Season 1, Episode 14

Title: That Damn Donna Reed

Another straight-forward title, reflecting one of the main plot points of the episode – The Donna Reed Show.

Summary: The girls eat pizza and watch the incomparable Donna Reed Show. Dean has salad with a side of misogyny. Lorelai convinces Luke to spruce with a new coat of paint. The Gilmores won’t go to Europe in the spring. Dean doubles down on the oppressed housewife joke. Luke and Lorelai get close behind the counter. Rory plays Donna Reed with pearls and Lime Fantasy Supreme. Stella gets loose. Luke breaks the Lemon Lamp. Christopher shows up.

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Season 1, Episode 9

Title: Rory’s Dance

Another expositional title. Rory has a dance at school and she invites her maybe-boyfriend Dean.

Summary:  Emily reads her Chilton Newsletter, Lorelai does not. Rory takes Dean to the dance, much to Tristan’s dismay. Paris brings her cousin. Madeline’s mom can make soup. Louise discovers Dean is 6’1″. Lorelai throws out her back and Emily makes her mushed banana on toast. Rory and Dean sleep on Miss Patty’s yoga mats. Lorelai and Emily freak.

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