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Gilmore Girls :: The Road Trip to Harvard (02x04)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Road Trip to Harvard
Episode #: 02x04
Production Number: 227454
Original Airdate: Tuesday October 23rd, 2001
*Also Known As:
  • Auf und davon ( Germany [Vox])
9.8/10 (5 Votes cast)
Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country: Aired On:
DE (Vox) May 10, 2004
Episode Crew
Director: Jamie Babbit
Writer: Daniel Palladino
 
Episode Summary
 
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Rory and Lorelai take a road trip to Harvard, where Rory fits right in. She feels like this is the place for her. When they return home, Lorelai cries when she sees the chuppah that Luke made for her, while Luke comforts her. Seeing how Rory is growing up, Lorelai decides to start planning for her own inn.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Karl T. WrightplayedProfessorRecurring (first appearance)
Liz TorresplayedMiss PattyRecurring (18th appearance)
Sean GunnplayedKirk GleasonRecurring (15th appearance)
Brian ReddyplayedBed & Breakfast Husband 
Jason MaddoxplayedJay 
Julie NeumarkplayedCollege Girl #1 
Liza Del MundoplayedCollege Girl #2 
Masi OkaplayedPhilosophy Student 
Nancy LenehanplayedLadawn 
Steve RifkinplayedCollege Guy 
Steven M. RifkinplayedChad 
Susan RuttanplayedBed & Breakfast Wife 
 
Main Cast
 
Lauren GrahamplayedLorelai Gilmore
Alexis BledelplayedRory Gilmore
Melissa McCarthyplayedSookie St. James
Scott PattersonplayedLuke Danes
Kelly BishopplayedEmily Gilmore
Keiko AgenaplayedLane Kim
 
Episode Notes
 
Edward Herrmann (Richard), Jared Padalecki (Dean), Yanic Truesdale (Michel) and Liza Weil (Paris) do not appear in this episode.
 
The scenes at Harvard were actually filmed at Pomona College in Southern California because the architecture looked very similar to that of New England architecture.
 
This episode was rated #6 on the Futon Critic's 50 Best Episodes of 2001 article.
 
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
CherGypsies, Tramps And Thieves 
IrvingL-O-V-E (Bo Tuesday) 
Jai Josefs, Roy BrownPerfect Situation For A Fool 
Sam PhillipsHow To Dream 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Emily: (looking at slides) What is that?
Lorelai: That is a Harvard squirrel.
Emily: Oh, good grief!
Lorelai: Doesn't he look smart?
 
Lorelai: They're taller.
Rory: Not this again.
Lorelai: There's more of them.
Rory: Mom, the flowers on the wallpaper are not growing or reproducing.
 
Lorelai: Okay, I think we just found the first room in the history of the world that would've made Liberace say "Whoa, step back. No one's that gay".
 
Lorelai: We're not gonna have this fight in a flowery bedroom with dentists singing 'Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves' in the background. It's too David Lynch!
 
Rory: Mom, it's gonna be dark in a couple of hours and I don't want to sleep in the car.
Lorelai: Ugh, my sense of adventure did not translate to my offspring.
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
At the bed and breakfast, Lorelai asks Rory "When have we ever had a conversation about makeup?". Rory replies that they never had but this is untrue. In the "Pilot" Lorelai and Rory discuss lip gloss.
 
During this episode, the crew is visible at a couple times. When Lorelai and Rory first arrive at the B&B, shadows of the crew can be seen on Rory and near the end of the episode, crew shadows can be seen when Lorelai gets in her Jeep.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Lorelai: I may be a free spirit my whole life or fall in love with a separated Catholic guy like Katherine Hepburn did and then not get to go to his funeral when he dies.

Katherine Hepburn is an American actress who fell in love with a devout Catholic man who was already married to another woman and remained that way until his death. Hepburn, out of respect for his family, didn't attend his funeral.
 
Rory: Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown.

Rory is repeating the famous last line from Chinatown, which starred Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.
 
Rory: Okay, Rizzo.

In the movie and musical Grease, Rizzo was the leader of the Pink Ladies.
 
Lorelai: We're not gonna have this fight in a flowery bedroom with dentists singing 'Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves' in the background. It's too David Lynch!

"Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" is a song by Sonny and Cher. David Lynch is a filmmaker with a unique visual and verbal style.
 
Lorelai: Okay, I think we just found the first room in the history of the world that would've made Liberace say "Whoa, step back. No one's that gay".

Liberace is a charismatic entertainer and well-known pianist who, despite his flamboyant personality, denied for years that he was homosexual.
 
Lane: I strapped [the CDs] to my body like in 'Midnight Express'.

Midnight Express was a movie based on the story of Billy Hayes who was caught trying to smuggle drugs out of Turkey.
 
 
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