u/Bhanumayi

In the opening scene before the music swells, we are reminded that John Hoynes has resigned, and they are scrambling to find a new vice president Josh asks Charlie what do you think of this choice and the camera pans to a photo of Leo. Am I the only person that missed this foreshadowing? And if it had nothing to do with what was going to happen later on with completely different writers, why was this never followed up with during the course of Sorkins time?