This is one of director of photography Jonathan West's favorite episodes due to the fact that director Avery Brooks allowed West to try some new cinematography techniques: there was more light on the set than usual, color was emphasized much more so than in a standard show, all the characters were bathed in a subtle pink light to enhance the mood, balloon foil was used in the background of many shots to get random sparkles, and purple (a color forbidden from the Star Trek color palette due to its association with "old science fiction artificiality") was allowed to be used.
This is the first episode to openly acknowledge that Odo has feelings for Kira.
It is revealed in this episode that despite the animosity between them, Kai Winn appointed Vedek Bareil to a senior advisory position after her election. This information would return three episodes later, in Life Support (1995).
Ira Steven Behr says this show originated insofar as the writers "felt we needed a light show, because we were coming up on Past Tense, Part I (1995). He describes the finished episode as "dangerously wacky," and says, "In some ways, it works very nicely. And in some ways...you know."