Cinnamon's Wake

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired
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When both a distant family member and a neighbor's cat die, Lorelai has to decide which wake to attend. Max and Lorelai get their feelings for each other out on the table, but what will Rory think of this? Meanwhile, Lorelai and Sookie attend a Chilton bake sale, and Rory and Dean's budding relationship takes one step forward.moreless
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  • Love is all around in Stars Hollow

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    By nofeartina, Aug 07, 2008 Report Abuse
    Cinnamon finally dies, and the entire city gathers around for the wake. This episode is really funny, course you get to see all the different people in the town. Sookie and Luke competing against eachother to supply food at the wake was simply hilarious... :) So Lorelai finally agrees to date Max, and you can tell that she really likes him. I hope they go on a date soon, and they hit it off as much as they did in the coffee-shop... :)
    I love how shy Rory is around Dean. It is obvious that she really likes him, but apparently not to him, so finally he tells her that he will back off. Then she finally admits that she likes him too and storms off.. So cute... :)moreless

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  • I liked how Rory is awkward around Dean, the cats wake was weird, but good. Great episode.

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    By stewie1423, May 27, 2008 Report Abuse
    Another enjoyable episode of Gilmore Girls. We finally see Dean again and this was a good storyline through the episode. I liked how Rory acted around him, it was also amusing to see him finding her awkwardness amusing. Would like to find out a bit more about him, hopefully soon. Like how she said she was interested, should be good. His comment about the cabbage and the mouse was very funny.

    The cats wake was strange, but added a lot of good things to the episode. I liked Sookie and Luke's rivalry, was funny when she went behind the counter at his dinner, then they both got stuck in the door. It was funny and interesting to see them talk about Cinnamon the cat, like she was a human.

    Lorelai and Max, I guess this means that they are dating. He seems like a good enough character, again would like to find out more about him. The coffee shop thing was funny, how they pretended they just bumped into each other. Lorelai deciding whether to date him or not was entertaining.

    Michel's bits were funny, loved when Sookie set the bake sale table on fire and the opening scene with Emily was good. Her phone conversation at the end was funny, 'A racoons wedding' Lane is a good character, would like to maybe see and her mother a bit more.

    So this was another great episode, hope the series continues like this.moreless

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  • Lorelie has encounters with Max, and Rory has encounters with Dean.

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    By leo23dc, May 23, 2008 Report Abuse
    This episode moved the plot along nicely. Max is trying to date Lorelei, who is skittish because he's Rory's teacher. She comes up with a lot of reasons not to date him, but he presevers and gets Lorelei to agree to have coffee with him, at least. Babette's cat Cinammon dies, and Lorelie and Rory attend the wake. Dean shows up there with a lot of cokes. Rory is clearly interested in Dean but shy. Also, Rory reminds Lorelie of the bake sale at her school. Lorelie says she's got it covered, but Rory is unconvinced. But Lorelie has an ace in the hole. It is Sookie, coming up with a vareity of scrumptious deserts. At the end of the episode, Emily calls Lorelie demanding she tell her where she's been. Although Rory tries to signal her not to, Lorelei tells her mother that she was at a cat's wake. Emily has a fit, becuase she wanted Lorelie to go to her "cousin's" funeral (she wasn't really Lorelie's cousin though, and Lorelei doesn't remember her).moreless

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  • I liked it!

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    By VGFreak8, Nov 20, 2007 Report Abuse
    Cinnamon, the neighbor's cat, dies. Max asks Lorelai out. She is nervous about how Rory will feel. There is also a bake sale at Chilton, in which Sookie helps out with. There's a funeral for Cinnamon and Lorelai helps out and totally forgets about her date with Max, which is how Rory finds out. Rory says it's okay. She also gets a little further with Dean by admitting that she likes him.

    This was a very good episode! I kind of like Rory and Dean together. I don't like Lorelai and Max though. This episode gets a 9.5 out of 10 from me!moreless

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  • Cinnamon, Babette's cat dies

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    By karatiz, Aug 27, 2007 Report Abuse
    Dinner at Lorelai's mother and the news of a cousin's death.Emily wants everyone there

    At the bake sell at Rory's School, Max Medina, Rory's teacher, asks Lorelai on a date and she says no, and he asks on a coffee "date" they would be at the same coffee shop and talk.
    From that we go the the real date, a dinner.

    We all know Cinnamon, Lorelai's neighbors cat. Well this is the episode of the wake, the cat dies in a strange way.

    Well all this events, a funeral, a date and a wake are all on the same day. Witch one to go?

    Lorelai chooses to be with Babette and Mory on their sad day and forgets about the other two things, but they didn't forget about her...moreless

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    • During Friday night dinner, Emily tells Lorelai that she has met Claudia several times one of which was the day of the first moon landing. The first moon landing was on July 20, 1969. From Episode 18, Season 3, we learn that Lorelai was born around April 15 in 1968. This first meeting of Claudia would have happened when Lorelai was about 15 months old. How could Emily have expected her to remember that particular meeting? Edit
    • In the scene where Sookie tells Lorelai and Rory the different desserts that she baked for the Chilton bake sale, she splits the desserts different tables. There is French Fantasies, American Treats, and Italian Taste Sensations. If you look closely, you'll see she had creme brulee on the Italian Taste Sensations table even though creme brulee is a French dessert. Edit
    • The song that Lane is dancing to in Rory's room is also heard later in the series when Lane's band plays it. Edit

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    • German episode title: "Katzenjammer", meaning "Hangover". Edit
    • This is the first episode that uses the end-credit music that is used throughout the rest of the series. The three episodes before this each have different songs during the end credits. Edit
    • Edward Herrmann (Richard) does not appear in this episode. Edit

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    • (About the bake sale) Max: Very Henry VIII. Lorelai: Well we're not into subtle. Max: Good to see you, Lorelai. Lorelai: Oh, good to see you, Mr. Medina. Max: Max. Lorelai: Mr. Medina. Max: Max. Lorelai: Mr. Medina, meet Sookie, the chef at the Inn. Sookie, Mr. Medina. Sookie: What's the name again? Lorelai: Mr. Medina. Sookie: I know, you've said it like a zillion times. Edit
    • (talking about Dean) Lorelai: Do you know him? Rory: (answering quickly) No. Lorelai: No? Rory: Well, he goes to my old school, so i see him there sometimes...but um...I go to Chilton now. Lorelai: Thanks for the update. (Lorelai walks away) Rory: You're welcome. Edit
    • (Rory opens Babette's front door, Dean comes in) Dean: Oh hi! I wasn't expecting you. Rory: Or me you. I mean, you me. I mean, come on in you. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Michel: (to man in overalls) Yoohoo, Hee Haw man, where's Lorelai Gilmore? Reference to the 1960's TV variety show Hee-Haw, which featured country music and rural-themed humor. Edit
    • Episode Title: Cinnamon's Wake A play on Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. Edit
    • Miss Patty: Fresh fruit always has such a... a sensuality about it.... There is a similar scene in the classic 1978 movie Animal House where Otter tries to pick up Dean Wormer's wife at the supermarket using fresh vegetables' "sensuousness" as a prop to start the conversation. Edit

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