Observations in TNG: "The Bonding"

The medical carrying case seen here has a small PADD attached to its side. This is the former holodeck PADD from several early season TNG episodes. It also appeared as a medical PADD in "We'll Always Have Paris" and as an Orion PADD in ENT: "Borderland".

The case itself later shows up as a regular non-medical case in episodes such as "Family" and "Half a Life". It seems in the original episode, the PADD covers the (embossed?) brand label of the manufacturer of the case (seen in the bottom right-hand corner). In "Family", the brand was covered with gray tape.

The back door to sickbay is seldom seen open. In this shot, a blue corridor can be seen behind the door. More episodes in which this door is seen open are "The Game" and "Tapestry".

The scientist's uniform appears again after "Who Watches the Watchers". The version worn by the scientist here, with added pockets, is only seen in this episode.

The Starfleet officer in the foreground holds a case with the familiar Starfleet arrowhead symbol. This case (and similar cases of this type) are seen in countless Star Trek episodes. Dr. Dalen Quaice carries one in "Remember Me", as does Lwaxana Troi in "Half a Life". Beverly Crusher has a blue case like this in "Suspicions", and a red version plays an important role in the Voyager episode "Timeless".

This is the very first time a video is displayed on a PADD and a large PADD of this type appears on the show. In "Future Imperfect", Jean-Luc Riker is looking for the same PADD in his quarters. Vash also has such a PADD (displaying a map of the ruins of Tagus III) in her guest quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-D.

Jeremy Aster's hands seem a little too chubby for a kid his age in this shot. Somebody else must have held the PADD when it was filmed.

The Asters' quarters features several unusual but beautiful space paintings like this one, created by Rick Sternbach.
Space Art in Star Trek: The Next Generation

The left senior officers' quarters door features an internal door button for the first time. In earlier episodes it wasn't there, because people just said "Come in" and the door opened. The button was thus only added for the sole purpose of the effect of Jeremy Aster standing in front of the door when it opens, so he can stare at the towering Worf who's suddenly right in front of him.

A transparent, blue PADD can be nicely seen in this shot.

The comparison shot from season 2 shows the same view of the sickbay office corridor, still with a gray door and without the replicator.

The Koinonian lifeform leaves its homeworld as a scan of the planet is displayed on the bridge main viewscreen.

Notice how the dissipating energy beam changes from green to blue when it leaves the planet in the original episode.

The graphics now contain some in-jokes. The text under "Relativity factor" was replaced. The original, illegible text in the third to last line now reads "Greenberg return 374", probably a reference to Don Greenberg, visual effects editor compositor on TNG. "Axial Flux Location" in the second to last line was replaced by "Tezber Factor Locator". The "[illegible] Operator" in the last line, finally, was replaced by "Sarpaul Operator". This is a reference to Sarah Paul, a visual effects coordinator, who is involved in the remastering of TNG.

Oh, and the planet has Conundrum factor 6, whatever that is!

In the remastered episode, the beam stays green the whole time.

A Koinonian in its true form.

Bluish energy lifeforms enter through the hull and are seen in a corridor in a very similar fashion in "Justice", "The Child" and LOW: "Envoys".

A painted forest backdrop appears for the third time after "Justice" and "The Survivors". We haven't been able to verify whether it's the very same backdrop.

The impressive mask on the left is a Balinese Rangda mask.