The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais

Season	Episode
4	14

INFO

Airdate

17 February 2004

Written by

Amy Sherman-Palladino & Daniel Palladino

Directed by

Stephen Clancy

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Richard – Trix, Lorelai is a grown woman

Trix – Ridiculous. This is a family. It is a family's responsibility to make sure that this doesn't happen. We have a reputation to uphold

The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais is the 14th episode of Season 4 of Gilmore Girls.

Synopsis[]

Mother and daughter play an endless game of phone tag, as Lorelai is overwhelmed by responsibilities at the inn and Rory struggles to keep up with her classes at Yale. In other developments, Gran (Marion Ross) visits and presides over an unpleasant dinner at Emily and Richard's; Lorelai gets bad news from her contractor; and Lane wears out her welcome at Yale.

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

Yanic Truesdale as Michel Gerard

Liza Weil as Paris Geller

Chris Eigeman as Jason Stiles

and Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore

special appearance by

Edward Herrmann as Richard Gilmore

Special Guest Star: Jared Padalecki as Dean Forester

Recurring cast: Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kim; Biff Yeager as Tom; Olivia Hack as Tana Schrick; Katie Walder as Janet Billings; Ethan Cohn as Glenn Babble

Guest starring: Thomas Redding as Professor Gilbert; Marion Ross as Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore

Co-Starring: Aaron Hill as Kleebold; Mike Henry as Ed; Patty Malcolm as Leanne; Sarah Zinsser as Delia

Quotes[]

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Lane – And maybe one day we'll live in a house made of cheese

Rory – I hope so

―Childhood plans

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Absolutely not, I am company. You do not answer the phone when you have company

—Gran to Lorelai

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Well, when you have my money to bail you out, taking risks isn't much of a problem, now, is it?

—Trix to Richard

Trivia[]

Richard and Trix have their first ever fight in front of Lorelai.
Trix declares that Richard would have lost his house, if it weren't for her giving him money when he made a bad investment at 27.
Rory gets a job swiping card as the dining hall at Yale.
Lane has to move out of Rory's dorm.
Lane gets her job at Luke's back
This is the first episode of Gilmore Girls in which Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham do not appear together. This would not happen again until the sixth season.
The episode is often mistitled "The Incredible Sinking Lorelais".