Trivia / Star Trek: The Next Generation S1E23 "We'll Always Have Paris"

• Creator Backlash: Co-writer Hannah Louise Shearer was unhappy with how the episode turned out, "we were writing the most romantic episode in the world" but that "it was toned down 75%". Shearer later complained of a lack of chemistry between Michelle Phillips and Patrick Stewart, which Phillips blamed on the conflicted nature of the character in that she was committed to her husband but also wanted to see Picard once more.
• What Could Have Been: In the original draft, writers Deborah Dean Davis and Hannah Louise Shearer wanted to create a romantic mood with the insistence that Picard do "the wild thing" – discreetly, during commercial – some time in the course of the episode. The idea was vetoed by a number of men involved in the production – most notably Patrick Stewart.