#gilmore girls season 2

[aphysicistwannabe]

Lorelei Gilmore has no right treating early season Jess like that. I know this is a hot take but bear with me. Lorelai treats him as if he is an adult fully responsible for the situation he is in, while in truth, he is not! He is a 16 year old kid for heaven’s sake, a troubled kid. His mother has abandoned him, his dad’s a mess, and he’s just been shipped off to a town he doesn’t know, amongst people he doesn’t know nor like. How does Lorelai possibly expect him to be a well-behaved star child? Of course he’s gonna ditch school and get in fights and all kinds of trouble. Lorelai’s lack of empathy towards a CHILD who has lost everything is seriously concerning and gross. Jess needs help. And lorelai needs to realize she is an adult not a sixteen year old. It is completely inappropriate of her to have beef with a 16-year-old kid!!!

[betterwithbooksthanwithpeople]

ok so the number of times I've seen the episode "Teach Me Tonight" cannot be comprehended yet I just today wondered if Jess even had a driver's license?? Rory just says "you drive" - no discussion. Jokes about never taking driver's ed. Getting into an accident by swerving off the road? due to a small animal? The kid is from New York City; I know people in their 40s here who've never driven. Jess, my dude, what did you do

[bearsbeetstextposts]

From stereotypical mean girl to autistic gifted-child academic weapon with no social life. Paris Gilmore Girls you will always be famous…

[picklesaremyenemies]

i am on season two of my gilmore girls rewatch, which is my favourit one so yippee :)

[annamatix]

"she likes jess, doesn't she." NOO THIS IS SO SAD STOP I FEEL SO BAD

[cerebraljopper]

do you know you have 30 minutes? 30 30 yes

[bl00dst41ned]

in dean's defense, rory is clearly flirting with jess like everyone can see it

[belleandsaintsebastian]

impulsive rory + lane sketch <3 they’re my emotional support + best friends during uni finals right now ….

[nataliekade]

why is everyone in gilmore girls getting married so soon??!?!?!?

[vindieselsfacebook-blog]

Meaning/references behind every Gilmore Girls episode title - Season 2, Part 2

Masterlist: Season 1 Season 2, Part 1 Season 2, Part 2 Season 3, Part 1 Season 3, Part 2

My notes: - As always, please correct anything I've gotten wrong and share your own insight! - Many of these notes are pulled from and/or learned via annotatedgilmoregirls.com - an absolute icon! - Obsessed with Jess kind of mimicking the behavior of the little boy in the A-Tisket, A-Tasket nursery rhyme. Such a cute detail I never noticed. - I've made comments before about how much I enjoy all the parallels the relationships in this show have with the song I Can't Get Started and what a perfect choice it is for this point in the series, even as a reflection of Sookie's optimistic, naive outlook on love. :')

Season 2, Part 2

Secrets and Loans The title is a reference to the 1996 British drama film Secrets & Lies, directed by Mike Leigh. The film is about an adopted woman who seeks out her birth mother and the many secrets and lies involved in the process. “Loans” refers to Lorelai’s struggles to secure a loan to pay for the termite-related repairs on her home. “Secrets” can refer to several stories in the episode - Lorelai trying to deal with her money problems in secret, keeping secrets strategically from her parents, and even Lane keeping her foray into cheerleading a secret from Rory.

Richard in Stars Hollow Richard spends the day struggling to spend quality time with Lorelai and Rory in Stars Hollow, exacerbating his feelings of uselessness after being forced into retirement. Perhaps a reference to the episode title from season one “Emily in Wonderland” where Emily has her own day in Stars Hollow, which itself is a reference to Alice in Wonderland.

A-Tisket, A-Tasket The episode is named for an English nursery rhyme, first recorded in the US in 1879 as a children’s game, sung while children danced in a circle. One child would run around the circle and drop a handkerchief; the nearest child to them would then pick it up and chase them. If caught, the child who dropped the handkerchief would either be kissed, join the circle, or had to confess the name of their sweetheart. The rhyme was turned into a popular jazz standard song by Ella Fitzgerald in 1938. The lyrics to the rhyme are usually given as: “A-tisket, a-tasket A green and yellow basket I wrote a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it, I dropped it, I dropped it, And on the way I dropped it. A little boy he picked it up And put it in his pocket.” It’s suitable for an episode all about baskets, romance, and miscommunication. Similarly to the little boy in the rhyme finding the letter and pocketing it, Jess finds Rory’s dropped bracelet and takes it.

It Should've Been Lorelai Emily cruelly tells Lorelai: “It should’ve been you!” in regards to Christopher seemingly finally getting his life together, but for another woman and not Lorelai as apparently the whole Gilmore family always kind of assumed. Possibly a reference to the 1990 ballad, It Should’ve Been You by Teddy Pendergrass.

Lost and Found A lost and found is a place where lost property is kept. Rory ends up finding her lost bracelet, which was arguably taken and returned by Jess.

There's the Rub The phrase is taken from Shakespeare’s famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy from the play Hamlet. “To die - to sleep. To sleep - perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub!” The origin is the ancient game of bowls (also known as lawn bowling). A rub is some fault in the surface of the green that stops a bowl or diverts it from its intended direction. The term is recorded first a few years before Shakespeare’s time and is still in use. It appears, too, in golf, in the expression rub of the green, which refers to an accident that stops a ball in play and for which no relief is allowed under the rules. It later became a broader term for an abstract impediment or hindrance. The title also cheekily refers to the spa Lorelai and Emily visit to get massages (physically rubbed).

Dead Uncles and Vegetables Luke deals with the aftermath of his uncle’s death. Taylor fights with the proprietor of a new farmer’s market across the street from Doose's Market - hence the “vegetables”.

Back in the Saddle Again To “get back in the saddle” means to return to something after a break or absence, often after some kind of failure or setback. The phrase originated in the early 19th century and referred to cowboys and other professional riders who had suffered an injury, but were now recovered and “back in the saddle” to continue their normal lives. By the late 19th century, it had begun to be used in the more general sense, to mean returning to any activity. It’s also the title of a signature song from American cowboy entertainer Gene Autry. It was co-written by Autry with Ray Whitley and first released in 1939. The song was associated with Autry throughout his career and was used as the name of Autry's autobiography in 1976. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as fifth of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. This episode is about Richard “getting back in the saddle” as he comes out of retirement.

Teach Me Tonight Teach Me Tonight is a jazz standard with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Gene De Paul, written in 1953. It was recorded several times, most famously by Dinah Washington in 1954. It’s a very romantic “hot for teacher” song, making it clear how strongly the student feels about their tutor – and that their feelings are returned. As in the song, this episode takes place close to the end of the school year - although not literally near graduation. “Did you say I’ve got a lot to learn? Well, don’t think I’m tryin’ not to learn Since this is the perfect spot to learn Oh, teach me tonight Let’s start with the A B C of it Roll right down to the X Y Z of it Help me solve the mystery of it Teach me tonight The sky’s a black board High above you If a shooting star goes by I’ll use that star to write I love you A thousand times across the sky One thing isn’t very clear, my love Should the teacher stand so near, my love? Graduation’s almost here, my love Come on and teach me tonight” This is also the song that Morey plays in S1E3 after he finds Cinnamon, who Babette thought was still stuck under the porch steps.

Help Wanted A sign commonly displayed on doors by businesses looking for staff. This episode is all about Richard finding a secretary for his new business.

Lorelai's Graduation Day Lorelai graduates with a business degree from her Community College.

I Can't Get Started The title of a popular song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by Ira Gershwin in 1936. It was introduced in the film Ziegfield Follies of 1936, performed by Bob Hope and Eve Arden. The 1937 version by jazz trumpeter Bunny Berigan went to #10 in the charts and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1975. Sookie chooses the Ella Fitzgerald version for her wedding, which was included on her 1953 album, Sweet and Hot. It’s also on her 1973 live album, Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall which also includes A-Tisket, A-Tasket, the title of episode S2E13. Lorelai protests that the lyrics are far too depressing for a wedding song, being about a relationship that will never get off the ground: “I’ve flown around the world in a plane I’ve settled revolutions in Spain The North Pole I have charted, but I can’t get started with you Around the golf course I’m under par And all the movies want me to star I’ve got a house, a show place, but I get no place with you You’re so supreme, lyrics I write of you Scheme, just for a sight of you Dream, both day and night of you And what good does it do? In 1929 I sold short In England I’m presented at court But you’ve got me downhearted, cause I can’t get started with you You’re so supreme, lyrics I write of you Scheme, just for a sight of you Dream, both day and night of you And what good does it do?” These lyrics seemingly tell the tale of both Lorelai and Rory’s current relationship dramas. We've been through so much and I can't shake you, but for some reason we just can't make it work. It just isn't meant to be. Another textbook Sookie moment for her to love a song just because of the romantic vibes and unintentionally pick one that feels like an accidental read of her best friend.

[saltygilmores]

Thoughts While Watching Gilmore Girls: The Master Index

Season 1

Pilot 💗 The Lorelais First Day At Chilton 💗Kill Me Now 💗 The Deer Hunters 💗 Cinnamons Wake 💗Rory's Birthday Parties 💗 Kiss and Tell 💗 Love and War and Snow 💗 Rory's Dance 💗 Forgiveness and Stuff 💗 Paris is Burning 💗 Double Date 💗 Concert Interruptus 💗 That Damn Donna Reed 💗 Christopher Returns 💗 Star Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers 💗 The Breakup Part II 💗 The Third Lorelai 💗 Emily In Wonderland 💗 PS I Love You 💗 Love Daisies and Troubadors 💗

Season 2

Sadie Sadie 💗 Hammers & Veils 💗Red Light On The Wedding Night 💗Road Trip to Harvard 💗 Nick & Nora & Sid & Nancy 💗 Presenting Lorelai Gilmore 💗Like Mother Like Daughter 💗 The Inns and Outs of Inns 💗 Run Away Little Boy 💗 Bracebridge Dinner 💗 Secrets and Loans 💗Richard In Stars Hollow 💗 A Tisket a Tasket 💗 It Should Have Been Lorelai💗Lost & Found 💗 Theres The Rub 💗 Dead Uncles And Vegetables 💗Back in The Saddle💗 Lorelais Graduation Day💗I Cant Get Started

Season 3

Lazy Hazy Crazy Days 💗 Haunted Leg 💗 Application Anxiety 💗 One's Got Class The Other One Dyes 💗 8 O Clock At The Oasis 💗 Take The Deviled Eggs 💗 They Shoot Gilmores Don't They 💗 Let The Games Begin💗Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving 💗 That'll Do Pig 💗 I Solemnly Swear 💗 Lorelai Out Of Water 💗Dear Emily and Richard 💗 Swan Song 💗

Bonus Episode: A Vineyard Valentine

[ascendantmarv]

why am i lowkey rooting for rory and jess

[rainbluealoekitten]

Putting the coke aside, he lied down on the wooden bridge, safe in its embrace. He imagined what it would be like to kiss Jess under the watchful gaze of the glittering planets and stars. Even though the boys were so small compared to the sheer immensity of the universe, a feeling as big as a galaxy began to well up in Casper’s chest, and he felt like he was about to explode, transforming into a super giant. The feeling was ever-consuming, and he wanted to bathe in its warmth forever. It was more than just joy; it was a sense of belonging, of hope, of… there were no words. All he knew was that he was the sun. “Don’t fall asleep there, Rains,” Jess’ voice abruptly broke through his reverie. “I’m not,” he murmured. He didn’t want to check the time or think about what his parents would do if they realised he was gone. He just wanted to float through the world with Jess at his side, at least for a few more hours. To his surprise, Jess lay down next to him. “Little uncomfy, isn’t it?” “But nice.” Casper wanted to offer for the other boy to use his chest as a pillow, but he didn’t dare. He could barely breath knowing how close their skin was; it felt like he was slowly burning to ashes just from the proximity. Jess turned his head to the side, studying Casper. “Yeah. It is nice.”

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Extract from chapter four of "Heart-Shaped Bruises" by yours truly

(a_wild_fern on ao3)

[catastrxblues]

wait, so that’s it?? we never get max’s first reaction when lorelai decided to call off the wedding less than a week before it was supposed to happen???? like that’s just it? lorelai called it off, ran away with rory, we see the town’s reaction, her mother’s reaction, but we’re never going to see max, the fiancé’s reaction??? not even a phone call, how did he know, their conversation, did lorelai tell him before she left or after, did he even know it from lorelai, or did he know it from the people in the town. like THAT’S IT??? now the semester’s starting and rory and max see each other in the hallway and it’s all awkward and we see they talked but never lorelai and max and that’s all???? like where’s the resolution between these two? i’m just a bit disappointed, and this is kinda irritating and i don’t know why 😭

[that-was-a-bit-stupid-of-you]

okay but consider this: rory and jess never date. paris and rory get together cuz they're gay asf and the three of them stay friends and jess gets a therapist and his relationship with his mom gets better

[sapphirebluejewel]

Rory Gilmore Season 2 Best Outfits