"The West Wing"
The Long Goodbye (2003)

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:

Government Agent | Urban | Vice President | Marriage | War Room

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:

Was shot on location because a small fire had burned parts of the set.

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:

Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: [on the phone] No, I didn't mean that you have no social skills, Toby... I'm sorry if you think I was being insensitive to your... I think you're very... you're a very pretty girl, Toby.

Movie Connections:

References The Long Goodbye (1973)

Soundtrack:

Kind of Blue