- The memory of those bikers poking each other in the buttocks eternal sunshined out of my mind
- —What Michel wants
A House Is Not a Home is the finale of Season 5 of Gilmore Girls.
Synopsis[]
Lorelai (Lauren Graham) comes to the rescue after an out-of-character prank lands her daughter in a jam; Luke (Scott Patterson) fears that Lorelai may sell the Dragonfly; Rory (Alexis Bledel) rethinks her future; Lane's (Keiko Agena) fragmenting band gets an unlikely booster; and bikers descend on Stars Hollow.
Plot[]
After receiving a call from her, Lorelai goes to pick Rory up from the police station and takes her home. While on the way home Logan calls Rory and Lorelai orders her not to talk to him and she does anyway. Rory explains that the boat theft was not Logan's idea and Lorelai should not blame him. Lorelai goes to Luke and freaks out about what to do and how to act and Luke plays the fatherly type toward Rory while talking to Lorelai. Logan finds out that his father upset Rory and says he will have a talk with his father, but Rory begs him not to. Rory tells Lorelai that she decided she won't be going back to Yale next year. Lorelai doesn't like this idea and goes to her parents for help. Somewhere in between, Rory goes to her grandparents' house to talk to them about her situation and ends up convincing them to support her decision. They then tell Lorelai that Rory will be living in their poolhouse until she decides she wants to go back to Yale. Meanwhile, Mrs. Kim helps Lane and her band get gigs and stay together. The season ends with a proposal from Lorelai.
Starring[]
- Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
- Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
- Scott Patterson as Luke Danes
- Keiko Agena as Lane Kim
- Yanic Truesdale as Michel Gerard
- Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
- and Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore
- special appearance by
- Edward Herrmann as Richard Gilmore
- Special Guest Stars
- Matt Czuchry as Logan Huntzberger
- and Sebastian Bach as Gil
- Recurring cast
- Michael Winters as Taylor Doose
- Todd Lowe as Zack Van Gerbig
- John Cabrera as Brian Fuller
- Alan Loayza as Colin McRea
- Tanc Sade as Finn
- Guest starring
- Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kim
- Grant Lee Phillips as Town Troubadour
- Aris Alvarado as Caesar
- George Anthony Bell as Professor Bell
- David Reivers as Cop
Quotes[]
- Colin – You're here for Rory? I'm Colin, this is Finn, and you are?
Lorelai – Her mother
Finn – My god, those are good genes - —Prison romance
- Eternal damnation is what I'm risking for my rock 'n' roll!
- —Lane to the band
Trivia[]
- Luke buys the Twickham House.
- Rory is too embarrassed to tell Logan why they stole the yacht and when she tells him, she thinks Logan agrees with Mitchum that she doesn't have journalistic talents. She then decides to drop out of Yale and moves to Richard and Emily's house.
- Luke panics at the thought of Lorelai potentially selling the Dragonfly Inn to the Durham Group.
- Lorelai spontaneously proposes to Luke.
- Lane reconciles with her mother and with her help plans the tour for her band.
- The Town Troubadour sings a cover of "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard.
Music[]
- big blue buzz | RIC MENCK
- lane tries to rally Hep Alien
- chain gang | SAM COOKE
- lorelai and rory talk
- i think it's gonna rain today | CLAUDINE LONGET
- lorelai watches as rory moves into the pool house
Photos[]
Stills[]
Gilmorisms[]
- FILM
- Caged Heat
- Switchblade Sisters
- Festival Express
- The Wizard of Oz
- MUSIC
- Sheryl Crow
- Three Doors Down
- Prince
- LITERATURE
- The Iliad
- POP CULTURE
- Lorelai – I was just wondering, is Rory in the system now? Because I just remember when Sipowicz's son accidentally got arrested because he looked like a drug dealer. Sipowicz was freaked out that the son was going to wind up in the system.
- Colin – Yes. Maxwell Smart finally found his Ninety-Nine.
- Taylor – I swear, if something doesn't have a Marc Jacobs label on it, you girls just don't notice it.
- Taylor – Look what Jane Fonda hath wrought.
- Lorelai – "It?" Who is he, Louis B. Mayer?
- Lorelai – Twenty to life. Time off for a well-placed Tom Sizemore Whizzinator joke.
- Lorelai – Listen, uh, later today I'm going to try and track us down a lawyer. I thought I'd call that guy who got Robert Blake off, what was his name, Houdini?
- Rory's dorm room has a poster of Gloria Steinem as a Playboy Bunny.
- Lorelai – Apparently you put this on before you get on a plane, and by the time you get off you're Dakota Fanning.
- Lorelai – I mean, his whole family looks at you and sees Anna Nicole Smith, and they tell you that to your face, but he thinks you're swell and wants to pay for the honeymoon.