While Geordi and Beverly are working on Data so he can send a message to the next loop, the captain calls the senior staff to the bridge. In this scene, Beverly is wearing a blue jacket over her uniform. When she arrives on the bridge seconds later, the jacket is missing.
The Enterprise's starboard nacelle was damaged, but in the first, second, and fourth occurrences it is the port nacelle that explodes, and in the third occurrence the explosion starts in the center, forward of the nacelles.
1. The first time the group plays poker, Data tells Riker, "I assure you, Commander, the cards are sufficiently randomized." In the next loop, Data tells Riker, "I assure you, Commander, the cards have been sufficiently randomized."
2. The first time the Enterprise encounters the anomaly, Ro tells Picard, "The sensors didn't detect the phenomenon until we were almost on top of it, Captain." Next time, Ro says, "The sensors didn't detect the phenomenon until we were almost on top of it, sir."
2. The first time the Enterprise encounters the anomaly, Ro tells Picard, "The sensors didn't detect the phenomenon until we were almost on top of it, Captain." Next time, Ro says, "The sensors didn't detect the phenomenon until we were almost on top of it, sir."
Dr. Crusher's glass falls more than once, from different locations, each time falling to the floor and shattering. The floor of Dr. Crusher's quarters is carpeted.
Throughout all the 'loops' Data states that the starboard nacelle is damaged in the collision, but when watching the impact take place it's clear that the Enterprises port nacelle is the one damaged during impact.
Port is the left and starboard the right, when facing the front of the vessel. The event of the Bozeman striking the Enterprise is viewed from the rear of the Enterprise, clearly showing the damage to the right (starboard) nacelle, thus, Data identifies it correctly.
Port is the left and starboard the right, when facing the front of the vessel. The event of the Bozeman striking the Enterprise is viewed from the rear of the Enterprise, clearly showing the damage to the right (starboard) nacelle, thus, Data identifies it correctly.
The causality loop is said to have been caused by the explosion in close proximity to the temporal distortion. This would not explain why the USS Bozeman has been caught in such a loop for decades.
This is never actually stated, though. In the sequence of events, the Bozeman traveled through the temporal distortion into the time of the Enterprise. Once in the future, the Bozeman then hit the Enterprise and causing the explosion and the beginning of the loop. Captain Bateson gives the year as 2378, but it was the temporal distortion and not the time loop that brought the Bozeman into the future. The Bozeman was likely only in the loop as long as the Enterprise was.
This is never actually stated, though. In the sequence of events, the Bozeman traveled through the temporal distortion into the time of the Enterprise. Once in the future, the Bozeman then hit the Enterprise and causing the explosion and the beginning of the loop. Captain Bateson gives the year as 2378, but it was the temporal distortion and not the time loop that brought the Bozeman into the future. The Bozeman was likely only in the loop as long as the Enterprise was.
Space appears to be shaking when the Enterprise is out of control. This, however, seems to be a common effect whenever explosions occur, in order to simulate the shock wave.
Several characters of the hull lettering on the USS Bozeman can be seen peeling at the corners.
The Soyuz-class USS Bozeman is shown to be nearly the same size as the Galaxy-class Enterprise D when the two ships fly side-by-side. While this could indicate that the Soyuz-class is of a larger size than the Miranda-class ships with which it shares a filming model, official Paramount sources list the Soyuz class at 243 meters in length and the Miranda class at 277 meters, meaning the Soyuz class is even smaller than the Miranda. At 641 meters, the Galaxy-class Enterprise D should absolutely dwarf the Bozeman.
During the staff meeting in the last two loops, Data declares that he has isolated three crucial segments of the voices recorded by Dr. Crusher. In the last loop, his mouth is not moving during this statement.
Crusher and Riker play a lengthy poker hand the first time through the loop, before Geordi goes to Sick Bay. In the other loops, the time spent at the poker table is noticeably shorter but Geordi always comes to Sick Bay right after it ends.
Picard reports, in the log, that the Enterprise is the first Federation Star ship to explore that region of space, yet the Bozeman would've been reported as being lost there.
During the last two loops, Dr. Crusher calls Cmdr. LaForge immediately after hearing the voices in her room. During the last loop, their conversation is shown from LaForge's perspective. He hears her wine glass shatter over the comm channel and asks if she is okay. The same sequence of events occurs in the previous loop, shown from Crusher's perspective. LaForge should hear the glass shatter then as well, but he doesn't ask if she is okay.
After shuffling the deck in the first iteration of the poker game, Data, the dealer, passes it left to Riker for the cut. It is the player on the dealer's right who has the privilege of cutting the deck. There is actually some logic to the rule. In this case Riker was effectively allowed to choose his own hole card.
Dr. Crusher is called to sick bay when Geordi is brought in, after he had a dizzy spell. The Enterprise boasts a large and capable medical staff. Crusher is the chief medical officer of the ship. Even if she is Geordi's primary care physician, a non-emergency doesn't require calling in the senior doctor on her off hours.
When the crew discovers that the Enterprise crashes and that the crash causes the causality loop, Worf suggests that the Enterprise change course. Riker, however, suggests that changing course is what caused the causality loop in the first place. However, this makes no sense because the change in course was only prompted by the crew's knowledge of the crash and the causality loop and therefore changing courses could not have caused either. The crew should have realized this and changed course.
The chips in the poker scenes are worth 100 (Gold) and 10 (silver). In the first poker scene, Beverly bets 20 after she gets her fourth card, but only appears to throw in one silver chip, which is only worth 10. Riker immediately calls her and throws in two silver chips.
On several occurrences within the loop, Data states "Core breach is eminent" when he should be stating that a core breach is "imminent."