Iggy Pop, as Yelgrun, can be seen frequently holding his left arm during his scenes. This is due to the fact that the night before while performing at a concert he did a stage dive and in his words, "the crowd parted like the Red Sea" causing him to hit the floor hard and he separated his left shoulder. He still managed to perform his role the next day despite his discomfort.
At the 50th anniversary "Star Trek" convention in Las Vegas in August 2016, fans voted this the tenth best episode of the "Star Trek" franchise.
Despite the writers' claim that this episode had nothing to do with Seven Samurai (1954) or The Magnificent Seven (1960), both Armin Shimerman and Max Grodénchik studied the films prior to shooting their scenes. From The Magnificent Seven, Grodénchik saw Rom as a "wimpy Steve McQueen", with Shimerman seeing Quark in the Yul Brynner role.
This is the only Dominion War related episode in which Jeffrey Combs plays Brunt but not Weyoun. He played both characters in The Dogs of War (1999).
Iggy Pop's role as Yelgrun was the realization of a personal goal of Ira Steven Behr, who is a fan of the musician. Behr had tried to cast Pop as Grady in Past Tense, Part II (1995), but their conflicting schedules had made it impossible.