Trivia

In the episode "5/1" of the first season there are two references to Sorkin's other show "The West Wing." The first is when they say that the crisis is not "a smallpox vial dropped in the middle of Times Square," referencing Josh Lyman when he is saying that the end of the world will be caused by some "test tube [of smallpox] with an eroding rubber cap" rather than a nuclear war. The second is when Will is saying that "we've never really decided how to spell Gaddafi," referencing the Pilot episode of The West Wing when Leo McGarry expresses his frustration at the mispelling of 'Gaddafi' in a newspaper crossword. See more