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- "She likes Jess, doesn't she?"
- —Dean to Lorelai
Back in the Saddle Again is the 18th episode of Season 2 of Gilmore Girls.
Synopsis[]
Rory (Alexis Bledel) needs a mentor for a group business project at school, so she asks her retired grandfather (Edward Herrmann) to help out. At first, Richard is hesitant but eventually gets a little too involved in the endeavour. He also begins to realise that retired life might not be for him.
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
- Shelly Cole as Madeline Lynn
- Teal Redmann as Louise Grant
- Guest starring
- Dakin Matthews as Hanlin Charleston
- Adam Wylie as Brad Langford
- Janet Hubert as Giselle Gerard
- Co-Starring
- Devon Cromwell as Chip
- Brian Berke as Joe
Trivia[]
- The title of the episode refers to Richard getting back into business again.
- Richard decides to go into business for himself. He returns with his own business to his former employer, Floyd Stiles, two years later.[1]
- Michel's mother Giselle makes her first and only appearance on the series.
- Lorelai has known for some time that Rory has feelings for Jess and realises that Dean knows, too.
Photos[]
Gilmorisms[]
LITERATURE
- Motley Crue by Seamus Craic
- Candide by Voltaire
- Mark Twain, general author reference
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, and Nikki Sixx
- The Bhagavad Gita
- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
FILM
POP CULTURE
- Emily – When he couldn't foresee rivaling Cézanne, he lost interest.
- Lorelai – You know, you're bound by the rules of Geneva Convention, mother, just like everyone else.
- Lorelai – (arguing that it's OK to start dinner while her father changes out of his mechanic clothing) But Gomer said it was OK.
- Madeline – I read slow so I don’t miss anything.
- Paris – It’s not the Bhagavad Gita, Madeline. It’s simple instructions for the business fair.
- Louise – Someone's not taking to Elba too kindly. Just that Rory's the leader of this group, Napoleon.
- Rory – Miss Gilmore in the Vicious Circle.
- Lane – Because as Devo says, 'If a problem comes along, you must whip it as long as you whip it with a whip-o-matic'!
- Michel – Yes, a regular Dr. Dolittle.
- Paris – Chess boards for the Bobby Fischer freaks.
- Lorelai – He's gonna start showing up at David Letterman's house.
- Chip – I feel like Ivan Boesky.
- Michel – We talk about clothes, and food, and Posh Spice and David Beckham, and that is all.
- Paris – That's a Buster Keaton routine waiting to happen.