Writer:	J. Michael Straczynski
Director:	John Copeland
Star:	Stephen Furst (Vir Cotto),  Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar),  Richard Biggs (Dr. Stephen Franklin),  Peter Jurasik (Londo Mollari),  Patricia Tallman (Lyta Alexander),  Mira Furlan (Delenn),  Bill Mumy (Lennier),  Jerry Doyle (Michael Garibaldi),  Jeff Conaway (Zack Allan),  Jason Carter (Marcus Cole),  Claudia Christian (Susan Ivanova),  Bruce Boxleitner (John Sheridan)
Recurring Role:	Marjorie Monaghan (Number One),  Maggie Egan (Anchor)
Guest Star:	Ungela Brockman (Earthforce NCO),  J. Patrick McCormack (General Lefcourt),  David Purdham (Captain James),  Carolyn Seymour (Senator Crosby),  Julian Stone (Captain Mitchell),  Karen Fineman (Kelley),  Rick Cramer (Earthforce Officer),  Kenneth Cortland (Telepath),  Gary McGurk (President Clark)

General Lefcort also appeared in Babylon 5: In the Beginning. He suggested to Sheridan to not return to his current assignment. But Sheridan disageed with him, went back anyway. When he went back to his assignment, his ship destroyed the Black Star. Upon his return Lefcort said he was glad Sheridan had disagreed with him. (edit) When Marcus goes through Franklin's log he runs across a number of entries. The first refers to the death of Franklin's lover Cailyn in "Walkabout." The second seems refer to Marcus's recovery from a fight with Neroon in "Grey 17 Is Missing." This may be an error beause Franklin was on walkabout at the time. The third entry refers to an alien healing machine on Garibaldi in "Revelations." Each of these entries parallel Marcus's situation. The first refers to the death of a loved woman. The second refers to the last time Marcus was willing to sacrifice his life for another. The third refers to the consequences of what he would be doing. (edit)

Marcus: I love you. (edit) Senator Crosby: Captain Sheridan, this is an emergency transmission. President Clark is dead. He took his own life before we could arrest him, but he left a message on his desk. Two words, "scorched earth??" (edit) Clark's death note:
From the office of William Morgan Clark.
The a(S)cension of the ordinary man.
The as(C)ension of the ordinary man.
The ascension (O)f the ordinary man.
The ascension of the o(R)dinary man.
The as(C)ension of the ordinary man.
The ascension of t(H)e ordinary man.
The ascension of th(E) ordinary man.
The ascension of the or(D)inary man.
The ascension of the ordinary man.
Th(E) ascension of the ordinary man.
The (A)scension of the ordinary man.
The ascension of the o(R)dinary man.
The ascension of (T)he ordinary man.
The ascension of t(H)e ordinary man.
The ascension of the ordinary man.
[ Note the circled letters spell "Scorched Earth." ] (edit) General Lefcourt: Engineering, this is General Lefcourt. In case you didn't notice, the enemy just pulled our shorts up over our head and tied them into a knot. You will get the ship under control ASAP, or I will come down there and skin the hide off every last one of you. (edit) Earth Force NCO: What can one telepath do against an entire destroyer?
Franklin: Well, these aren't normal telepaths (edit)

Revealing Mistakes: When Sheridan's fleet approaches Earth it is daytime over the Indian Ocean. When the Agamemnon is about to ram the defense platform, however, it is daytime over North America. (edit) Continuity: One of the EA destoyers that is attacked at Mars is the Nemesis. The Nemesis, however, joins Sheridan's side in "No Surrender, No Retreat." A possible explanation of this is that the Nemesis and her crew were one of a group of fake defectors from "Between the Darkness and the Light" that were trying to gather intelligence on Sheridan's forces. (edit)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
All code names used by Garibaldi on his mission on Mars are from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, including Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Doc, the Wicked Queen's castle, and the Magic Mirror. (edit) Clark's Note: Scorched Earth
Clark's suicide and note is similiar to a suicide and note in the Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. In that film, an insane American general launches a nuclear strike at the Soviet Union. He kills himself before he is captured and leaves a rambling note that highlighted the letters P.O.E which was the call back code for the bombers. (edit) Clarke's Suicide Note: Scorched Earth
Clarke isn't the first one in human histroy with that idea: Hitler issued this order in 1945, to destroy anything of value to the enemy. (edit)