Happy Birthday, Baby is the 18th episode of Season 3 of Gilmore Girls.
Synopsis[]
As Lorelai (Lauren Graham) oversees repairs at the inn, Rory (Alexis Bledel) plans her mother's birthday bash. Also: Richard (Edward Herrmann) schedules a meeting with Lorelai; Luke (Scott Patterson) agrees to meet Nicole's (guest star Tricia O'Kelley) folks; Jess (Milo Ventimiglia) is caught in a lie; and Paris (Liza Weil) returns to school a changed person.
Starring[]
- Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
- Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
- Keiko Agena as Lane Kim
- Melissa McCarthy as Sookie St. James
- Yanic Truesdale as Michel Gerard
- Scott Patterson as Luke Danes
- Liza Weil as Paris Geller
- Milo Ventimiglia as Jess Mariano
- Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
- and Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore
- special appearance by
- Edward Herrmann as Richard Gilmore
- Special Guest Star
- Bruce McCulloch as Tobin[1]
- Recurring cast
- Jackson Douglas as Jackson Belleville
- Michael Winters as Taylor Doose
- Shelly Cole as Madeline Lynn
- Teal Redmann as Louise Grant
- Guest starring
- Biff Yeager as Tom
- Tricia O'Kelley as Nicole Leahy
- Bruce French as Mr. Leahy
- Linda Porter as Fran Weston
- Eileen Barnett as Mrs. Leahy
- Jon Polito as Pete
Trivia[]
- This is the only time on the show that Lorelai's birthday is celebrated.
- Luke meets Nicole's parents.
- Among Lorelai's birthday treats:
- The world's (town's) largest pizza.
- A playlist at her party of a song for each year she's lived.
- A chocolate cake from Weston Bakery with both whipped cream and buttercream frosting, which has 'Happy 16th birthday Lorelai' spelled out of cupcakes on top
- A surprise party, with the whole town, thrown at Miss Patty's School of Ballet.
- Like Lorelai, Jess doesn't like Indian food.
- Richard's real estate investment in Lorelai's name yields $75,000.
- Michel and Lorelai have known each other for 5 years, indicating Michel started work at the Independence Inn in 1998.
Photos[]
Screenshots[]
Gilmorisms[]
MUSIC
- Macarena by Los del Río
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
LITERATURE
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare (character mention)
FILM
POP CULTURE
- Tobin – I know Tony Randall and Renée Estevez. I'd be happy to put in a call.
- Rory – Luke cannot sweep out chimney.
- Lorelai – Why not?
- Rory – Because you need to be a chimney sweep to sweep a chimney.
- Lorelai – Please. If Dick Van Dyke can do it, so can Luke.
- Paris – My parents return tomorrow, I think my mom is bringing home a new face.
- Rory – Really?
- Paris – There's a doctor in France who injects some kind of gel into your head and molds it to give you better cheekbones.
- Rory – You're kidding me!
- Paris – She needs to sleep on her back for a month, otherwise her face will flatten like a crepe.
- Rory – Oh my God, it's Brazil!
- Lorelai – Put Mrs. Ha-Wiggins on the phone, have her tell me.
- Luke – Yeah, you could send over a couple Oompa-Loompas to kick the crap out of Aunt Tillie.
- Lorelai – $75,000 – oh my God, that's 150 pairs of Jimmy Choos.
- Jess – The cleaned up version of the Eminem Show seems to be selling pretty well.
- Tobin – That is the jacket that Joe Strummer wore during the 1979 Pearl Harbor tour.
- Rory – This is not "Gangs of New York, now with Cameron Diaz!" This is Gangs of New York twenty years ago with Meryl Streep, as Scorsese originally imagined it!
- Lorelai – I've got Polonius and the entire banking system on my side.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ First and only appearance of Tobin