C.J.'s Cab from Terminal A

C.J. hails this cab in the rain outside Terminal A at night after the shuttle arrives. Toby, Marco Arlens, Mr. Cregg, and Ms. Lapham stand nearby as she flags it down for transport. The vehicle whisks her away from the terminal's bustle and her colleagues' orbit, delivering her to her father's house amid pouring rain and mounting personal strain.

3 appearances

Purpose

Transport C.J. from Terminal A to her father's house

Significance

Shifts C.J. from interrupted White House business with Toby and an old friend into the intimate confrontation with her father's decline, highlighting her divided loyalties between duty and family.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S4E13 · The Long Goodbye

Old Friend, Avoided Burden

The cab is C.J.'s immediate means of escape to the reunion; she hails it and then uses it to leave the airport, physically moving from public terminal limbo into the private territory of the family crisis she is avoiding.

Before: Idling curbside, available for hire at the terminal.

After: Occupied by C.J. as she gets in and departs toward her father's home/reunion.

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S4E13 · The Long Goodbye

Old Punk Flames — Safety in Numbers

C.J. hails a cab to leave the terminal—it's her chosen means of transit and a literal retreat from the temporary refuge Marco offers. The cab accommodates her travel and the movement from public liminality toward the intimate domestic scene she dreads.

Before: Idling at the curb available to pick up passengers.

After: C.J. enters the cab and departs the terminal; it becomes her immediate conveyance to the reunion location.

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S4E13 · The Long Goodbye

Zabaglione and the Long Goodbye

The cab functions as the arrival cue that delivers C.J. into the private sphere. It brackets C.J.'s transition from her public role to the intimate, troubled domestic space she must now enter.

Before: Parked at curb, dropping C.J. at Terminal A earlier; drove her to the house and then pulled away.

After: Has left; no longer present in the scene.

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