Episode synopsis
S2 EP18: Back in the Saddle Again – At Luke’s request, Rory tutors Jess who is close to failing. Lorelai takes over the movie selection for the town square movie night.
Cast
Lauren Graham…Lorelai Gilmore
Alexis Bledel…Rory Gilmore
Melissa McCarthy…Sookie St. James
Keiko Agena…Lane Kim
Yanic Truesdale…Michel Gerard
Scott Patterson…Luke Danes
Liza Weil…Paris Geller
Jared Padalecki…Dean Forester
Kelly Bishop…Emily Gilmore
Edward Herrmann…Richard Gilmore
Dakin Matthews…Hanlin Charleston
Shelly Cole…Madeline Lynn
Teal Redmann…Louise Grant
Best character
Oh how I’ve missed Lane. It feels like she’s been in like two episodes this season and I want more of her before they ruin her character. Well, they don’t ruin her character, but they do ruin her life. Poor Lane.
Special mention to Michel and his mom, I love them.
Favourite scene
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Best quotes and one liners
RORY: Right. We’re supposed to get a parent who’s in business to advise us. Anyone score?
CHIP: My dad’s got scheduling conflicts up the wazoo.
RORY: No for Chip.
PARIS: My dad’s in Hong Kong for the month but he can video-conference in if need be.
RORY: No for Paris.
MADELINE: My dad’s travelling.
LOUISE: My dad’s in court for the next six weeks.
RORY: Lawyer?
LOUISE: Defendant.
RORY: We won’t pry.
LOUISE: I have no idea what he’s up on anyway.
RORY: And no one’s mom works?
MADELINE: Working moms are so nineties.
BRAD: My mom works. She’s a curator at the Hartford Natural Museum.
PARIS: We need experienced business advisors, Brad not someone who poses animal carcasses.
MADELINE: What about your mom?
RORY: My mom?
PARIS: Yeah, that’s right. She runs a hotel.
RORY: It’s just an inn, a small inn.
MADELINE: It’s still a business.
CHIP: She must keep books and stuff, right?
RORY: Yeah, but they’re really small books.
PARIS: Look, it’s not perfect but it’s a better option than Brad’s mom, the buffalo stuffer.
PARIS: Because I know one thing about the modern teenager.
RICHARD: And what is that?
PARIS: That you can get them to buy anything as long as it comes in a leopard print.
MICHEL: Coffee, coffee, coffee.
GISELLE: Oh, mm, mm. This is horrible.
MICHEL: You will drink it and you will like it.
GISELLE: You are a curse.
MICHEL: Let’s go shop.
GISELLE: Oh yes, let’s go buy something completely useless and pay way too much money for it.
MICHEL: I love it.
Final thoughts and fun facts
When Lorelai tells Rory that on the day she told her parents she was pregnant that Richard was “24 feet tall” but in another episode she stated that when she told her parents that she was pregnant “it was the only time she saw them look small”. Classic Gilmore Girls continuity error.
In the scene in Rory’s grandparents’ house with the school project group, while Paris is walking around the table speaking, Brad asks, “She doesn’t have a baseball bat in her hands, does she?” This is a reference to the film The Untouchables wherein Al Capone beats one of his employees to death with a baseball bat at a conference table.
When Richard says he’s thinking about going back to work and possibly even teaching, Emily says “Are you serious?” to which Richard replies, “As a heart attack.” In season 7, episode 12, when Richard is teaching a class, he suffers a heart attack.
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