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- "You do or say anything to upset Jess and make it harder for me to keep him on the right path, I'm gonna put your head through a wall"
- —Luke to Jimmy Mariano
Say Goodnight, Gracie is the 20th episode of Season 3 of Gilmore Girls.
Synopsis[]
Already frustrated by his nephew's recent behaviour, Luke (Scott Patterson) has an uncomfortable encounter with an unexpected visitor who's looking for Jess (Milo Ventimiglia). Elsewhere, Dean (Jared Padalecki) has shocking news for Rory (Alexis Bledel); Lane (Keiko Agena) tries to smooth things out with her mother (Emily Kuroda) in order to go to the prom with Dave (Adam Brody); and Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Sookie (Melissa McCarthy) conspire to embark on a new business venture.
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
- Milo Ventimiglia as Jess Mariano
- Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
- and Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore
- Special Guest Star
- Rob Estes as Jimmy Mariano[1]
- Recurring cast
- Liz Torres as Miss Patty
- Michael Winters as Taylor Doose
- Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kim
- Shelly Cole as Madeline Lynn
- Teal Redmann as Louise Grant
- Adam Brody as Dave Rygalski
- Guest starring
- Alan Blumenfeld as Rabbi David Barans
- Jim Jansen as Reverend Archie Skinner
- Chauncey Leopardi as Kyle
Quotes[]
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- "Alright. You can go to the prom, but you cannot get married!"
- —Mrs. Kim to Dave
Trivia[]
Music[]
- suffragette city | DAVID BOWIE
- jimmy and jess meet
Photos[]
Gilmorisms[]
MUSIC
- The Monkees
- Bono
- "The Candy Man" from Willy Wonka
LITERATURE
- The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
- Henry VI by William Shakespeare
FILM
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- National Lampoon's Animal House
- Cinderella
- Footloose
- The Graduate
- Scream 2 (when Dave mentions video games turning people into serial killers)
POP CULTURE
- Lorelai – Are you sure she's gonna want that back? It's been left alone all night at a keg party. There's no getting it over that. That backpack is permanently scarred. That backpack is Zelda Fitzgerald.
- Lorelai – Did they bring the paddy wagon?
- Rory – Yeah, but then we snuck out the back of the speakeasy and headed straight for the Algonquin.
- Lorelai – How was Benchley?
- Rory – Drunk again.
- Lane – After I finished with my Farrelly Brothers audition in the bushes.
- Lane – It was more Stepford than cold -- very calm, very serene.
- Taylor – The day we all thought would never get here has arrived.
- Kirk – Arbor Day?
- Taylor – No.
- Kirk – The day of reckoning?
- Taylor – No.
- Kirk – The day the music died?
- Jess – Where the hell have you been? The place is a freaking zoo. Every table's full and I've got Sammy Davis Jr. here thinking it's the Desert Inn.
- Lorelai – If we're meant to have the Dragonfly Inn, then we're meant to have it.
- Sookie – Right. Like Doris Day.
- Lorelai: Que sera....
- Sookie: ...sera.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ First appearance of Jess's father Jimmy Mariano