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This Story: Season 7 Episode 20 (production code 266)
VOY Overall: Episode 166
Trek Overall: Story 587, Episode 622
Airdate: 18 Apr 2001
Story by Brannon Braga
Teleplay by Phyllis Strong & Mike Sussman
Directed by David Livingston

Notes

• Running fired torpedo count: 77. This contradicts the hard limit set in “The Cloud” of 38.
• The last episode of the series to be directed by David Livingston.  In total, he directed 2 episodes of TNG, 17 of DS9, 28 of Voyager, and will direct 15 on Enterprise.
• The only time that Picard’s “Dixon Hill” holodeck character is mentioned on Voyager.
• It’s also the only time the occupation of Bajor by the Cardassians is mentioned on Voyager (directly).
• The events of this episode appear to contract the ultimate resolution of the episode “Tuvix“.
• The epilogue of this episode takes place after the events of the series finale.
• Ardon Broht was played by Barry Gordon.  He also played the Ferengi Nava in the DS9 episode “The Nagus“.
• Juan Garcia played John Torres (B’Elanna’s father) for the second and final time here. His other appearance was in “Lineage“.
• Robert Ito played Harry Kim’s father John.   He was also Chang in the TNG episode “Coming of Age“.
• Irene Tsu plays Harry’s mother Mary.  She previously played the role in the episode “Favorite Son“.

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