This episode is based on events that took place in various Season 1 and 2 episodes of Madam Secretary. There are ten direct quotes:

1. "Jason! That's enough! It's not a video game! Go to your room!"

2. "Jason ..."

3. "Thank you for meeting me here, Anton. What do you have for me?"

4. "Here's the dossier. Promise me you will take care of Olga."

5. "Nothing I do has any impact on you! I'm going to go talk to Olga, the stranger who finds me more interesting than my own mother!"

6. "Alison gets the short end of the attention stick around here."

7. "You know, when I was growing up, it felt like all my parents ever talked about was my brother and the trouble he was in. It felt like they took me for granted. Noodle, I don't want you to ever feel like that. Like you are anything other than wanted and loved and cherished because you are."

8. "I know."

9. "You just have to bear with me for a little while, OK?"

10. "I can do that."