The West Wing

Season 3

Isaac and Ishmael

1. This episode was written and filmed in less than two weeks as the show's reaction to the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. The episode was not written to be part of the show's continuity.
2. This is the first episode where Stockard Channing (Abbey Bartlet) is listed as a starring cast member.
3. A special episode dealing with some of the questions and issues currently facing the world in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States. "The West Wing" creator and executive producer Aaron Sorkin wrote the script.
4. When originally aired, this episode contained an introduction from several of the cast members.
5. Music: Buffalo Springfield, "For What It's Worth"
6. It would be geographically impossible for the suspected terrorist to cross the border from Ontario into Vermont as they do not border each other.
7. It is one of the few episodes that does not feature a "Previously on the West Wing" montage.

Manchester: Part I

1. The images of Air Force One seen as the staff climbed onboard in the opening sequence were computer generated. A sly reference to this was made in the next scene where C.J. says she "cannot computer generate images of the first lady"
2. The historic town of Middleburg, Virginia stands in for Manchester in Part 1 and Part 2.
3. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Sam (Rob Lowe).
4. In the scene where the Senior Staff is discussing the need for a new poll, which Joey (Marlee Matlin) comes in and repeats what they all have already decided - Toby (Richard Schiff) makes a "Dupont Circle" comment, a Aaron Sorkin "signature" location for his Washington-based movies and television.
5. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not an "independent agency," as is stated by CJ (Allison Janney) at the beginning of the episode. Rather, it is an executive agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, itself a cabinet-level agency. Josh (Bradley Whitford) clarifies this in Part II of the episode.
6. Ron Silver (in Reversal of Fortune) and Evan Handler (in American Crime Story) have both portrayed attorney Alan Dershowitz.

Manchester: Part II

1. The map in the situation room uses the Peter's Projection. In the Season 2 episode, The West Wing: Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail (2001) CJ meets with a group that wants the White House to encourage use of the Peter's Projection.
2. When Donna walks into Josh's room and find he's been up all night, he is wearing a Wesleyan University T-shirt. Josh didn't go to Wesleyan, he went to Harvard and Yale; Bradley Whitford went to Wesleyan. This also occurs in Celestial Navigation when Josh has a coffee mug with "Wesleyan" on it.
3. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Leo (John Spencer).
4. In the scene where C.J. (Allison Janney) is walking on the National Mall - she is walking away from the U.S. Capitol toward the Washington Monument, when she is met by two Congressional Staffers. They mention they had a meeting at the OEOB (Old Executive Office Building) and were going to stop by to see her. However, where C.J. is on the Mall (south side, near the Smithsonian Castle) is nowhere near to the White House or the OEOB.
5. While Clement Rollins (Nicholas Pryor) reads off the legal names of the White House staff being subpoenaed, he lists Toby (Richard Schiff)'s legal name as "Toby Zachary Ziegler." Later, during his deposition with Freedom Watch over Andrea Wyatt (Kathleen York) concealing her pregnancy during the 2002 election, Toby states his full name is "Tobias Zachary Ziegler"
6. As the Special Prosecutor (Nicholas Pryor) reads off the names of the people being subpoenaed, he uses everybody's full name, but he nevertheless says "Toby Zachary Ziegler" instead of "Tobias Zachary".
7. When Donna (Janel Moloney) walks into Josh (Bradley Whitford)'s room and find he's been up all night, he is wearing a Wesleyan University T-shirt. Josh didn't go to Wesleyan, he went to Harvard and Yale; Bradley Whitford went to Wesleyan. This also occurs in Celestial Navigation when Josh has a coffee mug with "Wesleyan" on it.
8. Third time Argentina is mentioned on the show (one per season).

Ways and Means

1. In the scene where C.J. (Allison Janney) is walking on the National Mall - she is walking away from the U.S. Capitol toward the Washington Monument, when she is met by two Congressional Staffers. They mention they had a meeting at the OEOB (Old Executive Office Building) and were going to stop by to see her. However, where C.J. is on the Mall (south side, near the Smithsonian Castle) is nowhere near to the White House or the OEOB.
2. While Clement Rollins (Nicholas Pryor) reads off the legal names of the White House staff being subpoenaed, he lists Toby (Richard Schiff)'s legal name as "Toby Zachary Ziegler." Later, during his deposition with Freedom Watch over Andrea Wyatt (Kathleen York) concealing her pregnancy during the 2002 election, Toby states his full name is "Tobias Zachary Ziegler"
3. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Leo (John Spencer).
4. Connie tells Sam that she went to Oxford. Rob Lowe played a student at Oxford in Oxford Blues (1984).

On the Day Before

1. When the cast and crew finished the cold read (first read-through of the script), a producer told them that a restaurant in Israel had been attacked by a suicide bomber with 15 civilians killed--including an American citizen. The cast was stunned not only by the tragedy but how closely it mirrored the events of the script, with Richard Schiff calling the news "mind-blowing."
2. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Sam (Rob Lowe).
3. This episode's title refers to the day before Yom Kippur.
4. CJ (Allison Janney) says this is the President (Martin Sheen)'s first veto - however on episode 4 of season 2 on Capitol Beat (where Ainsley Hayes (Emily Procter) is introduced) the presenter says that the President veto'd a Republican education bill the year before.
5. Josh (Bradley Whitford) refers to the "Indianapolis Post-Dispatch", which is not a real newspaper. The only daily paper in Indianapolis is the Indianapolis Star.
6. Josh refers to the "Indianapolis Post-Dispatch", which is not a real newspaper. The only daily paper in Indianapolis is the Indianapolis Star.

War Crimes

1. The fountain that Josh and Donna meet Cliff Calley by at the end of the episode is the same fountain used in the opening credits of Friends (1994). This can be seen by the same buildings in the background.
2. One of the subplots concerns Sam's obsession over the "Legal Tender Modernization Act", which aims at eliminating the penny. The act does exist and was actually introduced in May 2001 by Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe. The act also aims at withdrawing the Susan B. Anthony dollar from circulation, and prohibiting any redesign of the $1 bill.
3. President Bartlet asks Vice-President Hoynes to split a beer with him. It has previously been established that Hoynes is an alcoholic, which is presumably why he does not accept the offer. This indicates that Bartlet is unaware of Hoynes's addiction.
4. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Josh (Bradley Whitford).
5. Nancy is played by Renée Estevez, Martin Sheen's real-life daughter.
6. This episode addresses the very serious issues of gun violence and war crimes. This is somewhat contrasted by the guest appearances of two actors known for starring in two of the most outrageous comedies of the late 70s/ early 80s. Tim Matheson starred as Eric Stratten in Animal House (1978) and Michael O'Keefe played Danny Noonan in Caddyshack (1980).

Gone Quiet

1. Stockard Channing really did break her ankle in real life (it was a hiking accident). Rather than shelving the character or severely limiting where she could be shown, it was decided to give the First Lady the same injury in the show.
2. The Assistant Secretary of State, played by Hal Holbrook, refers to the U.S.S. Pueblo incident, saying, "I was there." Holbrook played the captain of the Pueblo in Pueblo (1973).
3. Albie Duncan (Hal Holbrook) begins his recitation of similar incidents by citing the 1968 boarding and capture of USS Pueblo (AGER-2) by North Korea.
4. Hal Holbrook and Martin Sheen also appeared together in the groundbreaking 1972 television movie That Certain Summer, in which they played lovers.
5. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Sam (Rob Lowe).
6. In 1973, Hal Holbrook starred as CDR Lloyd Bucher, that ship's captain, in the TV movie Pueblo (1973).
7. The submarine reports its position as 36.6 degrees north, 110 degrees west - that's in Arizona, hardly off the North Korean coast.
8. There is no Starbucks in Haight-Ashbury.

The Indians in the Lobby

1. Mollie Orshansky, the economist mentioned in the conversation between Sam and Bernice Collette from the Office of Management and Budget, was a real economist and statistician who worked as a social science research analyst for the Social Security Administration from 1958 until her retirement in 1982.
2. When the Butterball hotline operator recognizes President Bartlet's voice, he thinks fast and makes up that he sounds familiar because he "does radio commercials for... products" (instead of the real reason, which is that he is the president). Martin Sheen, who plays Bartlet, has actually done many radio voice-overs for products such as Midas Auto Shops and causes such as Catholics for Working Families. He is also a frequent guest performer on the radio variety program "A Prairie Home Companion."
3. The charge d'affairs at the Italian embassy has the same name as a one-episode character from Aaron Sorkin-written Sports Night (1998). In the previous appearance (Sports Night: How Are Things in Gloca Morra? (1999)), Alberto Fedrigotti was a tennis player playing a five-set match against Pete Sampras.
4. The Italian government resists extradition of the boy because the State of Georgia could impose the death penalty. In 2005, the United States Supreme Court outlawed execution of minors convicted of capital crimes through the case Roper v Simmons.
5. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by C.J. (Allison Janney).
6. Georgia's 4th District, at the time the episode was written, was heavily Democratic and majority-minority.
7. Mollie Orshansky is characterised as a Polish immigrant who based her poverty model on life in 'communist Poland'. In fact she was an American economist born in New York in 1915.
8. The remark Bruno (Ron Silver) makes about white salmon ("guaranteed to not turn pink") is a reference to an urban legend about attempting to sell something unmarketable.
9. 50504 isn't a ZIP code for anything - unless it's one of those fake TV "555" numbers. The most direct ZIP code for Fargo, ND, is 58103.
10. Both President Bartlet and Bruno say someone could sell "like anything." The president says it about the fake car sales champion Phil Baharnd, Bruno says it about P.T. Barnum.
11. The "L" in DeKalb County, Georgia, is silent, so the name of the county is pronounced "dee-KAB" and not "dee-KALB."
12. During the president (Martin Sheen)'s call to the Butterball hotline, it is mentioned that the zip code for Fargo, North Dakota is 50504. This is incorrect. The 14 zip codes for Fargo, North Dakota are... 58102, 58103, 58104, 58105, 58106, 58107, 58108, 58109, 58121, 58122, 58123, 58124, 58125, 58126.
13. When Leo is filling Josh in about the boy shooter in Georgia, he mentions he was found in Rome. Josh responds by asking, "In Italy?" Which Leo says "Of course" like it was a stupid question. However there is actually a Rome, Georgia.

The Women of Qumar

1. The Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments were passed in 1972. The amendments known as the Clean Water Act were passed in 1977.
2. Mary-Louise Parker appears for the first time as Amy Gardner, but this isn't the first time she and Bradley Whitford appear on the screen together. They both played in the movie The Client (1994).
3. Qumar is not a real country.
4. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Sam (Rob Lowe).
5. Christian Clemenson, who plays the Smithsonian Curator, played a policeman in the film Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
6. Christian Clemenson, who plays the Smithsonian Curator, played a policeman in the film Josh and S.A.M. (1993), strangely linking two West Wing character names.

Bartlet for America

1. The phrase "the economy, stupid" can be seen written on a white board in Bartlet's campaign headquarters, a nod to the famous phrase coined during Bill Clinton's presidential campaign.
2. Josh (Bradley Whitford) makes a callback to the previous seasons Christmas episode. "Cause a guys walking down the street and he falls into a hole see?" referring to Leo (John Spencer) calling a therapist for Josh after he was shot.
3. Clark Gregg appears in his second Aaron Sorkin TV show after Sports Night (1998) as the stranger in the bar who bought the network.
4. When Josh (Bradley Whitford) asks Sam (Rob Lowe) to look for someone to get Gibson (David St. James) out Leo McGarry (John Spencer)'s hearing, Sam flips through the pages of his contact-book and three of the pages have identical scribblings.
5. Throughout Leo (John Spencer)'s testimony when he pauses to speak to his lawyer, Jordon Kendall (Joanna Gleason), he covers his mike while she leaves hers uncovered. The entire chamber would have heard her side of their conversations.
6. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Leo (John Spencer).
7. The flashbacks show Leo (John Spencer) getting drunk in 1998. He must have been lying in The West Wing: Take Out the Trash Day (2000) when he said he hadn't had a drink since 1993.
8. In the flashback scene where C.J. (Allison Janney) and Toby (Richard Schiff) are tossing the basketball back and forth, when you look out the window behind Sam (Rob Lowe), it's snowing. In the window behind Toby, there is no snow.
9. Jordan (Joanna Gleason) says that Woodrow and Edith Wilson have been dead for eighty years, but Edith lived into the 1960s.
10. In a flashback, C.J. (Allison Janney) says that Bartlet (Martin Sheen) has ten years on Hoynes (Tim Matheson). But in The West Wing: Enemies (1999), Hoynes says he is fifteen years younger than Bartlet.

H. Con-172

1. Toby Ziegler says he watched the President's favorite movie the night before. He does not name the movie, but his description identifies it as The Lion in Winter (1968).
2. When Leo and Jordon emerge from the elevator at the beginning of the episode, the camera lingers on a portrait of Andrew Jackson before they enter the conference room. Andrew Jackson was the only sitting US President to be censured, although that censure was later expunged.
3. Donna (Janel Moloney) refers to Deep Throat.
4. The President (Martin Sheen) refers to a pivotal scene in his favourite film, The Lion in Winter (1968).
5. C.J. (Allison Janney) sings a few lines from "Cool" from West Side Story.
6. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by C.J. (Allison Janney).

100,000 Airplanes

1. When Sam is describing the process for writing the State of The Union, and says "Whatever it takes to get started", the three books placed on the desktop are The Holy Bible (King James Version), The Writings of Abraham Lincoln Vol. 8, and Cicero.
2. The episode title refers to how, with the Nazi threat looming over the US and having a relatively small army, Roosevelt announced they would build an unheard of 50,000 planes over the next four years, and then ended up going well beyond that, building twice as many. Sam refers to this when explaining how the US could make it a national effort to cure cancer within the decade.
3. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Sam (Rob Lowe).
4. Toby (Richard Schiff) says there are 173 words in the Ten Commandments. Common English translations have it at about 310 words, while the Hebrew he is familiar with sits at 99. Toby might be referring to an overly abbreviated version, but it is likely that Aaron Sorkin just went with an accurate sounding number.
5. In the scene in Sam (Rob Lowe)'s office before he reads the discarded speech about cancer, he calls Lisa Sherborne "Louise" (Traylor Howard).
6. When Sam (Rob Lowe) is explaining to Lisa (Traylor Howard) where the focus groups for the State of the Union speech are located, he incorrectly pronounces Los Feliz, CA as "Las Filez", CA. However this is an acceptable (and even preferred) pronunciation in Southern California.

The Two Bartlets

1. On the westbound flight to Iowa, the pilot announced they were heading to their cruising altitude of 41,000 feet. On the return (eastbound) flight, he announced a cruising altitude of 37,000 feet. Planes travelling west are assigned even-numbered altitudes (to the nearest thousand feet), while planes heading east are assigned odd-numbered altitudes. The acronym is WEEO - West Even, East Odd.
2. Amy Gardner, in the middle of her diatribe against Josh, says to him, "Those pajamas are too big for you." In this scene, Josh is wearing the set of pajamas C.J. got him in S2:E3 "The Midterms" while he was still recovering from being shot. In that episode, C.J. also noted how big the pajamas were on Josh, who responded, C.J. "All this time I've been working with you, did you also think I was playing power forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers?"
3. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Toby (Richard Schiff).
4. The University of Iowa is in Iowa City, which neighbours Cedar Rapids, where Air Force One landed.
5. There is no such paper as the Iowa City Standard, the newspaper in Iowa City is the Iowa City Press Citizen.
6. Donna (Janel Moloney) is worried about having to do jury duty, but the biggest problem is that she's going to have difficulty reporting for it. In The West Wing: Election Night (2002) Donna votes by absentee ballot because her place of residency is still in Wisconsin. When called for jury duty, it is to a local court as decided by your residency. If she needs to report 'tomorrow,' she's not assisting Josh (Bradley Whitford) the next day, she's in Wisconsin.
7. We learn that President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) was abused as a child.
8. Leo (John Spencer) makes reference to the USS Thurmont battle group. The official name of Camp David is "NSF Thurmont", which they use as the name of a season 6 episode.
9. In offering Amy (Mary-Louise Parker) a Tahitian style cocktail, Josh (Bradley Whitford) refers to the rum as "Bacardi 451". There is no such drink called "Bacardi 451." There is "Bacardi 151" because of its proof. It is 75.5% alcohol by volume. It is HIGHLY advised to NOT drink this straight. It is recommended to mix with other beverages.

Night Five

1. At the end of the episode, we see a framed photo on a lamp table in the president's private study. It is of Bartlet (Martin Sheen)'s father, as portrayed by series producer Lawrence O'Donnell.
2. When Donna (Janel Moloney) talks to Josh (Bradley Whitford) about the job offer in Act III, a Peters projection map can be seen in Donna's cube. This is a hat-tip to the discussion of maps during the episode SGTE,SGTJ, one of the Big Block of Cheese Day episodes.
3. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Leo (John Spencer).

Hartsfield's Landing

1. The fictional town in the episode is based on Dixville Notch, an unincorporated small village in the Dixville township of Coos County, New Hampshire, USA. Dixville Notch is best known in connection with its longstanding middle-of-the-night vote in the U.S. Presidential Election, including during the New Hampshire primary. Since 1960, voters cast their ballots at midnight and polls officially close one minute later. Ever since 1968, the candidate who comes out on top in Republican Primary has been the eventual Republican nominee for President. Twenty-six voters took part in the 2004 elections.
2. While Josh is giving Donna instructions for how to convince the Flenders to vote for Bartlet, Donna walks by her desk and behind her is a map of the world. This appears to be a Peters projection map, mentioned during "Big Block of Cheese Day" in The West Wing: Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail (2001).
3. Toby (Richard Schiff) refers to the King of Sweden as "King Gustav", which is wrong. His full name is Karl XVI Gustav, and would be properly referred to as "King Karl" - or, even more proper, "King Karl Gustav", since that is his name.
4. In the scene with Toby (Richard Schiff) and the President (Martin Sheen) playing chess in the Oval Office. Toby opens with 1. e4, while 1. e4 could be part of many chess openings, the Evans Gambit is a real opening and is actually played out by the two actors in this scene.
5. The story line involving Hartsfield's Landing is misplaced in the timeline. It is supposed to be the first primary, but everything in the storyline indicates the November election. First of all, there is no Democratic primary because the president has the nomination already. Therefore, the only primary is the Republican primary, in which only registered Republicans can vote. So, when Josh (Bradley Whitford) says that news channels will have nothing but Hartsfield's Landing to report for hours and he wants them to be reporting that 'we won' - he cannot possibly be talking about the primary that should be occuring. Toby (Richard Schiff) and President Barlet (Martin Sheen) predict that Richie will be the Republican candidate, but it is not yet certain because the primaries are still going on. Yet, the Flenders are going to vote for Richie as opposed to the president, not as opposed to other Republican candidates. In addition, it is implied that they are Democrats because they have supported the president in the past, so it is unlikely that they are registered Republicans. Thus, they should not be voting on this night at all, and Donna (Janel Moloney) should not have to stand out in the cold. She has a few months before the Flenders will be voting for a President. CJ (Allison Janney) gives the number of total voters in the town and says that they will all cast their ballots at 12:01. Incorrect; as stated above, only registered Republicans will be voting. If the town has accurately predicted the next president in every election, it cannot be all Republicans.
6. The vote taking place at Hartsfield's Landing is ambiguous. Chronologically, the episode occurs during the primaries and not on the day of the general election. Yet Donna (Janel Moloney)'s conversations indicate that the voters are choosing between a Republican and the President as if they were voting in the general election. This could be because in New Hampshire, as of the episode's release date, those not registered with any party are free to vote in any party's primary election.
7. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Leo (John Spencer).
8. New Hampshire does allow voters to switch party affiliation on voting day, and undeclared voters can vote in either party's primary. So while the primaries are separate--there's no overall winner--voters like the Flenders could indeed vote in the Republican primary if they so desired. It should also be noted that sitting presidents can still receive votes in the primary even though the nomination is assured. Finally, it is possible that the media would report on the candidate receiving the most votes, even though that candidate was really only competing against other potential nominees in his or her own party.
9. Some DVD versions misspell the episode name as "HEARTSFIELD'S LANDING" on the insert.
10. The community of Hartsfield's Landing is the fictional equivalent of Dixville Notch, a small town in New Hampshire that always casts the first votes in a presidential election.
11. In one scene near the end, President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) predicts that Sam (Rob Lowe) would run for President. Years later, Rob Lowe would go on to play President John F. Kennedy, a real life President that Martin Sheen previously portrayed in the 80s.
12. As Josh (Bradley Whitford) is telling Donna (Janel Moloney) what to reply to the Flenders to convince them of voting for Bartlet (Martin Sheen), a map of the world can be seen taped to her partition in the bullpen. It is a Peters projection, about which CJ (Allison Janney) got briefed by the Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality during a "Big Block of Cheese Day" in The West Wing: Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail (2001).
13. In this episode while Sam and the President play chess, the President tells Sam he will run for President someday. Rob Lowe will go on to play President. Kennedy in the TV movie Killing Kennedy.

Dead Irish Writers

1. Although the Americans refer to him as Lord John Marbury, Marbury describes himself as "John, Lord Marbury" and gives a list of his other family titles. This means that he should always be addressed as Lord Marbury, not Lord John. The two are mutually exclusive. The only way he could be Lord John Marbury would be if he were the younger son of a Duke or Marquess, and thus not due to inherit the actual family title.
2. In the West Wing universe, the 1998 Good Friday Accord in Northern Ireland still happened, presumably with President Owen Lassister as a major player in its drafting rather than Bill Clinton.
3. While rehearsing outside with Charlie his toast for the First Lady, President Bartlett slips in an anecdote about a ditch digger. President Bartlett says if you'd married him you'd be the wife of a ditch digger. He says her reply was if she married him he'd be President. This is a different take on a very similar joke that involves the Clintons, Hillary's supposed ex-boyfriend and his job as a gas station attendant.
4. Bartlet (Martin Sheen) mentions that the dessert is "kumquat Napoleons." This is actually a real dish - Napoleon is another name for mille-feuille, a kind of French pastry that can incorporate various fruits.
5. Often misspelled (or unknown), here canon confirms the actual spelling of the First Lady's shortened name. It can be seen on her birthday cake during her party and shortened from Abigail, this FLOTUS spells it as Abbey. Viewers and fans alike often get this incorrect.
6. Even though several scenes in this episode occurred during a large party, there were only five guest stars and one co-star listed in the credits for this episode.
7. Jed (Martin Sheen) asks Abbey (Stockard Channing) which organ in the body produces hydrochloric acid, and she responds "the pancreas", which is incorrect. Hydrochloric acid is produced in the stomach. The pancreas produces a substance which decreases acid.
8. Lord Marbury (Roger Rees) is said to be "England's" Ambassador to the United States, England is a country within the United Kingdom so Marbury would be the United Kingdom's Ambassador.
9. Lord Marbury (Roger Rees) claims to be a whisky connoisseur and asks for a "Lagavulin" whisky. He descibes it as being from Islay - which is correct but he pronounces it "izz-lay" when the correct pronounciation is "eye-la"; something a connoisseur would know, even an English one talking about a Scottish drink.
10. In the opening segment, the President (Martin Sheen) compliments the First Lady (Stockard Channing) on her earrings and shoes. In The American President (1995), also by Aaron Sorkin - President Shepherd is reminded by his daughter to be sure to compliment Sydney on her shoes.
11. During their conversation, Jed (Martin Sheen) asks Abbey (Stockard Channing) what organ makes hydrochloric acid. She says the pancreas, but it is the stomach that makes hydrochloric acid via the parietal cells.
12. During the singing of "O Canada" near the end of the episode, they sing the line "True patriot love in all thy sons command." In 2018 that line was changed to "True patriot love in all of us command."
13. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Sam (Rob Lowe)

The U.S. Poet Laureate

1. Donna and Margaret are looking at a website dedicated to Josh and run by his fans. It's called www.lemonlyman.com and is actually registered to Warner Bros Corporation.
2. Josh falling afoul of posters on the message board at 'lemonlyman.com' was taken from Aaron Sorkin's own experiences dealing with the message board at the TV site televisionwithoutpity.com.
3. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Charlie (Dulé Hill).
4. When Ainsley (Emily Procter) returns from her short vacation, Sam (Rob Lowe) helps carry her luggage to her office. Her office is much more spacious than the windowless office she had previously. The walls are blue and sunlight is shining through the windows.
5. When he's talking to Leo (John Spencer) outside, Bartlet (Martin Sheen) mentions drinkers at the Middle Temple honouring Princess Elizabeth. However, the date he mentions is 40 years after Queen Elizabeth died, and 60 years before Princess Elizabeth (daughter of George III) was born. (James I also had a daughter, Princess Elizabeth).
6. President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) received his Bachelor's degree from Notre Dame University, and Masters and Doctorate degrees from the London School of Economics.
7. When announcing his discovery of Internet crazies to Donna (Janel Moloney), Josh (Bradley Whitford) comments that they were debating whether or not he was making fun of Egyptians by referencing Sanskrit. Sanskrit is an ancient language of northern India (not Egypt), holding a place in Indian culture like Latin has in the western world being the language of religion and academia.

Stirred

1. Bartlet (Martin Sheen) says that Beowulf was originally in Middle English, but it was in fact originally written in Old English.
2. Throughout the episode, Sam (Rob Lowe) talks about hockey - Rob Lowe plays hockey.
3. When Leo (John Spencer) arrives at the meeting in the Roosevelt Room - Josh (Bradley Whitford) makes an off-hand comment about Leo being the President's running mate - something he would finally get to do with Matt Santos.
4. Vice President Hoynes (Tim Matheson) says he stopped drinking when he was 22, "I had a few experiences in college. I liked beer, a lot" : Tim Matheson (Vice President Hoynes) played Eric "Otter" Stratton in Animal House (1978).
5. Co-Writer Eli Attie named Donna (Janel Moloney)'s teacher after his real-life Social Studies teacher at Hunter College High School, Mrs Morello.
6. Bartlet (Martin Sheen) in a phone conversation with Mrs Morello ask her if she required her students to read Beowulf in Middle English or if she used a translation. Beowulf was written in Old English.
7. The reason a martini would be stirred is not to avoid chipping the ice, but to prevent air from being dissolved rapidly into the gin causing it to taste bitter. Regardless, James Bond prefers a vodka martini which is indeed supposed to be shaken so that it will get colder faster.
8. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Josh (Bradley Whitford).
9. Josh (Bradley Whitford) refers to "Health, Education, and Welfare," a cabinet agency that ceased to exist in 1979. The agency formed two separate agencies, the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. The same error happens later in season 5 when Bartlet (Martin Sheen) asks for Cabinet support for his invocation of the 25th Amendment. He calls the roll of Cabinet Secretaries for their assent and refers to the joint agency and "Health and Education."

Enemies Foreign and Domestic

1. First appearance of Mark Harmon in a four episode arc as Secret Service agent Simon Donovan. It was Harmon's commanding performance that led Donald P. Bellisario to cast him as Jethro Gibbs on NCIS (2003).
2. The incident in Saudi Arabia referred to by C. J. Cregg in the opening is a thinly disguised version of an actual incident. On March 15, 2002 it was reported that members of the religious police in Mecca had intentionally prevented schoolgirls from fleeing a burning school building because they were not properly attired to appear in public. Fifteen of the female pupils died as a result.
3. Awards and Nominations:Dulé Hill was nominated in 2002 for an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in this episode and in The West Wing: Hartsfield's Landing (2002).Guest Star Mark Harmon is the latest in a line of former Chicago Hope (1994) cast members to make a guest appearance on The West Wing. He is preceded by Adam Arkin (The West Wing: Noël (2000) ), Roma Maffia (The West Wing: Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail (2001) ), Rocky Carroll (The West Wing: The Drop In (2001) ), 'Ron Silver' (_Manchester_ ), and 'Hector Elizondo' (The West Wing: Dead Irish Writers (2002) ). The West Wing executive producer Thomas Schlamme directed a number of episodes of Chicago Hope (1994).
4. After joining NCIS Mark Harmon's show had two episodes one called enemies foreign and the other one called enemies domestic.
5. C.J.'s fishbowl has two Venus symbols in it this episode.
6. When Fitzwallace (John Amos) enters the room to show Bartlet (Martin Sheen) photos of the reactor being built in Busher. He says that the photos were taken by SR71. SR71 Blackbird was long-range reconnaissance aircraft in use by U.S. from 1968 and retired from active duty in 1998. As this episode was aired in 2002 they wouldn't have used this aircraft instead they would have used F-117A, Lockheed U-2 or some sort of UAV or reconnaissance satellite.
7. CJ (Allison Janney) says "Brutus is an honorable man", a reference to Julius Caesar. Mark Antony gives a speech in which he repeats the phrase "Brutus is an honorable man", even though his speech's content implies that Brutus is treacherous and ungrateful. Similarly, CJ repeats all the outrages practised in Saudi Arabia but cannot directly criticise them.
8. CJ (Allison Janney) says "a dress code that would make the Maryknoll Nun look like Malibu Barbie". The Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic wear a severe habit. Malibu Barbie (first sold in 1971) wears a one-piece swimsuit.
9. The episode title references the US Oath of Allegiance: "... that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; ...."
10. Toby Zeigler (Richard Schiff) is 44 years old.

The Black Vera Wang

1. When Sam is talking on the phone to Kevin Kahn about meeting for lunch, he asks: "Old Ebbitt's?" This is a reference to Old Ebbitt Grill, a restaurant located near the White House which has been a favorite dining place for political insiders since 1856.
2. C.J.'s fishbowl contains a figurine wearing a ball gown in this episode.
3. C.J. (Allison Janney) says that she is five-eleven exactly. Allison Janney is actually six feet tall.
4. When Leo (John Spencer) tells the President (Martin Sheen) about how the Secret Service will make the President go to the bunker - "your feet may touch the ground once or twice, but I doubt it" - was related in a similar fashion by Vice President Dick Cheney on the day of the September 11 attacks.
5. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Sam (Rob Lowe).
6. C.J. Cregg (Allison Janney) wrongly refers to Finland as a Scandinavian country. Scandinavia consists of Sweden, Norway and Denmark, which all consists of landmasses linked to the Scandinavian mountain-chain.
7. Leo McGarry (John Spencer) wrongly refers to Fort Myer as being in Maryland. It is actually in Virginia.
8. While there is a Barneys store in DC, which is located in Georgetown, the shopping scene was filmed at the Barneys in Beverly Hills.
9. Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why" plays in the mall.
10. Bruno Gianelli (Ron Silver) says "All warfare is based on deception," a famous quote by Sun Tzu.
11. Qumar is not a real country.
12. CJ (Allison Janney)'s stalker uses an AOL ID, "bill182."
13. Don't Know Why by Norah Jones, featured when CJ and her niece are shopping, also plays (albeit in a karaoke bar in Sorkin's other political program The Newsroom

We Killed Yamamoto

1. Originally, Jessica Yu was set to direct 'We Killed Yamamoto,' however Thomas Schlamme, anticipating a late delivery of the script before production and thus less preparation, offered to take her place instead, and reschedule her directing for the next season. Yu accepted and Schlamme ended up having less than two days of prep before shooting.
2. Leo (John Spencer) claims that the U.S. spent millions of dollars developing a pen that would write in space while the Russians just used a pencil, but this account is inaccurate. Development of the space pen was independently funded by inventor Paul Fisher, who sold them to NASA at $6 apiece. The Russians began buying the same pen a year later. (Prior to adopting the space pen both countries had used pencils in space, but this practice was abandoned due to their flammability and the risk of tips breaking off and floating around in microgravity. Graphite conducts electricity and could short-circuit electronics.)
3. An effort was made to drop the "North" from North Dakota in 1989.
4. CJ (Allison Janney) calls Simon (Mark Harmon) "Agent 99", referring to the more competent associate of the protagonist of Get Smart.
5. Bartlet (Martin Sheen) says that marriage incentives involve the government getting into the yenta business, a Yiddish word for a busybody/gossip. Leo (John Spencer) wonders that Bartlet didn't grow up in the Catskills - an area formerly famous as a Jewish holiday resort.
6. Fitzwallace (John Amos) claims that if Bonhoeffer had been successful, the Germans would have built a statue of an assassin. However, pacifist theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer had nothing to do with the July 20 attempt on Hitler's life (although he was falsely accused of this by the Nazis). The key conspirator and would-be assassin was Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg.
7. Fitzwallace (John Amos) uses the example of the Battle of Agincourt to discuss how well enemies were treated if they surrendered. However, Agincourt is an example of the opposite. After the first and second attacks by the French, they had too many prisoners. Fearing the prisoners would overtake them, Henry ordered them slaughtered. The code of chivalry does not permit such action, so Henry had his archers aim at the knights and forced them to kill the prisoners.
8. "Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Leo (John Spencer).
9. Qumar is not a real country.
10. Josh (Bradley Whitford) has to skip a Rainer Werner Fassbinder festival.
11. Josh (Bradley Whitford) references broasting, a cooking method that combines pressure cooking with deep frying chicken that has been marinated and breaded.
12. In this episode Leo (John Spencer) says that the Russian solution for writing in zero gravity is the use of a pencil. This is an urban myth, It would actually be dangerous, if the tip were to break off and float around freely.
13. The title foreshadows upcoming events. In 1943, after having decoded Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's travel itinerary for an inspection tour, US forces dispatched a fighter group, which subsequently intercepted and shot down his plane.

Posse Comitatus

1. The song used at the end of the episode was originally written for the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" - the staging at the end of the play in the episode was heavily influenced by the RSC's production. The star of that production, Roger Rees (who also played Nicholas Nickleby in the subsequent television adaptation of the play) was a frequent guest star on The West Wing (1999), as British adviser and later British Ambassador Lord John Marbury.
2. The episode title refers to not only the Latin definition, but also to 18 U.S.C. § 1385. "Use of Army and Air Force as posse comitatus. Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
3. The idea of doing a production of several of Shakespeare's so-called History Plays and calling it "The War of the Roses" originated with New York's The Public Theater, which in 1971 mounted a combined, all-night, marathon version of the Henries and Richard III as a fundraiser for the then-struggling theater. Martin Sheen, who plays President Bartlet on The West Wing (1999), was a Public Theater repertory member during the early days of the company. Sheen had some of his earliest acting successes while at the Public, including well-reviewed performances as Romeo and Hamlet.
4. Definition: Posse Comitatus (Late Latin): posse: "to be able (to have)" comitatus: "a company" or "armed retinue". The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed.[Websters]
5. During the briefing of the Gang of Eight, one of the attendees asks when the President would give the order and Leo responds "at the last possible minute". When Leo (John Spencer) later meets with Bartlet (Martin Sheen) on the night of the assassination, Leo informs the President that he has two minutes to give the go ahead. The conversation that follows lasts one minute, meaning that Bartlet gives the order exactly at the last possible minute.
6. This episode uses Red and White to reinforce the theme of War and Peace. From the banners at the play, the roses next to the President and Ritchie, and even the shirts Josh and Amy are wearing during an argument.
7. Leo (John Spencer) refers to Thomas Merton's prayer: MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) residing at the Abbey in Gethsemani, Kentucky.
8. The red and white rose petals scattered on the floor where Simon (Mark Harmon) dies are a visual reference to the play C.J. (Allison Janney) attended, "The Wars of the Roses," named after the red and white rose symbols of the royal houses that battled for the throne of England.
9. Music: Hallelujah by Jeff BuckleyPatriotic Song by Stephen Oliver
10. When it's suggested that the president enter the theater with Governor Richie, Tobe replies that the president will enter with Mrs. Bartlett. When the president's box is shown Mrs Bartlett is not in the box. In fact she is not in the episode at all.
11. Secret Service agents on "body" assignment are required to wear kevlar vests. The bullets struck Donovan (Mark Harmon) in his upper left chest, an area that would be protected by the vest unless a large caliber gun or Teflon ammunition was used in the shooting.
12. Qumar is a fictional country made up by Sorkin.
13. Fitz (John Amos) says that Shareef (Al No'mani)'s plane is a Gulfstream, but the plane we see looks like a Lear jet.
14. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was adopted to bar US military personnel in enforcing local law.
15. During the episode, Leo McGarry (John Spencer) and Percy Fitzwallace (John Amos) confer with the "Gang of Eight" about the possibility of the President (Martin Sheen) ordering Shareef (Al No'mani)'s assassination. In the West Wing universe, the Gang of Eight includes the House Majority and Minority Leaders, Senate Majority and Minority Leaders, and the Chairmen and Ranking Members of both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. This differs from the real world where it is the Speaker of the House and the House Minority Leader who are members of the Gang of Eight, while the House Majority Leader is not. It is revealed in the season opener of Season Five that Acting-President Glen Allen Walken (the former Republican Speaker of the House) had "signed off" on the assassination and so it is assumed that he was informed of what was to happen before the Gang of Eight were told.