History Recap / GilmoreGirlsS01E08

* AnalogyBackfire: Mayor Harry suggests Luke go stand in line for toilet paper in the Soviet union if he feels like pointing out that they live on stolen land. Luke replies that the Soviet union is no more, which is a pretty good reason not to go stand in line there.

** Richard gets angry with someone from work, who's younger than him, over the phone. Richard getting angry at work becomes important in "Forgiveness and Stuff".

** Rory wonders if Rich Bloominfeld still wears ''Franchise/StarTrek shirts.

** Lorelai asks Rory to remind Emily that she "arrived not a member of the Junior League, and I'd like you to leave the same way."

** When Emily insists the salmon that Richard disparages is a "delicacy", Richard replies, "[[Film/ShallWeDance Potato, po-tah-to]]".

** Rory wonders if Rich Bloominfeld still wears Franchise/StarTrek shirts.

** Lorelai would have to be Comicbook/WonderWoman to brave the treacherous roads.

** Lorelai and Max watch Film/HouseOnHauntedHill, the 1959 version.

** When Luke sees Lorelai and Max walk, Rickie Lee Jones' version of "[[Music/GeorgeGershwin Someone to Watch Over Me]]".

* ParentSexualitySquick: PlayedForLaughs when Rory gets grossed out when Lorelai says the voicemail from Max sounds "sexy." PlayedForDrama when Rory comes home early and finds that Max spent the night, the first time Lorelai has ever brought a guy home, and it's both squick and shock at what this change could mean for their lives.

** Rory wonders if Rich Bloominfeld still wears [[Franchise/StarTrek]] shirts.

** Luke thought his father was crazy for being a reenactor. Seems a bit disrespectful compared to later depictions.

** Lorelai calls Lane in her band uniform "Sgt. Pepper".

** Lane puts on Music/TheCure to drown out the awkwardness.

** Emily is freaking out about the oven buzzing. Then it comes out that it's just that she doesn't know where the timer is so she can't turn it off.

The mayor announces at a town meeting that Rover will not leash himself and that the 244th anniversary of the Battle of Stars Hollow is coming up. There is going to be a reenactment of the events, which consist of twelve guys who waited all night for an enemy that never showed. It snows, which makes Lorelai poetic. Rory stays with her grandparents that night because of the blizzard. Max's car breaks down as he passes through Stars Hollow and when he runs into Lorelai they go on a date. Lane calls Rory and tells her to be a more accessible friend and that she touched a guy's hair. This episode marks the only time Emily mentions her younger sister Hopey, who lives in Paris.

The mayor announces at a town meeting that Rover will not leash himself and that the 224th anniversary of the Battle of Stars Hollow is coming up. There is going to be a reenactment of the events, which consist of twelve guys who waited all night for an enemy that never showed. It snows, which makes Lorelai poetic. Rory stays with her grandparents that night because of the blizzard. Max's car breaks down as he passes through Stars Hollow and when he runs into Lorelai they go on a date. Lane calls Rory and tells her to be a more accessible friend and that she touched a guy's hair. This episode marks the only time Emily mentions her younger sister Hopey, who lives in Paris.

* {{Irony}}: Emily insists that Friday night dinner is the only real meal Rory gets in a week, on the same day they don't have a maid and Rory prepares frozen pizza for them.

The mayor announces at a town meeting that Rover will not leash himself and that the 224th anniversary of the Battle of Stars Hollow is coming up. There is going to be a reenactment of the events, which consist of twelve guys who waited all night for an enemy that never showed. It snows, which makes Lorelai poetic. Rory stays with her grandparents that night because of the blizzard. Max's car breaks down as he passes through Stars Hollow and when he runs into Lorelai they go on a date. Lane calls Rory and tells her to be a more accessible friend and that she touched a guy's hair. This episode marks the only time Emily mentions her younger sister Hopey.

Maid of the week: Anna, who bought frozen pizza.

Gilmore cook: Florence, who waited too long to call in trapped-by-the-blizzard.

** Lorelai calls Lane in her band uniform "Srg. Pepper".

!!Love And War And Snow

The 224th anniversary of the Battle of Stars Hollow is coming up. There is going to be a reenactment of the events, which consist of twelve guys who waited all night for an enemy that never showed. It snows, which makes Lorelai poetic. Max's car breaks down as he passes through Stars Hollow and when he runs into Lorelai they go on a date. This episode marks the only time Emily mentions her younger sister Hopey.

!!Proved examples of:

** Max is correcting a paper about Creator/EmilyDickinson.

** Lorelai and Max watch an old black-and-white horror movie.

* TooMuchInformation: Lorelai says she's going to listen to Max's message until it stops sounding sexy.

The 224th anniversary of the Battle of Stars Hollow is coming up. There is going to be a reenactment of the events, which consist of twelve guys who waited all night for an enemy that never showed. It snows, which makes Lorelai poetic. Max's car breaks down as he passes through Stars Hollow and when he runs into Lorelai they go on a date. This episode marks the only time Emily references her younger sister Hopey.

The 224th anniversary of the Battle of Stars Hollow is coming up. There is going to be a reenactment of the events, which consist of twelve guys who waited all night for an enemy that never showed. It snows, which makes Lorelai poetic.

* TheNoseKnows: Lorelai smells snow before it falls.

* ShoutOut: Lorelai suggests Rory tell Emily that she's having [[Literature/RosemarysBaby Satan's baby]].