Episode synopsis
S2 EP19: Teach Me Tonight – Rory tutors Jess, who takes her on a date. 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
Scott Patterson…Luke Danes
Milo Ventimiglia…Jess Mariano
Liz Torres…Miss Patty
Michael Winters…Taylor Doose
Sally Struthers…Babette Dell
Sean Gunn…Kirk Gleason
Best Worst character
Once again and surprising even myself, I’m calling out Lorelai for being a terrible person. I get that Rory was hurt but going to Luke’s and shouting the place down, while also ignoring his frantic questions as to whether they are both ok was horrific. She’s so blindsided by her hatred of Jess that she doesn’t even think about how the thought of him being hurt would make Luke feel.
Favourite scenes
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Best quotes and one liners
LORELAI: I hate crossword puzzles. They make me feel stupid.
RORY: Then don’t do them.
LORELAI: Well, but if you don’t do them, you’re not only stupid, you’re also a coward.
RORY: Or you have better things to do with your time.
LORELAI: You think people will buy that?
RORY: The people who line up on a daily basis and ask you if you do crossword puzzles and then, when you say no, challenge you as to why? Yes, I think they will buy it.
LUKE: I went to see your principal today.
JESS: Huh.
LUKE: He says you’re flunking out. He says you’re not showing up for class. He says you stole their baseballs. You stole their baseballs? Why would you do that? What could you possibly need five hundred baseballs for?
JESS: Can we talk about this later?
LUKE: Why, you got a big Frisbee heist going down at six? Jess, Mr. Mertin said if you don’t start doing better, they’re not gonna let you be a senior.
JESS: Bummer.
LUKE: They’re gonna hold you back.
JESS: Well, at least I’ll know where my classes are.
LORELAI: Well, you probably have a diner full of people who would love these brownies plus, I bet they’d pay you for them.
LUKE: Well, I accidentally dropped triple the amount of cocoa powder in the batter so I either had to dump the batch or find someone with some sort of superhuman chocolate tolerance only one name came to mind.
LORELAI: God, I love being special.
KIRK: Ah, Lorelai, good. I need one minute of your time.
LORELAI: I’ll give you two because you scare me.
LORELAI: What do you need from me, Kirk?
KIRK: I’ve made a short film that I’ve been working on for about five years now and if I rush, I can have done my Thursday night. I’m very proud of it, and I was wondering if you would consider screening it before the movie tomorrow. It would mean a great deal to my career.
LORELAI: Well, uh, what kind of movie is it?
KIRK: Oh, you mean is it blue? No, perfectly PG.
LORELAI: Uh huh.
KIRK: It’s not exactly Babe, it’s more like Babe 2.
LORELAI: Got it.
KIRK: Same pig, harder edge.
RORY: Mom, you don’t have to sleep in here tonight.
LORELAI: I know, I just think the chair looks nice here.
RORY: And what’s the blanket for?
LORELAI: In case the chair gets cold. RORY: And the pillow?
LORELAI: To keep the blanket company.
RORY: Sarcasm does not become you.
LANE: Maybe not, but it does sustain me.
Final thoughts and fun facts
The fact that Rory has to lie to Dean about who she’s with is a major red flag. You shouldn’t have to lie to your boyfriend so he doesn’t get mad at you. Toxic.
In a conversation with Lorelai, Kirk mentions installing DSL lines as one of his odd jobs. The writer is making fun of the fact that when Sean Gunn appeared for the first time in The Lorelais’ First Day at Chilton (2000) (S1E2), he portrayed a DSL installer named Mick. Later on he became a regular guest and the name of his character became Kirk in Cinnamon’s Wake (2000) (S1E5).
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