Season 1, Episode 6

Title: Rory’s Birthday Parties

This one is pretty self-explanatory: Rory has two birthday parties.

Summary: Emily serves pudding, a major peace offering. Rory turns 16 and gets two parties, one slightly better than the other. Lorelai takes Emily shopping for Barbara Hutton. Burger Boy proposes, then brings ice. Jackson makes a ras-quat. The Gilmores finally visit Stars Hollow. Richard discovers he is an “Autumn”.  Continue reading

Season 1, Episode 1

Title: Pilot

Nothing quippy to say about this boring title. They get better though, I promise.

Summary: Lorelai drinks lots of coffee. Oh wait, so does Rory. Luke is grumpy. Oh wait, so are Richard and Emily. Rory does the plaid skirt thing. Lane is a closet audiophile. Dean doesn’t have a motorcycle. Sookie fixes the peach sauce. We are blessed with Friday Night Dinners. Continue reading

Season 7, Episode 2

Title: That’s What You Get, Folks, For Makin’ Whoopee

A 1929 Song by Eddie Cantor that’s been covered many times by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. The song was also featured in an episode of Bunheads, another Amy Sherman-Palladino classic that was cut too short. It’s one of my favorite dances in that series. Here’s a video.

Summary: Loralei and Rory visit crazy Asia. Lane’s sick with a 9-month parasite. Kirk opens Kirk’s. Liz and TJ are into White Russians. Luke is fine. Continue reading