Application Anxiety is the 3rd episode of Season 3 of Gilmore Girls.
Synopsis[]
Hackneyed, perfunctory, run-of-the-mill - that's Rory (Alexis Bledel). When her Harvard application arrives, her confidence disappears. And soon three generations of Gilmore girls share one giant anxiety attack. Meanwhile, Taylor (Michael Winters) tries to persuade Luke (Scott Patterson) to open a soda fountain in Stars Hollow, and Lane (Keiko Agena) puts an ad in the local paper searching for a rock band to join.
Starring[]
- Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
- Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
- Melissa McCarthy as Sookie St. James
- Keiko Agena as Lane Kim
- Scott Patterson as Luke Danes
- Liza Weil as Paris Geller
- Jared Padalecki as Dean Forester
- Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
- and Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore
- Recurring cast
- Liz Torres as Miss Patty
- Sally Struthers as Babette Dell
- Michael Winters as Taylor Doose
- Jackson Douglas as Jackson Belleville
- Adam Brody as Dave Rygalski[1]
- Guest starring
- Granville Van Dusen as Darren Springsteen
- Tinsley Grimes as Carol Springsteen
- Grant Lee Phillips as Town Troubadour
- Jeanette Brox as Jennifer Springsteen
- Matt Newton as Jack Springsteen
- Biff Yeager as Tom
- Anita Finlay as Marie Springsteen
Music[]
- tiny cities made of ashes | MODEST MOUSE
- i wanna be sedated | THE RAMONES
- big in japan | TOM WAITS
- smile | GRANT LEE PHILLIPS
- istanbul (not constantinople) | THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
Photos[]
Gilmorisms[]
MUSIC
- Also referenced: The Accelerators, The Adolescents, The Adverts, Agent Orange, The Angelic Upstarts, The Agnostic Front, Ash, AC/DC, The Animals, a-ha, David Bowie, Jackson Browne, Nico, The Ramones, Yes, Jethro Tull, The Jam, Nirvana, Bananarama, The Pixies, The Breeders, Dead Kennedys, Wu-Tang Clan, Butthole Surfers, The Clash, The Kinks, Bruce Springsteen
LITERATURE
- Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
- Sylvia Plath, William Faulkner, Dr. Seuss, general author references
- Macbeth, Henry IV Part 1 and 2, The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare, general references
- The Manticore by Robertson Davies
FILM
- Karate Kid
- West Side Story
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Sid and Nancy
- Harry Potter
POP CULTURE
- Rory – (about the TV show they're watching) It's on my top fifty best.
- Lorelai – Yeah, right after Holmes & Yo-Yo and Hee Haw Honeys.
- Rory – Sylvia Plath?
- Lorelai – Might send the wrong message.
- Rory – The "sticking her head in the oven" thing?
- Lorelai – Hm, so, circle all of them except sports. Oh, they want a picture. How about the one of us sticking our heads through the carved out holes of Johnny Bravo and SpongeBob Squarepants?
- Rory – So, what are you doing Saturday?
- Dean – Just my usual chores.
- Rory – Your usual chores, John Boy?
- Paris – I wanted Charlie Rose.
- Paris – And all Mr. Hunter said is, Paris, this isn't The Beatles at Shea Stadium.
- Emily – And now it's the in thing for young Hollywood celebrities to go to universities. What do they call themselves, the Brat Pack?
- Lorelai – We could call it Tangerinorama or Banafana-fofanna-rama or something.
- Taylor – I am telling you Luke, if we don't quickly furnish these skateboarding Z-boys with a moral distraction they are going to turn Stars Hollow into Dogtown.
- Luke – And when I die, I'm gonna have them freeze me next to Ted Williams.
- Rory – You're no Danny Gans.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ First appearance of Dave Rygalski