"The West Wing" The Long Goodbye (2003)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Alex Graves

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator) and
Jon Robin Baitz (writer)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

15 January 2003 (Season 4, Episode 13)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

C.J. takes a short trip to her home in Dayton to check on her father, who is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease...

Plot Keywords:

President | Political | Secretary | White House | First Lady

Cast

Stockard Channing	...	Abbey Bartlet (credit only)
Dulé Hill	...	Charlie Young (credit only)
Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg
Rob Lowe	...	Sam Seaborn (credit only)
Joshua Malina	...	Will Bailey (credit only)
Janel Moloney	...	Donna Moss (credit only)
Richard Schiff	...	Toby Ziegler
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry (credit only)
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet (credit only)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Betsy Aidem	...	Libby Lapham
Terry Beaver	...	Lee Voight (as Terry L.. Beaver)
Verna Bloom	...	Molly Lapham
Randy Brooks	...	Arthur Leeds (as Randolph Brooks)
Timothy Davis-Reed	...	Mark O'Donnell
Melissa Fitzgerald	...	Carol Fitzpatrick
Matthew Modine	...	Marco Arlens
Donald Moffat	...	Talmidge Cregg
Kris Murphy	...	Katie Witt
Elijah Roberts	...	Libby's Son Harry
Mindy Seeger	...	Chris

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Hinsdale, Illinois, USA

Trivia:

Allison Janney's character of C.J. Cregg returns to her hometown of Dayton, Ohio for her high school reunion. Janney's real-life hometown is Dayton, but in the episode, her character is stated as attending West Dayton High School. There is no West Dayton High School in Dayton, and the episode itself was actually filmed in Chicago. The producers originally wanted to shoot the episode in Dayton but found it more cost-effective to shoot in Chicago.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: In the season 4 episode "The Long Goodbye", supposedly set in Dayton, Ohio, C.J.'s high school reunion is held at "Horvath's Good Food", which is located just west of Chicago, Illinois.

Quotes:

Talmidge Cregg: [about Toby] That man lacks grace and charm.

Movie Connections:

References The Long Goodbye (1973)

Soundtrack:

Kind of Blue