Trivia / Star Trek: The Next Generation S4E9 "Final Mission"

• The Cameo: Captain Dirgo, played with crustiness and assholishness aplenty, by Nick Tate—otherwise known as Alan Carter of Space: 1999.
• Creator's Favorite Episode: Rick Berman said:
  That's one of my favorite episodes. I think it was very poignant and the acting on the part of our guest cast, Nick Tate, Patrick's work and Wil's, was just excellent. I thought it was just a terrific piece of drama.
• Prop Recycling:
  • The ancient sublight freighter is the Talarian freighter model reused from "Heart Of Glory", which itself was cobbled together from models used in the V miniseries and Captain EO.
  • A building seen outside Chairman Songi's window is a recycled miniature from Logan's Run.
• What Could Have Been: In the original story, Wesley and Picard crashed on an ice planet. On the suggestion of Rick Berman, this was changed as it was believed that a desert planet could be created more realistically. (In other words, they filmed it in an actual desert east of Los Angeles.)
• Working Title: "Turnabout."

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