In the Clamor and the Clangor

In the Clamorand the Clangor
Season	4
Episode	11
INFO
Airdate	27 January 2004
Written by	Sheila R. Lawrence & Janet Leahy
Directed by	Michael Grossman
EPISODES
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Children do not make the rules. You may move out and live like that somewhere else

—Mrs. Kim asks Lane to leave

In the Clamor and the Clangor is the 11th episode of Season 4 of Gilmore Girls.

Synopsis

Lane (Keiko Agena) risks exposing her secret social life when her band lands a 1 AM gig at CBGB's and she lies to her mother (Emily Kuroda) about her whereabouts on the night of the show. In other events, Rory (Alexis Bledel) confronts a campus gossip; Lorelai (Lauren Graham) discovers that Luke (Scott Patterson) neglected to tell her that he and Nicole (guest star Tricia O'Kelley) are living together; and the residents of Stars Hollow are being driven batty by the restored belfry to the Stars Hollow House of Worship, the beneficiary of funds following long-time resident Stan Green's passing.

Starring

Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore Melissa McCarthy as Sookie St. James Scott Patterson as Luke Danes Keiko Agena as Lane Kim Liza Weil as Paris Geller Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason Special Guest Star Sebastian Bach as Gil Recurring cast Liz Torres as Miss Patty Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kim Todd Lowe as Zack Van Gerbig John Cabrera as Brian Fuller

Guest starring Jim Jansen as Reverend Archie Skinner Alan Blumenfeld as Rabbi David Barans Esteban Powell as Darryl Julie Osburn as Professor Freedman Peter Klausner as William Co-Starring Nicole Mansour as Diane Aasha Davis as Susan Rami Malek as Andy Anthony Burch as Jordan Leah Lynette as Marla Ogy Durham as Beth

Trivia

• Lane and the band get a gig at CBGB
• This episode is Rami Malek's acting debut.
• The boy at Yale that Rory asks out in Season 4, Episode 5, (The Fundamental Things Apply) finally gets a name, William.
• The sweater that Lane wears at the end of the episode is the same one that Lorelai wears in the season one episode, The Breakup, Part 2.
• The church bells fell into disrepair in 1983. Luke saw to it.
• Lane reveals to Mrs. Kim that she started her secret life when she was 6 years old.

Photos

Stills

Screenshots

Gilmorisms

MUSIC

• *NSYNC, Simon & Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac, Sarah McLachlan, Rolling Stones, Kraftwerk, The Ramones, Blondie, Sonic Youth, Television, Talking Heads, The New Pornographers, The Strokes.

LITERATURE

• The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike

POP CULTURE

Lorelai – And then take the craziest mother-daughter title from Judy and Liza

Lane – You know, it's people like you who are destroying the music industry!

Rory – Oh, now. Britney's gotta shoulder some of the blame

Kirk – Yes, he said I have tinnitus. I looked it up on the web at "Celebrities Who Share Your Disease" and found that William Shatner is likewise afflicted

Lorelai – Really, Kirk and Captain Kirk?

Kirk – The irony wasn't lost on me

Lorelai – All those years of watching Hart to Hart are about to pay off

Lorelai – Okay, I'm out. What's your plan, Clyde?

William – Hey, it's Madeleine Albright