The music the President and First Gentleman were dancing to was Peter Frampton's Show Me the Way. The President's favourite song.
Before the first commercial break, the show title changes from 'Madam Secretary' to 'Madam President.' This continues in each subsequent episode.
With this episode, the following actors officially departed the series: Keith Carradine, Geoffrey Arend, Sebastian Arcelus, Kathrine Herzer, and Sara Ramirez, while Kevin Rahm was bumped from recurring to regular. However, all but Ramirez returned as guests for the series finale.