There's The Rub is the 16th episode of Season 2 of Gilmore Girls.
Synopsis[]
Emily (Kelly Bishop) wins a weekend spa trip and asks Lorelai (Lauren Graham) to join her for the relaxing holiday. Meanwhile, Rory (Alexis Bledel) receives some unexpected visitors when she decides to have a quiet night at home while her mom's away.
Starring[]
- Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
- Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
- Melissa McCarthy as Sookie St. James
- Keiko Agena as Lane Kim
- Yanic Truesdale as Michel Gerard
- Scott Patterson as Luke Danes
- Liza Weil as Paris Geller
- Jared Padalecki as Dean Forester
- Milo Ventimiglia as Jess Mariano
- and Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore
- special appearance by
- Edward Herrmann as Richard Gilmore
- Recurring cast
- Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
- Shelly Cole as Madeline Lynn
- Teal Redmann as Louise Grant
- Guest starring
- Biff Yeager as Tom
- Michael Panes as Bobby
- Co-Starring
- Marty Roberts as Marty (Singer)
- Elayne Roberts as Elayne (Singer)
- John G. Andrews as the Bass Player
- Carol Hickey as the Chemistry Teacher
- Steve Lawrence as Steve the Bartender
- Tiffany Fraser as the Hostess
- Tracy Maddox as the Spa Facialist
- Gary Riotto as Kip
- Uncredited
- Hal Linden as Chad
Quotes[]
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- "All I had to do was move a decimal point and none of this would’ve happened"
- —Paris
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- "[to Rory] What, you think we need a chaperone?"
- —Jess
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- Dean – And Rory wouldn't lie, right?
- Lorelai – No. Rory wouldn't lie...
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- Jess – It was not self-indulgent. The Beats believed in shocking people, stirring things up
- Paris – They believed in drugs, booze, and petty crime
- Rory – Well, then you can say that they exposed you to a world you wouldn’t have otherwise known. Isn’t that what great writing’s all about?
- Dean — Since your mother's going to be gone, maybe I'd come over
- Rory — What? I was thinking of pulling kind of a hermit thing tonight
- Dean — Why?
- Rory — I don't know. J.D. Salinger seems to dig it
- Dean — You don't want me to come over?
- Rory — No, I just... I almost never get the house all to myself, and I thought with my mom gone I can finally do my laundry exactly the way I like it. You know, not separating into whites and colors, but the colors separated into darks, mediums, and lights
Trivia[]
- The episode title is a reference to Hamlet's speech, "To die, to sleep—to sleep—perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub."
- Paris tells Dean that she's into Jess, to break up Dean and Rory's fight.
- Rory invites Paris to stay over.
- Jess brings Rory food knowing she's home alone, but pretends that it was a care package brought by Luke.
- Paris and Jess get along well.
- Rory first acknowledges her and Paris' friendship by offering for her to sleep over like a "slumber party".
- Paris returns home the next day with too much sugar in her system.
- We learn that Paris is not allowed to eat mac and cheese.
- This was one of the few times Rory has had the house entirely to herself.
Music[]
- "Deora Ar Mo Chroí" by Enya
- "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" by Marty and Elayne
- "Come Fly With Me" by Marty and Elayne
- "Fly Me to the Moon" by Marty and Elayne
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" by Marty and Elayne
- "Stayin' Alive" by Marty and Elayne
Photos[]
Gilmorisms[]
LITERATURE
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac
- J.D Salinger, Kafka, Charles Bukowski, Jane Austen, general author references
FILM
POP CULTURE
- Lorelai – Careful, Mom. That's how they get you in the Moonies.
- Lorelai – Yes, I'm going to be Ted Nugent.
- Lorelai – Yes, it’s in the Luca Brasi mobile out front.
- Rory – Actually, I was thinking of pulling kind of a hermit thing tonight.
- Dean – Why?
- Rory – I don’t know. J.D. Salinger seems to dig it.
- Rory – You know, not just separated into whites and colors, but the colors separated into darks, mediums, and lights, with a separate pile for white t-shirts and t-shirts with some kind of writing on them, like, you know, "Rock Star," "Evil," or "Kafka was here."
- Paris – The person who wrote this should be dressed in a clown suit, stuffing bodies under their porch.
- Jess – It was not self-indulgent. The Beats believed in shocking people, stirring things up.
- Paris – They believed in drugs, booze, and petty crime.
- Rory – Well, then you can say that they exposed you to a world you wouldn’t have otherwise known. Isn’t that what great writing’s all about?
- Paris – That was not great writing. That was the National Enquirer of the '50s.
- Jess – You're cracked.
- Paris – Typical guy response. Worship Kerouac and Bukowski, God forbid you pick up anything by Jane Austen.
- Jess – Hey, I've read Jane Austen. And I think she would've liked Bukowski.
- Jess – You’re doing that towering over me thing. Huh. I tell you, you’ve really got that down. It helps that you’re twelve feet tall, but this Frankenstein scowl really adds to the whole –
- Rory – Jess!
- Lorelai – I’ll have you working at the Chicken Ranch by the end of the month.