Line #38 Recap/GilmoreGirlsS06E09


1	'''Season 6, episode 9'''
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3	!!The Prodigal Daughter Returns
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5	Lorelai's house is done and she is sad that the workmen are gone. Luke moved his grandmother's bedroom set into Lorelai's bedroom. She's afraid to tell him she hates it. Rory moves out of her grandparents' house and into Lane's. Zach isn't crazy about it. Christopher calls and Lorelai hangs up on him just as Luke walks into the room. It turns into an argument. Rory insists on a job at the ''Stamford Eagle Gazette''. A girl walks into the diner, steals a hair with the root from Luke, and determines by [=DNA=]-test that he is her biological father. Lorelai and Rory finally make up.
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7	Maid of the week: Sumatra. She is placed in the awkward position of pretending to mediate between Rory and Emily and gets fired. Emily makes her own bed, which confuses everybody.
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9	!!Tropes
10	* CaptainObvious:
11	** Luke hasn't seen Anna Nardini in about twelve years, guesses the twelve-year-old girl claiming to be both their daughter.
12	** Lorelai is home, seeing as she answers her landline phone.
13	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Lorelai compares her new bedroom set to Sookie's grandmother-in-laws hypothetical ugly pots and pans. Sookie ends up wanting her own pots back.
14	* CompanionCube: Colin wants Richard's humidors, promising to show them a nice picture of him every Christmas.
15	* ContrivedCoincidence: Luke doesn't buy that Christopher just happens to be leaving a message for the first time in a year just as he walks into the room.
16	* CrazyJealousGuy: Luke figures Lorelai is keeping something from him. He declares that he will never be okay with Lorelai's baby daddy being in her life.
17	* CrazyPrepared: April wears a bike helmet with a visor, because when you fall off a bike you fall on your face.
18	* DissonantSerenity: April seems to have no reaction to or feelings about learning who her biological father is.
19	* EmasculatedCuckold: Jackson is upset that Luke uses too much lighter fluid when he barbecues, since the flame would get out of control. Lorelai jokes that Luke establishes dominance over the flame by sleeping with its girlfriend.
20	* GodwinsLaw: The editor at the ''Stamford Eagle Gazette'' very subtly refers to Mitchum as "Herr Huntsberger".
21	* KillItWithFire: Sookie's suggestion for how to deal with Luke's grandmother's furniture.
22	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Luke makes a snarky comment and Lorelai replies.
23	-->'''Luke:''' I can admit it. I have no trouble telling someone something no matter how uncomfortable it mikght make them.
24	-->'''Lorelai:''' Wow. They'll be debating the subtle complexities of that comment for years.
25	* LiteralMinded: When Luke uses the phrase "whatever you're selling..." to express that he has no interest in why this random kid showed up in his diner. April tells him that she's not selling anything.
26	* LukeYouAreMyFather: This trope happens to Luke.
27	* NotGoodWithRejection: Subverted. Suddenly Rory is great with rejection.
28	* NotWhatItLooksLike: Christopher calls and Lorelai hangs up on him just as Luke walks into the room. He wants to know how long she's been talking to Chris without telling him.
29	* OrphanedPunchline: Jackson's story about fish heads.
30	* PassiveAggressiveCombat:
31	** Zach makes a number of snide comments about Rory staying with them.
32	** Luke's reaction to Lorelai getting a voice message from Christopher. He's not subtle about it.
33	* PlotParallel: Rory reunites with her mother just as Luke finds out about April.
34	* ProductPlacement: Sony. Norton.
35	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: In-universe, Sookie comes up with putting ducks the menu because Davey learned duck duck goose.
36	* RetailTherapy: Emily is so upset she tries to buy a plane.
37	* ShoutOut
38	** Finding her door chained all of a sudden, Lorelai tries to get Luke to open by saying [[Film/TheShining "here's Johnny!"]]
39	** Lorelai invites Sookie to her housewarming party on Saturday night, saying: [[Music/EltonJohn "I heard it's all right for fighting, get a little action in"]].
40	** Luke's grandmother's mirror makes Lorelai feel like the kid in ''Film/TheMask''
41	** Lorelai recommends ''Series/TheComeback'' to Lane, who is willing to take the blame for it being cancelled.
42	** Lorelai and Sookie think their men's barbeque argument is "too ''Film/{{West Side Story\|1961}}''".
43	--->'''Sookie:''' Bernardo.
44	--->'''Lorelai:''' Riff.
45	** Lorelai encourages Luke to enjoy [[Series/DesperateHousewives Wisteria Lane]].
46	** Lorelai figures Sookie and Jackson enjoyed watching a show that didn't have [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} La-La playing in a band]].
47	** At school Lorelai told people that she knew Erik Estrada.
48	** Rory knows how Joe Klein was unmasked as the author of ''Primary Colors''.
49	** Among the books Michel tidies up is ''The Human Factor'' by Creator/GrahamGreeneAuthor.
50	** Emily is not Music/ElvisPresley, so she doesn't buy a plane without looking at it first.
51	* VerbalBackspace: Zach changes his mind about how much Rory is costing them when Lorelai mentions that they used her garage rent-free for three years.
52	* WhosYourDaddy: The theme of April's science project.

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