Trivia / Star Trek: The Next Generation S6E8 "A Fistful of Datas"

• Acting for Two: Actually, six. Brent Spiner was busy today.
• Actor-Shared Background: Brent Spiner's native Texan accent finally gets to come out.
• Deleted Scene:
  • An homage to The Ransom Of Red Chief with Alexander as the testy captive.
  • Worf nearly shooting himself in the foot after a quickdraw lesson from Troi.
• Directed by Cast Member: Patrick Stewart helmed this one.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The original story had Alexander attempting to bring Troi and Worf together romantically. Jeri Taylor noted that this was removed as it was felt that Worf's relationship with Alexander was becoming too similar to a contemporary soap opera or sitcom.
  • The original story involved a greedy land baron, but Ira Steven Behr suggested that the plot instead be an homage to Rio Bravo.
  • Troi was originally written to play the dancing girl from the saloon, instead of the stranger.
• Working Title: The working title of the episode was "The Good, the Bad, and the Klingon".

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