Series Continuity
- This episode introduces the Duras sisters, Lursa and B'Etor, and also marks the first appearance of Duras' son, Toral, who will appear a second time in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Sword of Kahless". In Part I, Gowron says that women cannot serve on the High Council, which is why the Duras sisters needed the male Toral as a proxy. However, this is a retcon from "Reunion" when Gowron attempts to bribe K'Ehleyr with a seat on the Council in return for a favorable word from her to Picard. In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the prohibition against females is again retconned away, when Gorkon's daughter Azetbur becomes Chancellor of the Council.
- This episode also formally introduces the character of Sela, which ties in the episode "Yesterday's Enterprise." Actress Denise Crosby also supplied the voice of a Romulan seen only in shadows in "The Mind's Eye"; this uncredited character is widely believed by fans to be Sela as well. The Star Trek Encyclopedia confirms that the woman in the shadows is Sela.
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