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Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too is the 4th episode of Season 5 of Gilmore Girls.

Synopsis[]

Rory (Alexis Bledel) interrupts Lorelai's (Lauren Graham) cozy breakfast with Luke (Scott Patterson); Lorelai loses her patience with Taylor (Michael Winters) when his enforcement of zoning regulations prevents her from expanding her parking lot by two spaces; Rory is irritated when Paris (Liza Weil) moves a printing press into their dorm room.

Plot[]

Lorelai is trying to get a permit for two extra parking spaces for the inn, but Taylor keeps rejecting her applications. Taylor is also going after Jackson for the greenhouse he recently had built because it’s too close to the edge of his property. Jackson goes crazy and decides he’s going to run against Taylor in the upcoming election for town selectman. It’s kind of a weird thing because nobody ever runs against Taylor. Lorelai and Sookie set up their campaign table at Luke’s. Dean and Rory are supposed to hang out, but he calls and says Lindsay has the car and he can’t get there. Rory drives to Stars Hollow to hang out at his house. It’s nice to see his sister, Clara, again, but Dean’s mom is kind of disapproving. She makes Dean leave the door open while he and Rory are in his room and deal with Clara. The next time they get together, they make out in Rory’s car, which is problematic for Dean since he’s tall.

Rory asks Dean to go to Jackson’s rally with her, but he yells at her for even suggesting such a thing because he doesn’t want to flaunt the relationship all over town and rub Lindsay’s nose in it. Lorelai asks Lane’s band to play at a rally for Jackson. The voting starts, and Lane’s band is just then given a tape of the song Jackson wants them to play. They’ve never heard it before, but they’re going to go on and play it in like five minutes' time. Kirk has been polling, and he says everyone in town plans to vote for Jackson. Lorelai is happy, but then she looks through the window of the diner and sees Taylor sitting by himself in the dark in his soda shoppe. She thinks it’s sad. Jackson gets on stage and says he has no idea why he’s running for selectman. He already has a job and not a lot of time and he doesn’t want to be selectman. The crowd just loves him more for being an honest man and of course he wins. Only ten people vote for Taylor, most of them because Lorelai asked them to.

After the rally, Zack brings a couple of girls back to the apartment. Lane hasn’t told Zack she likes him because she’s worried it will break up the band, but she just can’t stand to see him with these girls so she tells him she likes him and then goes to her room. Zack goes outside to think about things. Dean comes up to Rory at the rally and apologizes for yelling the other night. He says he worked things out with his car and talked to his mom so things are going to be better. Rory asks if Dean would have left Lindsay if she hadn’t found her letter. Dean kind of does that weird grin of his and says yes, of course he would have left her.

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
Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
Special Guest Stars
Jared Padalecki as Dean Forester
and Sebastian Bach as Gil
Recurring cast
Liz Torres as Miss Patty
Michael Winters as Taylor Doose
Jackson Douglas as Jackson Belleville
Todd Lowe as Zack Van Gerbig
John Cabrera as Brian Fuller
Mike Gandolfi as Andrew
Guest starring
Sally Struthers as Babette Dell
Rose Abdoo as Gypsy
Scout Taylor-Compton as Clara Forester
Wylie Small as May Forester

Quotes[]

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I'm late for class and you put a printing press on my book bag
—Rory to Paris
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You always promise to hurt him, but then you don't. You're a Taylor-tease
—Michel to Lorelai

Trivia[]

  • Jackson is able to grow year-round tomatoes.
  • Asher Fleming leaves Paris an 18th century Blau Printing Press.

Music[]

my happy ending | AVRIL LAVIGNE
clara blasts this in her room
science vs. romance | RILO KILEY
lane plays this to rory over the phone
happy days are here again | GUY LOMBARDO
jackson's victory party
slow hands | INTERPOL
lane tells zach that she likes him

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Backstage[]

Gilmorisms[]

MUSIC

FILM

LITERATURE

POP CULTURE

LukeTommy Lee has a Starbucks in his house?
LorelaiCribs, baby. Watch it.
Paris – Kids our age do crazy things to make themselves unique. Piercings, blue hair, Kabbalah
Lorelai – What's the matter, honey? Justin and Cameron having trouble again?
Lorelai – This is the third time that "Bus-and-Truck-Tour Mussolini" has rejected our permit.
Zack – Yo, John Nash. Enough with the numbers.
Rory – So, you'll be Dickens' characters in 20 years?
Gypsy – He's our Papa Doc.
Kirk – Well, I modeled my poll after the Gallup Poll.
Lorelai – I know. All he needed were some lying Swift Boat captains to complete the ambush.
Sookie – Who are you calling? Ben Affleck?
Rory – We do not harass the voters. This is not Florida.
Gil – We do what we do. We make rock 'n' roll. Hendrix rocked Woodstock with "The Star Spangled Banner."
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