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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
  • Love is all around in Stars Hollow

    9.6
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    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
  • I liked how Rory is awkward around Dean, the cats wake was weird, but good. Great episode.

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

    9.2
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    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
  • I liked it!

    9.5
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    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
  • Cinnamon, Babette's cat dies

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    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?

    • 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.

    • The song that Lane is dancing to in Rory's room is also heard later in the series when Lane's band plays it.

    • This is the first episode where Sean Gunn appears as Kirk. He previously appears in "The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton" as the DSL guy named Mick, and in "Kill Me Now" as a nameless swan delivery person. In this episode he speaks to Patti as a stranger, though in later episodes we learn Patti was his dance teacher as a child and has known him for at least 20 years.

    • When Rory is getting onto the bus there is a man and a woman following her onto the bus. The scene then cuts to Rory showing the bus driver her pass and you can clearly see Dean behind her but the other two people never get on the bus.

    • In this episode, the cat Cinnamon is referred to as 'she', but in the previous episode was called 'he'.

    • When Kirk busts Miss Patty for sampling fruit at Doose's, it is presented as though it is the first time they have ever met. However later in season four, Patty and Kirk are at Luke's together and Kirk keeps talking and he says to Patty, "Are you ignoring me?" Then Patty says, "Since you were old enough to talk, Kirk." That signifies that Patty has known Kirk since he was a baby. Also, in season seven, at Miss Patty's annual recital, we learn that Kirk took dance lessons with Patty. He performs the "journey of man" routine that it is said he first performed on Patty's stage 20 years ago. This also shows how long they have known each other.

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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.

    • (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.

    • (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.

    • Lorelai: (about some homemade lemonade) Mmm... tasty and flame retardant.

    • Miss Patty: OH Babette! I came as soon as I heard (squeezes her into a hug). What do you need? Babette: (choking) A little air honey!

    • Dean: Hey, uh, do you have a second? Rory: No, I have gum. Dean: No, thanks. Uh, look... Rory: I have to get back. Dean: Oh. Ok, uh sure. I'll see you later...

    • Michel: Hello? Hello? Where is Lorelai? I am dropping something off. Yoohoo, Hee Haw man, where's Lorelai Gilmore?

    • Emily: A funeral? Whose? Lorelai: It was for the neighbors', uh, cat. (silence) Mom? Emily: Hold on. I'm looking up "aneurysm" in our medical dictionary to see if I just had one.

    • Emily: If I wanted to talk to a machine, I'd talk to my VCR.

    • Lorelai: I kept information from you. Rory: Information that I should have had. Lorelai: Information that would've come out eventually like the Iran-Contra scandal. Rory: So you're Oliver North. Lorelai: No, I'm Fawn Hall. Rory: Mom. Lorelai: She was much prettier.

    • Rory: And when were you planning on telling me about this? On your wedding? Lorelai: No, by the rehearsal dinner at least.

    • Lorelai: That man on the porch was your teacher. Rory: Mom, I'm a little behind in school, but not so behind that I don't know who the teacher is.

    • Lorelai: How does Morey get around in here? Babette: Oh, just fine. He had a couple concussions his first year here. But he never complains.

    • Lorelai: (looking at Cinnamon's pill bottles) Wow. It's like a scene from the kitty version of Valley of the Dolls.

    • Sookie: Is that meatloaf? Luke: Yeah. Sookie: You use ketchup? Luke: You gonna make fun of my mother, too?

    • Lorelai: Call me, and we'll reschedule. I-I promise that's what I want. Max: Are you sure? Lorelai: Cross my heart and hope that no other neighborhood pets die on that day.

    • Michel: You are mourning a cat? Lorelai: Yes. Michel: They lick their privates, these cats. Lorelai: Not the comforting chit-chat we're looking for.

    • Lane: They said that they rolled her body into a lamp. (Rory nods) Lane: Did you laugh? (Rory shakes her head) Lane: Did you want to? (Rory nods)

    • Babette: (referring to Cinnamon) She looked like she was sleeping. I thought she was asleep, so I nudged her and she didn't wake. I gave her a push and she fell off the couch, and since I'd just waxed the floor, she went shooting across the room. And then she knocked over the lamp and she still didn't move. I knew it was over. Oh, God, my baby.

    • Luke: Sookie! Sookie: Hey, I was looking for your paprika. Luke: Hey, what have I said about the counter? Sookie: I know. Luke: How the counter is a sacred space, my sacred space. You don't do yoga on the Dalai Lama's mat. And you don't come behind my counter. Period! Sookie: I was trying to help! Luke: (to Lorelai) You bring her again, I want her on a leash! I mean it.

    • Lorelai: Plus, it would be great to get, you know. Sookie: What? Lorelai: You know. Sookie: No, I don't. Lorelai: You know. (indicating the man sitting next to her) He knows. Sookie: (to the man sitting next to Lorelai) You know? Man: Yeah, I know.

    • Lorelai: Just take the card. Max: I might frame the card. Lorelai: Just use the card. Max: I definitely will.

    • Max: But Rory is not a baby anymore. Lorelai: Oh, don't say that. She's eight! She's eight, and her favorite hobby is making necklaces out of gum wrappers. Max: Well, you could try stunting her growth, keeping her in a box, blowing cigarette smoke on her.

    • Miss Patty: Rory! Hello. Try a plum. They're better than sex. Rory: Um, no, thanks. Miss Patty: Fresh fruit always has such a, tch, a sensuality about it. Are you too young for this? Rory: Definitely. Miss Patty: Well what are you here for, honey? Rory: Oh, well, I just..I just (stuttering). Miss Patty: Ooh, I see what you're here for (referring to Dean). Well that wouldn't fit in a basket. No, no no no. Rory: Patty! It's not like that. He's just a person. Miss Patty: A person? Rory: A boy-type person. Miss Patty: Oh, my favorite kind. Rory: I really don't even know him. Miss Patty: Oh right, you don't know him. Rory: I don't. Miss Patty: You said. Rory: Please don't say anything. Miss Patty: I promise I won't tell a single soul that you don't know that young man. Rory: Thank you. Miss Patty: You're welcome.

    • Rory: Okay, our town is just weird. Lorelai: Thank God.

    • Lorelai: Where does your mom think you are? Lane: Oh, uh, on a park bench, contemplating the reunification of the two Koreas. Lorelai: Not here, skanking to Rancid? Lane: Wouldn't be included.

    • Rory: Wait. Shouldn't you be baking? Lorelai: I don't know. Shouldn't you be knitting?

    • Emily: Oh, wait, Rudolph Gottfried. Lorelai: Another cousin? Emily: No, a Nazi we knew. I'd forgotten. We stayed with him once in Munich. Nice old man. Interesting stories. Lorelai: Mom, you-you socialized with a known Nazi? That's despicable. That's heinous. Emily: No, dear, that was a joke.

    • Emily: So you're not going? Lorelai: Not this time. Emily: I don't think Claudia's planning to die a second time.

    • Michel: I don't know how many French people you've met over the years, but most of them are insufferable. Lorelai: Really! Michel: That is why I left France. Lorelai: Huh. I thought it had something to do with the torches, and the villagers.

    • Veterinarian: It wasn't the clams, Maury... in human years, this cat was 260 years old.

    • Babette: Cinnamon's dyspeptic. So's Maury. Too many clams. Maury: Baaad clams! Babette: This doesn't reflect well on Al's establishment... Lane: You had clams at Al's? Rory: Al's Pancake World? Babette: Yeah, well, we had coupons...

    • Michel: Fine, I shall be French, but I shall not be happy. Lorelai: Then you will be yourself. Good choice! (pats him on the back)

    • (After Lorelai is snippy to her) Rory: Ooooh, she's cranky this morning. Lorelai: Let's just say the world's got a formidable opponent.

    • Dean: Well, I've been kind of bugging you lately. Uh, I thought -- I don't know -- I thought that maybe you liked me. But it's obvious that you're not interested so I just wanted to say that I get it and I'm not gonna bother you anymore. (Dean starts to leave, Rory gets up to follow him) Rory: Wait! I am interested. Dean: You are? Rory: Yes. I gotta go.

    • Lorelai: (to Max) I'm going to be in town tomorrow because I take a class at Hartford State and there's a coffee shop across the street that I sometimes, almost all the time, go to around 4:00 and usually exactly 4:12. I could not stop a person from entering said establishment around that time, nor would I avoid them if I knew them if they did.

    • Lorelai: Life is a funny funny thing, huh? Sookie: Yeah I love that Jim Carrey. Lorelai: What? Sookie: Jim Carrey. He's just -- he's just -- funny. Lorelai: He is funny but I didn't mean funny, funny. I'm being philosophical. Sookie: Oh. Very serious face. Jean-Paul Sartre.

    • Mr. Medina: I think we should date. Lorelai: Why? Mr. Medina: Because I think we both want to. Lorelai: Well I want to be in the Bangles but that doesn't mean I quit my job and get a guitar and ruin my life to be a Bangle, does it? Mr. Medina: The Bangles broke up. Lorelai: Yeah, that's not the point.

    • (Emily on the phone with Lorelai after finding out that Lorelai attended a cat's wake instead of her unknown cousin's funeral) Lorelai: It's late, I have a big day tomorrow. Emily: You're going to a raccoon's wedding?

    • (French group arriving at the Inn, one of them talking to Michel in French) Michel: Sir, I'm just a simple country boy from Texas. I do not understand this francais business you're babbling about.

    • Max: How about coffee? You like coffee? Lorelai: Only with my oxygen.

    • Babette: I never thought a man would ever even want me. Lorelai: I know the feeling. Babette: Oh, please, with that ass? Gimme a break.

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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.

    • Episode Title: Cinnamon's Wake A play on Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.

    • 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.

    • Lorelai: Life is a funny funny thing, huh? Sookie: Yeah, I love that Jim Carrey. Lorelai: What? Sookie: Jim Carrey. He's just -- he's just -- funny. This is a reference to the actor Jim Carrey, who first became popular in the 90's from his work on In Living Colour. In the last decade he has become a highly paid movie actor mainly due to his turn in lead comedic roles.

    • Sookie: Oh. Very serious face. Jean-Paul Sartre. Jean-Paul Sartre is a French novelist, philosopher, and existentialist

    • Lorelai: Information that would have come out eventually. Like the Iran-Contra scandal. Rory: So you're Oliver North. Lorelai: No, I'm Fawn Hall. The Iran-Contra scandal occurred when the Reagan administration illegally sold arms to Iran in exchange for a hostage. Oliver North was the chief coordinator of the sale of illegal weapons to Iran, and was convicted and sentenced to a 3 year prison term for his involvement. Fawn Hall was Oliver North's secretary who testified against North in exchange for immunity.

    • Lorelai: (to Lane) Where does your mother think you are? Lane: Oh, on a park bench contemplating the reunification of the two Koreas. Lorelai: Not here, skanking to Rancid? Rancid is a punk band from California, best known for "Ruby Soho" and "Time Bomb".

    • Lorelai: Well I want to be in the Bangles but that doesn't mean I quit my job and get a guitar and ruin my life to be a Bangle, does it? The Bangles were an all girl rock band from the '80s that had several hits including "Manic Monday" and "Walk Like an Egyptian".

    • Lorelai: I really like him, Rory. I can't help it. And it's been a really long time since I've felt like this. You can't always control who you're attracted to, you know. I think the whole Angelina Jolie/Billy Bob Thornton thing really proves that. Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton married despite their differences including a large age gap. They were known for their eccentric behavior as a couple, including wearing lockets that contained a drop of the other's blood. They divorced in 2002.

    • Rory: If you could live in any city in the world you'd pick Philadelphia? Lane: M. Night Shyamalan lives there. M. Night Shyamalan is a director whose credits include The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable, ... He is particularly known for plot twists at the end of his movies.

    • (As Babette packs up a whole kitchen shelf full of medicine bottles, clearly the late Cinnamon's) Lorelai: It's like a scene from the kitty version of Valley of the Dolls. The Valley of the Dolls is Jacqueline Susann's famous 1960s novel, later made into a movie, about drug use among a group of Hollywood starlets.

    • Rory: They expect things to be homemade. Lorelai: I know. Rory: By someone other than Dolly Madison. Dolly Madison is the brand name of a line of cake and pastry snack foods.

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