The Long Goodbye

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In a special episode guest written by playwright Jon Robin Baitz, C.J. (Allison Janney) reluctantly returns to Dayton, Ohio, to speak at her 20th high school class reunion but her return home includes an impromptu encounter with a rich and handsome classmate (Matthew Modine) -- and a sobering understanding that her intellectual father (Donald Moffat) is suddenly and quickly deteriorating from Alzheimer's Disease.

While C.J. is confronted with a kaleidoscope of emotions, she can't help but check in on Toby (Richard Schiff) who struggles to fill in for her during news briefings.

Contents 1 Cast 1.1 Starring 1.2 Special Guest Stars 1.3 Guest Starring 1.4 Co-Starring 2 Notes 3 Quotes

[edit] Cast

[edit] Starring

• Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
• Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
• Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman

[edit] Special Guest Stars

• Donald Moffat as Talmidge Cregg
• Matthew Modine as Marco Arlens

[edit] Guest Starring

• Verna Bloom as Molly Lapham Cregg
• Betsy Aidem as Libby
• Terry Beaver as Dr. Lee Voight

[edit] Co-Starring

• Elijah Roberts as Harry
• Randolph Brooks as Arthur Leeds
• Kris Murphy as Katie Witt
• Mindy Seeger as Chris
• Timothy Davis-Reed as Mark O'Donnell
• Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick

[edit] Notes

• This episode features the fewest members of the main cast to appear in an episode, at three.
• Continuity error: when her father suggests they go fishing, CJ says "It's February," but this episode takes place before Bartlet's second inauguration (which should be on January 20th).

[edit] Quotes

"'We sail,' said Pascal, 'in a vast sphere,' Claudia Jean, 'ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.' I'd much rather see you on TV, darling, than sitting opposite me watching the demolition derby going on in my brain."- Tal Cregg