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Gilmore Girls :: The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton (01x02)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton
Episode #: 01x02
Production Number: 226701
Original Airdate: Thursday October 12th, 2000
*Also Known As:
  • Une journée difficile ( France [TF6])
  • Ein klassischer Fehlstart ( Germany [Vox])
9.4/10 (5 Votes cast)
Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country: Aired On:
FR (TF6) Sep 08, 2001
DE (Vox) Apr 05, 2004
Episode Crew
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
 
Episode Summary
 
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It is the first day of Chilton for the Gilmores, and Lorelai oversleeps. Realizing that she does not have enough time to pick up her clothes from the dry-cleaners, she is forced to wear a pink tie-dye shirt and "Daisy Duke" shorts, an outfit that upsets both Emily and Rory. The rest of the day is downhill from there for Rory, who picks up the nickname Mary and makes enemies with Paris Geller who sees Rory as her competition.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Alex BorsteinplayedDrellaRecurring (second appearance)
Dakin MatthewsplayedHanlin CharlestonRecurring (first appearance)
Liz TorresplayedMiss PattyRecurring (second appearance)
Liza WeilplayedParis GellerRecurring (first appearance)
Sally StruthersplayedBabette DellRecurring (first appearance)
John BillingsleyplayedMr. Remmy 
Nick ChinlundplayedIan Jack 
Co-Guest Stars
Chad Michael MurrayplayedTristan DuGreyRecurring (first appearance)
Jackson DouglasplayedJackson MelvilleRecurring (first appearance)
Josh JacobsonplayedBoy #1Recurring (first appearance)
Roz WittplayedMrs. TraegerRecurring (first appearance)
Sean GunnplayedMickRecurring (first appearance)
Shelly ColeplayedMadeline LynnRecurring (first appearance)
Teal RedmannplayedLouise GrantRecurring (first appearance)
Ted RooneyplayedMorey DellRecurring (first appearance)
Carole GoldmanplayedMiss James 
David SmigelskiplayedDerek 
Irina MaleevaplayedSalon Lady 
Pamela KoshplayedElderly Female 
Rene HegerplayedKid 
Steve TomplayedIrate Customer 
Strawn BoveeplayedMrs. Ness 
Troy MedleyplayedInstaller #1 
 
Main Cast
 
Lauren GrahamplayedLorelai Gilmore
Alexis BledelplayedRory Gilmore
Melissa McCarthyplayedSookie St. James
Scott PattersonplayedLuke Danes
Edward HerrmannplayedRichard Gilmore
Kelly BishopplayedEmily Gilmore
Yanic TruesdaleplayedMichel Gerard
Keiko AgenaplayedLane Kim
 
Episode Notes
 
Liza Weil originally tried out for the part of Rory but didn't make it. However, the producers liked her and cast her in the role of Paris instead.
 
Ratings: 2.8/4
 
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Sam PhillipsI Don't Know How To Say Goodbye To You 
XTCI'm The Man Who Murdered Love 
 
Episode Quotes
 
(At Luke's)
Luke: What are you doing here?
Lorelai: See, now, that's why you were voted Mr. Personality of the New Millennium. Where's your crown?
 
Lorelai: Rory is not gonna to be a problem. She's totally low maintenance, you know, like a Honda. You know, they're just easy, just...nice office.
 
Rory: Yeah, they kept calling me Mary.
Lorelai: You're kidding me. Wow, I can't believe they still say that.
Rory: Why? What does it mean?
Lorelai: Mary, like Virgin Mary. It means they think you look like a goody-goody.
Rory: You're kidding.
Lorelai: No.
Rory: Well, what would they have called me if they thought I looked like a slut?
Lorelai: Well, they might have added a Magdalene to it.
 
Rory: I can't be late on my first day of school. Do you know what happens to people when they're late on their first day?
Lorelai: It's shorter?
 
Paris: (reading Rory's file) Lorelai Gilmore.
Louise: Nice stripper name.
Paris: Formerly of Stars Hollow High.
Louise: Where's that?
Paris: Drive west, make a left at the haystacks, and follow the cows.
 
Morey: Tell her about the gnome, baby.
Babette: They kicked the gnome.
Lorelai: What?
Babette: Right in the head!
Morey: That's just not cool.
Babette: I wouldn't trust these boys. Gnome-kicking says a lot about a man's character.
 
Miss Patty: Now, walk smooth. That's the new Harry Potter on your heads. If they should drop, Harry will die, and there won't be any more books.
 
Rory: I don't know. It was just one big, long, scary, tweedy, bad eight hours.
Lorelai: Add some hair spray, and you've got my day.
 
Miss Patty: Ladies, what do I see. Naked girls. No, no, keep those leotards on. This is not Brazil.
 
Lorelai: Well, we like our internet slow, okay? We can turn it on, walk around, dance, make a sandwich. With DSL, there's no dancing, no walking, and we'd starve. It'd be all work and no play. Have you not seen "The Shining", Mom?
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
In this episode Sean Gunn's character is named Mick, but in subsequent episodes, his character's name is Kirk.
 
Lorelai throws Rory's backpack in the back of her Jeep twice after she picks her up from Chilton.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Lorelai: Sweetie, you can't let those kids get you down. Do you want me to talk to anybody? A parent, a teacher, a big guy named Moose?

Moose is a character from the Archie Comics who's big and strong but has a heart of gold.
 
Lorelai: It'd be all work and no play. Have you not seen The Shining, Mom?

The Shining is a horror movie by Stanley Kubrick based on a Stephen King novel about a family that takes a job to watch a hotel during the winter. The father goes crazy and ends up on a killing frenzy and repeats the line, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy".
 
Lorelai: I look like that chick from The Dukes of Hazzard.

Lorelai is referring to Daisy Duke, the cousin of Luke and Bo Duke on the TV show, The Dukes of Hazzard.
 
Lane: Hey guys! New CD! XTC, 'Apple Venus Volume 2'!

XTC is a new wave band from the UK who are considered the fathers of the Britpop movement that began in the 1980s. Apple Venus Vol. II is the highly popular sequel to Apple Venus.
 
Rory: And I was in the German Club for a while, but there were only three of us, and then two left for French Club after seeing Shindler's List.

Shindler's List is an Academy Award winning movie directed by Stephen Speilberg based on a novel by Thomas Keneally. It tells the true story of Nazi Czech businessman, Oskar Schindler, who used Jewish labor to start a factory in Poland. As World War II progressed, Schindler's motive changed and he was able to save 1100 Jews from concentration camps.
 
Rory: I want to go to Harvard to study journalism and political science.
Hanlin Charleston: On your way to being?
Rory: Christiane Amanpour.
Hanlin Charleston: Not Cokie Roberts?
Rory: No.
Hanlin Charleston: Not Oprah, Rosie, or one of the women from The View?

Christiane Amanpour is CNN's chief international correspondent; Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News; Oprah is a successful talk show host; Rosie is also a talk show host as well as an actress and comedian; The View is a daytime talk show created by Barbara Walters.
 
Rory: What are you looking at?
Lorelai: I'm just trying to see if there's a hunchback up in that bell tower.

This is a reference to Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell ringer from the novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo.
 
 
Episode References
 
 
 
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