Writer:	J. Michael Straczynski
Director:	Bruce Seth Green
Star:	Richard Biggs (Dr. Stephen Franklin),  Peter Jurasik (Londo Mollari),  Mira Furlan (Delenn),  Michael O'Hare (Jeffrey Sinclair),  Jerry Doyle (Michael Garibaldi),  Claudia Christian (Susan Ivanova),  Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar),  Andrea Thompson (Talia Winters)
Recurring Role:	Michael McKenzie (Narn Captain),  MaCaulay Bruton (Garibaldi's Aide),  Marianne Robertson (Dome Tech #1),  Walter Koenig (Bester)
Guest Star:	William Allen Young (Jason Ironheart),  Felicity Waterman (Kelsey),  Julia Nickson (Catherine Sakai),  Don Dowe (Earth Fighter),  Elisa Pensler Gabrielli (Guest Liaison),  Kevin Page (Businessman),  Mark S. Porro (Security Guard)

Walter Koenig is better known to fans of the genre as Ensign Pavel Chekov from the Star Trek The Original Series, makes a special guest appearance in this episode as Bester. (edit) The name "Universal Terraform" was created by Babylon 5 fans on GEnie. (edit) This episode was originally scheduled to air 10th in the series, but Warner Brothers was so happy with the episode they asked that it be bumped up earlier in the airing sequence. (edit) Bester's salute, an "okay" circle of thumb and forefinger held before the eye, and his utterance of the words "Be seeing you" are a homage to the cult TV series The Prisoner. There it is used as the traditional greeting among the unnamed numbered residents of The Village. The Prisoner is one of Straczynski's favorite TV shows. (edit)

Bester [After Bester reads his mind, Garibaldi gives Bester a dirty look and thinks something at him]: Anatomically impossible, Mr. Garibaldi. But you're welcome to try. Anytime. Anywhere. (edit) G'Kar: Let me pass on to you the one thing I've learned about this place, "No one here is exactly what he appears. Not Mollari, not Delenn, not Sinclair ... and not me." (edit) Ivanova: Good ol' Psi-Corps. You never cease to amaze me, all the moral fiber of Jack the Ripper. What do you do in your spare time, juggle babies over a fire pit? "Oops, there goes another calculated risk!" (edit) Jason Ironheart: Good-bye commander. I will see you again, in a million years. (edit) Bester: That's a lie.
Sinclair: Yes it is. What's your point? (edit)

Continuity: After Jason arrives in his quarters he pours himself a glass of water. But when the mindquake hits shortly thereafter, the glass falls over and there is no water in it. (edit) Revealing Mistake: In the original airing, during the pre-title sequence, a binary star can be seen through Jason's ship. This was fixed in subsequent US reairings but still exists in the international releases. (edit)

Psi Cops: The term "PsiCops" is a deliberate allusion and in-joke by Straczynski to CSICOP, The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. This real-world organization publishes the Skeptical Inquirier and investigates reported incidents of the paranormal ... including telepathy. (edit) Ivanova: "Who watches the watchmen?"
Ivanonva alludes to Juvenal, the Roman satirist and poet who wrote Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? which related to husbands watching their wives to keep them from having affairs. The phrase has seen much popular use, primarily in the DC comic maxi-series Watchmen. (edit) Alfred Bester: Straczynski named Bester after science fiction author Alfred Bester, who wrote a variety of books about telepathy. One of them, The Demolished Man, featured a Guild of telepaths, a nicer version of Psi-Corps. In the Psi-Corp novel trilogy, it is specifically established that Bester's mentor gave him the name in honor of the science fiction writer. (edit) Bester's Salute: Besides a homage to the TV series "The Prisoner" (see allusions), the salute is the "sign of the fish." Early Christians used this as a secret greeting and identification sign to identify their fellow members. (edit) Jason Ironheart: You can not harm one who has dreamed a dream like mine.
This is a Ojibwe (Native American) prayer of protection against one's enemies. (edit)