History Trivia / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded

* RecastAsARegular: Or rather Recast as a Recurring Guest. Mark Alaimo would later play Gul Dukat in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. According to the ExpandedUniverse, Macet and Dukat are cousins, and they do ''not'' get along. One character even speculates that Macet grew his beard just to lessen the family resemblance because he was so tired of being seen as a clone of his more infamous cousin. The [[Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse novel verse]] goes on to say that Macet joined Damar's rebellion against the Dominion and led the forces who destroyed the cloning facilities in the ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E20TheChangingFaceOfEvil The Changing Face of Evil]]."

* RecastAsARegular: Or rather Recast as a Recurring Guest. Mark Alaimo would later play Gul Dukat in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. According to the ExpandedUniverse, Macet and Dukat are cousins, and they do ''not'' get along. One character even speculates that Macet grew his beard just to lessen the family resemblance because he was so tired of being seen as a clone of his more infamous cousin.

* RecastAsARegular: Or rather Recast as a Recurring Guest. Mark Alaimo would later play Gul Dukat in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. According to the ExpandedUniverse, Macet and Dukat are cousins, and they do ''not'' get along. One character even speculates that Macet grew his beard just to lessen the family resemblance.

** Of the Cardassians, who become major players throughout ''TNG'' and ''[=DS9=]'' and whose influence is felt on ''VOY''.

* YouLookFamiliar: [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E25TheNeutralZone This isn't Picard's first run-in with Marc Alaimo.]]

* FirstAppearance: Of the Cardassians, who become major players throughout ''TNG'' and ''[=DS9=]'' and whose influence is felt on ''VOY''.

** Picard attempts to calm the nerves of his senior staff before the Cardassians board the Enterprise.

** Maxwell marvels at the Enterprise bridge, and encounters Gul Macet before visiting Picard's ready room.

** In the last scene in which Picard warns Gul Macet, Picard is seen stating "Take this message to your leaders, Gul Macet. We know. We'll be watching. And we'll be ready." In the edited version, Picard ends the line with only "We'll be watching."

* RecastAsARegular: Or rather Reacst as a Recurring Guest. Mark Alaimo would later play Gul Dukat in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. According to the ExpandedUniverse, Macet and Dukat are cousins, and they do ''not'' get along. One character even speculates that Macet grew his beard just to lessen the family resemblance.

* RecastAsRegular: Or rather Reacst as Recurring Guest. Mark Alaimo would later play Gul Dukat in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. According to the ExpandedUniverse, Macet and Dukat are cousins, and they do ''not'' get along. One character even speculates that Macet grew his beard just to lessen the family resemblance.

* YouLookFamiliar:
** [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E25TheNeutralZone This isn't Picard's first run-in with Marc Alaimo.]]
** And to viewers of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Macet looks quite a bit like Dukat. According to the ExpandedUniverse, Macet and Dukat are cousins, and they do ''not'' get along. One character even speculates that Macet grew his beard just to lessen the family resemblance.

* GeniusBonus: The old war song O'Brien and Maxwell sing is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minstrel_Boy an actual Irish Rebel Song]] about the Rebellion of 1798. The melancholy tune about a hopeless battle is somehow very appropriate to the situation.

** And to viewers of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Macet looks quite a bit like Dukat. According to the ExpandedUniverse, Macet and Dukat are cousins, and they do ''not'' get along. One character even speculates that Macet grew his beard just to lessen the family resemblance.

** And to viewers of Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine, Macet looks quite a bit like Dukat. According to the ExpandedUniverse, Macet and Dukat are cousins, and they do NOT get along. One character even speculates that Macet grew his beard just to lessen the family resemblance.

* YouLookFamiliar: [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E25TheNeutralZone This isn't Picard's first run-in with Marc Alaimo.]]
** And to viewers of Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine, Macet looks quite a bit like Dukat.
** According to the ExpandedUniverse, Macet and Dukat are cousins, and they do NOT get along. One character even speculates that Macet grew his beard just to lessen the family resemblance.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Captain Maxwell is played by veteran character actor Creator/BobGunton, of Film/TheShawshankRedemption fame, as well as many other films.
** Having previously played the first TNG-era Romulan (Commander Tebok from "The Neutral Zone"), Gul Macet, the first significant Cardassian character, is played by Marc Alaimo, who would go on to play the MOST prominent Cardassian character in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' (if not the entire franchise), Gul Dukat. Ironically, this is extremely similar to how Armin Shimmerman played both one of the first Ferengi in 'The Last Outpost' and the most prominent one on ''[=DS9=]'', Quark.
** Glin Daro would later go on to [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain take over the US government with an evil AI]] (though not before [[spoiler:living to regret it and being hit by a BrownNote parasite]]).
*** And before that, he [[Film/AngryVideoGameNerdTheMovie worked at Area 51]].

** And to viewers of Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine, Macet looks quite a bit like Dukat.

*** And before that, he [[Film/AngryVideoGameNerdTheMovie worked at Area 51]].

** Gul Macet, the first significant Cardassian character, is played by Marc Alaimo, who would go on to play the MOST prominent Cardassian character in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' (if not the entire franchise), Gul Dukat. Ironically, this is extremely similar to how Armin Shimmerman played both one of the first Ferengi in 'The Last Outpost' and the most prominent one on ''[=DS9=]'', Quark.

*** And before that, he [[AngryVideoGameNerdTheMovie worked at Area 51]].

** Glin Daro would later go on to [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain take over the US government with an evil AI]] (though not before [[spoiler:living to regret it and being hit by a BrownNote parasite]]).

** Gul Macet, the first significant Cardassian character, is played by Marc Alaimo, who would go on to play the MOST prominent Cardassian character in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' (if not the entire franchise), Gul Dukat. Ironically, this is extremely similar to how Armin Shimmerman played both one of the first Ferengi in 'The Last Outpost' and the most prominent one on ''[=DS9=]'', Quark.

** Gul Macet, the first significant Cardassian character, is played by Marc Alaimo, who would go on to play the MOST prominent Cardassian character in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Gul Dukat. Ironically, this is extremely similar to how Armin Shimmerman played both one of the first Ferengi in 'The Last Outpost' and the most prominent one on ''[=DS9=]'', Quark.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Captain Maxwell is played by veteran character actor Creator/BobGunton, of Film/TheShawshankRedemption fame, as well as many other films.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Captain Maxwell is played by veteran character actor Bob Gunton, of Film/TheShawshankRedemption fame, as well as many other films.

** Gul Macet, the first significant Cardassian character, is played by Marc Alaimo, who would go on to play the MOST prominent Cardassian character in ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Gul Dukat. Ironically, this is extremely similar to how Armin Shimmerman played both one of the first Ferengi in 'The Last Outpost' and the most prominent one on ''[=DS9=]'', Quark.