When asked in 1997 what he would have done differently on ST:TNG, Ronald D. Moore said he wouldn't have written Aquiel.
Many members of the production staff were disappointed with this episode. They considered it the weakest one of the sixth season.
Producer Jeri Taylor felt Renée Jones didn't fit the feel of the series. And that the chemistry between her and LeVar Burton "never clicked".
Picard says there's been no Klingon raid on the Federation in seven years. This was added to show that the Federation-Klingon alliance is still an uneasy one.