Dedicated to Annie Wersching, who played the Borg Queen in Season 2. Wersching died of cancer the month prior to this episode's premiere.
Beverly Crusher's ship is named the SS Eleos. In Greek mythology, Eleos was the personification of mercy, clemency, compassion and pity.
Throughout the episode, several musical scores from the Star Trek franchise are heard including music from Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
In the opening scenes, there are several call-backs to Dr. Crusher's character in the original Star Trek: TNG run. These include her orchids from Cause and Effect (1992), her pearls from The Big Goodbye (1988) and her comedy and tragedy masks representing her love of theatre and dramatics as seen in The Nth Degree (1991), Disaster (1991) and Frame of Mind (1993).
In the scene where they pilot the Titan out of space dock, there is an infusion of James Horner's trills from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) where Spock has Saavik pilot to the Enterprise out of space dock.