MEDICINAL MARIJUANA FOR ALL!!
Braga noted that dark and surreal imagery was rather appealing to him. “It was fun for me to do. One of my favorite films is Roman Polanski’s Repulsion, and I think the influence will show through. I’ve always wanted to write something about someone doubting their sense of reality and I think it works.”
Braga is the sadistic one which is saying a bunch since RDM was on that staff.
A healthy sense of self-preservation? 
The use of Riker was in part intended to remedy Braga’s perception that the character was underused. “Riker’s a friendly character, he’s the one human you can do humor with, you can do action – and here you can jerk him around and drive him crazy!”
Due to contemporary mental health trends, Braga briefly reconsidered his frequent use of the word “crazy” in the teleplay. He explained, “People use this word, it’s a good word, and I decided to use it. When you get too ‘politically correct’ it shows, and what’s ‘PC’ today won’t be five years from now. Star Trek is a show that transcends time, and we try not to date it.”
Forgot to mention earlier. The lady who thinks she has a communicator played the Borg Queen in Voyager, later on that is after Alice Krige did.
empty hallways are generally a bad sign, dude
Naren Shankar commented, "I think this is the best script Brannon has ever written for the series. It was a phenomenally cool first draft and it’s an incredibly great episode. It’s a darker season this year which is funny because, in general, we’re not a very dark bunch. Dark stories are very attractive, they’re interesting and the emotions they bring up are attractive because they’re powerful and off-putting. We have had some very intense episodes and gut-wrenching stuff. There’s not a lot of light moments in “Face of the Enemy” and “Chain of Command”.
they want to “kick him out…” (so to speak…)
There is no communicator.
“Commander, I must congratulate you on your performance this evening.”
“Oh?”
“Your unexpected choice to improvise was an effective method of drawing the audience into the plight of your character. You gave a truly realistic interpretation of multi-infarct dementia.”
Data is not a “Not on the page, not on the stage” kinda 'droid.
I really liked that moment in the script. It seemed more natural to me, dunno why. But of course Data would think he had done it on purpose.
Because it was a spoon. Because it. was. a. spoon!! BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
ouch
It’s funny because I never think of TNG as a dark show, but I guess it did have a number of forays into darkness like here.
“I asked you to get in touch with your feelings. She represents that.”
Oh. I thot you said, “Touch yourself.”
True. This is Riker’s “Chain of Command,” imo
It was a very well-rounded series. Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Thriller, etc. That’s why I miss non-arc series. Episodes can be so much more diverse and not have to carry the themes from past episodes.
Deana: “Will, my boobs aren’t really this nice. You’re just imagining them.”
They gave him a glass?
C’mon! Is he not a threat to himself?
True. TNG was a very rich variety of stories looking over the whole.