Worst Case Scenario Behind the Scenes

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"Ride With the Devil" actor Michael Owen (O'Donnell) also played Helmsman Branson in "Star Trek Nemesis".

This was Martha Hackett's (Seska) first appearance as Seska since "Basics, Part II". She made one final appearance in the final season episode "Shattered".
This episode used the working title "Novelty".
Kenneth Biller (co-producer) discusses adding comedy to "Worst Case Scenario": "I won't say it's an out-and-out comedy. It ultimately has some serious jeopardy to a couple of the characters, but it's a comic musing on the creative process. It operates on a lot of different levels. It's a little inside stuff about the creation of the show, the process of writing for Star Trek, and the interaction between the actors who we write for, and the writing staff. It was a lot of fun to write."

Martha Hackett (Seska) talks about her character's reappearance in "Worst Case Scenario": "Even when I had been off the show for a season and, you know, we pretty much thought Seska had disappeared, there she was. She came back to haunt them - in a very clever way, I thought - when they brought [her] back as a hologram. And [...] you know, it was kind of fun to go back to that, [to] bring all those storylines back up again. I thought it was great that she thought ahead and planned something that would mess with people even after she wasn't around."

"I was really pleased when they invited me back. I thought it would be great fun. It was really nice to go back and the cast were all very welcoming. Also, it was enough time after I'd had my baby, so I felt myself again and was more free to work. I had worked just after I had my son, but a bit too soon afterwards, and it was a little stressful. This episode was good timing."