This episode was originally intended to be a cost-cutting "bottle show". It wound up being one of the most expensive episodes of the season.
This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Series.
First appearance by Susanna Thompson who later starred as The Borg Queen in Dark Frontier (1999) and Unimatrix Zero (2000).
All three of the guest actors playing Romulans: Thomas Kopache, Susanna Thompson and Brian Cousins would go on to play numerous other roles in various Star Trek episodes and films.
Susanna Thompson has played four characters in the Star Trek franchise, the Borg Queen in Dark Frontier (1999), Unimatrix Zero (2000), and Unimatrix Zero Part II (2000), Dr. Lenara Kahn in Rejoined (1995), Varel in The Next Phase (1992) and Inmate Jaya in Frame of Mind (1993).