The Long Morrow is the premiere of Season 7 of Gilmore Girls.
Synopsis[]
THE MORNING AFTER — Lorelai faces the reality of her impulsive act after her argument with Luke. Rory is puzzled by a mysterious gift that Logan left her. Meanwhile, Taylor has a red-light camera installed in front of the diner, which leads to an accident that angers the already agitated Luke.
Plot[]
Rory questions why Logan gave her a two-foot rocket as a parting gift when he leaves for London to work for his father's company. After searching through Google, blogs, and chat rooms, she finds a rocket-geek who tells her that the rocket is a replica from a Twilight Zone episode. Rory goes back through her memory bank, and finally realizes that she and Logan had watched this episode in her grandparent's pool house in the earlier stages of their relationship. When they were watching the episode, Logan commented on it: "That is true love." Taylor has a camera installed on the traffic lights in Stars Hollow. During a test run, Kirk (blinded by the camera's flash) crashes Taylor's 1964 Ford Thunderbird right into Luke's diner. Meanwhile, Lorelai wakes up in Christopher's bed. Christopher calls her later, but Lorelai tries to downplay what happened. Luke has realized Lorelai was right, and he tells Lorelai he is ready to get married right then. Lorelai reveals she slept with Chris, and Luke, hurt, wordlessly drives away as Lorelai looks on.
Starring[]
- Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
- Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
- Scott Patterson as Luke Danes
- Melissa McCarthy as Sookie St. James
- Keiko Agena as Lane Kim
- Yanic Truesdale as Michel Gerard
- Liza Weil as Paris Geller
- Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
- Matt Czuchry as Logan Huntzberger
- Special Guest Star
- David Sutcliffe as Christopher Hayden
- Recurring cast
- Liz Torres as Miss Patty
- Michael Winters as Taylor Doose
- Sally Struthers as Babette Dell
- Rose Abdoo as Gypsy
- Aris Alvarado as Caesar
- Rini Bell as Lulu Kuschner
- Guest starring
- Jordan Baker as Marilyn
- Co-Starring
- Benjamin Byron Davis as Tow Truck Driver
- Jonathan Walker Spencer as Customer #1
- Jim Hoffmaster as Customer #2
- Amanda Thorp as Kaitlyn
Trivia[]
- Kirk drives a car into Luke's Diner, damaging a wall.
- Logan gifts Rory a rocket as a token of his love, referencing an episode of The Twilight Zone.
- Lorelai gets rid of everything in her house that is Luke's or reminds her of him.
- Luke comes to Lorelai and tells her he's ready to marry her. She tells him she slept with Christopher. This conversation ends their relationship for good.
Photos[]
Gilmorisms[]
MUSIC
- "Rocket Man," "Crocodile Rock," "Bennie and the Jets," and "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John
- "Tell Her What She Wants To Know" (Instrumental) by Sam Phillips
FILM
- The Fast and the Furious
- 2 Fast 2 Furious
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
- Jarhead
LITERATURE
- Cormac McCarthy
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau
TELEVISION
- The Twilight Zone
POP CULTURE
- The episode title refers to the Twilight Zone episode "The Long Morrow."
- Marilyn – I just want her to get into a good school. She has such potential.
- Paris – Well, so did Charles Manson.
- Rory – And it went right into Luke's and then Kirk gets up, he gets out of the car, and he's all like, Evil Knievel style, like, "I'm okay, I'm okay."
- Rory – Hey, you're getting rid of Bop It?!
- Rory – Was it an "I hate you" wave or an "I'm sorry" wave or an "I can't believe you wanted my mother to shave her head and become a Moonie" wave?
- Lorelai – I've noticed. It's one of the things he and Bette Davis have in common.
- Rory – "Brilliant?" Oh, my God. You're turning British. Do you have a secretary named Moneypenny?!
Media[]
- Gilmore Girls: Opening under new management
- (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • SEPTEMBER 2006)