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	Frank Langella is a well known actor whose most famous role was that of the title vampire in the movie Dracula (1979). He's also infamously known as Skeletor from the movie Masters Of The Universe.
	Leslie Bevis makes her first appearance as Rionoj, the Boslic freighter captain, in this episode. She later appears in the season three episode "The Abandoned" and the season four finale "Broken Link", where her character is named.
	"The Homecoming", along with "The Circle" and "The Siege", comprises the first Star Trek three-parter.
	Ira Steven Behr on "The Homecoming": "We'd taken eighteen episodes and established the show, the concept, the franchise,  and now it was time to dig deeper and see just how far we could go. So we decided to do a show that deals with Bajor, and the station, and the tenuous relationship between the Starfleet officers and this new environment they're living in: the station. We also thought it would be bold to do a three-hour show. We're nothing if not bold - bold and stupid!"
	Filming of "The Homecoming" began on July 7, 1993, in a working rock quarry at Soledad Canyon, north of Los Angeles. It was, by all accounts, one of the most hellacious location choices imaginable..
	Nana Visitor (Kira) on shooting in Soledad Canyon: "Colm [O'Brien] and I were sick to our stomachs. We were seriously wondering if we were going into heat prostration. It was the perfect location for Cardassia IV, because it was like hell."
	The producers liked the look of the location and would send the cast back there several times of the seasons, including "The Ship" and "Rocks and Shoals".
	Frank Langella's uncredited appearance was a matter of the actor's own choice. Director Winrich Kolbe recalls, "He wanted to do the show. He did it for his children because they loved the show. It was not done for money or exposure."

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