Trivia: When the real Colin and Roxanne are leaving the hotel and saying they're going to buy the station, Colin adds "I think we'll buy that channel that shows nothing but science fiction programming." This is a reference to the Sci-Fi Channel. Fox cancelled the series after Season 3, but the Sci-Fi Channel picked up the series for Season 4 and 5.
Data World - S4-E17
Trivia: At the beginning when walking through town, Quinn (played by Jerry O'Connell) says "where's Wes Craven" and Rembrandt says "what is this, Scream 3?" Jerry O'Connell was in "Scream 2", which was directed by Wes Craven. At the time the episode aired, "Scream 3" had not been produced yet.
Chosen answer: Remember at first Quinn's timer is working perfectly (it's only because they slide off the ice age world early that it begins to malfunction) & given Quinn's intellect he would have devised a way that he could open a wormhole near him so he wouldn't be trapped on that world for 29 years.