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Gilmore Girls: Wedding Bell Blues

Talk about bad timing. The night before Richard and Emily renew their vows, Lorelai and Rory feel obligated to throw Emily a bachelorette party. At the ceremony the following day, Rory tells Logan she wants a relationship with him even though he's not ready to commit. Later, when Lorelai, Luke and Christopher discover Rory and Logan together, half-dressed, the shocking scene leads to an angry confrontation between Luke and Christopher. A furious Lorelai figures out that Emily invited Christopher in an attempt to break up her relationship with Luke.


9.3/10 (6 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 5x13
Production Number: 2T5313
Airdate: Tuesday February 08th, 2005


Alternate Airdates:

DE (Vox) Jan 24, 2006

Guest Stars
David SutcliffeDavid Sutcliffe
As Christopher Hayden
Recurring
Liz TorresLiz Torres
As Miss Patty
Recurring
Loren LesterLoren Lester
As Anson
Recurring
Marion RossMarion Ross
As Marilyn
Recurring
Matt CzuchryMatt Czuchry
As Logan Huntzberger
Recurring
Rose AbdooRose Abdoo
As Gypsy
Recurring
Sally StruthersSally Struthers
As Babette Dell
Recurring
Susane Lee (1)Susane Lee (1)
As Kyon
Recurring
Bruno OliverBruno Oliver
As Band Leader
Main Cast
Lauren GrahamLauren Graham
As Lorelai Gilmore
Alexis BledelAlexis Bledel
As Rory Gilmore
Melissa McCarthyMelissa McCarthy
As Sookie St. James
Scott PattersonScott Patterson
As Luke Danes
Edward HerrmannEdward Herrmann
As Richard Gilmore
Kelly BishopKelly Bishop
As Emily Gilmore
Yanic TruesdaleYanic Truesdale
As Michel Gerard
Keiko AgenaKeiko Agena
As Lane Kim
Liza WeilLiza Weil
As Paris Gellar
Sean GunnSean Gunn
As Kirk Gleason
Episode Notes
Rating: 5.9 million viewers

Emily and Richard renew their wedding vows.

As the 100th episode of Gilmore Girls, this episode drew the series' largest audience in three years and set a record for the women 18-49 demographic. With these big numbers, this episode finished #2 in ratings for the night.

The wedding scenes for this episode were filmed at Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles, California.

In The Futon Critic's top episodes of 2005 list, this episode was ranked #17.

Rory and Lorelai plan a Cop Rock night. Kathleen Wilhoite (Liz Danes) was a recurring guest star on the show.



Episode Quotes
Logan: I have thought about asking you out, several times. I just don’t think it’s such a good idea.
Rory: Why not?
Logan: Because you’re special.
Rory: Special, like ‘Stop eating the paste’, special?

Lorelai: (To Emily) You and me, we're done.

Luke: I'm with Lorelai!
Christopher: Yeah, for now!

Richard: Focus, please.
Lorelai: I am a camera.

Lorelai: (walks in on Logan and Rory kissing) Grandma wants a picture.
Rory: Of this!?

Luke: Hold on, did you say Cop Rock marathon?
Lorelai: Yeah, I got 'em all on tape. (pauses) Trying to figure out what you see in me?
Luke: Yep.



Episode Goofs
When Rory kisses Logan after he comments that it feels like he's kissing a guy, Rory's hands switch between shots from being on his neck to being on his arm.



Cultural References
Episode Title: Wedding Bell Blues

"Wedding Bell Blues" is the title of a song by The 5th Dimension and is the song that plays during Richard and Emily's dance. There was also a Beverly Hills, 90210 episode entitled "Wedding Bell Blues".

Christopher: It's very Bugsy Malone.

Bugsy Malone is a gangster movie in which all of the gangsters are kids.

Lorelai: Ab-Fab, sweetie darling.

In the British comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, the main characters, Eddy and Patsy call each other "sweetie darling".

Emily: Maybe I should take a seconal.
Lorelai: Excellent idea, Judy.

Actress Judy Garland died due to an overdose of seconal, a barbiturate drug.

Lorelai: And over here we have the Romanov table.

The Romanovs ruled Russia until the 1917 revolution when they were overthrown as Czars.

Marylin: (to Luke) Gardeners are very in now.

In both Desperate Housewives and The O.C., main characters have had a fling with a gardener: Gabrielle with John on Desperate Housewives and Marissa with D.J. on The O.C..

Lorelai: Hey, aren't you the culture Queer Eye guy?

On the series Queer Eye, Jai is the culture expert.



Episode References
The wedding scene was the same scene as used in "Rory's Dance" and "Presenting Lorelai Gilmore".



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