Amnesty International supporter.
   
Patrick Stewart insisted that the nude torture scene take place, but requested a closed set.
   
Michael Piller on Chain of Command 2 - "There's just nothing better than putting Patrick Stewart alone in a room with one other good actor and really letting him go for an hour."
   
Michael Piller took out a full page ad in Variety to back an unsuccessful Emmy nomination for Patrick Stewart.
   
Jeri Taylor on Patrick Stewart in Chain of Command 2 - "It is not possible that there are five better male actors in this town than Patrick Stewart! It's probably his finest performance - he literally threw himself, physically and mentally, into that."
   
David Warner (Madred) starred as St John Talbot in Star Trek V The Final Frontier and Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country.
   
Due to a script typo, the "Seldonis IV Convention" was called the "Selonis IV Convention" by Riker.
   
An unaired reference gives the Minos Korva colony a population of 2 million.

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