Lost And Found

Season 2, Episode 15, Aired
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Rory embarks upon a campaign to improve Lorelai's relationship with Jess, and convinces her to let him clean out their gutters so he can make some extra money. Luke, annoyed by his cramped living quarters, goes apartment hunting. With the help of Lorelai, Luke is able to find a great place, but is shocked when he finds out who owns the building. Meanwhile, Dean notices that Rory isn't wearing the bracelet that he made for her. Rory makes up an excuse, but later flips into panic mode when she can't find the bracelet.moreless
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  • Luke goes apartment hunting. A brilliant Jess and Luke episode.

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    By stewie1423, Jun 01, 2008 Report Abuse
    I really enjoyed this episode, it was good to see a lot more of Jess and Luke here. Luke hunting for apartments was entertaining, his relationship with Jess is amusing. The one liners Jess comes out with when he talks with Luke are really funny. His conversation with Lorelai when he's in the diner, watching the small, black and white TV was good.

    As was his meltdown upstairs when he started throwing clothes everywhere, which even shocked Jess. Weird that Jess has to sleep with the music on. A great scene was when he and Lorelai pretended to be married or a couple (Due to Lorelai) very funny, Lorelai calling him snuffy.

    Then his argument with Taylor was enjoyable, they are always funny and over something .... strange. I agree with Luke though, Luke once again goes to Lorelai when he buys the whole building next to the diner, that shows he trust her. She persuades him to think about keeping it.

    Then when Luke says that he'd be happy if Jess and Rory were going out, great end to the episode. The thing with Rory is you can tell she likes Jess and so can Lorelai. We see more of Jess only really talking to Rory but Rory tells him to make an effort with Lorelai, he agrees and does so over Chinese food.

    Dean and Rory don't seem great, Dean being bored at the book fundraiser and things. But then its fine again, until Dean notices the missing bracelet, which Rory hasn't noticed either. The rash story was funny, maybe not supposed to be.
    Rory goes into panic mode and searches everywhere with the help of Lorelai.

    Jess, who took the bracelet two episodes ago, obviously puts it back in Rory's room but Lorelai catches him leaving and she is suspicious. Jess persuades Rory to look again and she then finds it, Lorelai confronts Jess and rightly so. It was good to see how protective she is off Rory, Jess leaves after Lorelai calls him a 'little jerk'.

    Really good episode, can't wait for the next few.moreless

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  • It was good episode.Somehow a filler one but it also shows some development in Rory and Jess's friendship.I liked it.

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    By martooo_m, Apr 01, 2008 Report Abuse
    It is a typical Gilmore Girls's episode when nothing too much happened but it is always amazing and heartwarming to watch them hanging around talking in their high-speed manner and telling some jokes and fun quotes that you can never forget and can bring you so much happiness and laughter.
    I really liked Luke in this episode because he was just hilarious at and it was so much fun for me to watch him becoming nervous and I really like their fights with Jess.One of the funniest scenes was when Lorelai pretends to be Luke's wife.Hilarious.Jess was amazing in this episode because he showed his full potential to be kind with Luke,showed his goodness to Lorelai and showed us his big love to Rory when returning the bracelet to her.
    Very heartwarming episode and I like the episodes of Gilmore Girls's second season when Jess and rory love each other but are unaware to say it to one another.moreless

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  • Looking for a bracelet and an apartment

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    By karatiz, Sep 06, 2007 Report Abuse
    Lorelai hurts herself while cleaning the gutters so she hired Jess to do that.

    Luke is going crazy with the mess him his apartment, all Jess's stuff came and it looks like a tornado passed by.
    Lorelai says to Luke that he needs a bigger place so he goes looking for one.

    I almost fell of the chair when Lorelai pretended to be Luke's wife at the apartment, I couldn't believe his face, I was great.

    And Dean notices that Rory isn't wearing the bracelet so she freaks out. She looks everywhere and nothing. Jess hears and puts the bracelet in her room and tells her to look there again. The bracelet is found.

    And because of the apartment, it was Taylors, Luke buys the building!!!

    He breaks a wall and tells Jess to finish building his room.
    I loved the look on Luke's face before he smashed the wall with the big hammer.moreless

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  • rory loses the bracelet that dean gave her and lorelai hires jess to clean out the gutters.

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    By amfarley84, Jun 13, 2006 Report Abuse
    it was a great episode. i thought the storyline was perfect the fact that rory loses her bracelet and does not notice was great and that the fact that dean noticed that it was missing was funny. i did not like that dean got so upset that she lost her bracelet that rory had to search everywhere for it. i also did not like that jess was the one who had it i thought that he should have given it back when he found it he should not have kept it for as long as he did. evan though i believe he kept it to prove that rory does not care for dean as much as everyone though she did. i thought that it was really nice of lorelai to give jess a chance to prove that he is a nice guy by hiring him to clean the gutters evan though it was rory who asked her to give him a chance.
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  • This was a great episode and another one of the many reasons why I watch and love the show. The humor, the nuttiness from the most lovable characters of Stars Hollows come to life.moreless

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    By valm1, Apr 07, 2006 Report Abuse
    Interesting new developments in this episode. Luke finally gets a bigger place for him and Jess by inadvertently buying the building and expanding Luke's father's office. It was really funny when Luke explodes after discovering who his new Landlord was after signing the new lease, it was a Luke/Taylor classic moment, and Taylor tossing Luke's application in the trash was so funny. The scene where Luke hoists a sledge hammer and makes a hole in the wall telling Jess that was his new bedroom and to get busy was really, really funny.

    Another great moment was looking at a new apartment scene with Luke and Lorelai and the Real Estate Agent confused the situation by thinking Lorelai and Luke were a couple and Lorelai goes along with the idea wholeheartedly, with a very not so jolly Luke trying his best not to glare too much at Lorelai who was thorough enjoying her tease, it was such fun.

    Another fun moment when Lorelai is frantically searching at the Independence Inn while a not so happy Michel looks on not amused by the fact that he himself had conducted the search for the missing bracelet, and he goes out of his way to point the fact out to Lorelai who sheepishly searches anyway.

    Rory tries to hide the fact that her interest in Jess is beginning to grow into a little more than friendship when she forgets about the bracelet and lies to Dean about why she is not wearing it. Jess is the only one who knows what happened to the bracelet but keeps it as a keepsake but changes his mind and tries to return it by hiding it in the bedroom, of course Lorelai walks in the same time Jess leaves and is vastly suspicious. She is worried that Rory is spending so much time with Jess but Luke seems to think the idea is great, so do most of the viewers who think Jess is cute.moreless

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    • The pen that Lorelai took from Emily in "Secrets and Loans" is found under Lorelai and Rory's couch in this episode. Edit
    • When Rory tries to convince Lorelai to give Jess a chance she reminds her how she didn't like Luke when she first met him and how she used to call him Duke instead of Luke. In season 4, Lorelai's boyfriend Jason asks her to take him to the diner she always talks about and calls it Duke's instead of Luke's. Edit
    • The wall that Luke breaks at the end of the episode is just made of one piece. Yet, in season 1 (Emily in Wonderland, 1x19) when Lorelai sees his apartment for the very first time because Rachel invited her over, Rachel comes out of the bathroom which is precisely where Luke starts his demolition work. Edit

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    • German episode title: "Trautes Heim, Stress allein", meaning "Cosy Home, Stress Alone". Edit
    • Rory's Book List: Inherit the Wind by Jermore Lawerence and Robert E. Lee Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger Edit
    • Keiko Agena (Lane Kim), Kelly Bishop (Emily Gilmore), Edward Herrmann (Richard Gilmore), Melissa McCarthy (Sookie) and Liza Weil (Paris Geller) do not appear in this episode. Edit

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    • Luke: I just spent $100,000 and it's all YOUR fault! (Storms into the house) Lorelai: Oh. Good. (Follows him) Luke: I ran into Taylor at the market. I found out he owns the building that apartment was in. Lorelai: No way! Luke: (Pacing) That and several other properties all over town. Lorelai: That is so weird. Luke: He's systematically buying up the town. He's gonna turn it into Taylorville, where everyone will have to wear cardigans and have the same grass height! Lorelai: You want to sit...? Luke: And then he told me he's gonna told he's gonna buy the building next to the diner and turn into a collectible plates shop for freaks who don't have enough brain power to collect stamps! I lost it. Lorelai: I can't picture that. Luke: I walked around in a blind rage. I was crazy. I bought one of those Belgian waffles with the ice cream dipped in chocolate. Lorelai: You ate that? Luke: No, I didn't eat it! Lorelai: Of course. Luke: I'm upset. Not suicidal! Lorelai: Right. Luke: I knew I just had to do something and I just heard your voice going round and round in my head. Lorelai: Yeah, it's kind of like the small world song. Luke: Take a chance, Luke. Make a move, Luke. You can't have a single bed, Luke! So I bought the building! Lorelai: You bought... Luke: I went straight to the bank, signed a cashier's check, and I bought the building! Lorelai: Wow. Luke: I am the building's owner! Lorelai: I heard. Luke: I own the building! Lorelai: Okay, don't worry. Maybe you can still get out of it. You can go back there and tell them you lost your mind. Luke: Okay. Lorelai: Or I bet you could sell it to Taylor! Luke: Yeah. Lorelai: So relax, you can still get out of this. Unless of course, you don't want to get out of this. Luke: Oh, I want to get out of this. Why would I not want to get out of this? Lorelai: Oh, owning that building gives you some options. Luke: Like? Lorelai: Like you could expand Luke's if you wanted to... Luke: Yeah. Lorelai: Or you could rent it to someone else... Luke: Yeah. Lorelai: Someone else who might drive Taylor crazy... Luke: Maybe I should think about this. Lorelai: Yeah, sleep on it. Luke: Sleep on it. Right. Edit
    • Mary: Now, I went over the square footage and the details of the lease with your husband this morning. Did he fill you in? Luke: What? Oh no, we're – Lorelai: No, no, he didn't, but you know how men are. The minute that ball game comes on, all the realities of life just go right out the window. Mary: Don't I know it. Lorelai: I mean, I could answer the door wrapped in cellophane but unless I was wearing a Yankees cap. . .ugh, he wouldn't even notice. Luke: Geez. Lorelai: Oh, don't be embarrassed Snuffy, I'm just teasing. It'd be a Mets cap. Edit
    • Rory: People are different once you get to know them. If you'll remember, you weren't too fond of Luke when you first met him. Lorelai: That's not true. Rory: You called him Duke for two years just to make him mad. Lorelai: And let me tell you, it worked. Rory: But then you guys talked and eventually, time went by, and now you love him. Edit

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    • Jess: Euell Gibbons wasn't a healthy eater like Luke. Lorelai: Wow, it's been ages since I've heard a good Euell Gibbons reference. Jess: Many parts of a pine tree are edible. Lorelai: That's right. God, I wonder what the research process was like to get that information. Jess: I'd say fairly painful. Euell Gibbons was an advocate for healthy eating and seeking out natural foods long before it was popular. His 1974 TV ad for Grape Nuts joked about eating pine bark but actually recommended eating the cereal instead, but the first remark stuck and it became popular to lampoon Gibbons as an advocate for eating parts of trees. Edit
    • Lorelai: You need anything else, just walk against the wind. "Walking against the wind" is a classic mime, indicating a struggle. Edit
    • Lorelai: No, no doctors. You go into a hospital, you don't come out again. Rory: Well said, Ida Morgenstern. Ida Morgenstern, the Rhoda character immortalized by Nancy Walker, was notorious for using her medical fears to elicit sympathy from her daughter. Rory previously referenced Walker in the episiode "Kiss and Tell" (Season 1, Episode 7) Edit

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