This was Director Alexander Singer's sixth and final outing at directing TNG.
	Major problems hit the shooting of this episode when wildfires struck the location shoot on November 2 in the familiar Bronson Caves area of Griffin Park.
	Alexander Singer recalls - "We were simply told 'Finish, get out. No time to talk, get out'. The fire people said 'We can't protect you - there's only one way in and one way out and you're a sitting duck and the fires are out of control'."
	Line Producer Merri D. Howard praised the crew for getting shut down and out in just 40 minutes. Thankfully the shooting area didn't burn at all saving the expensive of scouting a matching area - "It was exceptional - within two hours we were filming back here."
	Jim Mees remembers having to match the outdoor camp on location with the fake holodeck scene on stage - "We had to go back in there, undress what we'd spent the whole day on before, put it up on the stage, and the undress it and bring it back to the park. And it's a hundred degrees, and people are digging holes and building a stairway with seventy steps; my boys have not had a fun year!"
	Jeri Taylor had dismissed the idea of fooling the natives with a fake holodeck home mock-up until the story of Worf's brother was introduced - "I do that with Michael. He'll say no and I'll say, well, I'm gonna wait and maybe I can try this again - and I'm glad the boys do the same thing, because I am not the be-all and the end-all of knowing what will work."
	A last minute request for food on the Boraalan's camp spit lead Alan Sims to take leftover chicken fillets from the day's catered set meal, wrap them on a stick and charred the whole thing to look like a rabbit!
	The "Sign of LaForge" with the holodeck grid appearing in the water was done with a "live" grid under the small pond.

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