I'm a Kayak, Hear Me Roar

Season 7, Episode 15, Aired
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At Friday night dinner, Lorelai works up the courage to tell her parents about the break-up of her marriage, but is derailed by their argument over the healthy meals and no-alcohol policy Emily has instituted to help Richard recover from his heart attack. Lorelai enlists Sookie to bring Richard healthy but delicious meals, then helps Emily organize Richard's business affairs. Over a shared bottle of scotch, Lorelai finally tells her mother about the breakup of her marriage. Rory attends an awkward birthday dinner for Logan with Mitchum Huntzberger, who asks her to help him steer Logan in the right direction. Later, Logan receives disturbing news about the online company he purchased. Also, Luke shares his home with Liz , T.J. and their baby daughter while their house is being fumigated.moreless
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  • Lorelai tells the world that she and Chris is over.

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    By nofeartina, Jun 16, 2008 Report Abuse
    I really liked this episode. It was good to see Lorelai have some kind of reaction to the ending of her marriage. I totally understand why she was so afraid to tell her parents. They really haven't been too supportive and understanding in the past. Off course Rory got it right away. In some ways it seems she's known it all along. It was a really nice twist that Lorelai helped out Emily with figuring out all the economics. I loved the scene where Emily gives her credit for all she's achieved in her life. That was such a touching scene. Off course she had to be all Emily-like the next day... I feel really bad for Lorelai. Couldn't Emily just have kept it at the supporting words...?
    Great epi, I can't wait for Logan and Rory to play a bigger part now that his company is in trouble... :)moreless

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  • Pivotal Mother/Daughter Relationship Development!

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    By supercin721, Apr 16, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode was beautiful because, finally, we get to see the human side of Emily Gilmore. We get to see the woman beneath all the pomp and circumstance, the woman who can support her daughter and be proud of her progress in life and career. It took a bottle of scotch but at least we finally saw a sweet moment between the two. Lauren Graham did a great job showing just how poignant the moment was between the two, just how important her mother's approval was to her.moreless

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  • Lorelai tells her mother about her break up with Christopher.

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    By amfarley84, Apr 15, 2007 Report Abuse
    I really, really loved this episode. I thought that the whole episode was up to par and it feel like an episode that ASP had wrote evan though it was not. I really liked the scene between Babette and Miss Patty in the diner talking in code about who Lorelai belongs with. It seemed really strange to me that Mitchum was giving Rory credit for Logan turning his life around. I felt bad for Logan that he got the news his new company is being sued over some patnets. I was totally shocked with Emily that she seemed fine with Lorelai and Christopher breaking up and that she seemed supportive. But i was not surprised the next day she went back to being the cold person she is.moreless

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  • it was kind of boring in some parts...

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    By Egil84, Mar 23, 2007 Report Abuse
    well i thought that it's a typical gilmore girls episode. it was kind of funny seeing rory flirting with the new "professor", i though writters shouldn't got married lorelai with chris..he is a very important man in their life even when he hadn't been present all the time. they (writters) try to blame chris character of the sad situation of lorelai but he isn't he is a victim...too besides lorelai should get a lesson for having a little selfish kind of live.and i'm not saying it only for chris....that involves emily, richard, LUKE and even Rory. she pushed luke in a hard situation (april's)and she blame him for not wanted to get married...when he needed time to ge through that...moreless

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  • A very special episode that provided a few laughs but was mostly showing character development and overall show development!

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    By cazzana, Mar 09, 2007 Report Abuse
    Finally the writers have got it! I have not been that dissapointed in the new writers, they have been doing a good job but i did notice the difference in writing. But now i think they've got it! The scene between Babette and Miss Patty at the diner was so funny and so true! Kirks imput was halarious as usual!

    This episode also touched on the development of lorelai and emily's relationship. A brick from the brick wall that is dividing the two was removed. taking their relationship one step closer to being the way they would like it to be.
    The scene where Lorelai told her mother that her marriage was over was a bit of a shock, especially to see emily being so comforting towards lorelai. It was good for them.

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    • In this episode, Rory and Logan agree that she had been "Huntzbergered." This is after she went through an overwhelming dinner with Mitchum Huntzberger. This is remarkably similar to an episode (You've Been Gilmored) during the sixth season, in which Luke and Lorelai agree that he was "Gilmored" when he attended an overwhelming dinner with Emily and Richard Gilmore. Edit
    • Once again, the Gilmore girls hit the road after one of Lorelai's breakup. The first time was in season 2 (Road trip to Harvard) after Lorelai cancelled her wedding with Max. However, in this episode, the trip is far shorter. Edit
    • Rory says that she cannot remember her 8th birthday party in this episode. However, in "Rory's Birthday Parties", her and Lorelai are talking about Rory's parties and say that her 8th was the best and that the cops raided it and arrested the clown. That seems pretty unforgettable. Edit

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    • Music: -"Making Noises" The SqueeGees -"Happy Birthday" Concrete Blonde -New Age music. Paris and Doyle are doing their Yoga to it. Edit
    • French episode title: "Emily: Prise de Conscience", meaning "When Emily Finds Out". Edit
    • International Airdates: Spain - October 5, 2007 on FOX TV Spain Germany - January 25, 2008 on VOX Edit

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    • Babette: Yeah, it's true, he's definitely moved out. Last time I saw the... beagle's car in the driveway, it was days ago. Then I saw the mover's truck, so only the... hen is living there now. Miss Patty: So did the hen break up with the beagle, or the beagle with the hen? Babette: I don't know. Miss Patty: Oh the poor hen. Babette: Yeah she's been through so much. Miss Patty: You know, just kind of getting used to him... he beagle. Babette: But he's not right for her. He's a beagle, you know. And beagles, beagles belong with beagles. Miss Patty: And the hen belongs with the rooster. Babette: Maybe. Miss Patty: Well, does the rooster know about the hen and the beagle? Babette: Oh, yeah, East Side Tillie was in here yesterday, blabbing her big mouth off. Miss Patty: How did he take it? Did you see his face? Babette: Yeah, but you know the rooster. It's like looking at Stonehenge. I don't know what he thinks. Miss Patty: Oh, I hope he gets his act together because I think they're perfect. Edit
    • Rory: It sounds like grandma's going full steam ahead with this whole party-planning thing. Lorelai: I know! Rory: She's going to kill 400 Cornish game hens, probably with her own bare hands. Lorelai: Your grandfather just had a heart attack. Your grandmother is not drinking. This isn't exactly the ideal time to tell them their one and only daughter's marriage is over. Rory: I know. Lorelai: I don't know what she'll do. She's gone bananas. I mean for all I know, she'll throw a Molotov Mocktail at me. Rory: I know, but only you can save the Cornish game hens. Save the Cornish game hens! Edit
    • (Richard, Emily, Lorelai and Rory are sitting at the dining table at the Gilmores) Richard: Oh well, it's fish again. Emily: It's sea bass. Richard: Sea bass is a fish, hence my comment "surprise surprise, it's fish again". Rory: It taste good. Richard: Taste like fish. Emily: I don't think it tastes fishy. Sea bass is not a fishy fish. Maquereau is a fishy fish. Trout can be a fishy fish, but sea bass is not really a fishy fish. Richard: I didn't say it tasted fishy, I said it stated like fish. Rory: I think it tastes gooood. Lorelai: You know the green beans are very green beany, which is so good, especially if you like green bean, which I do. Rory: Hmmm. Lorelai: Anyone seen any good movies lately? Emily: No. Richard: This fish is bland. Emily: Would you like some more lemon-dill sauce? Richard: No. Emily: Ok. Lorelai: Sauce is good mom. Emily: It's nice, isn't it? Lorelai: Tart, but not too tart. Edit

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    • Rory: I have been writing some articles for an online magazine and I've just applied for the James Reston reporting fellowship. James Reston was a prominent American journalist whose career spanned the mid 1930s to the early 1990s. Associated for many years with The New York Times, he became perhaps the most powerful, influential, and widely-read journalist of his era Edit
    • Mitchum: You know what you should read? Philip Meyer's latest book… Rory: "The Vanishing Newspaper." I read it. I loved it. In The Vanishing Newspaper, Philip Meyer offers the newspaper industry a business model for preserving and stabilizing the social responsibility functions of the press in a way that could outlast technology-driven changes in media forms. This "influence model," as it is termed by Meyer, is based on the premise that a newspaper's main product is not news or information, but influence: societal influence, which is not for sale, and commercial influence, which is. Meyer's model explores how the former enhances the value of the latter. Edit
    • Logan: Are you sure, it will probably be lame, for all I know, he's invited us to crash a meeting with Rupert Murdoch. Rory: Well that's cool. I can hang with mad dog Murdoch. Rupert Murdoch is an Australian global media executive and is the controlling shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation, based in New York City in the United States. Beginning with newspapers, magazines and television stations in his native Australia, Murdoch expanded into British and American media, and in recent years has become a powerful force in satellite television, the film industry, the Internet, and other forms of media. Edit

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