Writer:	Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore
Director:	Winrich Kolbe
Star:	Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard),  Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher),  Marina Sirtis (Counsellor/Lt. Cmdr. Deanna Troi),  Jonathan Frakes (Cmdr. William T. Riker),  LeVar Burton (Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge),  Brent Spiner (Lt. Cmdr. Data),  Michael Dorn (Lt./Lt. Cmdr. Worf)
Recurring Role:	Andreas Katsulas (Tomalak),  Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien),  Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar),  John de Lancie (Q)
Guest Star:	Martha Hackett (Talerian (Scene Deleted)),  Patti Yasutake (Alyssa Ogawa),  Clyde Kusatsu (Admiral Nakamura),  Stephen Matthew Garvin (Ensign),  Majel Barrett (Computer Voice),  Alison Brooks (Ensign Chilton),  Pamela Kosh (Jessel),  Tim Kelleher (Lt. Gaines)

This episode was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design. (edit) This episode won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects. (edit) The footage of the clean-shaven, past version of Riker is taken from the Season One episode "The Arsenal of Freedom". (edit) Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) and Jonathan Frakes (Commander William T. Riker) are the only actors to appear in every episode. (edit) At 178 episodes, this is the longest-running "Star Trek" series. (edit)

Q: The Continuum didn't think you had it in you, Jean-Luc. But, I knew you did.
Picard: Are you saying that it worked? We collapsed the anomaly?
Q: Is that all this meant to you.? Just another space anomaly? Just another day at the office? (edit) Yar: Captain, so far we have obeyed every order. No matter how far fetched it might have seemed. But, if we are to risk the safety of the ship and crew, I think we have to ask you for an explanation.
Past Picard: I understand your concern, Lieutenant. I know if I were in your position I would be doing the same thing--looking for answers. But, you're not going to find any because I don't have any to give you. I know it is difficult for you to understand, but we have to take the ship into the very center of the phenomenon and create a static warp shell. Now, this will put the ship at risk. Quite frankly, we may not survive. But, I want you to believe that I am doing this for a greater purpose and that what is at stake here is more than any of you can possibly imagine. I know you have your doubts about me... about each other... about the ship. All I can say is that, although we have only been together for a short time, I know that you are the finest crew in the fleet and I would trust each of you with my life. So, I am asking you for a leap of faith... and to trust me. (edit) Tomalak: So, Captain, how long are we going to stare at each other across the Neutral Zone.
Picard: There is an alternative Tomalak. We each know why we're here. We could each send one ship into the Neutral Zone to investigate the anomaly in the Devron System.
Tomalak: Has Starfleet Command approved this arrangement?
Picard: No.
Tomalak: I like it already. (edit) Picard: I sincerely hope this is the last time I'll find myself here.
Q: You just don't get it, do you, Jean-Luc? The trial never ends. (edit) Q: In any case, I'll be watching (Q's chair starts to retract back into the wall) and if your very lucky, I'll drop by to say hello from time to time, see you out there! (edit)

The temporal energy generated by the anomaly causes Geordi's eyes to regenerate, allowing him to see. However his blindness was due to a birth defect not an injury, so the tissue reverting to an earlier state shouldn't have made any difference as there was no undamaged state to return to. (edit) When scanning the Anomaly, Data states that the center has three tachyon pulses combining that all came from the Enterprise. However, the future Enterprise never scans the anomaly with the pulse, rather the Pasteur scanned it. (edit) In the future time zone, after the future Enterprise leaves the area where the anomaly is supposed to be, it is stated that if the ship returns to the area, the anomaly may be there. However, if the anomaly gets bigger in the past, then how could it not be there at an earlier time, and be there at a later time? (edit)

This episode does not have any allusions. Add some now!