There is an allusion to an address given by President John F. Kennedy to a group of Nobel Prize winners who were honoured with a dinner at the White House. President Kennedy said: "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." In the present episode, Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford) says to a group of media consultants: "This is probably the greatest assemblage of Democratic talent since the last time Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) dined alone."
From this episode forward, Dulé Hill, Joshua Malina and Janel Moloney are only shown in the title credits when they actually appear in the episode (as was already the case with Stockard Channing). Their places in the title sequence are filled with generic visuals when they do not appear.
First episode since first season that Dule Hill wasn't on the opening credits.
It is claimed that Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits) has postponed his service 41% of the time. Later in the episode, Lou (Janeane Garofalo) says that he postponed it 5 out of 13 times. Postponing it 5 times out of 13 would be 38%, not 41%.