Production Details
- "The Quality of Mercy", a title taken from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, was originally called "The Resurrectionist."
- Two stars of this episode, Bill Mumy and June Lockhart, originally starred in 1965's Lost in Space, as Will Robinson and Dr. Maureen Robinson. J. Michael Straczynski considered having their characters interact, but could not develop a satisfactory scene where this could occur logically in the episode's plot.
- Minbari count in base 11 using ten fingers and head.
- Centauri males have six penises. Significant to the episode "Sic Transit Vir".
- While not the first time the term has been confused in English usage, "corporal punishment" is used in the episode to mean "capital punishment."
- The "memory wipe" is very similar to "demolition" in the novel The Demolished Man - written by Alfred Bester whose name was used for the recurring antagonist psi cop played by Walter Koenig.
- Lennier and Londo visit the 'Dark Star' lounge/club. This a reference to the movie Dark Star (1974).
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