Ron Moore liked this show, although never felt particularly close to the story - "He wanders into the medieval village, is befriended by the little girl, and villagers come out and chase him with torches!"
	Winrich Kolbe felt this episode gave him a chance to improve on TNG's other "little girl show", season 2's "Pen Pals" - "I felt we had more character in there and didn't veer off into tech talk."
	Ron Moore on Troi's promotion - "The action was an amalgam of both: if she became a bridge officer after the test, they'd also give her the promotion."
	A cut opening line had Troi returning from a class reunion of the Carvin Institute for Psychological Studies.
	Construction Coordinator Al Smutko recalled that the Barkon IV village cost $104,000 to put together, although it was later revamped for appearances in "Journey's End", "Firstborn", "Preemptive Strike" and DS9's "Shadowplay".
	Jonathan Frakes requested that the line where he refers to Troi in Act II as "ship's counselor" be rewritten to "Imzadi". This would be the last time the phrase was heard in the series.
	Cut lines included a mention that Troi passed her bridge test on her fourth try and that the name "Jayden" comes from an ancient folktale where a handsome nobleman is transformed to an ugly frog by a demon's spell.
	Patrick Stewart was only given one line in this show, his briefest appearance in the whole series, in order to allow him to perform in the "A Christmas Carol" production in London, England.

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