Super Cool Party People

Season 6, Episode 20, Aired
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Luke decides to give April a birthday party at the diner. Lorelai volunteers to help, and is hurt when Luke explains that he still thinks it's too soon for April and Lorelai to meet. However, Luke changes his mind when the party is a disaster, giving Lorelai a chance to bond with April while turning the party into a huge success. Meanwhile, Rory rushes to be with Logan at the hospital after he is seriously injured during a stunt with the Life and Death Brigade.moreless
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  • Luke throws April a birthday party and Lorelai helps out, plus Rory goes to see Logan at the hospital after his accident. Another great one but I didn't like Anna's reaction to Lorelai etc.moreless

    9.6
    "Superb"
    By stewie1423, Aug 31, 2008 Report Abuse
    I liked both aspects to the episode. I'll start with Rory's as it was more the minor one through the hour. Logan is in the hospital and the ever so caring Rory rushes to his aid. Here we get Rory standing up to Mitchum, a funny scene thanks to Paris and Logan and Rory actually making up. I loved Rory's speech to Mitchum on his voice machine, powerful stuff as he needs to be stood up to, ass.

    Paris finally getting the information was nearly hilarious, so Paris - she's scary but so funny. Hopefully Logan will grow up a bit now. Now onto the main events, April's party. Luke disappointed me when he said no to Lorelai's help and it showed how wrong he is being with her. He was amusing trying to get the party going and it was funny to see him scare all the girls.

    The bathroom part being a highlight. He finally gets Lorelai to help and she's a hit. She clearly knows how to handle these girls and gives them a fun-filled party. I was so happy for Lorelai, she felt involved in April and Luke's life. But then that damn Anna stormed the diner and roared at Luke for letting a 'woman she doesn't even know' spend to with her daughter and friends.

    Get over it Anna, if she knew Lorelai she would never react that way, plus Luke seemed to just resign to the fact that it was 'wrong'. Lorelai does her best and even goes to see Anna who to b fair was understanding but it was painful to see Lorelai so down about the situation.

    So only two episodes to go and still no wedding in sight, will Luke ever get his long overdue wake-up call!?moreless

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  • This is one of the episodes that left me aking "Why?". The lack of emotion was a little anti-climactic for me. Was I expecting way too much out of Rory and Logan? Colin and Finn could have shown just a bit more than that.moreless

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    By arla11, Nov 28, 2006 Report Abuse
    When I read the episode summaries of season six and came across the part that Logan gets hurt and Rory rushes to his side before actually seeing the episode I felt anticipation. When I finally acquired season six, all I could think of was this episode. Logan and Rory separating because she is still punishing him over his infidelity and then he lands himself in a hospital; Rory then realizes that she really loves Logan and would not know what to do if he died. Sounds like a total heart wrenching episode, wouldn't you think? Well I did feel a twinge here and there but where did all the emotion go? I half expected Rory to be in the room with him while he was unconscious, holding his hand and crying. Remember, they parted in not so good terms. One should feel just a little more remorse. Am I being too dramatic here? It's just that I have seen other episode where Rory shows more emotion. What about when she went to her grandfather and cried because she could not take it anymore? What about her screaming match with Logan at the pub? And then Logan in a hospital does not elicit as much as a tear from her. Yes scolding Colin and Finn was the right thing to do but if I were her, knowing already the kind of guys they are I would expect as much. The indifference that they showed in the episode was expected, I just wasn't prepared for the hurt puppy look they had on their faces. Yet again, a lack of emotion where there should have been.
     I can't really say if the episode was well written. There were so many things that could have happened in a better light. A little more drama wouldn't have hurt; maybe even humanizing it a bit more. Where did the love go? The worry? The caring? I know Rory's character made it up towards the end of the season but still. I guess I'm just too much of a Logan/Rory fan that my expectations for the characters were just too high.moreless

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  • rory is at the hostpital having a tuff time but shes got paris! lorililie (lor) is helping luke prepare for his daughters party wich she ends up taking over

    7.3
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    By wolfsmyspace, Oct 25, 2006 Report Abuse
    good, but not very good climax but the hostpital scenes were interesting while the party was right under ( one step below) my favorite part was were rory learns that logans dad is to stuborn to come to the hostpital to see logan and she does a \"paris episode\" but also when ana gets mad becuase she learns a woman shes never met (lor) was what she thought as running the party without luke-a stranger running the party- she is mad. logan looked horrible but im glad he didnt die and is going to make a full recovery and thats about it!!moreless

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  • April has a birthday party and Rory sees Logan in the hospital

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    By yensid85, Aug 21, 2006 Report Abuse
    This is the episode where Lorelai finally meets April for real. It was very sweet of Luke to want to throw his daughter a birthday party but he shouldn't have tried to keep Lorelai out of it. She's his fiancee and has a daughter. Thank God he called her and she was able to turn the party around. It was a huge sucess and I'm glad she switched the gift Luke had bought for her. I think it was unfair of Anna to get so upset at Lorelai and for her to be so close minded.

    I loved the scene at the Dragonfly when Lorelai tells Sookie about the party and then gives Sookie Bonne Belle lip smackers. "Jackson is so getting under my bra tonight", one of the funniest lines.

    I was a little suprised that Rory yelled at Logan's friends the way she did. Perhaps that was the only way they knew to cope with the shock of what happened. And she shouldn't have blamed herself for Logan's injuries, she tried to warn him. I was happy she told off Mitchum and that he came to see his son.moreless

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  • Luke (Hagrid) throws April a birthday party, Lorelai meets April and Anna, and Rory runs to Logan\'s side

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    By charmedgilmore, Jul 04, 2006 Report Abuse
    Luke returns to Stars Hollow after being out of town on a field trip with April. Then, he decides to throw April a birthday party, which Anna agrees to. The party doesn\'t go too well, since Luke has way too many rules for the girls April ivites, so he asks Lorelai for some help.

    Lorelai finally start the party which all the girls love, but the next day when April tells her mother that Lorelai was at the party, Anna tells Luke that she didn\'t want Lorelai to be at the party.

    After finding out that Anna talked to Luke, Lorelai decides to clear things up with her. Anna basiclly tells her that she just doesn\'t feel good about April meeting Lorelai.

    *** I think Lorelai would have understood where Anna was coming from ... she didn\'t want Rory to spend time with Sherri (\"The Brancebridge Dinner\") ... but I guess it\'s harder to undertand when the attack is being put on you ***

    Rory goes to see how Logan is doing at the hospital, but no one gives her information and Logan\'s family isn\'t there

    *** Classic Paris during this episode when she calls the hospital to find out how Logan is doing ***

    *** I loved how much you could tell Rory loves Logan, and I loved how firm Rory was with Logan\'s father ***moreless

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    • At the end of the episode, the movie Pretty in Pink is played for the girls. Edit
    • Lorelai finally gets to know April and meets Anna, April's mother, for the first time. Edit
    • SPOILER: This is the last episode we see Luke and Lorelai kissing until the series finale. Edit

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    • Music: House of Freak's "40 Years" sung by Grant Lee Phillips. Town square as people walk past -"Our Lips Are Sealed" by The Go-Go's Music playing when the girls enter the beauty shop. -"I Won't Grow Up" by Rickie Lee Jones -"Tropical Ice-Land" by The Fiery Furnaces -"Pretty In Pink" by The Psychedelic Furs Music playing at the birthday party. -"Castle Of Spirits" Song sung by the girls at the slumber family -"Slung-Lo" by Erin McKeown Music playing in Anna's Store. Edit
    • French episode title: "Joyeux Anniversaire April", meaning "Happy Birthday April". Edit
    • This episode drew 4,98 million viewers. Edit

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    • Luke: Never in a million years would I have thought of somethin' like this. Lorelai: That's why I'm a yin to your yang. Edit
    • Paris: It means he's out of immediate danger. He's young and healthy and they expect him to make a full recovery. Rory: Really? Like, a full recovery, like, he's going to recover? Fully? Paris: That's what the doctor told me. Edit
    • Lorelai: (about April's party) Let me be part of it. Luke: No. Lorelai: Why? Luke: Because it's too soon. Lorelai: Why is it too soon? Luke: Because the minute you get involved in her life, it will be all over for me. Lorelai: What? That's ridiculous. Luke: No, it's not ridiculous! You're colorful, you're funny. You're practically a cartoon character. Kids love you. I wouldn't want to hang out with me either after meeting someone like you. Lorelai: Luke! Luke: She'll like you better. That's just a fact. Lorelai: But you're her dad. Luke: Yes. I am her dad, and this is the way I want it to be. Edit

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    • Lorelai chooses to introduce April and her friends to the film Pretty in Pink for the very first time at the birthday party. This movie, which was made in 1986 and stars Molly Ringwald and Jon Cryer, is about a high school good girl who falls for a preppy guy. Edit
    • April expresses her obsession with Harold and the Purple Crayon . This is an children's book written by Crockett Johnson and is considered a feast for the imagination. It is about a little boy who takes a purple crayon with him on an adventure where he draws everything he sees. Edit
    • Lorelai: That's okay, I'm way too old for US Weekly, but that never stopped me. US Weekly is a popular magazine that chronicles the weekly goings-on of various celebrities. Edit

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