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Gilmore Girls: The Prodigal Daughter Returns
A surprise phone call from Christopher brings up issues of trust between Lorelai and Luke. Later, when a person from Luke's past shows up in Stars Hollow, he has no idea how to tell Lorelai about it. After months of estrangement, Lorelai and Rory make their first move toward reconciliation and Rory takes major steps to change the direction of her life.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 6x9 Production Number: 2T6309 Airdate: Tuesday November 15th, 2005 Alternate Airdates:
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Co-Guest Stars
Uncredited
Main Cast
Episode Notes
Matt Czuchry (Logan) does not appear in this episode.
Rating: 6.05 million viewers
Episode Quotes
Lorelai: (as she sees Rory's car pulling into the driveway) Oh my God!
Rory: What?
Lorelai: You look just so much more silver then I remembered!
Rory: Oh come on, is it too much to expect, after a lengthy seperation, a heartfelt greeting?
(Lorelai and Rory run across the front yard and give each other a big hug)
Rory: What?
Lorelai: You look just so much more silver then I remembered!
Rory: Oh come on, is it too much to expect, after a lengthy seperation, a heartfelt greeting?
(Lorelai and Rory run across the front yard and give each other a big hug)
Lorelai: I don't hear anything.
Luke: Exactly.
Lorelai: OK, Simon...Garfunkel.
Luke: Exactly.
Lorelai: OK, Simon...Garfunkel.
Luke: (on their way into the bedroom) Close your eyes...
Lorelai: I'm not scared of it anymore, Luke.
Lorelai: I'm not scared of it anymore, Luke.
Lorelai: (to Luke) Last time we were over, Sookie breast-fed Martha during appitizers. They owe us.
Rory: Mom! Guess what!
Lorelai: Rory?
Rory: I just got a job! A writing job! And I'm going back to Yale! I already talked to the dean and all I have to do is find a place to live.
Lorelai: A writing job! Wow.
Rory: And I'm coming back home, Mom!
Lorelai: Rory?
Rory: I just got a job! A writing job! And I'm going back to Yale! I already talked to the dean and all I have to do is find a place to live.
Lorelai: A writing job! Wow.
Rory: And I'm coming back home, Mom!
Sookie: Maybe if you stripped the wood?
Lorelai: Lit a match.
Sookie: Maybe throw on a little gasoline.
Lorelai: Lit a match.
Sookie: Maybe throw on a little gasoline.
Lorelai: Nice of you to let her crash on your couch.
Lane: She's small, how much room can she take?
Lorelai: Did she bring her books?
Lane: Good point.
Lane: She's small, how much room can she take?
Lorelai: Did she bring her books?
Lane: Good point.
Lorelai: (to Luke in his apartment) See, once we're married, you won't be able to run away to your clubhouse anymore. You'll have to join a rotiserierre baseball club just like all the other men.
Lorelai: (on Luke's lap) I want a Barbie, and a pony and roller skates, and some roller skates for the Barbie and for the pony...
Lorelai: Tell you what, Zack, I'll give you $40 for Rory and you give me $1,200 for my garage.
Lorelai: (throws a ball) Hey, Paul Anka. Ah, that's it. Let it have a head start.
Lorelai: (to Emily on the jet) You never lost me.
Luke: No secrets.
Lorelai: Cross my heart and hope to die.
Luke: Oh, I hate that saying.
Lorelai: No secrets.
(They kiss)
Lorelai: Luke.
Luke: Yeah?
Lorelai: When I was in fifth grade, I told everyone Eric Estrada was my boyfriend and we used to make out on his motorcycle.
Luke: Shh.
Lorelai: Cross my heart and hope to die.
Luke: Oh, I hate that saying.
Lorelai: No secrets.
(They kiss)
Lorelai: Luke.
Luke: Yeah?
Lorelai: When I was in fifth grade, I told everyone Eric Estrada was my boyfriend and we used to make out on his motorcycle.
Luke: Shh.
Episode Goofs
When Lorelai and Rory are hugging in the front yard, the shadow of the camera can been seen.
In the beginning of the episode, Lorelai can't get in the house because of a chain Luke installed. But when Lorelai runs out of the house to meet Rory, the chain is not on the door.
When Lorelai is at the diner talking to Lane, her knife alternates from being on top of the napkin to under the coffee cup between shots.
Cultural References
Lorelai: When I was in fifth grade, I told everybody that Erik Estrada was my boyfriend and that we used to make out on his motorcycle.
Erik Estrada is an actor that is known for his role as Officer Francis Poncherello on the 1970s show CHiPs.
Erik Estrada is an actor that is known for his role as Officer Francis Poncherello on the 1970s show CHiPs.
Lorelai: (to Luke) Wrap yourself in a towel and trip over a hedge on your way out.
Lorelai is referring to a scene from the primetime soap opera Desperate Housewives.
Lorelai is referring to a scene from the primetime soap opera Desperate Housewives.
Lorelai: You're giving me a Valerie Cherish and I don't wanna see that!
Valerie Cherish, the character played by Lisa Kudrow in The Comeback, often says "I don't wanna see that."
Valerie Cherish, the character played by Lisa Kudrow in The Comeback, often says "I don't wanna see that."
Lorelai: Bernado.
Sookie: Riff.
In the musical West Side Story, Bernardo and Riff are the leaders of the two opposing gangs.
Sookie: Riff.
In the musical West Side Story, Bernardo and Riff are the leaders of the two opposing gangs.
Lorelai: (to Luke) Enjoy Wisteria Lane, you major drama queen!
Wisteria Lane is the main street in the TV show Desperate Housewives.
Wisteria Lane is the main street in the TV show Desperate Housewives.
Episode Title: The Prodigal Daughter Returns
The title of the episode is a reference to a Biblical parable about the prodigal son who asks for his inheritance early only to spend it all and become poor. When he returns home, his father still welcomes him with open arms despite his mishaps.
The title of the episode is a reference to a Biblical parable about the prodigal son who asks for his inheritance early only to spend it all and become poor. When he returns home, his father still welcomes him with open arms despite his mishaps.
Lorelai: I don't hear anything.
Luke: Exactly.
Lorelai: Okay, Simon...Garfunkel.
Lorelai is referring to the song "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel.
Luke: Exactly.
Lorelai: Okay, Simon...Garfunkel.
Lorelai is referring to the song "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel.
Lorelai: I'll wake up in the morning, look in that mirror and think I'm that kid from Mask.
In the movie Mask, Rocky Dennis, a boy has a bone disformity that causes him to have excessive bone growth in his face, making him disfigured.
In the movie Mask, Rocky Dennis, a boy has a bone disformity that causes him to have excessive bone growth in his face, making him disfigured.
Lorelai: I think they enjoyed watching a show for once that didn't have Laa Laa playing the guitar.
Laa Laa is a character on the TV show Teletubbies.
Laa Laa is a character on the TV show Teletubbies.
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