Barclay's final appearance on TNG. He would reappear in Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and six episodes of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series.
Production on the episode was hindered by the California Northridge earthquake of 1994. Gates McFadden didn't get the time she needed to produce her own cut of the episode as a result.
The only TNG episode directed by a female cast member, namely Gates McFadden. The main reason Beverly's out of action for much of the episode was so she could devote more time to directing, like when Jonathan Frakes first started directing back in the third season.
This is the first episode since her promotion that Counselor Troi is seen in command of a duty shift on the bridge.