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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Season 1, Episode 5

Title: Cinnamon’s Wake

Not a stripper – it’s a cat. Spoiler alert but Morey and Babette’s cat dies in this one and the Girls help throw a wake. It’s pretty adorable but we do miss Cinnamon. It could be a reference to Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce or the Irish ballad the book is named after, one that has been covered by numerous bands since it arose in the 1850s.

Summary: Claudia dies. So does Cinnamon. The girls throw a wake for the cat and blow off the funeral for the cousin. Emily has an aneurysm. Sookie does her best Henry the Eighth impression. Mr. Medina and Dean both take a chance on a Gilmore girl. Continue reading