Double Date

Season

Episode

1

12

Aired

January 1, 2001

Written by

Amy Sherman-Palladino

Directed by

Lev L. Spiro

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SynopsisEdit

Two double dates. Rory and Dean set up Lane with Dean's friend, and Sookie and Jackson's first date includes Lorelai and Jackson's cousin.

Plot outlineEdit

After Lorelai encourages Sookie to ask out Jackson, she finds herself on the double date from hell with Jackson's cousin, Rune, which makes Luke jealous enough to finally work up the courage to ask Lorelai out. Meanwhile, Rory and Lane get into trouble when they double date with Dean and his friend Todd without telling their moms.

MusicEdit

• "Earn Enough For Us" by XTC
• "God Only Knows" by Claudine Longet
• "Holding On To The Earth" by Sam Phillips
• Also referenced: Blondie, Kraftwerk, Young Marble Giants, Yoko Ono, Claudine Longet, Grand Daddy, Beck, Foo Fighters, Nico, Fugazi

Book ReferencesEdit

• The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath

Movie ReferencesEdit

• The Great Santini
• Mask
• Beethoven
• Attack of the Fifty Feet Women

Pop Culture ReferencesEdit

Rory: Yoko Ono...Really?
Lane: A very misunderstood artist and The Beatles would have broken up anyway...
Rory: Have you shared this theory with anyone?
Lane: I know it, Yoko knows it, Sean knows it, Julian's still in denial but what can you do?

Rory: Claudine Longet.
Lorelai: The chick who shot the skier?

Lorelai: (to Luke) That's very Richard Simmons of you.

Lorelai: After three cheeseburgers, you're done unless you're expecting Elijah to stop by.

TriviaEdit

• Joe Fria plays the waiter at the fancy French restaurant. In I Solemnly Swear, Joe Fria plays Joe Mastoni from the Deerhill Lodge, an old friend of Sookie.