When the private jet carrying the two brothers taxis, the tail number shown on the right side of the plane is N686CP. When the brothers deplane, the tail number on the left side of the plane is N327ZZ.
When speaking to the kidnapped boys parents, Elizabeth tells them she has 2 teenagers herself, when later in the series it is revealed in fact, she has three.
In the Washington Monument sunset shot, mountains and a tall broadcast antenna are visible in the background. There are no such mountains or antenna near Washington, DC.
Elizabeth McCord tells her husband that she's "going into Washington this evening," which implies Washington is relatively close. In fact, Washington is 2.5 hours away from Charlottesville, where she is a professor at the University of Virginia. It's doubtful she would drive five hours roundtrip to have dinner and refer to the trip so casually.
If she lives an hour away from the university and had dinner an hour away from DC, the drive is much shorter.
If she lives an hour away from the university and had dinner an hour away from DC, the drive is much shorter.
When Sec. McCord goes for a walk after her image makeover, ostensibly near the State Department, she is crossing the street at 15th Street & New York Avenue, NW in Washington, DC, located one block from the White House and in front of the Department of Treasury. The State Department is a twenty minute walk away at 22nd & C Streets, NW.
Toward the end, when Elizabeth is called into Jackson's office, she says she "circumnavigated" his authority, when she meant "circumvented".