In our latest trivia question, we asked: Which is Lorelai’s back-up code name? And you answered:

• Tookie Clothespin 199 - 34% of all votes
• Tootsie Rollingpin 72 - 12% of all votes
• Squeegy Beckinheim 289 - 49% of all votes
• Sticky Roundehouse 24 - 4% of all votes
  Total Votes: 584

Now, this one was a bit of a trick question based on how I asked it and how well you remember the scene between Lorelai & Rory in episode 3.06 ‘Take the Deviled Eggs…‘. As the video clip below shows, Lorelai shares that she often gives fake names to stores to see how many catalogue companies her name is sold to. The first name (her code name) she used was Squeegy Beckinheim, but then she forgot her code name, so used her back-up code name, Tookie Clothespin.

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It’s that time again! From our last Gilmore Girls trivia question, check out the answer: What treat do Michel & Lorelai share at Weston’s when they make the list of Inn repairs?

• Red Velvet Cake 335 - 78% of all votes
• Angel Food Cake 22 - 5% of all votes
• Lava Cake 17 - 4% of all votes
• Coffee Cake 55 - 13% of all votes
  Total Votes: 429

Once again, the majority are correct (though I see I got a few of you with the coffee cake option!). In the episode ‘You’ve Been Gilmored‘ from Season 6, Michel is hurt that Lorelai didn’t think their once-a-month fix-it-list meeting at Weston’s was not a special day. Michel looked forward to the trip every month, indulging in the Red Velvet Cake.

“That’s our thing! We get very large coffees and we split a slice of red velvet cake, and we gossip and I eat the whole cake and you never tell anyone.”

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Gilmore Girls 7.14 "Farewell, My Pet"
Original Air Date: February 13, 2007
Discussion Date: July 17, 2008
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Discussion Questions:

• Is it just a character reference, after all?
• Are you surprised that there was no early suggestion that ChinChin was sick?
• Why did Michel think that Lorelai wanted to host the memorial for ChinChin?
• Do you think Paris’ is over-preparing, like she did when she was applying to Harvard?
• Why is Logan so much more free with his feelings now?
• Why does Paris say that Rory "broke" Logan? Is it true?
• Do you think Lorelai & Sookie are being insensitive to Michel, knowing what ChinChin meant to him?
• Chris came to Lorelai apologetically, so why does she turn on him with sarcasm?
• Is Chris being petty in his request that Lorelai cut Luke from her life?
• Does Chris have a right to his "time" when he is needed, as a husband?
• Do you think Chris has truly grown up, changed?
• Do you think Rory is aware the marriage is falling apart?
• Do you think Rory has a crush on her new TA, Tucker? What does this mean, given her feelings for Logan?
• Chris is a single parent now too, so why can’t he understand how important Lorelai’s letter was for Luke’s case?
• Chris is giving up before even trying to work things out, saying there’s "nothing" to do. Why?
• Is Chris simply a selfish person, unable to work through things in a partnership? Or, is he being very mature, realizing that nothing can fix their marriage if the right kind of love is not there?
• Does Lorelai believe the marriage can work out?
• Why is Sookie skeptical that Lorelai could cut Luke from her life completely? Hasn’t she done it before?
• Is there a difference between cutting Luke out of her life and letting go of her feelings? Should she have to do either?
• Do you think Chris would be the one, with no Luke in the past or future?
• Is Lorelai worried her feelings for Luke may mean she’s holding out for him?
• Did Lorelai run to Chris because he was there and was ready for her? Not out of love?
• What is Lorelai thinking when Luke waves cordially from the diner?
• Why does Rory tell Logan about her crush?
• Are you surprised Logan is not jealous about Tucker, after his reaction to Marty?
• Logan & Rory admit to being fully committed to each other - is this foreshadowing a big step?
• Did the "My Heart Will Go On" music show Lorelai her true feelings?
• When Lorelai returns to Chris, is she telling him it’s not just about Luke, but about them not working?
• What does it mean when Lorelai says "you’re the man I want to want"?
• Is Lorelai accepting all blame for their failed marriage? Is that fair?
• Does Chris feel sorry for Lorelai?

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Gilmore Girls 6.21 "Driving Miss Gilmore"
Original Air Date: May 2, 2006 (Recap date: May 14, 2008)
Recap & Discussion

Discussion Questions:

• Why did Emily & Richard want to make up with Christopher?
• Why did they decide to donate money to Yale? Is this a public statement of their involvement in Rory’s life?
• Is Lorelai avoiding Luke? Why? Did what Anna have to say about being engaged vs. being married hit Lorelai hard?
• Why is Luke so angry to hear that TJ and Liz are not together? Is it his misplaced emotions of missing fatherhood, or concern for Liz?
• Is Rory being overprotective? Does Logan like that, particularly in contrast to his own family?
• Do you think Emily wanted Lorelai’s help, instead of that of strangers?
• Is what Mitchum said a lie? Why does it make Rory so angry?
• Is Liz displacing her fear of being a bad mother onto TJ? Trying to pre-blame him for any problems?
• Is it ironic that Luke is preaching about relationships to TJ when he himself is missing Lorelai’s signals?
• Why does Emily bring up Christopher being lonely?
• Why does Lorelai get so mad at the mention of Christopher?
• Why does Rory call the Wall Street Journal? As an editor herself, shouldn’t she know the futulity of her request?
• Were all the errands a front to get Lorelai to the real estate office?
• If Emily appears to be ok with Lorelai marrying Luke, as evidenced by the house, then why talk so much of Christopher?
• Do you think Emily had good intentions with the house for the wedding present?
• Is Lorelai sabotaging her relationship with Luke (even as a defense mechanism)? Or is she simply reacting to the truth?
• Is Lorelai at Sookie’s to avoid Luke, or to prepare to break up with him?

Gilmore Girls Episode Recap:

Lorelai is gesticulating wildly about someone who either looks better or worse with dark hair. Emily takes away the plates, being fed up with Lorelai making her point by waving the meatball. Emily says spaghetti and meatballs makes the girls fight.

Emily is having Lasik surgery on her eyes. She’s quite excited about it, and about the cute doctor who is supposed to be the best surgeon on the east coast. Richard gets jealous and says ugly people make the best doctors.

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Gilmore Girls 6.19 "I Get a Sidekick Out of You"
Original Air Date: April 18, 2006 (Recap date: May 12, 2008)
Recap & Discussion

Discussion Questions:

• Why doesn’t Mrs. Kim notice the wedding dress was altered?
• Why does Chris feel the need to run Rory’s Sidekick past Lorelai? Was it an excuse to talk with her?
• Are you surprised Mrs. Kim kept her own secrets from her mother? Particularly given her reaction to Lane’s secrets?
• Why is Kyon still there? Wasn’t she only there on temporary exchange?
• When the plans are a bust, why don’t they head back to Lorelai’s for a big girls-only party?
• After all her concerns about Chris interfering with Luke, why does Rory invite him as Lorelai’s date to the wedding?
• Why do you think Lane’s grandmother became so angry? Because she saw Zack?
• Why does Mrs. Kim assume Lane knows nothing of sex?
• Can we assume from Mrs. Kim’s assertion of only having had sex once that perhaps Mr. Kim does not live in the US? If he does, where is he?
• When Chris talks about Lane & Rory being young, and that there’s time for a stupid fight to screw it up, is he thinking back to what separated him and Lorelai?
• Was Chris Sidekick-stalking Rory?
• Luke seemed to usher April out of Jess’ party soon after Rory got there, so how was there time for the photo?
• Why does Lorelai assume Rory is dating Jess? Is that misplaced anger, from Jess’ actions in the past, or because of her reaction to the photo?
• Why does the photo with April upset Lorelai so much?
• Despite all the serious efforts Logan has made of late in his school and career, why does Rory keep referring to Logan as being only a party-boy?
• Why does Lorelai believe she won’t get married?
• Why does Logan being hurt get Rory back into caring about him right away?
• Isn’t Rory too drunk to drive to the hospital?
• Why does Chris take Lorelai from the couch to the bed, if he just finished putting her on the couch?
• When Chris gets up to leave, is Lorelai sad to see him go?

Gilmore Girls Episode Recap:

Kim’s Antiuqes is "Closed for Wedding" and Mrs. Kim happily oversees a kitchen full of Korean women making kimchi, soon to be making dumplings. Lane comes down and is swarmed by her nosy relatives - but sent back upstairs to her hot kimchi-smelling room so the cooking is done on time.

Lorelai comes by with Lane’s wedding dress. Mrs. Kim gets a call and comes out rather distracted. Lorelai pulls out the dress for her, and tells her she made some modifications due to stains, but tried to keep the integrity of the dress. Though it is a whole new dress, essentially (Lane has a huge smile for this), Mrs. Kim doesn’t even notice. Lorelai tells Lane to hide the dress so Mrs. Kim doesn’t notice it has a waist until it’s too late.

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Gilmore Girls 6.14 "You’ve Been Gilmored"
Original Air Date: February 7, 2006 (Recap date: May 5, 2008)
Recap & Discussion

Discussion Questions:

• Do you think Lorelai still believes she’ll be married on June 3rd?
• Shouldn’t manners have prompted Emily to invite Luke to dinner after she learned of the engagement?
• Why is Lorelai bothered by Chris staying silent?
• Is Paris in denial about being fired, or is she just saving face?
• Why is Michel so bent out of shape by Luke doing fixes?
• Why wasn’t Rory nominated for editor earlier in the process?
• Does Paris truly blame Rory or is she just mad in general?
• Why did Rory wait so long before calling Logan about being "evicted"? Why didn’t she call her mom to help?
• Is moving in with Logan a big step? Does he realize that?
• Instead of being a baby about it, why doesn’t Michel just ask Lorelai for coffee? Remind her?
• Was Rory hiding the fact that she’s living with Logan?
• Why does Chris approve of Logan after hearing of all the private schools he was kicked out of?
• Do you think Lorelai & Luke are targets, as Emily & Richard say?
• Was Lorelai hiding from Luke that she had told Emily about June 3rd?
• Do you think Emily & Richard have now accepted Luke? When did that happen?
• Why did Chris call Lorelai? Couldn’t he have waited a couple of days, to eliminate finking if that was the case?
• Rory refers to living with Logan as "interesting" news - is she not happy about it?
• Did Rory want Lorelai to be mad about living with Logan?

Gilmore Girls Episode Recap:

Everyone is trying very hard to keep things civil for Friday night dinner. Emily & Richard are still touchy about Yale though. Lolelai puts a temporary ban on talking about Yale and starts the night afresh. Richard wishes to yell at the people "who deserve it" but instead yells at Emily. Lorelai counts back from five and Richard then says "I love shrimp" to change the topic.

Emily asks how Luke is doing, if they are still engaged. She hasn’t received her "save the date" card. Emily persists on knowing when the wedding will be, so Lorelai blurts out June 3rd. Emily comments on how soon that is and that they haven’t seen Luke in a long time. Emily insists that Luke come to dinner the next Friday, as Richard will be traveling a lot. Emily plays Lorelai by suggesting Luke is not really the man she wants in her life if he won’t come to dinner that Friday. A "not no" becomes a "yes" and Emily says she’ll pick up some save the date cards for Lorelai.

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Gilmore Girls 6.06 "Welcome to the Dollhouse"
Original Air Date: October 18, 2005 (Recap date: April 23, 2008)
Recap & Discussion

Discussion Questions:

• Do you think street names can help with tourism?
• Why didn’t Richard tell Emily about seeing Lorelai?
• Do you think Taylor should have edited the street names to remove any offensive ones? And do you think there were as many streets in 1779 as there are now?
• The Birkin Bag has a huge wait list and is hard to get - does Logan giving it to Rory signify his serious feelings for her?
• Was Taylor avoiding Lorelai, or does he love the street name?
• Is Richard trying to ask Logan if Rory has plans to return to Yale? Or about Rory & Logan getting serious?
• Did Taylor give Lorelai bad street names on purpose?
• Emily used to drop heavy hints about Rory and Logan getting married, so why does she now insist it’s too early for Rory to think of marriage?
• What significance does Emily attach to the Birkin bag?
• Why is Emily sending stuff to Lorelai?
• Does Taylor dislike Lorelai? He seems to be mean and petty to her quite often.
• Is Emily trying to coerce Lorelai to coming to the house?
• Should Lorelai have just paid the fine?
• Why is Emily pushing to get rid of the dollhouse?
• Why does Rory tell Logan she loves him? Do you think Logan loves her back?
• Why is Lorelai donating all the stuff from Emily instead of selling it?
• Do you think Richard went behind Emily’s back to give back the dollhouse? Why?
• Why does Richard go to Lorelai to talk about Rory, not to Emily? Does Emily seem too proud of Rory at the DAR to see what else she could be?

Gilmore Girls Episode Recap:

It’s a town meeting and Taylor has staged a skit about the Stars Hollow from 1779 with Kirk and Andrew playing the parts of the residents. 1779 is the year Stars Hollow was founded, and the point of the skit is how the street names have changed since that time. Taylor wants to revert the Stars Hollow street names to what they used to be.

Taylor says their tourism revenue has gone down, while the revenue in neighboring towns has gone up. Why? They are highlighting their historical charm. Changing street names will cost money, but Taylor says it would be an investment. Gypsy is not fond of printing new business cards, but Lorelai thinks it would be cool. One of his less disastrous ideas to get tourism to Stars Hollow.

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Gilmore Girls 6.01 "The New and Improved Lorelai Gilmore"
Original Air Date: September 13, 2005 (Recap date: April 16, 2008)
Recap & Discussion

Discussion Questions:

• Is Lorelai surprised that Luke said yes?
• Is Lorelai ready to be married? Or is she trying to escape her pain?
• Do you think it weird that Lorelai & Luke didn’t hug or kiss after Luke said yes?
• Have Luke & Lorelai ever said "I love you"?
• How come it’s pitch black when the gazebo lights go off? What about the street lamps?
• Why does Luke feel the need to clear the air about kids?
• Is it easier for Luke to talk to Lorelai about these things when she’s half-asleep?
• Do you think Luke wants two or more kids?
• Is it a big deal that Lorelai proposed, not Luke?
• Why is Lorelai blowing off being involved in Rory’s court case?
• Does Rory believe she is truly in dependant when she lives in the pool house, for free, with her grandparents?
• Is Lorelai’s treatment of "tough love" the right choice?
• Is Logan disappointed with Rory’s choice to leave Yale? Why?
• Is Lorelai being immature by not showing up to Rory’s hearing?
• Do you think Lorelai is the true cause of the estrangement with Rory?
• Is Lorelai’s anger with her parents preventing her from seeing what she’s doing to her relationship with Rory?

Gilmore Girls Episode Recap:

This season, we pick right up with Lorelai asking Luke to marry her. After the shock, with no hesitation, Luke says yes! He doesn’t need a minute. I think it’s still stunning them both. They smile, Lorelai recovers from her own shock that she and Luke will be getting married. They have not hugged yet, but they do want to celebrate the moment somehow.

Luke has nothing sparkly to toast with, so Lorelai tries to pull him out of the diner. Luke stops them, wanting to be sure that Lorelai wants to celebrate now, after how upset she was just a moment before…

"I just wanna be happy right now."

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Gilmore Girls 5.17 "Pulp Friction"
Original Air Date: March 8, 2005 (Recap date: April 8, 2008)
Recap & Discussion

Discussion Questions:

• Why does Kirk take the ribbon retrieval so seriously?
• Why does Rory pay for the cereal she took?
• Do you think Kirk has never thought to move out on his own?
• Did Emily expect Lorelai to return to dinner? Did she assume Luke would tell Lorelai about her visit?
• Do you think Rory is ‘good’ seeing Logan with another girl?
• Was Lorelai overly rude to Michel about the RV?
• Did Rory say yes to Robert to make Logan jealous? Or just to be casual herself?
• Why does Logan think it’s fair for him to get jealous?
• Should Rory have stayed on her date, or should she have gone with Logan?
• Do you think Logan would date Rory exclusively, just to avoid jealousy?
• Why does Emily keep insisting she knows what’s best for Lorelai? Do you think, even after Lorelai yelled at her, Emily has changed her mind?
• Why doesn’t Lorelai tell Rory about her new fight with Emily?

Gilmore Girls Episode Recap:

Kirk is re-collecting the pink and blue ribbons now that Luke & Lorelai are a couple again. Lulu doesn’t want to give hers back because she likes pink. Kirk chases her down the street.

Lorelai comes to Luke’s and gets a good morning kiss. Then Luke notices the "enemy coffee cup" from Weston’s. Lorelai excuses it as not coffee - it’s more like dessert in a cup. Kirk has recovered Lulu’s sweater and ribbon.

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Gilmore Girls 5.15 "Jews and Chinese Food"
Original Air Date: February 22, 2005 (Recap date: April 4, 2008)
Recap & Discussion

Discussion Questions:

• Doesn’t Rory have an obligation for Friday dinners?
• Why does Chris pretend like the entire incident at the vow renewal was a misunderstanding? How was it?
• Why is Rory dense abut Marty?
• Why does Luke want to know if Lorelai will be at the play, before deciding?
• Was Luke being inconsiderate when he took the boat back?
• Why did Rory go to so much trouble for her movie ‘hang out’ with Marty?
• Do you think Michel has friends?
• Was it right for Rory to kick out Doyle?
• Why does Luke really get mad at Lorelai?
• Was Logan’s mention of Marty being a waiter a way to express his jealousy or dislike?
• Should Marty have been asked to pay at dinner?
• What meaning did the "Do you love me?" song have for Luke and Lorelai?
• Why did Marty decide to tell Rory how he felt? Could they still be friends?
• Why does Logan use the window, not the door?
• Is it out of character for Rory to be so forward? Did Marty’s confession have anything to do with that?
• Was Logan’s last line a non-PG reference, or did he refer to exiting the window? And, if the former, is that appropriate for Gilmore Girls?

Gilmore Girls Episode Recap:

Lorelai has shown up to Yale at Rory’s dorm, and walks into a spat between Doyle and Paris over the status of their relationship - lovers? Or what? Lorelai runs to the safety of Rory’s room. The girls have plans for their own Friday night dinner. Before going, Paris tries to get Lorelai to be an anecdote in her paper, talking about loneliness and her break-up.

Rory and Lorelai are eating in the dining hall. Lorelai shares some Stars Hollow news, which includes info that Lorelai has signed up to do costumes for the elementary school production of Fiddler on the Roof. Rory is still worried about Lorelai, after the break-up with Luke. Lorelai’s new morning routine is to go to Weston’s.

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