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  Episode Information  
Title: Scene in a Mall
Also Known As: Kaufrausch ( Germany)
Episode Number: 80
Season: 4
Season Episode #.: 15
Production Number: 176165
Original Airdate: Tuesday February 24th, 2004
10/10 (1 Vote cast)
Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country: Aired On:
Germany Oct 28, 2004
Episode Crew
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Daniel Palladino
  Episode Summary  
Rory runs into Dean at the Dragonfly Inn and gets a glimpse of his new life. Later, Lorelai and Rory decide to spend a day window-shopping together at the mall, but they run into Emily and are caught up in her wild shopping spree.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Arielle KebbelplayedLindsayRecurring (5th appearance)
Biff YeagerplayedTomRecurring (9th appearance)
Brian Berke (1)playedJoeRecurring (7th appearance)
Denice Kumagai (1)playedAunt JunRecurring (first appearance)
Emily KurodaplayedMrs. KimRecurring (28th appearance)
John CabreraplayedBrianRecurring (9th appearance)
Tawny Rene HamiltonplayedTheresa ListerRecurring (second appearance)
Todd LoweplayedZachRecurring (9th appearance)
Ernesta MensaplayedSaleswoman 
John David Heffron (1)playedSalesman #1 
Melanie LoraplayedLisa 
Tessa LudwickplayedChristine 
  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
Liza WeilplayedParis Gellar
Sean GunnplayedKirk Gleason
Chris EigemanplayedJason Stiles
  Episode Notes  
Rating: 3.6/5
 
  Episode Quotes  
Rory: What'd I miss?
Emily: I was just admiring your mother's life.
Rory: Oh, I do that daily.
 
Lorelai: What's this?
Luke: It's what it is.
Lorelai: 'A monk, a trunk, and a skunk'.
Luke: What are you doing?
Lorelai: Carnac. Although I don't have a punchline. Never stopped Johnny.
 
Lorelai: (to Emily) Well, I did not foresee your burning loin.
 
Paris: When you came out of our room, did you use the doorknob?
Rory: As opposed to dematerializing, passing vapor-like through the door, and then rematerializing? No, I used the doorknob.
 
Lane: I'm standing in the living room of my very own apartment!
Rory: No kidding!
Lane: I'm waiting for the gas man to come! The gas man! I've got gas! Ignore the words, and focus on the enthusiasm!
 
Lorelai: I ended up going to dinner alone with Mom and Dad, who spent the whole time bickering about which Beatle is still alive.
Rory: Where'd they land?
Lorelai: John and Keith are dead. Paul and Bingo are still kicking.
 
Emily: Lettie burned the entrée.
Lorelai: Beyond edibility? 'Cause I'm not picky.
Emily: No, I could not expose you to such a loin.
Lorelai: Oh, if I had a nickel.
 
  Episode Goofs  
During the episode, Lorelai and Rory mention that they've never seen a movie where during which someone window-shops. However, in Breakfast at TIffany's, the main character window-shops at Tiffany's New York. Aside from being self-proclaimed movie and pop-culture buffs, Lorelai and Rory have referenced the movie, making it highly unlikely that they've never seen Breakfast at Tiffany's.
 
  Cultural References  
Episode Title: Scene in a Mall

The episode title is a reference to the 1991 film Scenes From a Mall. The movie follows a couple that discusses their marital problems while they shop at a mall.
 
Christine: I love the floorboard thing! It's so Hogan's Heroes.

Hogan's Heroes is a 1960's television series that followed the lives of American soldiers held as prisoners in Germany during World War II.
 
Rory: How very 'The L Word'.

The L Word is a Showtime series about the lives of women who are all involved in same-sex relationships.
 
Lorelai: 'A monk, a trunk, and a skunk'.
Luke: What are you doing?
Lorelai: Carnac. Although I don't have a punchline. Never stopped Johnny.

Carnac the Magnificent is a psychic played by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. During the skit, Carnac would hold an envelope to his head and predict the answer to the question inside of the envelope.
 
Lorelai: I ended up going to dinner alone with Mom and Dad, who spent the whole time bickering about which Beatle is still alive.
Rory: Where'd they land?
Lorelai: John and Keith are dead. Paul and Bingo are still kicking.

Emily and Richard are partially right. Out of the four original Beatles members, John Lennon and George Harrison have passed away and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr (not Bingo) are still alive. "Keith" is a possible reference to Keith Richards, the guitarist for The Rolling Stones who is still alive.
 
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