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	This is the first episode in which Morn is named in the script (although not in dialogue). Of course, as almost any DS9 fan knows, "Morn" is an anagram of Norm, a character in Cheers who could always be found at the bar. Up until this episode, Morn had been informally called "the Grinch" or "Grandpa Grinch" by the show's crew.
	D.C. Fontana, who co-wrote the teleplay, was a frequent writer of the original Star Trek, and an assistant of Gene Roddenberry.
	Gregory Itzin would later appear as Hain in the season six episode "Who Mourns For Morn?" and in the seventh season episode "Critical Care" of Voyager.
	Colm Meaney (Chief O'Brien) and Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) do not appear in this episode.
	Fionnula Flanagan would appear later on the Next Generation as Juliana Tainer in the episode Inheritance and as V'Lar in the Enterprise episode "Fallen Hero".
	Anne Haney previously appeared as Rishon Uxbridge in the Next Generation episode "The Survivors".
	To date, this is the last Star Trek episode written by original series veteran, D.C. Fontana.
	The story of this episode bears a vague resemblance to the biblical story of King Solomon's decision to split a baby in half. However, the episode mainly served as an avenue by which the writers sought to clarify the process of Trill joinings, particularly given the radical differences between "normal" Trill and the Trill seen in TNG's "The Host".
	At one point Selin Peers refers to the ruling body of the planet Trill as the Trillian government. This was the only time the term "Trillian" was used to describe the Trill -- which, in turn, could be viewed as an alternative name, such as "Vulcanian" was to Vulcan.