Episode synopsis
S2 EP22: I Can’t Get Started – It’s Sookie’s wedding day and Jackson is wearing a kilt. Jess and Rory happen to see each other before the wedding, which Rory and Lorelai are part of. Chris has to leave because his girlfriend calls with some news.
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
Milo Ventimiglia…Jess Mariano
Kelly Bishop…Emily Gilmore
Edward Herrmann…Richard Gilmore
Liz Torres…Miss Patty
Jackson Douglas…Jackson Belleville
Sally Struthers…Babette Dell
Sean Gunn…Kirk Gleason
Shelly Cole…Madeline Lynn
Teal Redmann…Louise Grant
Ted Rooney…Morey Dell
Best character
Any episode that has multiple scenes with Michel in, instantly makes him the best character of the episode. He has some of the best one-liners and I adore his dry humour.
Favourite scenes
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Best quotes and one liners
MICHEL: Okay, I have a wonderful suggestion.
LORELAI: Great, let’s hear it.
MICHEL: Okay, here we go. How about I leave?
LORELAI: And then do what?
MICHEL: That’s it. I leave and I don’t have to listen to this insanity anymore. What do you think, huh? Because I love it.
LORELAI: Michel, how’s the RSVP list coming?
MICHEL: Well, I must say this has been especially challenging for me. I mean, when you are talking about a wedding with up to forty people all living within a five mile radius, how can one person be expected to keep track of all of that?
LORELAI: Just an answer will do.
MICHEL: I mean, it got a little hairy there for a moment I almost had to use a second sheet of paper, you know.
LORELAI: You know, I’m not gonna let you annoy me out of making you handle this.
MICHEL: Oh, we’ll see.
LORELAI: Huh. You know what I just realized? Oy is the funniest word in the entire world.
RORY: Huh.
LORELAI: I mean, think about it. You never hear the word oy and not smile. Impossible. Funny, funny word.
EMILY: Oh, dear God.
LORELAI: Poodle is another funny word.
EMILY: Please drink your drink, Lorelai.
LORELAI: In fact, if you put oy and poodle together in the same sentence, you’d have a great new catch phrase, you know? Like, oy with the poodles already. So from now on, when the perfect circumstances arise, we will use our favorite new catch phrase.
RORY: Oy with the poodles already.
LORELAI: Okay, I did it, I’m in.
RORY: Good girl.
LORELAI: It wasn’t so bad. Took awhile, but not so bad. Wait, why are you eating?
RORY: You took thirty minutes to come in.
LORELAI: But I’m here now and hey, I’m like cheese.
DEAN: What?
RORY: She gets better with time.
PARIS: Everyone. Everyone in the whole school hates me. Oh, yeah, they think I’m the best for the job, but they don’t want to go to the mall with me so they won’t vote for me and that means I’m going to lose.
RORY: Well, how is my running with you gonna change anything?
PARIS: Because people think you’re nice. You’re quiet, you say excuse me, you look like little birds help you get dressed in the morning. People don’t fear you.
RORY: Hey, I haven’t been dressed by a bird since I was two.
RORY: Fourth rung of hell, party of one.
LORELAI: Well, at least my feet won’t get cold.
KIRK: Luke, I’ve only got ten minutes. How quickly can you make me a ham on rye?
LUKE: I’ve never clocked it, Kirk.
KIRK: Well, you think it could be fast?
LUKE: Yes, Kirk. Of all the sandwiches, I do believe the ham on rye is one of the faster ones to assemble.
Final thoughts and fun facts
And just like that, we’ve made it to the end of another Gilmore Girls season. I won’t lie, it was a bit of a struggle to get this finished, but that’s no reflection on the season, it’s one of my favourites.
The Chuppah that Luke made for Lorelai and Max’s wedding was used for Sookie and Jackson’s ceremony at the Independence Inn.
Lorelai and Rory both wear blue bridesmaid dresses to Sookie’s wedding. In Double Date (2001) Lorelai is commenting on Sookie and Jackson’s failed first date to Luke and jokes that she thinks she will wear blue to the wedding.
I forgot this was the episode when Lorelai and Christopher get together, again, ew. He isn’t the worst character but they bring out the worst in each other. Also, I feel like they rushed it too much to make people actually care. He’s with Sherry for about four episodes and then suddenly they aren’t together anymore. Don’t worry though they’re having a baby, clearly meant to be.
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