Ira Steven Behr also wrote the Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) episode Captain's Holiday (1990), where Risa first appeared.
First time the audience learns the exact circumstances of Curzon Dax's death.
In September 1996, Alexander Siddig and Nana Visitor's son Django was born during production of this episode. Visitor was thus unable to appear and is credited only.
In the scene where Worf walks in on Leeta and her Risian companion in the purple mesh tank top, Leeta was originally naked and in a bath tub. This is evident in the original thirty-second promotional spot, available at startrek.com.
This episode is one of very few to tell a story of Worf's childhood.