24

President David Palmer misquotes a famous line by Lincoln during the civil war. As said by Lincoln, the line is, "I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that have events have controlled me."

This episode marks the first time on 24 that the president goes for a trip aboard Air Force One. Reportedly, this set is the same set used in the film Air Force One. Of course, several 24 alum were in that film, including: Wendy Crewson (season 3) Xander Berkeley (seasons 1 and 2) Bill Smitrovich (season 4) Glenn Morshower (seasons 1 through to 7) Mark Thompson (seasons 2, 3, and 4) J. Scott Shonka (season 3) Timothy Carhart (season 2)

This episode marks another rare instance in which the split-screens are not used to transition to the closing moments of the episode.

This is the last episode to feature Xander Berkeley as a series regular.

This episode won a Creative Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Underscore. It was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing and Outstanding Sound Editing, but lost to The West Wing's 25 ER's Chaos Theory and CSI's Fight Night respectively.

The second of two episodes being circulated among Emmy voters at the time of the 2003 Emmys, along with the season 2 premiere.