Trivia / Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S04E19 "Hard Time"

• What Could Have Been: This episode was originally written as a follow-up to the TNG episode "Lower Decks", which ended with the Bajoran ensign Sito Jaxa missing in action. After being presumed dead, she was found to have been held in a Cardassian prison since the events of "Lower Decks". This episode would have detailed her struggle to reintegrate into normal life. However, there was no motivating factor for why Sito was suffering from this condition, so writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe had decided that she had killed her cellmate, to whom she had become very close. Eventually, the focus got shifted from Sito to O'Brien: so as far as anyone's concerned, Sito is dead.
• You Look Familiar: Actress Margot Rose, who plays the Argathi corrections officer, also appeared in "The Inner Light" as Picard's simulated wife. The episodes have a similar premise.

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