Haunted Leg

Season 3, Episode 2, Aired
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To Lorelai's horror, Kirk asks her out on a date after being encouraged by Luke; Emily's lunch with Lorelai at Luke's ends badly; Christopher shows up uninvited at Friday night dinner and quarrels with both Lorelai and Rory before Emily asks him to leave; Rory runs into Jess and they each betray their hurt feelings -- Rory about Shane and Jess about not hearing from Rory all summer; and Francie targets Paris and Rory for a world of trouble if Rory doesn't stop Paris from running the student council like a dictatorship.moreless
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  • Lorelai is asked out by Kirk, Rory finally talks to Jess. Great episode, entertaining arguments.

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    By stewie1423, Jun 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    Very entertaining episode. It had an amusing side with Kirk asking Lorelai out. this was very funny and of course a little weird. The scene where he sat Lorelai down and eased into asking her out, was very amusing. Michel's reaction was good too. Then Luke tells Lorelai that Kirk asked him for advice, imagining that is hilarious. The song he say was funny too 'Must be love'. Then the voice message, very funny when his mother came on. Liked the scene when she told him no, I wonder if what she said was true.

    I think Lorelai was right to be angry at Emily for butting in with the goings on with Christopher. The whole lunch was enjoyable, Emily's thing about the menu and salad was funny. The opening scene was good, as always. I like how there always something quick and funny. I loved Emily trying not to get annoyed at the maid, so funny. When she ran off with the salads, didn't answer the door and having dinner at the wrong time, brilliant.

    Christopher coming was very entertaining and engrossing. He was well out of line and even blamed Lorelai for Rory not calling him back either. Thank god Rory then chips in and gives Christopher a piece of her mind, very well done. Everything Lorelai said was true, I don't know how Chris could turn it around. Liked how Emily asked him to leave, good to see her stick up for Lorelai.

    The Paris thing was enjoyable, what a b I t c h this Francie is, we saw her last season. Rory did make a good argument to Paris though, I hope they don't argue about this. It was well done, very high school with the dragged into toilets thing. Rory's comment about the 'Get together' was funny, very Paris thing to do.

    Both what Rory and Jess said at the end was true, very good scene though, hope they get together. Great episode, funny and entertaining. Can't wait for more.moreless

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  • Lorelai and Chris get into a big fight and Rory also has something to say about it.

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    By karatiz, Sep 25, 2007 Report Abuse
    well lets see it's been a week since Lorelai told her parents about Chris and Emily and her are not talking normally.
    Lorelai is coming out with a cold and Kirk asks her out, but get this, he asks her to dinner in two weeks, it's time enough for the virus be off her body! Who does that? At the end of the episode she says no.

    Paris and Rory's team is the winner of the student body. But there's a bit of a problem, the Puff's leader, Francie has other plans.

    Emily invites Lorelai for lunch at Luke's, she reveals she called Chris, Lorelai storms out the diner.

    At to top it all, at Friday's dinner guess who showed up?
    Christopher!!

    He and Lorelai get into a big fight, Rory also gets into it, she is mad with her father because of what he promised at Sookie's wedding.
    We get to see how Lorelai is felling about all this, she is really hurt and even Emily sees it, see tells Chris to leave.
    Rory was also very affected by this.She really thought that her parents were going to be together and now...

    It's a big fight...moreless

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  • Lorelai has a fight with christopher and so does rory.

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    By amfarley84, Jun 15, 2006 Report Abuse
    i thought that this episode was really sad. i thought that emily was really rude to set up a lunch with lorelai at lukes dinner then meet her there with news about christopher. i really do not see how she has any right to but into Lorelai's love life yeah i know that she is her mother but come on loorelai is in her 30's so i do not think that she has any right to get into it. i thought that it was funny that emily thought that christopher did not love this girl as she put it. it should not matter because he got his girlfriend pregnant and he choose to leave lorelai for her so he has to love her on some level. i felt really bad for christopher though because he wanted to be included in Lorelai and Rory's lifes and they bascailly shut him out. i felt sorry for him when he showed up at friday night dinner and got into an arguement with lorelai and said the it hurt that she is keeping his daughter from him and then rory came out and yelled at him. i thought that it was really nice of lorelai to tell christopher to give it time. i also thought that rory and jess fighting was funny because she was upset that he was kissing another girl.moreless

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  • A wonderful, funny & entertaining episode.

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    By aussieforgood, Mar 09, 2006 Report Abuse
    A wonderful, funny & entertaining episode.

    The funniest part of the episode had to be Kirk asking Lorelai out, classic. And then being teased about it by Luke after he tells her that he's the one who encouraged Kirk to ask her out. And I couldn't stop laughing when Luke started singing Love is in the air. And the answering machine scene when his mother lifted up the reciever, even my mother couldn't stop laughing.

    Another great moment was the fight between Lorelai & Christopher at her mothers place. Chris thinks that Lorelai is keeping Rory away from him but then Rory jumps to her mothers defence & also fights with him. The scene was fantastic & you could really see the pain on Chris & Lorelais faces. Especially on Lorelai's face.
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  • This is one of my favorite episodes

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    By tharris330, Sep 29, 2005 Report Abuse
    I love this episode, mainly for the fight between Lorelai and Christopher and then between Christopher and Rory. When Christopher sweeps in all desperate and angry and sad, I just couldn't believe it. And the the whole fight scene, I could watch that scene over and over again. It had a rare moment of uncensored raw emotion. You could truly see the pain on all of their faces and you forget that your watching a television show and that they are just actors. I loved that scene. Then of course you have Kirk asking out Lorelai. That is truly classic. I would have loved to see what a date with Kirk would entail. It would have to be something no one would want to miss.moreless

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    • This is the first and only time we hear the voice of Kirk's mother, and we never see her. Edit
    • In Luke's, Lorelai says that she has a cold and it is quite obvious that she does based on her voice. But in the next scene, when she is at the inn, she sounds like she was never sick at all. Edit
    • At the beginning of the episode Emily, Rory and Lorelai are in the living room and Lorelai is reading the paper, Emily reprimands her by saying it is very rude to read the paper in front of other people. So why has she never said that to Richard who has read the paper in several different episodes while they were all waiting for dinner to be served. Edit

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    • German episode title: "Gebrochene Herzen", meaning "Broken Hearts". French episode title: "L'Invitation A Dîner De Kirk", meaning "Kirk's Date". Edit
    • Edward Herrmann (Richard) and Keiko Agena (Lane Kim) do not appear in this episode. Edit

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    • Lorelai: What do you want from me? Christopher: I want to talk! Lorelai: About what? Christopher: I don't know. I just...I don't like how things are. Lorelai: But that's how they are. Christopher: I didn't want things to turn out this way. Lorelai: But they did turn out this way! Christopher: But I didn't want that! Lorelai: Christopher, is Sherry still pregnant? Christopher: Of course she is. Lorelai: Are you still with her? Christopher: Yes. Lorelai: Are you gonna marry her? Christopher: Yes. Lorelai: Then honey, we are where we are. Accept it. Edit
    • Rory: (to Christopher) I didn't call you back because I didn't want to. Me! Mom had nothing to do with it. Lorelai: Okay, honey, calm down. Rory: (ignoring her) You promised me. You promised me at Sookie's wedding that this was going to work, that you were going to be there. You promised me! Christopher: Honey, please understand. Rory: No! I always understand. I don't want to understand! I don't even really want to talk about this right now. I've got Mom, and that's all I need. Go be someone else's dad! Christopher: Don't say that. Rory: (to Lorelai) I'm going upstairs, call me when he's gone. (leaves) Edit
    • Christopher: (about Rory hating him) She didn't get there by herself. Lorelai: Have you ever met your daughter? She can get anywhere by herself. She can get to the third dimension by herself! She was helping the crossing guard when she was four! Edit

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    • Lorelai: I'll join a local community theater and I'll drive you to soccer. It'll work for many years, until the FBI comes to get me, and by that time you're on your own. This is a reference to the life of Kathleen Soliah, a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army who went underground. She lived for 23 years as Sarah Jane Olson, most of them in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she was active in community affairs, including theater. Her youngest daughter played soccer. Edit
    • Rory: Hey, we are family. Lorelai: Yeah, well, look how great that worked out for Sister Sledge. Sister Sledge was a singing group that had a big hit in 1979 with a song called We Are Family. Edit
    • Francie: You're obviously the Meyer Lansky behind this organization. Meyer Lansky was reputed to be the behind-the-scenes mastermind of the Mafia. Edit

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