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Gilmore Girls: The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles

 

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8.7 Great
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Air Date

Tuesday October 7, 2003

Production Code

176153

Episode Summary

To help meet the expenses of opening the inn, Lorelai and Sookie decide to become caterers on the side, with their first assignment being a "Lord of the Rings" theme party. At Yale, Rory returns from class to find that Emily has redecorated their common room. Meanwhile, Richard ponders a proposal to take on a new business partner.

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    9.5 Superb

    Lorelai and Sookie cater a kids party, Rory goes to her first Yale party. The great thing about the new season is that it still has the same feel, even though the Gilmore girls are away from each other. hide show

    Another great episode. Rory's party at Yale was funny. Paris is a very funny character and I look forward to seeing what she goes through in the year. The twins who ambushed Rory were crazy but slightly amusing. Funny how she got away from them, Paris's sudden outburst was brilliant.

    The new character Marty seems interesting, a new love interest for Rory perhaps. The whole naked thing was amusing. I like how Lorelai and Rory keep in touch and we still have there mother/daughter moments. I'm really liking the college side of things, a great feel to them.

    Sookie's meltdown was obviously coming and you could tell something was up for the episode. When it happened I did feel sorry for her and it must have been hard to see how great Lorelai was with the kids. The scene when Lorelai told her she'd be a great mom was nice.

    Another new character is this Jason or Digger Stiles. I do wonder what history they have and what he'll do in the future of the show. Emily dressing up Rory's dorm room was very funny, so Emily Gilmore. I really enjoyed this.

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    9.6 Superb

    Lorelai has a super nose, Sookie freak out because of the baby and a new character appears hide show

    Lorelai is a witch lol how could she know that Emily had been there? The smell? lol that's a nose lol Jackson is sweet lol preparing everything for the baby... And Emily changing the apartment, that's just like her...

    The university parties are starting, the open door party is there and Paris wants to start over.

    Sookie and Lorelai opened a catering business just to get some money for the Inn repairs. I just had the feeling Sookie wasn't going to cook good food for kids, she is chef and normally they can't cook simple food lol not to be mean or anything like that..
    The party is great, Lorelai was awesome with the kids, it's natural.

    And a new character appears, Jason Styles.

    It was fun to see Sookie setting the table and all those things they used to put in buffets... she really doesn't know what kids want, and that kid, her face... Sookie just freaked out... Lorelai just has a way to calm people...

    And that guy, the naked guy that must be embaracing...
    When Rory said she was confronting Emily I just knew that wasn't going to happen...

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    8.8 Great

    Rory's first party at Yale. hide show

    To help meet the expenses of opening the inn, Lorelai and Sookie decide to become caterers on the side, with their first assignment being a "Lord of the Rings" theme party. At Yale, Rory returns from class to find that Emily has redecorated their common room. Meanwhile, Richard ponders a proposal to take on a new business partner. Paris wants their door open for the party so they will be invited to all the other parties at Yale but by the end Paris turns back into her normal self and kicks everyone out. Rory helps Marty. God that dude is weird!

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    10 Perfect

    Classic Emily, freaked-out Sookie, great college experience for Rory, and annoying, overbearing Paris (no surprise there.) Great all-around episode. hide show

    The way Emily re-decorated Rory's dorm room was hilarious and the phone call between the two of them had me laughing, classic Emily, ignoring the fact that Rory had class and couldn't call sooner. Richard had a great sub-plot, but it didn't really draw me in. I loved Lorelai and Sookie's story line, but the thing that bugged me was Sookie's perfect chef routine. She had to know that kids wouldn't eat that food. While it was nice to see her realize that parenting wouldn't be as easy as she thought, the fact that she thinks she's the best chef in the world is starting to grate my nerves and frankly it has been since the first season. Yes, she is a great chef, but there are others better than her, get over it already. Other than that this is one of my favorite episodes. I never get tired of watching it.

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    10 Perfect

    Lorelai starts and new business and Rory attends a party. hide show

    I thought that this episode was absolutly wonderful. I thought that it was funny that Lorelai was at Rory's dorm room and she could sense her mother has been there. It was really rude of Emily to redecorate the common room of Rory's dorm room. it was not her space she should have never done it. It was funny that Paris wasnted to have their dorm room apart of the party then to kick everyone out because it was not what she expected it to be. I thought that it was really great that Sookie had a little breakdown about being pregnant and not thinking that she will be a good mother.

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  • When Richard tells Emily that Jason wants to be his partner, if you listen close you can hear that Emily says, "Well good for Dinger". It has been said many times that his nickname is Digger.

    Possible explanation: Perhaps Emily was just showing disrespect for Jason by not only calling him by the nickname he hates but by getting that name wrong as well. []
  • Earlier in the day when Lorelai and Sookie are in Sookie's kitchen, Lorelai is not wearing glasses. Later that same day Lorelai is wearing glasses. They are also different from the ones she had worn in earlier seasons.

    Possible Explanation: People who wear contacts (like Lorelai) don't always wear them throughout the whole day. Lorelai could have decided to take out her contacts at some point in the day and put on her glasses. As for why they are different, she could have gotten a new pair of glasses (when you have contacts, you're also suppose to have a spare pair of glasses), or she could have several pairs so that if she decided to wear glasses, she has some to go with her different outfits. []
  • In the opening credits when they show Rory walking into the building with her hands full, it is the reverse image of way it happens in this episode. []
More Trivia
  • French episode title: "Des Hobbits Sur Canapé", meaning "Hobbits On A Sofa". []
  • This is the first and only major hair style change for Rory. []
  • When ABC Family aired this episode, they beeped out the word 'retard' from the little boy's line, "No, it's not, retard," when he was talking to Redmond and Riley about Lorelai's name. []
More Notes
  • Rory: It's shopping week.
    Lorelai: Isn't it always?
    Rory: No, I mean with classes. We get to try out as many classes as we want before we pick the ones we want to stick with for the semester. I've already picked out like 60 classes that sound completely amazing, plus 20 more I'm going to squeeze in if I have the time. I spent the whole night reading the class descriptions over and over.
    Lorelai: You do realize that if you weren't so pretty, you would have gotten the crap kicked out of you every day of your life. []
  • Lorelai: You're not gonna rush off to class and get there like an hour early, are you?
    Rory: (sheepishly) No.
    Lorelai: You are.
    Rory: I am not.
    Lorelai: When you started elementary school, you told me the teacher wanted to meet all the parents at 6:30, and when we got there, the school wasn't open yet.
    Rory: I did that once.
    Lorelai: No, you got away with it once. You tried it every year! []
  • Rory: I love it when you miss me.
    Lorelai: Oh, it's not that I've miss you. It's just that since you've been gone, I finally realized how the living room stayed so clean. []
More Quotes
  • Paris: There's a party and if you open your door you get to be part of it, but Rory won't open the door because she's too busy being Heidi's grandfather!

    Heidi is a story about a little girl and her grandfather, a reclusive, antisocial old man who never talks to anyone. []
  • Title: The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles.

    The title sounds like a word play on C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. []
  • Rory: I feel like I'm at Uday's house.

    Uday is the son of Sadaam Hussein, Prince of Iraq who lived a self-indulgent and opulent life. []
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