Directed by Robert Berlinger
Written by David Handelman, Mark McKinney, Aaron Sorkin, & Joan Binder Weiss (uncredited)
Jeremy comes back from his trip to his parents, but seems more interested in doing a story about a famous shipwreck than telling Natalie what happened with his visit. Dan tries to get Rebecca to watch a baseball game with him.
Tropes:
- Author Appeal: This won't be the last time an Aaron Sorkin show works in a joke about time zones.
- Continuity Nod: Though the show hadn't explained Isaac's absence yet, Dana tells Will not to sit in Isaac's chair even when he's gone. Just another way she frightens the people in graphics.
- Also, Dan's interest in sailing and boats comes through when he explains what the Governor's Cup is.
- Department of Redundancy Department:Dan: Did Orlando Rojas pitch this afternoon?
Natalie: That's a good question.
Dan: Thank you very much. Did he pitch this afternoon? - Does This Remind You of Anything?: Jeremy's trying to figure out what went wrong with the Sword of Orion in the same way he's trying to figure out his father's transgression.
- Get Out!:Rebecca: Dan, do you see that I have work to do?Dan: I see that you have work to do but I'm not entirely convinced that you know what it is.Rebecca: Get out.
- Hypocritical Humor:Natalie: You wanna know how good I am? I'm not even gonna ask why you didn't call.Jeremy: Thank you, 'cause what I really gotta do right now is get a hold of-Natalie: Why the hell didn't you call?
- Title Drop: The Sword of Orion is the name of a yacht that steered off course into a storm ten years earlier during the Governor's Cup. Jeremy wants to do a piece on it.
