ā€¢ The episode title is a callback to the TNG episode, ā€œWho Watches The Watchersā€.

ā€¢ Majā€™el uses a band of cloth to hide her Vulcan ears, a maneuver Spock first performed in ā€œStar Trek: The Voyage Homeā€.

ā€¢ A chyron informs us the stardate during the present time is 61860.1.

ā€¢ Gwyn challenges Ascencia to Vaā€™Luā€™Rah, a ā€œsovereign ritualā€ for the Vau Nā€™Akat, mentioned in the previous episode. Certainly this isnā€™t going to be some trial by combat.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ Cultures that have ritual combat include:

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ Vulcans

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ Ligonians

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ Klingons

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ Gelrakians

ā€¢ ā€Those Vau Nā€™Akat put a weapon on our ship that threatens the entire Federation.ā€ Adreek is referring to the living construct, which the Protogies discovered and dealth with during the previous season, by destroying the USS Protostar.

ā€¢ ā€It would not be the first instance of a causal time loop in Starfleet history.ā€ Majā€™el confirms that the events of ā€œPast Tense, Part Iā€, ā€œPast Tense, Part IIā€ and ā€œStar Trek: First Contactā€ were the results of bootstrap paradoxes.

ā€¢ ā€Vulcans do not lie.ā€ Majā€™el lies right in Dalā€™s face.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œThe Menagerie, Part Iā€, Spock tells Pike, ā€œI have never disobeyed your orders before, Captain,ā€ which contradicts ā€œThe Red Angelā€ where he refuses an order to stand down.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œThe Menagerie, Part Iā€, Spock made a false entry in the Enterpriseā€™s log.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œThe Menagerie, Part 2ā€, it is revealed that Spock has been aware the entire time that the trial was a Talosian projection and thus has been making false statements in service of that deception.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œA Taste of Armageddonā€, Spock lies as a distraction, claiming thereā€™s a bug on someoneā€™s shoulder before nerve pinching them.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œErrand of Mercyā€, Spock tells Kor heā€™s a merchant.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œAmok Timeā€, Spock lies about his excitement seeing that Kirk survived kal-if-fee, claiming it was simply logical relief that Starfleet did not lose a capable captain.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œThe Enterprise Incidentā€, the Romluan commander asks if it is merely a myth that Vulcans cannot lie, to which he responds, ā€œIt is no myth.ā€

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œThe Enterprise incidentā€, Spock claims he was unprepared for Kirkā€™s attack, and used the *ā€Vulcan death gripā€ instinctually. Clearly the attack had been planned, and there is no such thing as a Vulcan death grip.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œYesteryearā€, Spock lies about his identity after travelling to the past and visiting his family.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œMore Tribbles, More Troublesā€ Spock claims that Vulcans donā€™t have a sense of humour, which they obviously do.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khanā€, Spock lies about how long it will take to repair the Enterprise in case the transmission is being monitored. When Saavik calls him on this, he claims he merely exaggerated.

Ā Ā Ā  ā€¢ In ā€œSpock Amokā€, Spock told Chapel that he had a dream where he had to fight his human side, whereas it was obvious that in his dream Spock was the human half fighting his Vulcan side.

ā€¢ The timeline changes with Chakotay and Adreek escape aboard the Protostar instead of launching it under autopilot, causing Gwyn to start disappearing from existence. In ā€œChildren of Timeā€ the descendants of the crew of the USS Defiant and their colony disappear when the alternate future version of Odo chooses to let 200 years worth of people never be born so he can save Kira from dying.