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	Ethan Phillips (Neelix) does not appear in this episode. He left Voyager in "Homestead", the previous episode. However, he is mentioned in dialog by The Doctor and remains in the Opening Credits.
	This is the last episode of the series to be directed by Mike Vejar.
	This episode is similar to episodes VOY: "The Raven", and TNG: "Brothers", in that it features one of the regular characters apparently turning on the others and running rampant on a quest whose purpose only becomes understandable in the end.
	Mention of the Beta Quadrant in this episode has led some fans to speculate that Voyager was approaching the edge of the Delta Quadrant by this stage in its journey. Voyager had traveled over 40,000 light years from its starting position (the edge of the Delta Quadrant and the known galaxy) in 7 years. It is possible Voyager was nearing the center of the galaxy (where all four quadrants converge).
	Andy Milder (Nar) previously played the Bolian Boq'ta in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Empok Nor".
	This episode marks the last appearance of Alexander Enberg as Vorik on the show.
	The Delta Flyer II and the class 2 shuttle are also seen for the last time in this episode. It is also the only time on the series that the Delta Flyer II and a class 2 shuttle are seen on screen at the same time.
	Although crewman Ayala has been seen in nearly every episode during Voyager's seven seasons, he was rarely ever given dialog. During the entire run of the series Tarik Ergin only ever had a few lines of dialog, this episode features him speaking while stationed at the helm.
	The piece The Doctor is singing at the beginning of the episode is Questa o quella and the piece of piano music he later encodes was The Blue Danube.
	Shortly after they had completed writing this episode, Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong were called into Brannon Braga's office and were invited to join the writing staff of the forthcoming series Enterprise. They were also given the top-secret script for the series premiere, "Broken Bow" and were told to go on vacation and return with story ideas for the series.