At the 50th anniversary "Star Trek" convention in Las Vegas in August 2016, fans voted this the fifth best episode of the "Star Trek" franchise.
Michael Piller did some work on the screenplay, but left his name out of the credits. This was due to Writers Guild regulations relating to the limits of number of writers being credited to a single script.
The uniforms used by the crew of the Enterprise-C were those employed by the original series movies, sans the collared undershirts and the Starfleet insignia belts. This version of the uniform would be reused with Jack Crusher in Family (1990). The insignia pins now doubled as combadges, and the type 2 phaser from Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) was used as the standard sidearm.
The ambient noise level aboard the ship was increased in the alternate time-line. Consoles and displays were made more audible, the warp engines made a dull roar sound, intra-ship communication announcements increased, the doors made a "swoosh" sound reminiscent of the sound effect used in the original Star Trek (1966) series. Set lighting was also significantly changed and darkened.
Though it takes place in an alternate timeline, this marks the first time Wesley Crusher is seen wearing a Starfleet uniform.