Writer:	Daniel Palladino
Director:	Kenny Ortega
Star:	Yanic Truesdale (Michel Gerard),  Sean Gunn (Kirk Gleason (Episodes 44 - , recurring previously)),  Scott Patterson (Luke Danes),  Melissa McCarthy (Sookie St. James),  Liza Weil (Paris Geller (Episodes 22 - , recurring previously)),  Lauren Graham (Lorelai Gilmore),  Keiko Agena (Lane Kim),  Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore)
Recurring Role:	Todd Lowe (Zack),  Sebastian Bach (Gil),  John Cabrera (Brian),  Kathleen Wilhoite (Liz Danes),  David Sutcliffe (Christopher Hayden)
Guest Star:	Devon Sorvari (Honor Huntzberger),  Carole King (Sophie)

This episode drew 6.30 million viewers. (edit) Music:
- "Eye of the Tiger" by Paul Anka (edit) Kelly Bishop (Emily), Edward Hermann (Richard) and Matt Czuchry (Logan) do not appear in this episode. (edit)

Christopher: (to Lorelai) Do you have anyone you can't stand? Do you want to be able to say, "Hey! I can buy and sell you!" It's so cool! You can crush people with money! Want some people-crushing money? (edit) Rory: I just wanted to tell you something. Brrrrrrrrrrring, I'm coming back to Yale!
Paris: What was that sound?
Rory: It was a drumroll.
Paris: You really had to do a drumroll for that? Of course you're coming back to Yale. What are you gonna do without a college degree--drive a forklift? (edit) Liz: Thank you so much big brother what a godsend you are.
Luke: Yep God sent me to help ya and now he must pay. (edit) Rory: You never had to live there.
Lorelai: Hello! Oppressed one, class of '85. (edit) Rory: They never invited their priest over to try to talk you out of having sex.
Lorelai: Five times! And on the last one they triple teamed me with a Priest, a Rabbi, and a Mormon Missionary. I made so many jokes that night I should have had a microphone and a brick wall behind me. (edit)

Liz appears in this episode for Thanksgiving dinner, but T.J. is mysteriously absent. (edit) Lorelai tells Rory that she only lived with the Gilmores for 3 months and that she could not compare her stay with Lorelai's, but how could that be? Assuming it was around May that Rory and Logan stole the yacht (because it is the end of the school year and her court date is at the beginning of June) if she was only there for 3 months that means she would have moved out around the beginning of August, but Rory was still with the Gilmores into October because she has her birthday party, even calculating in the time spent at Lane's house, Rory could not have lived with her grandparents for only 3 months.

Also when Logan goes to Lorelai about their breakup, Lorelai tells Logan that he is responsible for 6 months of Lorelai and Rory being apart.

Possible Reason: Rory meant that she only lived in her grandparents house for 3 months, the other 3 months she had spent living in the pool house. (edit) When Lorelai and Rory walk into Luke's Diner Luke is very excited to see Rory and welcomes her back. But in the previous episode Lorelai runs to Luke's and tells him to make burgers and fries for Rory's return and then she runs out of the diner. Are we to believe that Luke, who made the food for Rory and lives at Lorelai's house somehow did not see Rory between the time she returned home and the next morning when she comes to the diner? (edit) When Rory and Lorelai were having lunch at the inn and talking about Christopher, Lorelai said maybe he's getting back together with his wife. Assuming she meant Sherry, Christopher and Sherry never got married. They were engaged, but Sherry had left him and GG before they got married. And why would she say "his wife"? Every other time they talk about Sherry they use her name. (edit) When Rory comes in to see Sookie, Sookie gets so excited that she throws her hands up and screams, and the chef next to her sends the food in his hands flying because Sookie supposedly knocked him over. If you look closely, Sookie doesn't even touch him when he goes down.

Sookie does not hit the chef; there is a roll of paper towels on the table by Sookie. When she sees Rory, she gets excited, hits the roll, it flies up, hits the server in the face and then he drops what he's carrying. (edit)

Gwen Stefani

She was the singer of No doubt, and it was the romantic breakup with the guitarist of the band that inspired their single "Don't Speak". (edit) Episode Title: He's Slippin' 'Em Bread...Dig?

This refers to the movie, DiG! which follows the bands The Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre through seven years. In DiG!, the lead singer of the BJM starts a fight onstage with his band members at a showcase, very similar to Brian's behavior in this episode. Also, the tambourine player that Brian hires appears to be one of the members of the actual band, the BJM.

And by Brian I mean Zach... (edit) Honor: First young Seacrest hemmed and ha'ed...

She was referring to Ryan Seacrest who hosts Fox's American Idol. (edit) Lorelai: (to Sookie who thinks her wishes are coming true) Quick, wish for a Sephora within walking distance!

Sephora is an upscale cosmetics store. (edit) Christopher: It doesn't have to be in Ireland. It could be in Germany, Czech Republic, Scotland...Narnia.

Narnia is the fictional world found inside the wardrobe in C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. (edit)