When President Bartlet finished his letter to President Santos he tucked the lip of the envelope in. When President Santos opens it, however, it is untucked.
When Ronna comes in to the oval office near the end to remind President Santos that the first lady is expecting him in 15 minutes, the time on the grandfather clock changes from approx 5:34 to 5:47. In a slightly later shot in the same scene you can see (albeit blurry) that the clock is back at approx 5:34 again.
When discussing arrangements for their leaving the White House for the last time, CJ tells Margaret that vacating her parking space won't be a problem as she'd walked to work that morning. A few moments later, she tells Charlie and Will that she's " good until 2 and then I've got to move my car".
As the new President approaches the Marine honor guard as they are on their way to the inaugural podium, the Sergeant of the Guard gives the command "Order - Arms" as the honor guard presents arms. The command should have been "Present - Arms".
Just after Santos is sworn in, the Marine Band plays "Hail to the Chief" but, it should have been proceeded by four "Ruffles and Flourishes".
The Speaker of the House announces the "Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court." The position is Chief Justice of the United States, without reference to the Court.
On January 20, the sun sets at about 5:15 pm. It would not be possible for sunlight to be streaming in the windows of the Oval Office at about 6:00 pm on the day of the Inauguration.
Both the justice administering the presidential office and Matt Santos get the oath of office wrong. In the phrase, "I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States," they both incorrectly add a definite article before the word 'president' (about 12 min. before the end).
After CJ exits the gate, the north lawn of the White House is shown without any setup for the Inaugural Parade. The President's private booth, or any of the bleachers lining Pennsylvania Ave., would've still been in place.
After CJ leaves the White House for the final time, the camera slowly pans up at the White House. As it is panning, two people can be seen waving at the camera.
It was stated that a direct flight from Washington to Manchester does not take the aircraft over a large body of water due to priority clearance. Priority clearance does not have anything to do with this, 15 minutes out of Manchester on a runway 24 or 17 priority clearance even, would still take the aircraft, be it AF1 or any other call-sign, depending on prevailing winds, the shot of the aircraft over a large body of water, is therefore plausible.
Railing against how cold it will be outside on the dais during the inauguration, Abbey Bartlett asks "Who in his right mind decided that January would be the right time to hold an outdoor ceremony north of the equator?" President Bartlett replies "Jefferson, Adams, Franklin". President Bartlett, being a fan of historical minutiae, would know better. Inauguration Day, was on March 4 from 1793 until 1933. It was changed to January 20th by the 20th amendment.
When introducing the president-elect and Mrs. Santos at the start of the inauguration ceremony, the announcer correctly pronounces Helen Santos' last name correctly ("San" sounding like "San Diego"), but while then introducing Matthew Vincente Santos, he pronounces the last name "SAHN-tos".
The correct pronunciation was pointed out to Leo McGarry by Annabeth Schott while on the campaign trail. The person whose job it is to introduce the president-elect at his own inauguration would never pronounce the name incorrectly.
The correct pronunciation was pointed out to Leo McGarry by Annabeth Schott while on the campaign trail. The person whose job it is to introduce the president-elect at his own inauguration would never pronounce the name incorrectly.
When Kate Harper and President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet are discussing the train derailment between Haverhill (pronounced "Haive-rill"), Mass. and Exeter, N.H., Kate pronounces "Haverhill" like halve-er-hill, which Bartlet, being from New Hampshire, would have at least grimaced at, if not corrected her outright.