Episode Notes
When Luke leaves a message on Lorelai's machine, he says his cell phone number is (860) 294-1986.
Liza Weil (Paris) does not appear in this episode.
Rating: 4.1/7
Episode Quotes
Emily: I am going to Europe, Richard. I am going to Europe, and I'm going to have a marvelous time. I'm going to get up at 10:00, and I'm going to have two glasses of wine at lunch every single day.
Richard: Only prostitutes have two glasses of wine at lunch.
Emily: Well, then buy me a boa and drive me to Reno because I am open for business.
Sookie: I'm so happy!
Lorelai: I'm so glad you're so happy! Is this is a normal happy or was there cooking sherry involved?
Rory: We need a song. A song that will be ours so we can always remember this moment.
Dean: Oh, trust me, I'll always remember this.
Lane: Where did you do it the second time?
Rory: Miss Patty's
Lane: You did it at Miss Patty's?
Rory: Yeah.
Lane: She would be so proud.
Michel: (about Taylor) That man is why mail-order brides were invented.
Lorelai: You and me, we kissed?
Luke: I remember.
Lorelai: And it was ... unexpected.
Luke: Lorelai, relax. I'm fine if you want to just forget it ever happened, really.
Lorelai: No, I don't want to forget it ever happened. It was a great kiss.
Luke: Yeah?
Lorelai: If one of us had been a frog, it would have had some seriously impressive consequences.
(while talking about Rory and Dean sleeping together)
Rory: Why are you whispering?
Lane: Because I just think that no matter where she is, my mom can hear this conversation.
Emily: Lorelai, Rory, Richard and I have separated.
Lorelai: And?
Emily: What do you mean "and"? That's not enough? You need some sort of mob-related offing to make it interesting?
Lorelai: So, where are you right now?
Luke: About 10 minutes from "if I lived here, I'd blow my brains out."
Cultural References
Episode Title: Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller
Daisy Miller is the title of a short novel by Henry James about an American girl traveling in Europe.
Sookie: Call me Belinda, 'cause my lips are sealed.
Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of the Go-Go's, had a hit single with the group in the 1980s entitled "Our Lips Are Sealed".
Zach: Go join "The Polyphonic Spree," you fruitcake.
The Polyphonic Spree is a choral symphonic pop group formed in 1999.
Emily: It'll be just like "Gigi."
Gigi is a 1958 film, based on the novel of the same name by Colette, set in Paris, France. In the movie, a young girl is groomed to follow in her grandmother's footsteps.
Luke: Yeah, I'm a regular Lancelot.
Sir Lancelot is one of the Knights of the Round Table and a popular character in several stories, plays, and movies.
Lorelei: Well, if it isn't Dean Moriarty.
In the novel On The Road, Dean Moriarty is the protagonist.
Rory: So, what is this, a Henry James novel?
Henry James is an English author known for his novels about Old Europe clashing with the New World (the United States).