other episodes of Star Trek have won this many. It was nominated for four, a distinction it shares with only three other episodes. It won for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series and was also nominated for Outstanding Art Direction for a Series and Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects. The Emmy for sound editing was the last of four such Emmy wins for the series, with each award having been for an episode from each of TNG's first four seasons. On 31 January2002, Supervising Music Editor Gerry Sackman – who had been among the award's recipients – commented, "The final one was 'Best of Both Worlds, Part II'. That's a terrific action show." (Inside the Star Trek Archives, TNGof the pieces even made their way into ships from other alien planets. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borgtext commentary)

This episode turned out to represent the first of multiple times when thieves managed to steal the small control pad that was meant to be situated next to the viewscreen in the Enterprise's observation lounge. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borgtext commentary)

The shots of the saucer section and the stardrive section in this episode mark the last time that new footage of the six-foot Enterprise model was shot until Star Trek Generations. However, stock footage of the model continued to be used throughout the series' run.

Despite appearing in only the two-parter of which this episode is half, the character of Shelby later returned in the Star Trek: New Frontier