Season 2 Episode 6

Season 2 Episode 13 - A-Tisket, A-Tasket

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 13) At Stars Hollow's yearly charity picnic basket auction, Lorelai and Rory face unexpected competition for their baskets. Meanwhile, Jackson and Sookie work through a conflict. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 13) February 5, 2002 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 13) * Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore * Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 13) SYNOPSIS Lorelai and Rory are prepping for the big charity picnic basket auction where men can bid on baskets of the ladies in town. Rory goes to make out with Dean at Dosey's when Jess shows up and just makes Dean annoyed by his existence. Rory insists that he's not that bad. Jackson comes by the inn to talk to Sookie. His lease is up for renewal and isn't sure if he should renew because....maybe they should move in together. Except he doesn't say that. So she just says it's a really nice house and he should renew the lease if he wants to. It's time for the auction and Rory's basket leads to quite the bidding war between Dean and Jess. Jess gets the bid up to $90 which Dean doesn't have. Believe it or not, Dean isn't thrilled by this. He tells Rory not to go with Jess. Rory is like but I have to. It's town tradition. Dean is real mad and storms off. Now it's time for Sookie's basket. She's expecting Jackson to bid. But he won't do it. Sookie is real mad. She pulls him aside and he says if you didn't want me to move in with you, why would you want a picnic with me. Sookie's like well I hadn't even thought about it before. Then she says I lied, I have thought about it. I just didn't want to ruin anything. And I think they end up landing on moving in together! It's time for Lorelai's basket and it's quite the bidding war between these two dudes that Patty brought to set up with her. So she runs to Luke's and begs him to come bid on her basket. He reluctantly agrees. Jackson goes to try to buy the basket from Kirk. Surprising no one, Kirk refuses to let Jackson buy it from him. He says he'll only sell it for $250. Lane had a whole plan to go on a date with Henry but it's quite the ordeal. He said he doesn't think he wants to keep a relationship a secret. Rory asks Jess why he outbid Dean. Jess is like I dunno...it was funny. While Jackson and Sookie are at their picnic, he says he doesn't think they should live together, he thinks they should get married! She says YES! Lorelai and Luke hang out and eat and they're vibing but they're interrupted by Dean. He comes to tell Lorelai that he's worried about Rory being with Jess. He's bad news. Lorelai says there's nothing to worry about. Rory won't do anything to hurt him. Rory then proceeds to spend the entire day with Jess. She tells Lorelai about this and it leads to a whole argument. Unfortunately for them, they're still mad at each other come Friday night dinner which means they're gonna be mad at each other in front of Emily which never goes well. When Emily finds out that Lorelai is trying to tell her that Jess is bad news, Emily is all about it. Emily is like you gotta stop her before she goes bad. That's when Lorelai realizes that she's being a whole lot like her mom. So she goes to make up with Rory. She tells her that she trusts her and if she thinks Jess is a decent guy, she believes her. But to just be careful. When they get home, Rory calls Jess just to talk. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Season 2 Episode 12

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 12) Newly retired Richard is making Emily crazy, so Lorelai agrees to take her father for a day in Stars Hollow, where he proceeds to annoy both Lorelai and Rory. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 12) January 29, 2002 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 12) * Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore * Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 12) SYNOPSIS It's Friday night dinner and Lorelai and Rory ask Richard about what he's doing with his retirement. He says he is noticing things! Like how Emily moved a vase. And got a haircut. And wore different shoes. Emily is not thrilled by these things. She tells Lorelai about how it's weird that he's always here, noticing things. Lorelai says they just need to get used to the new normal. The next day at school, Paris is mad. The newspaper is just not living up to the standard. Emily can't with Richard. It's just too much. She calls Lorelai and asks her to take Richard for the day. She just needs a break. He gets there the next day and Lorelai has no idea what to do with her father. He's like just do what you would normally do. So they start by reading the paper. Paris is inspired to write a story about the pros and cons of small town living so she needs Rory to help her by showing her around Stars Hollow. Richard shows up at the inn and can't help himself from butting in about proper business practices. She's not having it. Paris is furious that she can't find any cons in Stars Hollow until Taylor comes out to thank Rory. See, Rory was at the movie rental store and these 2 kids were looking at a questionable movie cover. She tells Kirk to maybe think about moving that movie to the top shelf. Well, Kirk took that and ran with it and moved all of the potentially objectionable titles behind a red curtain. Paris is like THIS IS THE STORY! When Rory gets home, Dean surprises her with the car! HE BUILT IT! Richard isn't having it. He doesn't think it's safe. He insists on going to get it checked out with a mechanic. He's shocked to find the car is in good working order. While waiting, they end up having it out and understanding each other a bit more. When he gets back, Lorelai says he's overstepped today. This is her house in her town and her work and her daughter. It's not his place to overrule her. Richard is like well I know that the only reason you invited me here is because Emily asked to take him off her hands for the day. This has been very hard for him and he's leaving now. Rory goes to pick up dinner and sees her picture on display in the window of the rental store. Naturally, Jess pops up to give her a hard time. Then he seems to imply that he has swapped out all the approved tapes for the bad tapes. Classic Jess. The episode ends with Richard getting home and acting like he had a great day when he sees how happy Emily is with the day. But my guy is sad. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Season 2 Episode 11

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 11) Lorelai is concerned because she can't afford to repair her home's termite damage. She becomes angry when Rory tells Emily about the problem, and Emily again offers Lorelai a loan. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 11) January 22, 2002 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 11) * Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore * Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 11) SYNOPSIS Rory shows up at Luke's with big news! Her PSAT scores came in. She opened them up and her scores are great but she's taken aback by the fact that her math scores are higher than her verbal. Lorelai tells her it doesn't matter cuz her scores are amazing. They decide to celebrate by going to the Rocky Horror Picture Show! Lorelai wakes up the next morning in a GREAT mood cuz snow! But that good news vanishes when her foot falls through the porch. Naturally she calls Kirk to come out to take a look and he's got bad news - she has termites. A ton of termites. Basically need to redo the wooden joists under the house. Gonna cost like 15k. Lorelai is freaking out, she doesn't have that type of money! At school, Paris is clearly beginning to tell the girls what her PSAT scores are but is waiting on one of them to ask. Rory finally does. But then Paris is dying to know what Rory's score is but she refuses to tell her. Lorelai and Rory can't sleep knowing that the termites are eating the wood below them, so they go over to Sookie's house. They're shocked to find out that she stuffed Jackson in the closet. He's embarrassed that he's wearing pajamas with pictures of him in his high school wrestling uniform. The next day, Lorelai is trying to figure out a way to pay for the termite repairs. Rory asks why she doesn't just ask Emily. Lorelai says asking for money for her school was worth the obligation. The house is not that important. So naturally, Rory immediately brings it up at Friday night dinner. When they get home, it leads to a huge argument. Lorelai is P'd right the O off. To make matters worse, the next day Rory sees Lane in a cheerleader uniform. She didn't even know her best friend was a cheerleader. Emily calls Lorelai with good news - she got her a meeting with a man at their bank. Lorelai doesn't want the meeting. She's figuring it out. Rory and Lane talk and it's a whole thing. Rory is like why didn't you tell me? Lane is like because I knew how you'd respond. Lorelai has Luke come out to look at it. He confirms what Kirk said but says he's willing to help. He knows a crew that can do it. He offers to give her a loan but she's not having it. Lorelai reluctantly shows up to the bank for that meeting Emily set up and is shocked to see that Emily is there. They go into the meeting and she's gonna need Emily to co-sign on the loan in order to make it happen. So she has to ask Emily. Emily agrees. After they leave, Lorelai asks what this is going to cost her. Emily is offended and says she just wanted to do something nice for her daughter, OKAY?! She makes it to the bonfire pep rally and she and Rory make up and then they watch Lane and the cheerleaders do their thing. Afterwards, Rory and Lane make up. The episode ends at Friday night dinner. Emily is still mad at Lorelai. She apologizes and Emily accepts and then says they're gonna be having the DAR meetings at the inn moving forward, almost as if there were strings attached. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Season 2 Episode 10

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 10) While Rory struggles to keep the budding rivalry between Dean and Jess under control, Lorelai invites most of the citizens of Stars Hollow to an elaborate feast. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 10) December 11, 2001 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 10) * Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore * Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 10) SYNOPSIS We got snow, folk! We got snow! Lorelei and Rory are working on a snowman for the snowman making contest. But they don’t stand a chance. There’s like a professional snowman maker there doing his thing.  Roon is back, folks! He’s still working at the inn apparently. We also see Jackson! What an episode. Sooki is busy getting ready for this big dinner for this 17th century festival thing. Jackson is assigned to play the squire. Lorelei gets a call from Christopher. He wants Rory to come stay with him and sherry for a couple days during winter break.  They get bad news - the dinner is off. The group that was coming is snowed in. Since everything is already planned, they decide to just invite everyone in town!  Meanwhile, Dean the Saint breaks up a fight that Jess is having. Jess says I don’t need your help.  This party has everyone from Paris to Richard & Emily. They’re all very confused by Richard is suddenly in a great mood. Everywhere Rory turns, Jess is there just stating staring at her.  Apparently Lorelei hired a million horse and carriage rides for everyone. She ends up taking a ride with a Luke. He tells her that he’s figured out the secret of parenting - lying. Lorelei breaks the news that kids know when you’re lying.  While those two love birds take a ride, Jess hops on a sleigh with Rory. They have flirty fun time and then he’s like I don’t feel like Dean your is your type of guy. Rory is like what do you know?!  It’s dinner time and Richard is the life of the party. And that’s when it comes out - he’s retired. This is news to literally everyone including Emily.  Before bed, Rory asks if she’s heard from her dad. Lorelei is like ummmm maybe? She tells her about the offer and Rory is like why didn’t you tell me? Lorelei is like  I get dibs on this time of year with you! And I don’t like thinking about you not being here with me! Rory is like I get it. Let me think about it. Emily shows up to their room, all flustered about Richard’s big news. She ends up leaving to go for a walk and finds Richard in the lobby. They talk and make up.  The next morning, everyone is going to leave. Dean catches Rory & Jess making eyes at each other.  Rory and Lorelei take a sleigh ride home and see that someone destroyed the fancy snowman. Me-thinks it might’ve been Jess.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Season 2 Episode 9

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 9) Dean gets jealous when Rory and Tristan are cast as Romeo and Juliet in a school play. Luke teases Lorelai for dating a younger man. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 9) November 27, 2001 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 9) * Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore * Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 9) SYNOPSIS A wedding present shows up for Lorelai and Max. Lorelai is like we gotta send this ice cream maker back to whoever sent it which makes Rory & Sookie sad. The next day at school, Rory gets stuck with Paris & co on a class project. After class, they see that Tristan is back from suspension. Lorelai has been attending a business class and a younger student named Paul takes a liking to her and asks her out to dinner. At school, the group reluctantly lets Tristan be their Romeo. After failing to find who sent Lorelai the ice cream maker, she tries desperately to get rid of it. Sookie is like maybe you should keep the ice cream maker and work on moving on. Lorelai is like well there is this younger guy that asked me out. Sookie is all about it. Bad news for Rory, the group is coming to Stars Hollow to rehearse at Miss Patty's. Rory is very nervous because Dean doesn't know about her kiss with Tristan and what if they bump into each other and it's weird. Lorelai is like you should tell Dean. So they role play her telling him and it only freaks Rory out more so Lorelai is like you should definitely not tell him. Tristan shows up to Stars Hollow early just to harass Dean. Rory shows up just in time to stop Dean from punching him. He's not thrilled that he's going to be Romeo but there's nothing she can do. Lorelai and Rory meet up later at Luke's. Lorelai tells Rory that the date was casual and fun. And Rory tells her about the Dean Tristan fiasco. But then Dean shows up and says he's off tomorrow and wants to come watch rehearsal. So the next day, she goes to give Tristan a heads up and asks him not to tell Dean about the kiss. He's like ok but he's gonna know when he sees us kiss on stage and see how comfortable we are. Before rehearsal, Rory and Lorelai are together at Luke's when Paul comes in with his parents. He looks like a child and Rory gives her a hard time. It's rehearsal time, and Tristan does not keep his word. He looks at Dean and is like this reminds me of our first kiss at a party. Dean assumes he's just messing with them and Rory encourages him to leave. Luke doesn't let the casual date thing go and it's clearly bothering him. Lorelai confronts him on it and he's like it's fine, just live your life. It's performance night and Tristan is nowhere to be found. He finally shows up but says his dad is pulling him out of school and sending him to military school. He says he'd kiss her goodbye but her boyfriend is watching. Paris has to put on a wig and play the part. Afterwards, Lorelai is complaining about Luke to Sookie and she's like he's clearly in love with you. At the diner, she goes to tell Luke that she doesn't have many people in her life that she can count on. She hopes that Luke is one of those people. He says he is. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.