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Patrick Stewart

Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Jonathan Frakes

Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker

LeVar Burton

Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

Michael Dorn

Lieutenant Worf

Gates McFadden

Dr. Beverly Crusher

Marina Sirtis

Counselor Deanna Troi

Brent Spiner

Lieutenant Commander Data

Michelle Forbes

Ensign Ro Laren

Patti Yasutake

Nurse Alyssa Ogawa

Kelsey Grammer

Capt. Morgan Bateson

Rachen Assapiomonwait

Crewman Nelson
(uncredited)

Michael Braveheart

Crewman Martinez
(uncredited)

Tracee Cocco

Ensign Jae
(uncredited)

Debbie David

Ensign Russell
(uncredited)

Eben Ham

Operations Division Ensign
(uncredited)

Christina Wegler Miles

Command Ensign
(uncredited)

Victor Sein

Bozeman Crewmember
(uncredited)

John Alex Tampoya

Operations Division Officer
(uncredited)

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Trivia
To prevent the episode from getting boring, whenever they had to do scenes over again, Jonathan Frakes would re-shoot them from different angles and perspectives to give it a fresh twist on the same story.

Goofs
Throughout all the 'loops' Data states that the starboard nacelle is damaged in the collision, but when watching the impact take place it's clear that the Enterprises port nacelle is the one damaged during impact.

Port is the left and starboard the right, when facing the front of the vessel. The event of the Bozeman striking the Enterprise is viewed from the rear of the Enterprise, clearly showing the damage to the right (starboard) nacelle, thus, Data identifies it correctly.

Quotes
[last lines]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Captain... do you know what year this is?
Captain Bateson: Of course I do. It's 2278.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Perhaps you should beam aboard our ship. There's something we need to discuss.

Connections
Featured in Star Trek the Next Generation Interactive VHS Board Game (1993)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

Frakes helms one of the most intense ST:TNG episodes ever!

Jonathan Frakes (better known as First Officer Ryker) directed this time-travel installment that features no less than four spectacular destructions of the Enterprise. Trapped in a time loop, Jean-Luc and crew must discover a means to prevent a devastating collision between the Enterprise and another starship. Each time the mishap occurs the crew is flung back in time to a period prior to the calamity. Data discovers, through small "clues," what is happening and must make right the situations that leads to the catastrophe.

The episode features a last minute cameo by Kelsey Grammar as the captain of the other doomed ship.