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One of three episodes where the Enterprise Bridge isn't seen at all.

Majel Barrett's last appearance on the show as Lwaxana Troi. She would make two further appearances in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), and still continue to do the voice of the Enterprise computer.

The only time in the show where Lwaxana appears without Mr Homn. Carel Struycken was expected to appear, but he was unavailable.

The first and only appearance of Ian Andrew Troi, Deanna's father.

Hedril is played by an 11 year old Kirsten Dunst, a year before she became famous with Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994).

Marina Sirtis performed her own stunt when she seems to jump off into space. She leapt off a blue-screened platform onto an air mattress. This was then matted in with the star field and corridor walls.

Split-screen shots against a blue screen were used to allow people to interact with the wolf, which although trained was still dangerous. Kirsten Dunst petted a stand rather than the wolf, with the animal matted in later. The wolf's growl was achieved by giving it a lick of a meaty bone, then filming its reaction when a trainer moved as if to take it.

This marks the final appearance of Deanna Troi and Lwaxana Troi together on-screen.

René Echevarria, who gave an uncredited polish to the script regretted having to tone down Maques' comical attempts at language.

Norman Large who plays Maques also played Proconsul Neral in Star Trek: The Next Generation Unification part 1 and 2, Kobheerian Captain in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Duet (1993), Romulan Criminal (uncredited) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: If Wishes Were Horses (1993), Romulan Criminal (uncredited) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Vortex (1993), and Ocampa Man in Star Trek: Voyager: Cold Fire (1995).

The back story on Ian and Lwaxana Troi revealed in this episode was further expanded upon as a subplot in the novel The Art of the Impossible.

Lake El'nar was named after a friend of writer Hilary J. Bader.

This takes place in 2370.

The 7th episode of Series 7 reveals why Lwaxanna Troi is overbearing towards Deanna Troi.

The story is about a tragic dark secret.

Writers said they found it a challenge coming up with secret held by Lwaxanna which was dark and traumatic in nature, and yet also sympathetic at the same time.

Although Deanna says that Homn saved the picture of Kestra, Xelo was most likely Lwaxana's attendant at the time of Kestra's death. ("Haven") Homn was Xelo's replacement, and Xelo apparently passed the picture on to Homn.

This episode is referenced in DS9: "The Muse". There, Lwaxana gives the fact that she lost Kestra as one of the reasons why she is unwilling to give up her unborn male child according to Tavnian law.

The episode uses Steadicam when Deanna enters Lwaxana's mind. It was used in the previous episode Star Trek: The Next Generation: Phantasms (1993) when we saw Data's dreams. He even brings up the events of that episode at one point.

The script went through several different versions of the telepathic rescue story before the final one. Possibilities included La Forge or Beverly as main characters, or Lwaxana rescuing Deanna.

(#7.7) reveals why Lwaxanna overbears Deanna. Before Lwaxanna's husband, Deanna's father Ian died, Lwaxanna had another daughter with Ian named Kestra. But, when Deanna was a baby, Kestra tragically drowned during a family picnic. Naturally, since Lwaxanna lost both her daughter and her husband. Deanna is the only family Lwaxanna had left and Lwaxanna may be afraid of losing her too.