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 13

Title: Concert Interruptus

I’m pretty sure this is referring to coitus interruptus, the medical term for the pull-out “contraception” method, which is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.

Summary: Stars Hollow is having a rummage sale, in Lorelai’s living room apparently. Sookie gets tickets to a Gilmore favorite – The Bangles. Paris, Madeline, and Louise come to Stars Hollow to work on a project and get sucked into the Gilmore web. Lorelai inexplicably offers Sookie’s tickets to the girls because she is inconsiderate. At the concert, Madeline and Louise predictable cause some trouble following some cool guy wannabes. Rory and Paris bond over their squareness. Meanwhile, Luke and Lorelai continue building their sexual tension after Luke flips out on her for taking his Ex’s hoodie from the rummage sale.

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