This was the final episode involving
Michael O'Hare as a series regular. O'Hare's increasingly debilitating case of schizophrenia made it nearly impossible for him to continue working with such a demanding production schedule. The only other person at the time who was fully aware of the diagnosis was series show-runner
J. Michael Straczynski, who utilized a so-called "trap door" plot-line to have O'Hare's original story-lines transferred to
Bruce Boxleitner, who took over at the beginning of Season 2. At O'Hare's own request, no one else in the cast and crew was aware of the diagnosis, and his difficulty in controlling it led to some strained relations at the time with several members of the cast and crew.