By Any Means Necessary is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
Plot synopsis
An accident aboard the station precipiates an illegal labor strike.
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Production details
"By Any Means Necessary" was originally titled "Backlash."
This episode was written by Kathryn M. Drennan, wife of Babylon 5 creator and executive producer J. Michael Straczynski. In order to avoid the appearance of favoritism, Straczynski had her submit (rather than be assigned) a premise, and required to be approved by others in the production crew other than him. Unlike most writers, for whom Straczynski revised scripts himself, revisions of Drennan's script went through story editor Larry DiTillio instead.
The Rush Act invoked to end the strike is jokingly named in reference of Rush Limbaugh. Director Jim Johnston is the man in the crowd of workers who shouts "I say we STRIKE!"
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