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Originally, the script
used Jeri Taylor's B-story of Troi earning her commander's
pips, but when it became clear the two stories didn't gel,
it was saved over for "Thine
Own Self". |
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The episode underwent a
plethora of rewrites as deadlines loomed. |
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The redressed
alien shuttle was last seen in "Birthright,
Part II". |
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'Eric' was
named for Brannon Braga's nephew. |
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Alan Sims
bought chocolate covered raisins for Loquel's poker game
snack, but actor Paul Eiding admitted to being allergic to
chocolate. Sims recalls
"He said he
broke out in red hives but offered to eat it anyway. Now
there's an actor who's grateful to be working!" |
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This show is
the first time we see Worf, Deanna and Beverly in dress
uniform. |
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In a cut
scene, Byleth wakes Worf at 0500 for a tour of the
arboretum. Later, in a blooper, he takes three poker chips
during the game, not two as Worf claims. |
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The freighter
exterior scene was a 6x16 tabletop model with crash skid
furrows and forced perspective mountains only five feet
away. |
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The Anna/Voval
transformation came from an unused test element Dan Curry
shot years before. |
