During season 1 C.J given a goldfish by Danny. It turned out she actually liked the Goldfish crackers. In this episode when C.J is fired and is carrying her belongs into the house. In her box a package of Goldfish crackers can clearly be seen.
When Josh (Bradley Whitford) and Bartlet (Martin Sheen) are sitting in the airport at the end talking, over the loudspeaker you can hear Martin Sheen calling Josh's plane.
In the wake of the shooting involving 'President Bartlet', 'Toby Ziegler' and 'Secret Service Agent Ron Butterfield' meet to talk about security and the use (or non-use) of covered exits. In the background can be seen the building logo 'Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine'. This facility at George Washington University Hospital was established to recognize the Emergency Department's role in saving the life of President Reagan after the March 1981 attempt on his life. Elements in the story parallel the attempt on President Reagan, being initially unaware that he was shot, and leaving the scene of the shooting for the White House only to divert to the hospital.
The Dixie Pig restaurant seen at the beginning of the episode was a barbecue restaurant in south Alexandria, VA which closed shortly after the episode was filmed.
C.J. is shown working as a publicist before joining the presidential campaign of then-Govenor Bartlett. One of her clients is Roger Becker, who mentions his movie studio, Atlantis. Writer and creator Aaron Sorkin also used the mythical city's name for media-conglomerate Atlantis World Media (and its subsidiary, Atlantis Cable News) on his other television series The Newsroom.