Posted on Jan 12, 2021

There Are Two Famously Perfect Episodes Of "Gilmore Girls", So I Watched Both To See Which Is Better

God, I love this show.

by Hope Lasater

BuzzFeed Staff

Warning: Major Gilmore Girls spoilers ahead!

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Note: my mom's favorite episode is "Dear Emily and Richard (Season 3, Episode 13) and my sister's is "Friday Night's Alright for Fighting" (Season 6, Episode 13) — both wonderfully written. Other Gilmore Girls standouts include "Emily in Wonderland" (Season 1, Episode 19), "Lorelai's Graduation Day" (Season 2, Episode 21), "Those Are Strings, Pinocchio" (Season 3, Episode 22), "Wedding Bell Blues" (Season 5, Episode 13) and "Partings" (Season 6, Episode 22).

A sign in Stars Hollow that says, "Saturday 6 AM to Sunday 6 AM in the Stars Hollow High School gymnasium"

Lorelai says, "In 9th grade, I got asked to homecoming, I didn't think I would and I was in a really good mood, and mom got so annoyed she made me go to my room," Rory asks, "Grandma," and Emily says, "She was at the table, giving all the peas voices"

Lorelai and Rory in old timey dresses

Jess is too cool for school as he walks through the dance marathon in normal clothes

Sookie says, "All of a sudden, completely out of the blue, Jackson announces he wants four in four," Lorelai says, "He wants what," and Sookie says, "Four in four, four kids in four years"

Taylor yells, "It's showtime" and everyone dances very energentically

Earlier Rory says, "I told him Andrew gets in a fight with his date in the first 15 minutes and storms off the floor," and at the dance, Andrew says to his date, "Why would you ever tell me that you went out with Liam Neeson" and he storms off

Jackson says, "Telling Sookie that she needs to immediately inform me that four in four is crazy," Lorelai says, "Aw, Sookie," and Sookie says, "Yeah, it did come out something like that"

A sign at the dance marathon that says it's been 23 hours and 6 couples remain

Taylor says, "Have you ever levitated a Rottweiler," Miss Patty says, "No," and Taylor says, "Not easy"

Lorelai says, "If I ever happen to meet the right person, another kid might be nice," and then she and Luke just look at each other

Dave Rygalski smiling at Lane

While dancing with Dean, Rory says, "He's just trying to bug me, sitting there right in front of me, staring, jerk" then Jess and his date start kissing and Rory says, There they go again"

Rory says, "What's obvious, what did I do," and Dean says, "Everyone can see, Rory, everyone, and I'm tired, but I'm over it, so go ahead, go, be together, there's nothing standing in your way now 'cause I'm out"

Rory says, "He was right, well, wasn't he," and Dean says, "He was right"

Rory and Lorelai hugging as Kirk dances around the gym with the trophy

Pro right off the bat: The Dragonfly means so much to Lorelai, and Sookie and Michel. The test run is a big moment.

Sookie says, "I hired seven, figuring that at least two would crap out, and then we'd have five," Lorelai says, "And," and Sookie says, "And none did"

Hearts around a picture of Paris Geller

Kirk says, "After neutralizing my pillow, I ran up the stairs, climbed out the bathroom window, scaled the trellis up the side of the house and hid on the roof, completely naked"

Dean with shaggy hair and weird facial hair

Rory and Dean are standing very close to each other and she says, "You wouldn't want me to be with someone who doesn't treat me right because you're my friend, right" and Dean says, "Right, I'm your friend"

Lorelai says to a guest, "You're in room nine, just follow your door" and he does

Taylor says to Lorelai, "I've already got 14 complaints written down"

Lorelai crashing into a table in Luke's Diner and crashing into a door in the Dragonfly

Lorelai says, "Why would you want to get away from each other, mom, are you and dad fighting," and Emily says, "Stop it, you know your father and I are separated, and you brought us out here and stuck us in the woods to stare at each other for 48 hours"

Emily and Richard stare at Jason, and then Richard turns to Lorelai and says, "Are you trying to kill us"

No raincoats or recipes throughout the episode

Dean says, "It's over, we both feel it, I know we both feel it," Rory says, "You and Lindsay," and Dean says, "Yeah, me and Lindsay"

Rory says, "I can't believe this is—that we're," Dean says, "I can" and then they start kissing and lay down on Rory's bed

Luke says, "You knew what I was doing," and Lorelai says, "Well, no, not officially"

Lorelai and Luke kissing, and then naked, screaming Kirk runs in between them outside

Rory says, "Dean came over to borrow something," Dean says, "Yeah," but Lorelai feels it, and she sees Rory's bed is a mess

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