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  Episode Information  
Title: The Ins and Outs of Inns
Also Known As: Zukunftsträume ( Germany)
Episode Number: 29
Season: 2
Season Episode #.: 8
Production Number: 227458
Original Airdate: Tuesday November 20th, 2001
10/10 (1 Vote cast)
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Country: Aired On:
Germany May 14, 2004
Episode Crew
Director: Michael Katleman
Writer: Daniel Palladino
  Episode Summary  
Lorelai and Sookie start up their plans to open an inn, but get stalled when the owner of the inn refuses to sell the property. The unexpected arrival of Mia, the owner of the Independence Inn, makes Lorelai feel guilty about wanting to leave the Independence Inn. However, Mia is supportive of their plans and tells everyone that she's planning on selling the inn. Emily confronts Mia in order to meet the woman who was such an important part of both Rory and Lorelai's life. Meanwhile, someone planted a fake murder scene in front of Doose's market. Rory tells Jess that she knows he's the culprit, how he's a jerk for letting Luke take all the heat from everyone in Stars Hollow. He agrees to lighten up and be more considerate of Luke.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Brian TarantinaplayedBootsyRecurring (second appearance)
Elizabeth FranzplayedMiaRecurring (first appearance)
Grant-Lee PhillipsplayedGrantRecurring (6th appearance)
Linda PorterplayedFran WestinRecurring (second appearance)
Liz TorresplayedMiss PattyRecurring (21th appearance)
Michael WintersplayedTaylor DooseRecurring (11th appearance)
Mike GandolfiplayedAndrewRecurring (4th appearance)
Molly BryantplayedOfficer ScanlonRecurring (first appearance)
Norma Michaels (1)playedMrs. LanahanRecurring (second appearance)
  Episode Notes  
Keiko Agena (Lane), Edward Herrmann (Richard) and Liza Weil (Pairs) do not appear in this episode.
 
  Featured Songs  
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Grant-Lee PhillipsNothing Is For Sure 
Grant-Lee PhillipsSpring Released 
  Episode Quotes  
Luke: You're the most confident person I know. Obnoxiously so. You're good at what you do and you know it.
Lorelai: I'm good at doing what I have to do. When I had to get a job, I got it. When I had to find a house for us and a life for us, I got it. When I had to get Rory into Chilton, I did it. But I don't have to leave the Independence Inn. I don't have to go into business for myself.
 
Mia: (to Emily) You sure you don't want some tea? Tea usually makes things like this a little less awkward. There's things to hold and stir.
 
Lorelai: I hate fighting with friends.
Rory: That's what enemies are for.
Lorelai: And God knows we have our share of those.
 
Luke: This is Liz's kid, Jess. Jess, this is Mia, Lorelai's boss. She owns the Independence Inn.
Mia: Hello.
Jess: Hmmph.
Luke: That's "Hello, nice to meet you" in Slacker.
 
Lorelai: Are we late?
Luke: We're two minutes early.
Rory: We should get a prize for being on time.
Lorelai: Hey, Luke, let's go back to the diner and have pie as a reward!
Luke: Then we'd be late.
Lorelai: A funny conundrum, but I want pie!
 
Taylor: He stole a gnome from Babette's garden.
Luke: Pierpont was also returned.
Miss Patty: He hooted one of my dance classes.
Fran: He took a garden hose from my yard.
Man: My son said he set off the fire alarms at school last week.
Lorelai: I heard he controls the weather and wrote the screenplay to Glitter!
 
Lorelai: Very tasty. New cook?
Emily: Yes, Marisella. She’s introduced us to some wonderful dishes so charmingly specific to her native country.
Lorelai: What country is she from?
Emily: One of those little ones next to Mexico.
Lorelai: How charmingly specific.
 
Rory: Mom, you’re not writing what you purchased on the back of any of the inn’s credit cards receipts.
Lorelai: Oh, well, just put cooking spray and sponges.
Rory: Okay. And when an auditor wants to know why you need such large amounts of cooking spray and sponges?
Lorelai: Then I drop my pencil and I put the scoop neck sweater that I’m now making a mental note to wear to good use.
 
Bootsy: Luke's been on my case since the first grade when he wrongfully accused me of sabotaging a clay imprint that he made of his hand.
Lorelai: Ooh! Think hard, was he dressed like Sulu?
 
Lorelai: No it isn't. You are a brilliant chef and to think that you should do things differently from how you do them now is ridiculous. You don't tell a great violinist to hold his bow differently. You don't tell a great cymbal player to crash his cymbals differently. You just let them play.
Sookie: There are great cymbal players?
Lorelai: Theoretically.
 
  Episode Goofs  
When Rory, Lorelai, and Mia enter Luke's, Luke drops his screwdriver in the toaster to greet them. But when Taylor comes in and the two argue, Luke's screwdriver is leaning against the pliers, without Luke getting it out of the toaster.
 
  Cultural References  
Emily: Oh, now you have a problem with swans and thrones.
Lorelai: Because swans and thrones scream one thing Mom, Siegfried and Roy.

Siegfried and Roy Las Vegas headliners who perform using magic and illusion.
 
Jess: You actually went to that bizarro town meeting? Those things are so To Kill a Mockingbird.

To Kill a Mocking Bird is a novel by Harper Lee, set in a small town similar to Stars Hollow.
 
Lorelai: Ooh! Think hard, was he dressed like Sulu?

In Star Trek, Lt. Hiraku Sulu was the helmsman of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
 
Lorelai: Danger, Will Robinson, danger!

This is a catch-phrase from Lost in Space, a 1960s science-fiction TV show.
 
Lorelai: Oh, how very John Birch Society of you.

John Birch Society was a society whose goal was to preserve freedom in America.
 
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