Trivia / Star Trek: The Next Generation S7E10 "Parallels"

• Deleted Scene: After Data explains the theory of alternate quantum realities, he postulates an example in which, in an alternate reality, Captain Riker chose to sit at the other end of the table, and another in which he might be standing. Beverly Crusher then states that, at that very moment, there are an infinite number of Enterprises and infinite number of her having the same discussion. Data agrees, but states that on some of those Enterprises, there might not be a Doctor Crusher.
• Development Gag: In at least two realities, Riker has been the Enterprise's captain since "The Best of Both Worlds", which was strongly considered when it was unclear if Patrick Stewart would renew his contract.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Originally it was going to be Picard hopping between realities, but Brannon Braga thought Picard's relationships wouldn't change much from reality to reality, and thus would be less jarring, so he decided to make it happen to Worf instead.
  • The writers thought of bringing back Tasha Yar on one of the alternate Enterprises, but it got vetoed because it was redundant after "Yesterday's Enterprise". However, they did bring back Wesley Crusher.
  • The Enterprise that tried to shoot at Worf was originally supposed to be from the Mirror Universe. This was changed, in part because they couldn't figure out a good reason for a mirror Enterprise to be attacking Worf's shuttle other than For the Evulz, and also because Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had its own Mirror Universe episode in the works, the story of which made the existence of an ISS Enterprise-D impossible.

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