Gilmore Girls – S1E6 – Rory’s Birthday Parties
Happy Birthday Rory! Fun fact- she shares my dad’s birthday, so that’s kind of cool. Moving into the actual review portion of this post, I have to say I highly enjoy this episode. There is so much relationship exploration going on, and as that is usually my favorite part of a show, its prominence obviously earns the episode a lot of brownie points in my eyes.
We begin with another Friday night dinner, where Emily serves pudding. I really like the idea of the pudding as this little gesture of amicability from Emily to Lorelai and Rory. The fact that Lorelai gets so excited about the pudding also shows that, when it comes to her relationship with her mother, she’s not expecting any grand change in Emily’s opinions or attitudes about her or her life. All she really wants is some sign that Emily can accept and respect the fact that Lorelai is her own person and has her own opinions and ideas about how she should live her life. Unfortunately, the pudding promise is short lived, as Emily and Lorelai, and Emily and Rory, end up at odds over Rory’s refusal to make a speech at the party Emily throws her. While it is true that she is defending Rory, who is obviously upset, I think the breakdown of the pudding promise, and therefore the dissolution of that momentary sign of acceptance, also plays a big role in why Lorelai gets so upset about her mother’s refusal to attend the Stars Hollow party. It is the fact that sixteen years later, Emily will still shut out Lorelai, and now Rory, if they ever stray from her rose colored view of who they should be. Fortunately, something in Emily’s conscience convinces her to attend Rory’s Stars Hollow party. While there she gets a bit of an wake up call as to how this “anti-pudding” attitude has really affected her relationship with her daughter and granddaughter. It’s kind of sad that her relationship with Lorelai is so strained that she never heard about her breaking her leg, and she basically has to hear about Rory’s childhood through the stories of the Stars Hollow townies. The moment when Emily tells tells Richard that she doesn’t know her daughter at all is kind of heartbreaking, but honestly, some of the blame for that lies on Emily's shoulders. I’m not saying Lorelai has no blame for their relationship problems, but I think Emily has a tendency to plead no fault, and argue that Lorelai is the one who doesn’t want her in her life, which is not entirely true. Again, rose colored glasses. Emily tends to have a very idealistic view of her own life.
Partially thanks to the pudding situation, Emily and Lorelai do go out shopping for Rory and actually enjoy one another’s company. Of course, because of this fact, Rory declines telling Lorelai about Emily’s party plans for fear of upsetting the peace. While I think it is noble of her to want peace amongst her family, I’m not sure if hiding the information from Lorelai is a good thing or not. I feel like there is a certain element of maturity in taking one for the team, so to speak, and not creating unnecessary drama, but there’s also this element of Rory being too much of a martyr, and unnecessarily throwing herself under the bus. I mean, it is her birthday after all. I think she has a right to have an opinion about what is happening. She could have at least said something to Emily, even if she didn’t want to involve Lorelai. For the record, when I say "say something," I mean prior to the party instead of lashing out in front of everyone. Honestly though, I get her frustration, and knowing myself, I’d probably have taken the grin and bear it route as well.
Since I mentioned the fight that Lorelai and Emily have at the Hartford party, let’s actually talk about the Hartford party. Emily….you push too hard. First, let’s mention the way she takes Rory’s birthday falling on a Friday as this feather in her cap. It's as if she thinks she holds this great opportunity that will allow her to force Lorelai and Rory to celebrate Rory’s birthday the way she wants too. It just feels so selfish, especially considering how obvious it is that this is not what Rory wants. The pettiness factor is high, and Lorelai is right to call Emily out on her use of the Friday dinners as blackmail. I just feel angry thinking about it. On top of all of this, Emily invites all of Rory’s classmates to the house for her “fancy” party. Wow. That takes balls to just assume that Rory was friends with all of her classmates, and that she would actually want them at the party. For Rory to have to find out about it from Tristan I think just made the situation all the more upsetting. The invitations do reveal Rory’s middle name, which is Leigh, so that was a nice character gesture, but the circumstances kind of suck. Yes I did intentionally use the word which has lost all meaning to Rory. Anyway, I guess not everything at the party was horrible. Richard’s friends giving Rory envelopes of money? That’s not such a bad thing. I wish I had a relative with lots of rich friends. Plus, Richard himself offers multiple contributions to Rory’s fund for Fez. He is so sweet when it comes to her. Like a big teddy bear. Really though, that was the shining moment. Emily discovers that Rory is not any more inclined than Lorelai to be manipulated after Rory blows up at her about the request to give a speech. She had it coming, but of course, as per usual, Emily handles it less than gracefully. The very fact that she says she was embarrassed in front of “her friends” proves to me that the party was a selfish act. Hello. I thought the party was supposed to be for Rory, Emily. Why are “your friends” at “her party”?
Despite the negative circumstances in which it is brought about, it was interesting to get some further insight into Lorelai’s childhood with the first appearance of her old bedroom. We get to hear more about what it was like for her to have to tell her parents she was pregnant, and about the glass covered dollhouse. The most telling thing though is the way in which the room does not in any way look like it reflects Lorelai at all, despite the fact that Emily supposedly has left it the way it was before Lorelai left home. That brings me to the one thing that really turns me off about Emily’s character. That constant need to have control over every aspect of everyone’s life, including the way a bedroom is decorated. It’s too much. You have to give people some space to breathe and express themselves. I swear, I don’t enjoy hating on Emily in these reviews, but her character is just so frustrating to me sometimes, so in situations like this, I can’t help it.
The Stars Hollow party is the best part of the episode, second only to a scene which I will bring up later. This is what a birthday party is supposed to look like. A room full of people who genuinely care about Rory, and whom she wants to be around. Even Michel shows up and puts a party hat on. Plus it’s light hearted and fun, with amazing food made by Sookie instead of being stuffy and proper with food Rory doesn’t even recognize. I love the insinuation that Lorelai is known for these great birthday blowouts, and that Rory’s 8th birthday party was shut down by the cops. Only Lorelai could pull off a feat like that. Luke’s reaction to this knowledge was priceless. Speaking of Luke, I just generally loved him in this episode. This is one of the first episodes that I feel really solidifies what type of relationship he has with Lorelai and Rory. Luke shows off his soft side by blowing up balloons and making coffee cake for Rory. It is such a sweet gesture and really indicative of the father figure role he plays in her life throughout the series. Later, Luke asks Lorelai to marry him, jokingly of course, but as a team Lorelai and Luke fan, I always have to smile at the underlying attraction behind the question. Then Lorelai gives him a big hug for coming to the party bearing bags of ice. A subtle hint as to how he’s always there for her with whatever she needs. You know the attraction is obvious when even Emily can tell that they have a thing for one another. He may still be a side character, but it is clear that he is a very important person in Lorelai and Rory’s lives.
Dean and Rory, having officially decided that they both like one another, have some very sweet moments in this episode. I love when Dean comes in, sees the balloons, and mouths “Happy Birthday” to Rory as he walks out. So cute. The bracelet he makes her is adorable. I’d take a handmade leather bracelet over gold jewelry any day. Of course, Lorelai finds out about Dean when she spots them through the window, so there’s some intrigue for future episodes. I can’t tell if the look on her face is shock or terror or a combination of the two. I’m guessing it’s elements of both. We’ll see how this newfound knowledge of hers plays out.
So, I said there was a scene better than the Stars Hollow party that I wanted to bring up, and here it is. I have discussed many a scene in this review in great detail, but by far, the best scene of the episode, and one of my favorite scenes of the series, is Lorelai crawling into bed with Rory at 4:03 A.M. to recount the night she was born. You can tell that it’s a tradition, and that Rory knows the story by heart, and it’s just such a sweet mother/daughter moment. It may be a short scene, but it is just so telling of their relationship, and I love it. Classic Gilmore Girls moment right there.
As usual, there were a couple of smaller moments in the episode that I enjoyed. Jackson and Sookie bonding over the rasquat is both funny and adorable. Paris actually says something nice to Rory, when she tells her the party was nice. It’s definitely a change from her usual attitude. There was also the post it note conversation at dinner, which, even though it was a tad morbid, it was practical I guess. With it we saw evidence of Richard’s dry humor in response to being told he and Emily were creepy. I thoroughly enjoy the insinuation that Lorelai is too competitive for yoga. It’s such a Lorelai thing to do, breaking your leg trying to show up a stranger by doing a better headstand. Just typing that cracks me up. The one other thing from this episode that I now find amusing, even though it has practically no significance to anything other than my love of connections between television shows, is Rory’s new blue iBook. The reason I find this amusing, and feel free to call me insane, is because on Parenthood, Amber also has a blue iBook, seen in that one season three episode where she teaches Max how to apologize to Jabbar…in case anyone was curious. This means that both of Lauren Graham’s TV daughters own blue iBooks. Like I said, it’s slightly ridiculous that I even find this fact worth mentioning, as it has no relevance to anything at all. However, I enjoy drawing connections between my shows, regardless of how insignificant said connections are, so there it is. Maybe someone else out there will also appreciate this small tidbit.
Anyway, in general, this is a really great episode, and one I enjoy rewatching. While it does have its frustrating story moments, the exploration of the relationships between our three Gilmore girls results in a very relatable episode. So far, I’m loving my rewatch journey, and I’m looking forward to the next episode. Hopefully those of you out there reading these reviews are also enjoying my plethora of thoughts on this show. Seriously, leave me comments. I love hearing what other people have to say about Gilmore Girls.
Best Moments:
-Lorelai crawling into bed with Rory at 4:03 AM to recount the night she was born
-Luke makes cake and blows up balloons for Rory’s birthday
-Dean mouthing “Happy Birthday” to Rory as he’s leaving the diner
-Stars Hollow party
Best Quotes:
Lorelai: Why don't I ever bring a tape recorder to these dinners?
Emily: So look around and when you see something you like stick a post-it on it.
Lorelai: OK, you two have officially hit a new level of weird that even I marvel at.
Emily: You can pick out things too, you know.
Lorelai: Oh, well now it's way less creepy.
Emily: Did you hear that Richard? Apparently we're creepy.
Richard: Yes, well, live and learn.
Lorelai: So what do we think of this?
Rory: Where would we put it?
Lorelai: I don't know. The Emily and Richard Gilmore Psycho Museum?
Rory: This is the strangest evening I've ever spent here.
Emily: Should I sit down?
Lorelai: Yeah, but not there, OK? We've got a post-it on that. We'd like to keep it nice.
Emily: It must be very exhausting to be you.
Lorelai: Now, the Pope has previous plans, but he's trying to get out of them. However, Elvis and Jim Morrison are coming and they're bringing chips.
Rory: You ask a simple question...
Emily: You are so combative today.
Lorelai: Hatwear does that to me.
Luke: She's not here yet.
Lorelai: All right. Well, you'll have to entertain me until she arrives. Okay, Burger Boy, dance.
Luke: Will you marry me?
Lorelai: What?
Luke: Just looking for something to shut you up.
Rory: Mom's famous for her blowouts.
Lorelai: The best one was her eighth birthday.
Rory: Oh, yeah, that was good.
Lorelai: The cops shut us down.
Luke: The cops shut down an eight year old's birthday party?
Rory: And arrested the clown.
Lorelai: So you know what I think?
Rory: What?
Lorelai: I think you're a great, cool kid, and the best friend a girl could have.
Rory: Right back at ya.
Luke: Hey, wrong table.
Rory: Since when is there a right table?
Luke: Since the coffee cake I baked for you and the stupid balloons I blew up are at that table, over there.
Rory: You blew up balloons for me?
Luke: Yep.
Rory: Oh, Luke, you old softie.
Luke: I count to three, it's gone.
Rory: Thank you.
Rory: I'll be back in plenty of time to help you decorate.
Lorelai: No, this is your party. You do not work. You lounge and mock those who are. Have I taught you nothing?
Rory: Sorry. I'll try to be better.
Lorelai: I would like to propose a toast to the one thing in my life that is always good, always sweet, and without whom I would have no reason to get up in the morning. My pal Rory.
Lorelai: I made that.
Emily: Really?
Lorelai: From Rory's old baby clothes.
Emily: How nice. Hope you washed them first.
Lorelai: Oh, rats. I knew I forgot something.
Emily: You broke your leg?
Lorelai: Yeah, three years ago during a yoga class. The headstand portion took a very ugly turn. The good thing was I brought the smug, blonde, pretzel chick down with me. I've since learned that I'm a bit too competitive for yoga.
Emily: You know, you could get a maid in here once a week to at least tidy the place up.
Lorelai: I like it cluttered.
Emily: You can't even find the bed.
Lorelai: Yes I can. It's the thing that I crash into on the way to the closet.
References:
Henny Youngman
Like a Virgin
Barbara Streisand
Pope
Elvis
Jim Morrison
Vulcan death grip
The Fly
I Love Lucy
Justin Timberlake/Britney Spears
Queen of England
Mont Blanc
Barbara Hutton
Farrah Fawcett
Cinderella
Denny’s
The Waltons
Edith Wharton
Shirley Temple
Good Ship Lollypop
Freaky Friday
Holiday Inn
McDonald’s
Episode Total: 23
Happy Birthday Rory! Fun fact- she shares my dad’s birthday, so that’s kind of cool. Moving into the actual review portion of this post, I have to say I highly enjoy this episode. There is so much relationship exploration going on, and as that is usually my favorite part of a show, its prominence obviously earns the episode a lot of brownie points in my eyes.
We begin with another Friday night dinner, where Emily serves pudding. I really like the idea of the pudding as this little gesture of amicability from Emily to Lorelai and Rory. The fact that Lorelai gets so excited about the pudding also shows that, when it comes to her relationship with her mother, she’s not expecting any grand change in Emily’s opinions or attitudes about her or her life. All she really wants is some sign that Emily can accept and respect the fact that Lorelai is her own person and has her own opinions and ideas about how she should live her life. Unfortunately, the pudding promise is short lived, as Emily and Lorelai, and Emily and Rory, end up at odds over Rory’s refusal to make a speech at the party Emily throws her. While it is true that she is defending Rory, who is obviously upset, I think the breakdown of the pudding promise, and therefore the dissolution of that momentary sign of acceptance, also plays a big role in why Lorelai gets so upset about her mother’s refusal to attend the Stars Hollow party. It is the fact that sixteen years later, Emily will still shut out Lorelai, and now Rory, if they ever stray from her rose colored view of who they should be. Fortunately, something in Emily’s conscience convinces her to attend Rory’s Stars Hollow party. While there she gets a bit of an wake up call as to how this “anti-pudding” attitude has really affected her relationship with her daughter and granddaughter. It’s kind of sad that her relationship with Lorelai is so strained that she never heard about her breaking her leg, and she basically has to hear about Rory’s childhood through the stories of the Stars Hollow townies. The moment when Emily tells tells Richard that she doesn’t know her daughter at all is kind of heartbreaking, but honestly, some of the blame for that lies on Emily's shoulders. I’m not saying Lorelai has no blame for their relationship problems, but I think Emily has a tendency to plead no fault, and argue that Lorelai is the one who doesn’t want her in her life, which is not entirely true. Again, rose colored glasses. Emily tends to have a very idealistic view of her own life.
Partially thanks to the pudding situation, Emily and Lorelai do go out shopping for Rory and actually enjoy one another’s company. Of course, because of this fact, Rory declines telling Lorelai about Emily’s party plans for fear of upsetting the peace. While I think it is noble of her to want peace amongst her family, I’m not sure if hiding the information from Lorelai is a good thing or not. I feel like there is a certain element of maturity in taking one for the team, so to speak, and not creating unnecessary drama, but there’s also this element of Rory being too much of a martyr, and unnecessarily throwing herself under the bus. I mean, it is her birthday after all. I think she has a right to have an opinion about what is happening. She could have at least said something to Emily, even if she didn’t want to involve Lorelai. For the record, when I say "say something," I mean prior to the party instead of lashing out in front of everyone. Honestly though, I get her frustration, and knowing myself, I’d probably have taken the grin and bear it route as well.
Since I mentioned the fight that Lorelai and Emily have at the Hartford party, let’s actually talk about the Hartford party. Emily….you push too hard. First, let’s mention the way she takes Rory’s birthday falling on a Friday as this feather in her cap. It's as if she thinks she holds this great opportunity that will allow her to force Lorelai and Rory to celebrate Rory’s birthday the way she wants too. It just feels so selfish, especially considering how obvious it is that this is not what Rory wants. The pettiness factor is high, and Lorelai is right to call Emily out on her use of the Friday dinners as blackmail. I just feel angry thinking about it. On top of all of this, Emily invites all of Rory’s classmates to the house for her “fancy” party. Wow. That takes balls to just assume that Rory was friends with all of her classmates, and that she would actually want them at the party. For Rory to have to find out about it from Tristan I think just made the situation all the more upsetting. The invitations do reveal Rory’s middle name, which is Leigh, so that was a nice character gesture, but the circumstances kind of suck. Yes I did intentionally use the word which has lost all meaning to Rory. Anyway, I guess not everything at the party was horrible. Richard’s friends giving Rory envelopes of money? That’s not such a bad thing. I wish I had a relative with lots of rich friends. Plus, Richard himself offers multiple contributions to Rory’s fund for Fez. He is so sweet when it comes to her. Like a big teddy bear. Really though, that was the shining moment. Emily discovers that Rory is not any more inclined than Lorelai to be manipulated after Rory blows up at her about the request to give a speech. She had it coming, but of course, as per usual, Emily handles it less than gracefully. The very fact that she says she was embarrassed in front of “her friends” proves to me that the party was a selfish act. Hello. I thought the party was supposed to be for Rory, Emily. Why are “your friends” at “her party”?
Despite the negative circumstances in which it is brought about, it was interesting to get some further insight into Lorelai’s childhood with the first appearance of her old bedroom. We get to hear more about what it was like for her to have to tell her parents she was pregnant, and about the glass covered dollhouse. The most telling thing though is the way in which the room does not in any way look like it reflects Lorelai at all, despite the fact that Emily supposedly has left it the way it was before Lorelai left home. That brings me to the one thing that really turns me off about Emily’s character. That constant need to have control over every aspect of everyone’s life, including the way a bedroom is decorated. It’s too much. You have to give people some space to breathe and express themselves. I swear, I don’t enjoy hating on Emily in these reviews, but her character is just so frustrating to me sometimes, so in situations like this, I can’t help it.
The Stars Hollow party is the best part of the episode, second only to a scene which I will bring up later. This is what a birthday party is supposed to look like. A room full of people who genuinely care about Rory, and whom she wants to be around. Even Michel shows up and puts a party hat on. Plus it’s light hearted and fun, with amazing food made by Sookie instead of being stuffy and proper with food Rory doesn’t even recognize. I love the insinuation that Lorelai is known for these great birthday blowouts, and that Rory’s 8th birthday party was shut down by the cops. Only Lorelai could pull off a feat like that. Luke’s reaction to this knowledge was priceless. Speaking of Luke, I just generally loved him in this episode. This is one of the first episodes that I feel really solidifies what type of relationship he has with Lorelai and Rory. Luke shows off his soft side by blowing up balloons and making coffee cake for Rory. It is such a sweet gesture and really indicative of the father figure role he plays in her life throughout the series. Later, Luke asks Lorelai to marry him, jokingly of course, but as a team Lorelai and Luke fan, I always have to smile at the underlying attraction behind the question. Then Lorelai gives him a big hug for coming to the party bearing bags of ice. A subtle hint as to how he’s always there for her with whatever she needs. You know the attraction is obvious when even Emily can tell that they have a thing for one another. He may still be a side character, but it is clear that he is a very important person in Lorelai and Rory’s lives.
Dean and Rory, having officially decided that they both like one another, have some very sweet moments in this episode. I love when Dean comes in, sees the balloons, and mouths “Happy Birthday” to Rory as he walks out. So cute. The bracelet he makes her is adorable. I’d take a handmade leather bracelet over gold jewelry any day. Of course, Lorelai finds out about Dean when she spots them through the window, so there’s some intrigue for future episodes. I can’t tell if the look on her face is shock or terror or a combination of the two. I’m guessing it’s elements of both. We’ll see how this newfound knowledge of hers plays out.
So, I said there was a scene better than the Stars Hollow party that I wanted to bring up, and here it is. I have discussed many a scene in this review in great detail, but by far, the best scene of the episode, and one of my favorite scenes of the series, is Lorelai crawling into bed with Rory at 4:03 A.M. to recount the night she was born. You can tell that it’s a tradition, and that Rory knows the story by heart, and it’s just such a sweet mother/daughter moment. It may be a short scene, but it is just so telling of their relationship, and I love it. Classic Gilmore Girls moment right there.
As usual, there were a couple of smaller moments in the episode that I enjoyed. Jackson and Sookie bonding over the rasquat is both funny and adorable. Paris actually says something nice to Rory, when she tells her the party was nice. It’s definitely a change from her usual attitude. There was also the post it note conversation at dinner, which, even though it was a tad morbid, it was practical I guess. With it we saw evidence of Richard’s dry humor in response to being told he and Emily were creepy. I thoroughly enjoy the insinuation that Lorelai is too competitive for yoga. It’s such a Lorelai thing to do, breaking your leg trying to show up a stranger by doing a better headstand. Just typing that cracks me up. The one other thing from this episode that I now find amusing, even though it has practically no significance to anything other than my love of connections between television shows, is Rory’s new blue iBook. The reason I find this amusing, and feel free to call me insane, is because on Parenthood, Amber also has a blue iBook, seen in that one season three episode where she teaches Max how to apologize to Jabbar…in case anyone was curious. This means that both of Lauren Graham’s TV daughters own blue iBooks. Like I said, it’s slightly ridiculous that I even find this fact worth mentioning, as it has no relevance to anything at all. However, I enjoy drawing connections between my shows, regardless of how insignificant said connections are, so there it is. Maybe someone else out there will also appreciate this small tidbit.
Anyway, in general, this is a really great episode, and one I enjoy rewatching. While it does have its frustrating story moments, the exploration of the relationships between our three Gilmore girls results in a very relatable episode. So far, I’m loving my rewatch journey, and I’m looking forward to the next episode. Hopefully those of you out there reading these reviews are also enjoying my plethora of thoughts on this show. Seriously, leave me comments. I love hearing what other people have to say about Gilmore Girls.
Best Moments:
-Lorelai crawling into bed with Rory at 4:03 AM to recount the night she was born
-Luke makes cake and blows up balloons for Rory’s birthday
-Dean mouthing “Happy Birthday” to Rory as he’s leaving the diner
-Stars Hollow party
Best Quotes:
Lorelai: Why don't I ever bring a tape recorder to these dinners?
Emily: So look around and when you see something you like stick a post-it on it.
Lorelai: OK, you two have officially hit a new level of weird that even I marvel at.
Emily: You can pick out things too, you know.
Lorelai: Oh, well now it's way less creepy.
Emily: Did you hear that Richard? Apparently we're creepy.
Richard: Yes, well, live and learn.
Lorelai: So what do we think of this?
Rory: Where would we put it?
Lorelai: I don't know. The Emily and Richard Gilmore Psycho Museum?
Rory: This is the strangest evening I've ever spent here.
Emily: Should I sit down?
Lorelai: Yeah, but not there, OK? We've got a post-it on that. We'd like to keep it nice.
Emily: It must be very exhausting to be you.
Lorelai: Now, the Pope has previous plans, but he's trying to get out of them. However, Elvis and Jim Morrison are coming and they're bringing chips.
Rory: You ask a simple question...
Emily: You are so combative today.
Lorelai: Hatwear does that to me.
Luke: She's not here yet.
Lorelai: All right. Well, you'll have to entertain me until she arrives. Okay, Burger Boy, dance.
Luke: Will you marry me?
Lorelai: What?
Luke: Just looking for something to shut you up.
Rory: Mom's famous for her blowouts.
Lorelai: The best one was her eighth birthday.
Rory: Oh, yeah, that was good.
Lorelai: The cops shut us down.
Luke: The cops shut down an eight year old's birthday party?
Rory: And arrested the clown.
Lorelai: So you know what I think?
Rory: What?
Lorelai: I think you're a great, cool kid, and the best friend a girl could have.
Rory: Right back at ya.
Luke: Hey, wrong table.
Rory: Since when is there a right table?
Luke: Since the coffee cake I baked for you and the stupid balloons I blew up are at that table, over there.
Rory: You blew up balloons for me?
Luke: Yep.
Rory: Oh, Luke, you old softie.
Luke: I count to three, it's gone.
Rory: Thank you.
Rory: I'll be back in plenty of time to help you decorate.
Lorelai: No, this is your party. You do not work. You lounge and mock those who are. Have I taught you nothing?
Rory: Sorry. I'll try to be better.
Lorelai: I would like to propose a toast to the one thing in my life that is always good, always sweet, and without whom I would have no reason to get up in the morning. My pal Rory.
Lorelai: I made that.
Emily: Really?
Lorelai: From Rory's old baby clothes.
Emily: How nice. Hope you washed them first.
Lorelai: Oh, rats. I knew I forgot something.
Emily: You broke your leg?
Lorelai: Yeah, three years ago during a yoga class. The headstand portion took a very ugly turn. The good thing was I brought the smug, blonde, pretzel chick down with me. I've since learned that I'm a bit too competitive for yoga.
Emily: You know, you could get a maid in here once a week to at least tidy the place up.
Lorelai: I like it cluttered.
Emily: You can't even find the bed.
Lorelai: Yes I can. It's the thing that I crash into on the way to the closet.
References:
Henny Youngman
Like a Virgin
Barbara Streisand
Pope
Elvis
Jim Morrison
Vulcan death grip
The Fly
I Love Lucy
Justin Timberlake/Britney Spears
Queen of England
Mont Blanc
Barbara Hutton
Farrah Fawcett
Cinderella
Denny’s
The Waltons
Edith Wharton
Shirley Temple
Good Ship Lollypop
Freaky Friday
Holiday Inn
McDonald’s
Episode Total: 23