Gilmore Girls Recap: 7.05 “The Great Stink”
October 24, 2006 by Arieanna
Episode Name: "The Great Stink"
Episode Number: 7.05
Air Date: October 24, 2006
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Lorelai packing up several bags of stuff, while Chris looks on bored. Stuff for herself and for Paul Anka to stay at Christopher’s. And they leave almost forgetting Paul Anka. Still a boring looking dog, but cute nonetheless.
Rory in the apartment building with a ton of books. Logan called to ask her if she had seen a meteor shower. She says no, and he tells her to go to the roof to see it. "Once in a lifetime" blah blah. So, saw that coming. It’s Logan, on the roof! Lights, flowers, candles, dinner. Romantic. Rory is so excited.
Logan is in town for one whole day for a business trip. But the best part of his trip: Rory. He has bought her all her favorite foods and she is so excited to have him there!
Lorelai and TiVo "no" sounds. hehe. Lorelai says GiGi is amazing, which is far better than her previous declaration of GiGi. Chris then pulls out a letter from Sherri (with a wax seal!). Lots of sorry. Lots of paper. Apparently, she’s dating a yoga dude, she feels bad, and wants to be part of GiGi’s life. Lorelai says it’s great, Chris is not sure I don’t think. But, it’s kind of like Chris, right - Lorelai always gave him second chances.
Rory and Logan on the roof, pan down. I was expecting nakedness, so I am glad they are fully clothed! Rory is being encouraging about Logan’s business idea, his reason for being in town. Something about a business and some website a la MySpace. Logan is spouting business talk - stuff he didn’t know 3 weeks ago. Rory is apparently taking the class her grandfather is teaching, btw. It’s a business class.
Rory in bed, a repeat of him waking up and leaving yet again. Going for a pre-breakfast-breakfast. Rory calls him a "work dork", which is a lame joke, I think. They will later meet for dinner, so at least it’s not a final goodbye.
Michel sniffing something foul at the inn. Lorelai and Sookie noticed it too. Opening window, not a good idea. Worse outside. Lorelai ventures into the stink to see what’s wrong. Everyone in town is walking around with tissues on their noses. Everyone except Kirk, who thinks it smells good. Lorelai bails on the emergency town meeting, so as to avoid Luke.
What’s the smell? Pickles. From a train derailment of pickles that Taylor does not want to pay to clean it up. It’s a matter of pride and principle, so he says. It should either be the pickle owner or the closer town, lol. Luke stands up to argue, as does everyone else. Taylor is annoyed at the "astronomical cost" of $2500 to clean it up. The town vetos Taylor. Good one.
Lorelai and Christopher at a park, with pickle-free air. Talking about Friday night dinner to come, where both Rory and Christopher will be going as well. Chris mentions he talked to Sherri, how she asked to have GiGi stay with her in Paris for a couple of months. Chris thinks it’s a good idea, to get to know her mom. She’s just in pre-school, so it would be ok. Chris wants to send her there with the nanny. Lorelai is disturbed, but I don’t know why yet.
Rory talking about putting Paris in charge of the Yale Daily so she can go out with Logan. Bill, the next one in line, is annoyed that he doesn’t get to do it. Rory’s outfit is adorable, btw. She gets a call from Logan. He bought the company! Yikes! He’s really excited. I would be too if I could not only have a great idea, but the money to buy whomever had already started it 
Ok, I kid.
Michel has put a towel at the door of the inn to block the smell. He’s trying to explain the pickle smell to customers so they can reschedule. Sookie is baking apples and bread and cheese and chocolate to rid the smell - then, finally, pastrami. To join with the pickle smell. And it works.
Lorelai and Sookie talk about the "GiGi in Paris" thing. Sookie is surprised Lorelai didn’t speak up against this. She is too, really. Because, she says, in her head she was talking to Luke. She got used to butting out of the fatherhood life, as per Luke, and shutting up. And now she is holding her tongue not-on-purpose with Christopher.
Rory trying to decide what to wear. Black dress? Boring! Brown? Just as! I hope she chooses something else. She’s calling to cancel on Friday dinner since she’ll be with Logan. They have an odd conversation. I am not sure if it is funny or not. Kinda un-Gilmore writing style.
Rory at dinner. Her outfit is indeed brown, but it looks much better on her than on the hanger. I am satisfied. Logan brings her over to the table to meet "everybody", when in actuality Rory was expecting nobody. She is just a little flustered at this. Also at meeting Bobby, the hot older woman with the sexy accent that Logan works with. Apparently Bobby knows all about Rory, but I can see it’s very much not in reverse.
Lorelai and Chris in the car, him playing some "hair tunes" that she protests against. Chris is suggesting a weekend away. Lorelai suggests the ice hotel. Um, no, not me. Kinda cold. He suggests Bermuda. Long way to go for a weekend. Chris brings up GiGi being in Paris and Lorelai gets all silent. Then she speaks up. Says it is not such a good idea, necessarily. That GiGi does not know her mom, and despite being 4, it could be hard on her. Chris wants to try to help bring them back together, but Lorelai says maybe Chris should go too. Chris thinks Lor is threatened by Sherri, but Lorelai says it’s not about that. They fight right up till Emily answers the door.
Logan et al talking about the deal. Play by play of the meeting. Apparently they all thought the deal was dropping, then Bobby stood up and said meeting over, and all the men noticed was her legs. And that signed the deal. Ok, that’s sad.
Bobby tries to smalltalk with Rory. Talking about "reading literature at Oxford" and the real world, then about how much of a laugh Logan is to work with. Rory has that look on her face like "ok, what don’t I know here?"
Richard at dinner talking about his class at Yale. Emily going gaga over Lorelai and Christopher now being an item. How she made lamb, cause it’s so special, and about playing doubles with them for tennis. Meanwhile, Lorelai and Chris are glaring at each other.
During all this, Emily is reminiscing about Lor and Chris as derelict youths. Chris hinted earlier he had changed, but it did not hit Lorelai until now. She pulls Chris aside. Says that Chris leaving Rory is not like Sherri leaving GiGi - that he has changed and she understands that he is misunderstanding whom she is referring to when being mad at Sherri. But Chris doesn’t accept this apology or whatever, and leaves the room.
Rory and Logan after dinner. He still seams hyper, but she is dejected. Does the "I’m fine" bit, which never means fine. She admits the night was not what she expected. Logan apologizes for not being clear. She apologizes too, since she did have a romantic night the previous night. Rory then complains about not knowing that Bobby was a girl. He says she’s cute when she is jealous.
Rory also admits about not feeling included, and about Bobby being condescending. Then has a truly Gilmore moment about Bobby’s legs and accent and whatnot. Satisfying as a fan. And satisfying because it’s true double-think. I’ve been there. You’ve been there. Making yourself miserable and jealous when you should be enjoying the short term happiness, and hating yourself for it. That’s how Rory feels here. But it ends well, with a true loving kiss.
Chris and Lorelai sitting on the couch after dinner. He doesn’t even bother to take her aside, but right there in front of Emily and Richard, says he knows he’s not Sherri, and Lorelai should come with Chris to go to Paris. To check out the situation and have a romantic weekend. And, just like that, they are back to being happy.
Ok, hilarious, Emily comments about how much fun she was having all night - because Lorelai was sulking there were no snide remarks. Then Rory walks in and Lorelai shows off the Emily-in-jail photos she has on her cellphone. The parting shot - the entire Gilmore family in the car deciding what to play on the radio. Cute family moment. Each one completely satisfied. Until they smell the pickles again
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he is wearing yet another hat
yeah! luke has a new hat. but i loved the epi. especially the work dork part. YYEEE!
I actually really liked this episode. I thought it was really good- which, unfortunately, made its few bad parts stick out like sore thumbs. But overall, nice flow, I think. Or maybe I’m just happy Logan came back?
What seemed to be the main focus was the Gigi thing, and I was actually really quite confused by it. I see the connection between Gigi and April, but I feel like there’s more to it than I understand. To me, Chris seems the same as he’s always been. Granted, he’s matured, but the Chris/Lor dynamic is the same. Does it seem like a best friend relationship to anyone else? The romantic vibe just doesn’t come out at me. Anyways, my heart jumped a little when Lor said she didn’t miss Luke. It still baffles me how quickly she moved on. As for Rory and Logan, I always love their interactions. It’s funny- I am so much more invested in Luke/Lor than I am Rory/Logan, but Logan is such an ideal guy to me! I think the two have really shaped each other. I don’t see huge troubles ahead for them, simply because there isn’t time for the show to develop another deep relationship for Rory.
General thoughts (and there are a lot): Since when is Rory an English major? I thought she was a journalism major?! The phone convo between Rory and Lorelai was way awkward- it validates what an anti-Gilmore fan’s view of the show in that it was forced and unbelievable. Did anyone else think the shots of Luke at the town meeting seemed awkward and random? I LOVED the facial expressions of Lor & Chris at the dinner table. Classic! Really good acting, as always, on Lauren’s part. The reconciliation scene in the living room made me cringe- it’s just so weird to see Lor and Chris like that, holding hands and what not. I think Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel look AMAZING this season- each of them looks the best they have ever looked. Agree? Ok and lastly- where on earth is Lorelai eating if she’s not eating at the diner? How has she managed to avoid Luke for four months? Seems weird to me.
Overall, I’m comforted by Rosenthal’s interview but disturbed by this episode. I am very eager to see Lor and Luke’s paths cross…and not so eager for this elopement. Should be interesting!
I enjoyed this episode more than any since Season 5. It felt good, and it was nice to see both Lorelai and Rory smile so much, despite the minor altercations with their guys. Perhaps Rosenthal *can* save things.
What’s with everyone assuming that Lorelai doesn’t miss Luke because she isn’t wallowing in heartbreak? Just because she refuses to be “that girl” doesn’t mean she’s lost all feelings for him. She wouldn’t even go to the town meeting because she couldn’t deal with seeing him there. I mean, she LOVES town meetings! I think Chris is much better for her anyway. Luke just isn’t the open, sharing type and that’s the kind of guy Lor needs.
Ok does anyone else think that Chritopher is just a bit of an overreactiing jerk. He always jumps on her whenever she has an opinion on Gigi. He needs to chill out. Everything she has ever said has been true and that he just can’t accept that she would say that about his daughter. I’ve never seen Chris all over and protective of Rory. Does anyone know his prob. I do like the fact that even though Logan came to town on business, which is probably the only time he could leave England w/out his dad yelling, he still came to see her. That was sweet. They are good together. I’m still for L&L. Although neither man wants to take advice from someone who has already raised a girl.
Oh I forgot to ask this- did Logan and his group buy Facebook??
I thought this episode showed some nice growth. Lorelai is begining to trust Christopher, which allowed her to speak up instead of shutting down, when she had an opinion about what should be done with GiGi. And Chris is showing that he is coming to trust her, by getting that she isn’t jealous of GiGi or Sherry, but really concerned with doing the best for him and his daughters.
I think Chris’s overreaction came from her tone, and I liked seeing her own that. Ultimately her point was a good one - that GiGi doesn’t know her mother, and would have a hard time being in an unfamiliar place with an unfamiliar person. My impulse would have been to have Sherry come to Ct to visit GiGi in GiGi’s home, see how GiGi lives, and build a foundation, after which GiGi could go to Paris (still with Chris). This should be about GiGi’s best interests, not Sherry’s whims or Chris’s being nice.
I expect this is foundation for a custody battle - Sherry realizes Chris has money, likes her life with her yoga instructor in Paris and wants to have her child too.
Logan and Rory were cute:)
I think youre right Rachel. Chris assumes that Sherri is going to be like him. Realizes he’s made a mistake and wants to change it. Unfortunately, I agree with you in thinking of a custody battle. But the reason I said unfortunately is that this will lead Chris to realize that Lor was right all along and bring them closer. Or the opposite, I have a strong feeling that Sherri is going to find feelings there for Christopher and that it was a stupid thing she did leaving him and Lor will realize that If they can overcome that, her and Luke can too. And one of the big things that ruined L&L’s relationship was Anna. The way she treated Luke about the party and what she said to Lor without knowing her. That really broke her spirit. I think that Anna totally overreacted about Aprils party. But that is just my opinion. We need: L&L, C&S and L&R. Then all is happy in the world!
This episode was a little awkward to me. I didn’t feel the Gilmore flare, but then again, it’s been pretty much absent this entire season to me. Oh well, there is still much left to fix that.
Did anybody else notice that it seemed like Lorelai was trying to hint at Chris that she wanted to go to Paris? I don’t, know, it felt like that to me, like when Chris first tells her he is going to send GiGi with the nanny, she seemed more disappointed to me. That was a little weird.
Some people are complaining that Lorelai moved on too quickly. But is it just me, or does she seem to keep comparing Chris to Luke? In Episode 4 she says “I mean, you just get it, and you make everything fun, and it’s so nice to be with someone who understands you…” in reference to everything Luke “isn’t” and in last night’s episode she tells Sookie that in her head she was talking to Luke and “Christopher is not Luke” and so on. So she still thinks of him. Hopefully her comparing the two will either stop or somehow force her to come to the conclusion that Luke is better, or else it will make her more bitter towards Luke.
Rory & Logan = aww!! That was SO SWEET of him to have dinner and everything on the roof. I thought it was weird that he had her meet his co-workers though, but I guess that’s good so that now Rory knows about Bobby and them. I also think it’s great that Rory has MUCH BETTER communication skills than her mother. She tells Logan what’s bothering her, and now it won’t come back to haunt her like it is Lorelai.
In my opinion, this was by far the best episode of the season. It just felt like the gilmore girl feeling was back. Idk i liked it. Lukes new hat = much better, same style as the other ones but in a different color. Nice.
I don’t like chris and Lorelai together, those of you who are fooled by his sweet illusion are blind. VIVA LUKE AND LORELAI!
I still have hope.
PEOPLE
PEOPLE WHO LIKE CHRISTOPHER=POOP!
Petunia, I said Lorelai SAID she didn’t miss Luke-I’m sure she really does. Or at least I hope so! If she’s still avoiding Luke after four months then there are definitely issues there that aren’t resolved.
The relationship between Lorelai & Christopher seems forced & un-natural. I know they have a child together - but they seem more like brother & sister than soul-mates. Wasn’t it odd the way Luke was shown as almost an after-thought? Did anyone else feel that way?? It was like the writers forgot to give him any lines! I’m hoping that Lorelai & Christopher do not get married - I just don’t see it. Rory & Logan were cute together & it was very funny when they were all looking at the pictures of Emily getting busted! That was the best part of the entire show.
is any one else annoyed by those stupid airhead aeire girls comercials? u can totally tell they’re scripted. and they always want to make everthing look bad and see the glass half empty. they’re bringin me down man. GAWD PEOPLE B HAPPY!
This episode was better than the others have been so far, but it still didn’t have the old gilmore flair, it feels like their trying to put too much dialouge in to make it funny, they have lost some of the witty things the show had in the begining. Like the phone conversation between Lorelai and Rory, am i the only one that thought that was a little wierd? Didn’t really feel gilmorish. But other than that it was great!! Rory and Logan were sooo cute! The only thing i have to say about Lorelai and Chris is that it feels more like their best friends than Lovers, the chemistry just isn’t there, Love christ to death, but him and Lorelai just don’t have it Romantically
even though i really really really hate chris i just thought that it was cute when chris and lorelai were up front and rory was sitting in the back like a basic 3 person family would be sitting.
I would have loved to see it…I’m not able to, so these blogs really help. Whoever posts the video clips…please post one from last nights episode…so I can get a better feel. AWWWW I hate missing this show! Even if the chemistry is off…it’s still a great watch.
going off of what nikki said about anna and all that. i think that anna still has feelings for luke after 13 yrs. we heard patty saying that they were really serious for awile. anna said stuff like engaged isn’t married people get ingaged all the time, that leads me to definitly think that she wants luke back. she wants the three of them to live like a hapy family. i also think that she was very mean about the whole ” you let your GRILFRIEND sleep upstairs witht the girls” one it’s not his girlfriend it’s his fiance.
sorry i just saw SUPER COOL PARTY PEOPLE WED.
I just watched the episode in season 3 where Jess goes to visit his dad…and whoever said this was right: the woman that plays Anna also played Jess’ dad’s girlfriend. Creepy…they couldn’t find another actress?!
yeah i love that episode (super cool party people)
YEAH I HATE THOSE AERIE GIRLS!
there opinions do NOT matter to me.
“do you think Logan would have visited Rory if he wasn’t on a busness trip?”
Stupid Idiots
OF COURSE HE WOULDN’T HAVE VISITED HER, I DON’T THINK THEY GET THE CONCEPT OF A JOB AND HOW PEOPLE JUST CAN’T TAKE OFF ALL THE TIME TO FLY EVERY OTHER DAY AROUND THE WORLD!
I’m glad they are not on on all the commercial breaks like they used to. They moved them to the very end so we can ignore them (rejoicing)
I’m glad to hear someone else noticed they used the same actress to portray Anna and Jess’ dad’s girlfriend. I thought it was just me. Thank you thank you Tara Ashley.
I don’t get the CW either. I hate this. This blog does help a lot and I really look forward to the video clips. Thanks all!!!
I was going to comment on those bratty little Aerie Girls myself, but Rayc said it all. We might as well have shared the same brain!!
yeah i love that episode (super cool party people)
YEAH I HATE THOSE AERIE GIRLS!
there opinions do NOT matter to me.
“do you think Logan would have visited Rory if he wasn’t on a busness trip?”
Stupid Idiots
OF COURSE HE WOULDN’T HAVE VISITED HER, I DON’T THINK THEY GET THE CONCEPT OF A JOB AND HOW PEOPLE JUST CAN’T TAKE OFF ALL THE TIME TO FLY EVERY OTHER DAY AROUND THE WORLD!
I’m glad they are not on on all the commercial breaks like they used to. They moved them to the very end so we can ignore them (rejoicing)
(I agree with this all the way)
From the Ausiello Report
Question: Please tell me that when Lorelai and Chris e***e, it’s followed by a div**c* or ann**m**t!— Meghan
Ausiello: No comment.
YAY! Chris and Lorelei are heading for trouble!
Despite that, I enjoyed the episode and like the little family moment in the car ride home as well.
WHere did you find that Zuzzy?
it was on the ausiello report
any way I thought the thing Logan did on the roof was so adorable I rewinded my tivo to watch it again. Gosh, Bobbies annoying, “Don’t get too excited boys I’m just going to the Lou” *Cough* SLUT!
I lambasted the fourth episode and was seriously concerned about the fate of the show, but “The Great Stink” has kept me from completely abandoning ship.
This seemed like the best episode so far to me. The writing was a bit more clever than it had been in the first four episodes, and the pace felt a lot better as well. I especially liked the Rory and Logan dialogue. I saw on a website that someone named Gina Fattore got the writing credit. Hopefully they keep her on board. She seems to get the spirit of the show better than anyone else who’s tried so far.
The Rory and Lorelai convo was really awkward, though, and I’m still waiting for some golden Emily this year… think “Mrs. Onassis” and “giant sugar consortiums.”
Overall, though, a pleasant suprise of an episode.
I just noticed something interesting. It probably doesn’t really have to do with anything, but I’ve been watching Season 1 recently on DVD and there are several similar scenes between the episode “Christopher Returns” and the most recent season 7 episode “The Great Stink.” For instance, the couch scene with Lorelai, Rory, and Chris sitting together, also the car ride Chris and Lorelai with Rory in the back seat. This is the first time I’ve seen Season 1 because I started watching during the middle of season 2 or so. When I was watching it, I was like I’ve seen this before… just thought it was interesting, and it probably doesn’t mean anything.
I **REALLY** don’t think Christopher should take GiGi to live with Sherry in Paris, especially since she’s now working as a hitman (hitwoman? hitperson?) on NBC’s Kidnapped. What kind of environment is that to raise a child?
(See http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/?show=kidnapped )
(. . . and click on part 5, scoot to 7:23 if you don’t want to watch the full show, and then to 1:48 to see how good she is at her job!)
gilmore girls is the exact worst show I have ever laid eyes on. The fact that this show has developed fans completely bewilders me. I have been desperately searching for a hate site to vent my indescribable anger for the worst acting I have ever wittnessed the most ridiculous storylines ever invented and the most ignorant rambling incoherent conversations ever to be spoken in the english language. Im very surprised to see what appears to be females adoring this heinous soap-opera that completely degrades your gender making all of you look like emotional nightmares and histrionic fools. …so if anyone is aware of such a site let me know, so I am not forced to intrude on your mindless forums.
Luke and Lorelai were supposed to be. meant to be. but they lost it.