The title of this episode is a quotation from 'William Shakespeare (I)' 's "Henry VI: Part II".
The date given for the start of events is August 23, 2011. This is roughly 10 days after the events of the season one finale. However, the opening sequence with the lawyers is indicated to be taking place 12-14 months in the future.
Alison Pill (Maggie Jordan) never cut her hair, and died it orange. It was a short hair wig.
The song Will is casually singing through the newsroom is Rebecca Black's 'Friday'.
At around the 2:06 mark at the beginning of the episode, Will's response to Rebecca Halliday stating her credentials is to say "Genuflect when you say that, pal!". This is the same line used by Winifred Hooper to Sam Seaborne in The West Wing episode The Stackhouse Filibuster (2001). Both series' and episodes were created and written by Aaron Sorkin.