Trivia / Star Trek: The Next Generation S2E17 "Samaritan Snare"

• Sdrawkcab Name: Writer Robert L. McCullough explained the names of Grebnedlog and his subordinate Reginod: "These were names I learned in junior high school. My last name used to be Goldenberg and my best friend's was Donager, and we had a code of calling each other by our last names backwards."
• What Could Have Been:
  • The Pakleds' modus operandi of stealing military technology from other, more advanced races was one of the original concepts for the Ferengi. By this point they had mostly fallen out of favor as serious adversaries, and so the idea was re-used here.
  • The producers were originally intending to use the Captain's yacht in this episode, but budget constraints forced the use of a shuttlecraft instead.
• You Look Familiar: Christopher Collins, who plays Grebnedlog, had appeared as Kargan during "A Matter of Honor" earlier in the season, and would later go on to appear twice in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

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