Writer:	Jennie Snyder
Director:	Lee Shallat-Chemel
Star:	Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore),  Lauren Graham (Lorelai Gilmore),  Matt Czuchry (Logan Huntzberger),  Scott Patterson (Luke Danes)
Recurring Role:	Vanessa Marano (April Nardini),  David Sutcliffe (Christopher Hayden)
Guest Star:	Adetokumboh M'Cormack (Philip),  Vanessa Branch (Bobby),  Brandon Ford Green (Doctor),  Wendy Allyn (Girl),  David Weidoff (Guy),  Steve Braun (Trip),  Chris Payne Gilbert (Nick)

International Airdates:
Spain - September 26, 2007 on FOX TV Spain
(edit) This episode drew 4.2 million viewers. (edit) Melissa McCarthy (Sookie), Keiko Agena (Lane), Kelly Bishop (Emily), Yanic Truesdale (Michel), Liza Weil (Paris), Edward Herrmann (Richard), and Sean Gunn (Kirk) do not appear in this episode. (edit)

Rory: Just once, you could call me and tell me you are coming home like a normal person.
Logan: Normal is boring, normal is over rated, normal is not why you love me. (they kiss) (edit) Lorelai: (after pulling a shirt out of Chris' laundry basket) Oh, my God! You dirty thief!
Chris: Excuse me?
Lorelai: You stinking, lying, stinking, dirty, ratty thief.
Chris: What?
Lorelai: This is my Police Synchronicity t-shirt! I have been missing this for 22 years! I asked you if you had it. I looked you right in the face and you denied it!
Chris: I lied.
Lorelai: Oh, you lied! You lied! Do you know how long I looked for this?!
(Chris laughs at her)
Lorelai: Days and days. I accused my mother of throwing it out. And she said she didn't. And oh, my God, I hated her. Oh, my God, I could have had the best relationship with her if you hadn't stolen my shirt. Well, keep laughing, buddy, because I'll tell you, the laugh's on you. You better get used to seeing this shirt cause I have to make up for 22 years of not wearing it. (puts it on) (edit) Lorelai: Hey.
Luke: Oh hey. Hi.
Lorelai: How is she [April]?
Luke: Yeah, okay. It was appendicitis like you said. But she's, she's okay. I mean, the operation went really great. They got it out, no problem. She's gonna be fine. And I'm gonna be able to see her pretty soon.
Lorelai: Good, good.
Luke: Yeah. You didn't, you know you didn't have to come. But thanks for coming.
Lorelai: There's nothing worse than taking your kid to the emergency room. You know, I remember when Rory had food poisoning and they had to hook her up to an I.V. She just looked so little and scared. It made me feel like they were gonna have to hook me up to an I.V.
Luke: Yeah I was almost out of my mind I was so scared. I mean at one point, I got so panicked, I thought maybe they could give her my appendix. You know, do some kind of transplant or something. I was, you know, a little out of my mind.
Lorelai: (smiling) Well, I'm glad she's gonna be okay.
Luke: Yeah, she's gonna be alright.
(a doctor approaches them)
Doctor: Mr. and Mrs. Nardini?
Luke: Oh, no no no. Hi, I'm Luke Danes. I'm April's dad.
Doctor: Well, she's a little out of it right now, but you and your wife can go in and see her.
Luke: No, she's not my...
Lorelai: No. I'm not, uh...
(Luke sees Lorelai's ring and looks upset)
Doctor: Oh, sorry. I just assumed. (awkward pause) So, would both of you like to go and see...
Luke: I'll just go and see...
Lorelai: You go.
Luke: Okay all right. (he leaves with the doctor)
(Lorelai looks upset and leaves the hospital) (edit) Lorelai: So...
Rory: What?
Lorelai: What do you think?
Rory: I don't know, Mom...I can't believe you did this.
Lorelai: Are you mad?
Rory: Yes, I'm mad!
Lorelai: Rory--
Rory: No, don't!
Lorelai: All right, okay, but--
Rory: No, Mom, I can't do this now, because Dad is about to come back in, and...I just can't right now. (edit) Luke: (to April, who's engrossed in a textbook) You hungry?
April: Uh-huh.
Luke: You want some juice?
April: Uh-huh.
Luke: Notice my hair is green?
April: Uh-huh. (Luke closes textbook on her) Hey!
Luke: Dinner's ready.
April: Five more minutes?
Luke: After dinner. Wash your hands. What's so interesting, anyway?
April: Hyperphagia.
Luke: Oh. Right. Cool. (edit)

In this episode, when Lorelai goes visit Rory at Logan's apartment and they talk, Rory asks if she got Christopher's name, Hayden and Lorelai says: "No. No. "Hayden"? No. I don't want to be Mrs. Hayden planetarium for the rest of my life. I'm Lorelai Gilmore, okay? Lorelai Gilmore without the "Gilmore" is like... Gil, you know, less. Okay." But in the previous episode, French Twist, when Lorelai and Christopher arrives home, Chris tells her: "Welcome home, Mrs. Hayden.". Probably the previous episode is the wrong one, because we will see Lorelai using Gilmore on the episode To Whom It May Concern. (edit) Notice that Luke calls April "sweetie" throughout this episode, which serves as a nice indication of their well-established relationship as father and daughter, but given Luke's gruff, rough-around-the-edges exterior throughout the series, it does seem awkward for many long-time viewers. The writers obviously agreed, because after this episode, the "sweetie" thing was completely dropped. (edit) In the scene where Logan and Rory are talking to Bobby and Trip, Logan's jacket switches from being buttoned up to unbuttoned several times as the camera angle changes. (edit) Lorelai says that if Chris hadn't stolen her t-shirt, she could've had the best relationship with her mother, but the t-shirt had been missing for 22 years, about the time Rory was born, so their relationship was way past salvageable. (edit) When Lorelai Chris and Rory eating dinner, and shots switch back and forth, Rory's wine glass goes from being in front of her to not being on the table at all. (edit)

Logan: I mean, talk about the pen being mightier than the sword. It’s true that pen of yours is a howitzer.

A howitzer is a type of field artillery. The name derives from the Czech word houfnice, denoting a 15th century cannon used by Hussites during the Hussite Wars. (edit) Rory: I'm Tama Janowitz.
Olivia: A mean Tama Janowitz.

Tama Janowitz is a novelist and a short story writer. The 2005 September/October issue of Pages magazine listed her as one of the four brat pack authors. (edit) Rory: What? No! No, I'm Fran Lebowitz. It's supposed to be fun, frothy, lighthearted satire, social anthropology.

Fran Lebowitz is an American author. Lebowitz is best known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities. Some reviewers have called her a modern day Dorothy Parker. (edit) Lorelai: This is my Police "Synchronicity" t-shirt. I have been missing this for 22 years!

Synchronicity is the fifth album by The Police, released in 1983. Their most popular release together, Synchronicity includes perhaps their best-known single, "Every Breath You Take". (edit) Luke: I can get you some real wrapping paper.
April: Did you not see "An Inconvenient Truth"?

An Inconvenient Truth is a documentary film about climate change, specifically global warming, directed by Davis Guggenheim and starring former United States Vice President Al Gore. The documentary is based largely on a multimedia presentation that Gore developed over many years as part of an educational campaign on global warming. (edit)