Object

Tal Cregg's Picture of C.J. and President Bartlet

Tal Cregg displays this picture of his daughter C.J. alongside President Bartlet in his cluttered kitchen, positioned near wine bottles amid music and family chatter. It captures their shared professional bond, drawing eyes during curfew jokes and confusion slips, anchoring C.J.'s White House world against her father's unraveling routine.

2 appearances

Significance

Serves as a sentimental reminder of C.J.'s professional life with President Bartlet, contrasting sharply with the personal crisis of her father's cognitive decline and family fractures.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E13 · The Long Goodbye

Rituals of Denial

A photo of C.J. with President Bartlet sits on the counter beside the Marsala bottle; Tal points to it approvingly, using the image to connect to C.J.'s professional life and to express fatherly pride.

Before: On the kitchen counter next to the wine bottle.

After: Remains on the counter, a static reminder of C.J.'s public identity amid private crisis.

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S4E13 · The Long Goodbye

Zabaglione and the Long Goodbye

A photograph of C.J. with President Bartlet sits near the wine; Tal points to it and praises C.J.'s 'man,' tying her public life symbolically into the intimacy of the kitchen.

Before: On a kitchen counter near the bottle of wine.

After: Remains in place; functions as a stabilizing symbol that contrasts with the scene's unraveling.

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