Ballrooms and Biscotti is the premiere of Season 4 of Gilmore Girls.
Synopsis[]
Rory (Alexis Bledel) and Lorelai (Lauren Graham) return from their European backpacking trip full of plans for Rory's last week in Stars Hollow before she leaves for Yale. Unfortunately, a scheduling error leaves the her with just two nights at home, and her final evening booked for dinner at Emily (Kelly Bishop) and Richard's (Edward Herrmann). Elsewhere, Luke (Scott Patterson) fills Lorelai in on his holiday cruise with Nicole; and Sookie (Melissa McCarthy) reveals the sex of her unborn child.
Starring[]
- Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
- Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
- Melissa McCarthy as Sookie St. James
- Scott Patterson as Luke Danes
- Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
- and Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore
- special appearance by
- Edward Herrmann as Richard Gilmore
- Recurring cast
- Jackson Douglas as Jackson Belleville
- Guest starring
- Michael Winters as Taylor Doose
- Sally Struthers as Babette Dell
- Ted Rooney as Morey Dell
- Co-Starring
- Gabriel Brock as Boy #1
- Austin Noah Marques as Boy #2
- Katya Abelsky as Christy
- Lillian Byrd as Maid
- Jeanine T. Anderson as Soda Shoppe Employee
- Kelly Klein as Soda Shoppe Employee
- Rachel Marinacci as Soda Shoppe Employee
- Seth Todd as Soda Shoppe Employee
- Abraham Zucker as Soda Shoppe Employee
Trivia[]
- Rory goes on #TeamJackson with the 'I do not want to know the sex of my baby' button.
- Lorelai advises Kirk not to skydive into the town square.
- Luke and Nicole got married.
Music[]
- when you tell me that you love me | DIANA ROSS
- the girl from ipanema | STAN GETZ & JOÃO GILBERTO
- that's a-plenty | HISAO SUDOU & NEW DOWNBEATS ORCHESTRA
- tell her what she wants to know | SAM PHILLIPS
Photos[]
Gilmorisms[]
MUSIC
FILM
- The Wizard of Oz
- Midnight Express
- Brokedown Palace
- Mary Poppins
- The Godfather trilogy
- Alice in Wonderland
- The Mambo Kings
POP CULTURE
- Babette – I thought you'd been kidnapped by some crazy Sandinistas or something.
- Rory – Everything you buy here has a Hello Kitty stamp on the bottom.
- Sookie – Oh, was it warm? I read it was warm
- Jackson – wikipedia:Ricky Ricardo didn't know. Dick Van Dyke didn't know.
- Rory – Hear about that whole wikipedia:Sputnik thing?
- Jackson – Oh, Eisenhower is on top of it.
- Luke – Que sera
- Taylor – Or have one of those high class naked parties with that Bush girl
- Rory – I don't wanna change. I don't wanna be the anti-town girl. I'm not Daria
- Lorelai – I'm so wiped. I shouldn't have taken that third Excedrin PM last night.
- Rory – Third? Why'd you take three?
- Lorelai – Oh, well, uh, originally I took two, then somewhere around four in the morning, I woke up and had a major Marilyn moment. And now I'm ready to sleep with the Kennedys
- Rory – I heard Kerry is still available.
- Lorelai – You better walk really fast, like "Warp speed, Mr. Sulu" kind of fast.
- Rory – They had a set of Alice in Wonderland, that Mom wanted to get, but they were way too expensive so we just got the Queen of Hearts.
- Rory – This is Iran in '79 and you are Jimmy Carter
- Emily – That's Corky and Shirley Ballas. I love them. They are so talented.
- Lorelai – Mom, she's been here for hours. Patty Hearst had a shorter incarceration