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The Kira and Odo storyline in this episode was partly based on
the 1964 Ken Kesey novel Sometimes a Great Notion and the 1971 film.
In this book and the film, a character's leg is trapped underneath a
large log, causing him to subsequently drown when he is unable to
free his leg to prevent water rising above his head. (Star Trek:
Deep Space Nine Companion) |
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Ira Steven Behr commented on the scene in the film
adaptation of Sometimes a Great Notion, "It's
a great scene in a not so great movie". (Captains' Logs
Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 91) |
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On Nog's storyline in the episode, Robert Hewitt
Wolfe commented "It just struck me one day
that out of Wesley, Jake and Nog, the one who will really become
Starfleet and stand on a bridge to say 'engage' twenty years from
now would be Nog. There was a nice irony, and something cool to do
with that character, especially after Jake said he did not want to
enter Starfleet". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The
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Ronald D. Moore was also impressed with Nog's
storyline. Moore commented "I think that was
an interesting direction. Somehow, Captain Nog sounds cool".
(Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New
Trek Voyages p 91) |
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The 'rock' prop on this episode was extremely
unpopular among both cast and crew. Ira Steven Behr called it "that
horrible, horrible prop of a rock". Nana Visitor was also
disappointed with it; "It didn't look like I'd imagined it when I
read the script. I thought it was going to be like my body turning
to stone. Instead I looked like a big old hot fudge sundae, and my
head was the cherry on top". Director Alexander Singer said "nothing
made the pinkish lavender rock look more realistic", while visual
effects supervisor Glenn Neufeld claimed of the actual shooting of
the rock that "pretty much none of it worked". (Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine Companion) |
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Rene Echevarria commented that
"Heart of Stone" is "one of my favorite episodes. I found it
absolutely hearbreaking for Odo to finally proclaim his love for
Kira, thinking she's going to die, and then realize that she's not
who she says she is when she says she loves him too".
(Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New
Trek Voyages p 91) |
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The scene where Nog talks to Sisko about his father
is actor Aron Eisenberg's all-time favorite piece of his own acting,
and this is his favorite DS9 episode. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Companion) |
