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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0.002% of the town's population, so it rounds to a hundred.
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* UniversallyBelovedLeader: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0.002% of the town's population, so it rounds to a hundred.
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Luke is cooking breakfast at Lorelai's house, which she feels is a totally different experience than eating it at Luke's Diner. Paris inherits an eighteenth century printing press from Asher. Jackson has acquired a hydroponic penthouse. Dean and Rory run into awkwardness with their dating. Jackson decides to run for town selectman.
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Luke is cooking breakfast at Lorelai's house, which she feels is a totally different experience than eating it at Luke's Diner. Paris inherits an eighteenth century printing press from Asher. Jackson has acquired built a hydroponic penthouse.greenhouse that falls short of the town housing code by 6 inches (15 cm). Dean and Rory run into awkwardness with their dating. Jackson decides to run for town selectman.
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** Rory compares Lane's situation to ''[[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}}: the early years''.
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** Rory compares Lane's situation to ''[[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}}: ''Music/SonnyAndCher: the early years''.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: It's only after he wins the election that Jackson realizes he doesn't actually want to be selectman, he just wants to be a produce farmer and a family man.
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** Taylor is the Papa Doc of Stars Hollow.
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** Lorelai reassures Rory that Luke only stood outside boomboxing ''In Your Eyes'' all night.
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** Lorelai reassures Rory that Luke only [[Film/SayAnything stood outside boomboxing boomboxing]] ''In Your Eyes'' all night.
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** Gypsy refers to Taylor as their [[Film/EightMile Papa Doc]].
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0.002% of the town's population, so it rounds to zero.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0.002% of the town's population, so it rounds to zero.a hundred.
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* NoPartyGiven: Because you don't need one to be town selectman.
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* NoPartyGiven: Because While it seems fairly obvious which positions Jackson and Taylor represent, no party affiliation is mentioned as you don't need one to be town selectman.selectman.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: It's kind of illegal to bribe anyone to vote a certain way, but this doesn't stop Lorelai from paying a few people ten dollars each to vote for Taylor.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: It's kind of illegal to bribe anyone to vote a certain way, but this doesn't stop Lorelai from paying a few people ten dollars each to vote for Taylor.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Taylor gets no votes in the election, except the one from himself and the nine votes Lorelai buys for him because she feels sorry for him. She literally buys them by standing outside the voting booths and giving people ten dollars and asking them to vote for Taylor.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Taylor, except himself and the nine people Lorelai pays to vote for him.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Played with. Kirk claims American voters are polled 1005 out of 280 million, which is 1/278000 of the voter population. For 0,002 people, one five hundredth of a person, to be one two-hundred seventy-eight thousandth of the town's adult population, there'd have to be just over 557 elligible voters in Stars Hollow.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Played with. Kirk claims American voters are polled 1005 out of 280 million, which is 1/278000 of the voter population. For 0,002 people, one five hundredth of a person, to be one two-hundred seventy-eight thousandth of the town's adult population, there'd have to be just over 557 elligible eligible voters in Stars Hollow. In the end there turns out to be at least 1124 eligible voters in Stars Hollow.
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* MindScrew:
** Lane insists that you don't rock'n roll to meet girls. She's a girl, so she should know.
** Gil claims Hendrix made ''Star-Spangled Banner'' an anthem. Lane points out that it kind of already was an anthem. Gil voices his agreement that it's because Hendrix made it one.
** Lane insists that you don't rock'n roll to meet girls. She's a girl, so she should know.
** Gil claims Hendrix made ''Star-Spangled Banner'' an anthem. Lane points out that it kind of already was an anthem. Gil voices his agreement that it's because Hendrix made it one.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0.002% of the town's population, so it rounds.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0.002% of the town's population, so it rounds.rounds to zero.
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** Someone get Clara some [[Music/TheRamones Ramones]] instead of the horrible pop music she listens to.
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** Someone Rory thinks someone should get Clara some [[Music/TheRamones Ramones]] instead of the horrible pop music she listens to.Music/AvrilLavigne.
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** Hep Alien decide to make an impromptu rock'n roll cover of Joey Scarbury's ''Believe It Or Not'', like Music/JimiHendrix did with ''Star-Spangled Banner'', sort of.
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** Hep Alien decide to make an impromptu rock'n roll cover of Joey Scarbury's ''Believe It Or Not'', like Music/JimiHendrix did with ''Star-Spangled ''The Star-Spangled Banner'', sort of.
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* TooMuchInformation: Taylor talks at length about ticks during his "tuck your pants in your sock during tick season" pitch.
* WritersCannotDoMath: Kirk claims American voters are polled 1005 out of 280 million, which is 1/278 of the voter population. For 0,002 people, one five hundredth of a person, to be one two-hundred seventy-eighth of the town's adult population, there'd have to be just over half an elligible voter in Stars Hollow.
* WritersCannotDoMath: Kirk claims American voters are polled 1005 out of 280 million, which is 1/278 of the voter population. For 0,002 people, one five hundredth of a person, to be one two-hundred seventy-eighth of the town's adult population, there'd have to be just over half an elligible voter in Stars Hollow.
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* TooMuchInformation: Taylor talks at length about ticks during his "tuck your pants in your sock socks during tick season" pitch.
* WritersCannotDoMath: Played with. Kirk claims American voters are polled 1005 out of 280 million, which is1/278 1/278000 of the voter population. For 0,002 people, one five hundredth of a person, to be one two-hundred seventy-eighth seventy-eight thousandth of the town's adult population, there'd have to be just over half an 557 elligible voter voters in Stars Hollow.
* WritersCannotDoMath: Played with. Kirk claims American voters are polled 1005 out of 280 million, which is
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* InformedJudaism: Paris somehow inverts this trope by listing kabbalah among the crazy things young people do to be unique, despite have been informed to be Jewish herself several times.
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* InformedJudaism: Paris somehow inverts this trope by listing kabbalah kaballah among the crazy things young people do to be unique, despite have been informed to be Jewish herself several times.
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* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Inverted. Taylor's argument that people should be required to tuck their trousers into their socks is that tics drink the equivalent of a 150 pound man drinking 9000 gallons of human blood.
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* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Inverted. Taylor's argument Played with. Taylor argues that people should be required to tuck their trousers into their socks is that socks, because tics drink the equivalent of a 150 pound man drinking 9000 gallons of human blood.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Kirk claims American voters are polled 1005 out of 280 million, which is 1/278 of the voter population. For 0,002 people, one five hundredth of a person, to be one two-hundred seventy-eighth of the towns adult population, there'd have to be just over half an elligible voter in Stars Hollow.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Kirk claims American voters are polled 1005 out of 280 million, which is 1/278 of the voter population. For 0,002 people, one five hundredth of a person, to be one two-hundred seventy-eighth of the towns town's adult population, there'd have to be just over half an elligible voter in Stars Hollow.
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Luke is cooking breakfast at Lorelai's house, which she feels is a totally different experience than eating it at Luke's Diner. Paris inherits an eighteenth century printing press from Asher. Jackson has acquired a hydroponic penthouse. Dean and Rory run into awkwardness with their dating. Jackson decides to run for town selectman.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0.002% of the town's population.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0.002% of the town's population.population, so it rounds.
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1/500x278.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Kirk claims American voters are polled 1005 out of 280 million, which is 1/278 of the voter population. For 0,002 people, one five hundredth of a person, to be one two-hundred seventy-eighth of the towns adult population, there'd have to be less than two just over half an elligible voters voter in Stars Hollow.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Sookie sends Jackson out with the baby to attract voters, then gets mad at Taylor for giving away free ice cream for the exact same purpose.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Somehow averted, possibly with a calculator. For 0.002 (1/50000) people to be equivalent to one thousand five out of 280 million voters (the numbers Kirk gives), the population of Stars Hollow would have to be about 5600 adults. (280 000 000 times 1/50 000 (aka 0.002%) is 5600)
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Somehow averted, possibly with a calculator. For 0.002 (1/50000) people to be equivalent to one thousand five Kirk claims American voters are polled 1005 out of 280 million voters (the numbers Kirk gives), million, which is 1/278 of the population voter population. For 0,002 people, one five hundredth of Stars Hollow would a person, to be one two-hundred seventy-eighth of the towns adult population, there'd have to be about 5600 adults. (280 000 000 times 1/50 000 (aka 0.002%) is 5600)less than two elligible voters in Stars Hollow.
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* {{Angrish}}: Jackson gets so mad at Taylor that Sookie has to point out that the sounds he makes are not English.
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* {{Malaproper}}: Taylor's argument that people should be required to tuck their trousers into their socks is that tics drink the equivalent of a 150 pound man drinking 9000 gallons of human blood.
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* {{Malaproper}}: {{Metaphorgotten}}: Inverted. Taylor's argument that people should be required to tuck their trousers into their socks is that tics drink the equivalent of a 150 pound man drinking 9000 gallons of human blood.
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** Rory compares Lane's situation to ''[[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}}: the early years''.
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** ** Paris refers to Dean being back with Rory as "[[Series/{{Bonanza}} Hoss returns]]".
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* InformedJudaism: Paris somehow inverts this trope by listing kabbalah among the crazy things young people do to be unique, despite have been informed to be Jewish herself several times.
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** "[[Series/{{Bonanza}} Hoss returns, who woudda thunk?]]"
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** ** Paris refers to Dean being back with Rory as "[[Series/{{Bonanza}} Hoss returns, who woudda thunk?]]"returns]]".
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** Seals&Crofts rock harder than Scarbury as far as Gil is concerned.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Somehow averted, possibly with a calculator. For 0.002 (1/50000) people to be equivalent to one thousand five out of 280 million voters (the numbers Kirk gives), the population of Stars Hollow would have to be about 5600 adults. (280 000 000 times 1/50000 1/50 000 (aka 0.002%) is 5600)
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* NonSequitur: Taylor's argument that people should be required to tuck their trousers into their socks is that tics drink the equivalent of a 150 pound man drinking 9000 gallons of human blood.
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* NonSequitur: {{Malaproper}}: Taylor's argument that people should be required to tuck their trousers into their socks is that tics drink the equivalent of a 150 pound man drinking 9000 gallons of human blood.
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** Creator/TommyLeeJones has a Starbucks at his house.
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** Creator/TommyLeeJones has a Starbucks at his house.house, and to Lorelai it misses some of the point of going to Starbucks.
** Lorelai reassures Rory that Luke only stood outside boomboxing ''In Your Eyes'' all night.
** Paris thinks any movie but ''Film/{{Shoah}}'' is a make-out movie.
** Lorelai reassures Rory that Luke only stood outside boomboxing ''In Your Eyes'' all night.
** Paris thinks any movie but ''Film/{{Shoah}}'' is a make-out movie.
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** Someone get Clara some [[Music/TheRamones Ramones]].
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** Someone get Clara some [[Music/TheRamones Ramones]].Ramones]] instead of the horrible pop music she listens to.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Somehow averted, possibly with a calculator. For 0.002 (1/500) people to be equivalent to one thousand out of 260 million voters (the numbers Kirk gives), the population of Stars Hollow would have to be about 500 adults. (1/260 000 times 500 equals 0.002)
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* TooMuchInformation: Taylor talks at length about ticks during his "tuck your pants in your sock during tick season" pitch.
* WritersCannotDoMath: Somehow averted, possibly with a calculator. For 0.002(1/500) (1/50000) people to be equivalent to one thousand five out of 260 280 million voters (the numbers Kirk gives), the population of Stars Hollow would have to be about 500 5600 adults. (1/260 (280 000 000 times 500 equals 0.002)1/50000 is 5600)
* WritersCannotDoMath: Somehow averted, possibly with a calculator. For 0.002
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0.002 of the town's population.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kirk polls people relative to the one thousand people they poll for presidential elections. That's one person, so he polls himself.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kirk polls people relative to the one thousand people they poll for presidential elections. That's one person, so he polls himself.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0.002 002% of the town's population.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kirk polls people relative to the one thousand people they poll for presidential elections.That's That rounds up to one person, so he polls himself.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kirk polls people relative to the one thousand people they poll for presidential elections.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson. Except for Taylor, but he's only 0,002% 0.002 of the town's population.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Somehow averted, possibly with a calculator. For 0,002 0.002 (1/500) people to be equivalent to one thousand out of 260 million voters (the numbers Kirk gives), the population of Stars Hollow would have to be about 500 adults.adults. (1/260 000 times 500 equals 0.002)
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Somehow averted, possibly with a calculator. For 0,002 people to be equivalent to one thousand out of 260 million voters (the numbers Kirk gives), the population of Stars Hollow would have to be about 500 adults.
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Luke is cooking breakfast at Lorelai's house, which she feels is a totally different experience than eating it at Luke's Diner. Paris inherits an eighteenth century printing press from Asher. Dean and Rory run into awkwardness with their dating. Jackson decides to run for town selectsman.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The song Jackson has Hep Alien play at his rally is basically the musical version of his speech.
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* NonSequitur: Taylor's argument that people should be required to tuck their trousers into their socks is that tics drink the human equivalent of a 150 pound man drinking 9000 gallons of human blood.blood.
* NoPartyGiven: Because you don't need one to be town selectman.
* NoPartyGiven: Because you don't need one to be town selectman.
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** Brian has Ken Burn's ''Jazz'' on [=DVD=].
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ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Taylor, except himself and the nine people Lorelai pays to vote for him.
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kirk polls people relative to the one thousand people they poll for presidential elections. That's one person, so he polls himself.
* OneSteveLimit: Subverted. Taylor didn't approve Lorelai's parking space application because she forgot to specify which Lorelai Gilmore she was.
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jackson.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kirk polls people relative to the one thousand people they poll for presidential elections. That's one person, so he polls himself.
* OneSteveLimit: Subverted. Taylor didn't approve Lorelai's parking space application because she forgot to specify which Lorelai Gilmore she was.
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** Someone get Clara some [[Music/TheRamones Ramones]].
** Rory has to deal with Creator/JamesJoyce.
** Hep Alien decide to make an impromptu rock'n roll cover of Joey Scarbury's ''Believe It Or Not'', like Music/JimiHendrix did with ''Star-Spangled Banner'', sort of.
** Lorelai thinks Taylor getting no votes but his own is a Film/SweptAway kind of humiliating.
** Rory has to deal with Creator/JamesJoyce.
** Hep Alien decide to make an impromptu rock'n roll cover of Joey Scarbury's ''Believe It Or Not'', like Music/JimiHendrix did with ''Star-Spangled Banner'', sort of.
** Lorelai thinks Taylor getting no votes but his own is a Film/SweptAway kind of humiliating.
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Luke is cooking breakfast at Lorelai's house, which she feels is a totally different experience than eating it at Luke's Diner. Paris inherits an eighteenth century printing press from Asher. Dean and Rory run into awkwardness with their dating. Jackson decides to run for town selectsman.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
* OneSteveLimit:
* NonSequitur: Taylor's argument that people should be required to tuck their trousers into their socks is that tics drink the human equivalent of a 150 pound man drinking 9000 gallons of human blood.
* ShoutOut:
** Creator/TommyLeeJones has a Starbucks at his house.
** Michel gets upset when Music/JustinTimberlake and Creator/CameronDiaz are having relationship trouble.
** Creator/BenjaminFranklin was out of his mind.
** "[[Series/{{Bonanza}} Hoss returns, who woudda thunk?]]"
** Lane plans on being a [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickens character]] in twenty years.
** Lane wants to know whether Music/RiloKiley were better before or after their breakup.
** Taylor needs to [[Literature/TheWizardOfOz see the wizard and get a heart]].
** Taylor is the Papa Doc of Stars Hollow.
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!!Tropes
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
* OneSteveLimit:
* NonSequitur: Taylor's argument that people should be required to tuck their trousers into their socks is that tics drink the human equivalent of a 150 pound man drinking 9000 gallons of human blood.
* ShoutOut:
** Creator/TommyLeeJones has a Starbucks at his house.
** Michel gets upset when Music/JustinTimberlake and Creator/CameronDiaz are having relationship trouble.
** Creator/BenjaminFranklin was out of his mind.
** "[[Series/{{Bonanza}} Hoss returns, who woudda thunk?]]"
** Lane plans on being a [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickens character]] in twenty years.
** Lane wants to know whether Music/RiloKiley were better before or after their breakup.
** Taylor needs to [[Literature/TheWizardOfOz see the wizard and get a heart]].
** Taylor is the Papa Doc of Stars Hollow.
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