Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom!
Kirk has hidden lots of eggs for Easter two weeks ago and now they smell. Richard and Jason's firm is merging with Bob's. Jason's dad invites himself and his wife to dinner at the Gilmore's. He reveals that his private investigator told him about Jason and Lorelai.
Maid of the week: Elsa.
Tropes
- And I'm the Queen of Sheba: Gypsy responds to Taylor's insistence that his toupé is his real hair that she, a short Latina, is blonde and leggy.
- Ask a Stupid Question...: When Lorelai talks about how Wyle E. used to drop anvils on the Roadrunner, Emily asks if she is talking about a cartoon. Lorelai replies that she is talking about something that happened to her last Tuesday.Lorelai: …Yes, mom, it's a cartoon.
- Calvin Ball: Lorelai's favorite drinking game might be the "changing words into funny words" game.
- Child Hater: Luke is not a huge fan of children. He hates the noises babies make, and that they make them without warning.
- Continuity Nod: The women talk about Rory's debutante ball at the dinner.
- Didn't Think This Through: Lorelai figures she can give Rory the bookcase she can't fit in the inn, but Rory doesn't have room for it either.
- Distinction Without a Difference: Kirk didn't expect the eggs to smell, he just expected them to decompose.
- Don't Explain the Joke: Taylor falls for Jackson's "toupé guy says what?" joke, prompting Kirk to explain the joke to Taylor.
- Embarrassing Nickname:
- "Crater Face" Cutler.
- Also "Clubfoot" Chloe. She married Crater Face.
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: The scene before the scene where Floyd reveals his plans to sue Richard's firm and bury them in paper work ends with Carol agreeing to never let business come between her and Emily again, looking insincere.
- Informed Judaism: Joe says he's Jewish and isn't sure whether it's okay for him to hunt Easter eggs. Taylor tells him to take it up withhis Rabbi. Later, Joe leaves for his Kabbalah class.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: Jason offers Lorelai "the largest bottle of vodka known to man" all to herself.
- Meet the In-Laws: Subverted. Lorelai is nervous about meeting Jason's parents, but they're not supposed to know she and Jason are together. Turns out they do know, through a private investigator.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
- Lorelai dresses up for Friday night dinner. Rory doesn't stop discussing it until she figures out that it's to make a good impression on her boyfriend's parents.
- Floyd only said two passive aggressive things to Jason before dinner. Jason finds it disturbing.
- Papa Wolf:
- Jackson surprises himself with his violent reaction to Luke's admission he doesn't like babies.
- Richard's papa wolf flares up when he finds out Lorelai is dating his business partner.
- Pun: Kirk wonders if Taylor is his tailor.
- Right Behind Me: Rory vents about Lindsay, not knowing Lindsay's in the next isle.
- Running Gag:
- Taylor's toupée.
- People observing that Lorelai showered and dressed up to meet Jason's parents.
- Seinfeldian Conversation: Lorelai's Friday night dinner rant about anvils. Emily hangs a lampshade on how pointless it is.
- Shout-Out
- Lorelai calls Luke Bilbo.
- Lorelai refers to Dean and Lindsay as Annette (Funicello) and Frankie (Avalon).
- Wile E. Coyote used to get anvil-shaped head injuries, that's how common anvils were.
- Bob's trophy wife has a car that's identical to Barbie's.
- Richard doubts Tiger Woods has anything to fear from his and Bob's golf skills.
- Harry Chapin is dying to rise from the grave and write a song about Jason and Floyd.
- Tony Robbins has nothing on Jason according to Lorelai.
- Lane mentions Donna Summer, Nirvana, The Rubens, The Clays, The Clarksons.
- The last time Kirk was awake for 36 hours was when he was marathoning Petticoat Junction in '97.
- Lorelai sang Summer Lovin' from Grease with a boy named Cutler at camp once.
- Lorelai comments that the Marx Brothers are back together when her and Jason's parents hang out.
- William Shakespeare is relevant to Richard and Floyd's work, they feel. Richard III and Macbeth specifically.
- Stealth Insult: When Floyd greets his son on the golf court, he comments that the groundskeeper must be happy to see Jason there. Jason concedes that he hits up a lot of turf.
- Sure, Let's Go with That: Kirk desperately wants the smell to be anything but the eggs he hid last Easter, so whatever explanation people come up with is good enough for him.
- Trophy Wife: Emily refers to Bob's wife as a classic trophy wife.
