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Emily pressures Rory into bringing Jess to a Friday night dinner which turns out to be an unqualified disaster. Lorelai, Alex, Sookie and Jackson go to New York for the weekend. Jess gets a black eye in an altercation with an opponent he is too embarrassed to reveal. Zack and Brian realize that Lane and Dave are hiding something from them, but miss the mark on the true nature of the secret. Rory and Jess have their first argument.moreless
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  • Rory takes Jess to a Friday night dinner with Emily, Lorelai is away and worries about something. Another brilliant one.

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    A Jess and Rory relationship episode. Here we get the message that Jess really likes Rory and they actually bond at times. I liked the opening scene when Emily guilt's Rory into taking Jess to the dinner the next Friday, it was amusing how she spoke about Dean and how uncomfortable it would be if she invited him to an event. Inviting the boyfriend over to Friday night dinner was brilliant last time (Dean in the episode Sadie, Sadie ...) and this was just as good.

    It was nice how Rory persuaded him to go, with the book. Jess's jealousy is great and shows his like for Rory, when he tells her on the phone to tell him things. It was entertaining seeing both Lorelai and Rory walking in on the other one kissing, both awkward and both made jokes, Lorelai's deja vu was amusing.

    The subject of sex comes up and Rory claims she's too busy to think abut that stuff, when away Lorelai still worries anyway and nearly calls her. The dinner itself was great, it was strange seeing Emily so nice to Jess, and he was even late. In there first real couple fight, Jess turns up with a black eye and Rory straight away thinks Dean.

    It was good to see Emily trying to make conversation while Rory was annoyed at Jess, he was a bit harsh in the study but then storms out. The morning was great, when Emily complained about Jess on the phone even though Lorelai thanked her for being nice. Lorelai and Alex are still on, how long will that last?

    Rory and Dean are friends and she asks him about Jess, he says he didn't do it. Luke finally finds out that a swan gave Jess the black eye much to his amusement, that was a funny scene when they went to find the swan, Luke knocked some sense intro the stubborn Jess.

    They make up when Jess apologise in his own way, saying they'll be more Friday night dinner events, they kiss and make up. Then at home, Rory tells a speechless Lorelai that she may be thinking of sex with Jess at some point, it was awkward but a good mother/daughter moment.
    Brilliant episode.moreless

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  • So sweet...

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    It's been so long since my last Gilmore Girls episode...
    Emily in her way "forces" Rory to take Jess to dinner and it couldn't be worse...
    I was surprised by Emily's reaction to Jess' black eye, she just acted like she didn't even see it... And at the table, always so nice, it was weird.
    Everything is going well, Alex and Lorelai are OK, they go to NY with Sookie and Jackson...
    And all that mystery around Jess' eye, the real story is so funny that he would be mocked every day lol. He was bitten by a swan! a beautiful white swan!
    And he lies to Rory about this so she would tease him!

    One more thing, those band members are really stupid! Every clue in front of them, the whole Lane/Dave thing, and they didn't get it!!!moreless

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  • This was a fun episode...

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    so my favorite parts of this episode have to be the scenes with Lane's band.... they are too funny!! When Lorelai accidentally says that Dave and Lane would only want to play love songs and then she makes some weird excuse and the Zach and Brian actually buy it. and then the encounter with Mrs. Kim... such awkward times. soooo funny. Jess got beaked which was funny but he and Rory had a really big fight which was bad. Jess was too embarrased to tell anyone except Luke why he got a black eye, so Rory automatically assumed he got into a fight with Dean. But in the end Luke gave Jess some advice and everthing worked out... Rory and Jess were maaad cute in the end.moreless

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  • Lorelai goes out of town with alex and she is worried about rory.

    9.4
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    i thought that this was a really good episode. i think that it was really weird that emily kept track of how many weeks it was sinse rory stoped mentioning dean and i thought that it was nice of emily that she would invite Jess over after she hears about rory dating him. i thought that it was also nice of emily to be so understading when he shows up late and with a black eye. she did not seem to mind that he even when he left the dinner and rory wanting to stay after he left her there. i thought that it was really great that lorelai went to new york with alex jackson and sookie and she was concerned about leaving rory home alone with jess and about the dinner a her parents house. i thought that it was caring of alex to remind lorelai that she should not call rory to check on her. i thought that it was really predictable of emily to attack lorelai about the whole jess situation the night before and how she should not let rory date him. i thought that it was really funny to find out that jess got his black eye from a swanmoreless

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  • Poor Jess gets attacked by a swan!!!

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    Emily wants to meet Jess so she asks Rory to invite him over to friday night dinner. Lorelai decides to spend the weekend with Alex, Sookie & Jackson in New York leaving Rory & Jess (who shows up with a black eye) to fend for themselves.

    And there I was thinking that he actually got into a fight with Dean just like Rory did. and then Jess tells Luke that it was a Swan, and of course Luke didn't believe him & thought it was funny.

    And I can't foget about Mrs Kim when she saw Dave in the car with the other and then warning him that Lane had a crush on him...if only she knew the truth!moreless

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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

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  • Trivia

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    • In Season 3, Episode 14, "Swan Song, in the scene where Rory is talking with Emily while waiting for Jess to arrive for Friday night dinner, when the doorbell rings and Rory goes to get up, you can clearly see she is wearing boots. In the rest of this scene, however, she is wearing formal dress shoes, when clearly she has not had time to change her shoes between getting up from the couch and walking to the front door.

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    • Funny thing that Luke advises Jess to talk to Rory about how he feels while he is unable to do it himself when he's in a relationship. Edit
    • In this episode, when Rory and Jess walk away from the bench you can see an ambulance in the reflection of Luke's diner. It might be there for safety reasons, but it is most likely an ambulance from the ER set since it is right behind Luke's. Edit
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    • This episode marks the final appearance of Billy Burke as Alex. The character will be mentioned once again in "Keg! Max!" (3x19). This is the only one of Lorelai's relationships which doesn't have an official ending. Edit
    • German episode title: "Blauäugig", meaning "Blue-eyed" (a play on words, since in German a black eye is a blue eye (Blaues Auge)). Edit
    • Music: "In a Young Man's Mind" by the Mooney Suzuki "One For My Baby" by Frank Sinatra Edit
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    • Rory: Ok, what's the packing crisis? Lorelai: That's the thing. I have no packing crisis. For the first time in my life, there is no packing crisis. Edit
    • (After seeing a show in New York) Jackson: So, good show. Lorelai Yeah! Alex, thank you for getting us those tickets. Sookie: Great production value. Jackson: Oh, amazing! I mean the way they do the lighting on these things! Sookie: It's magical! It is magical. Alex: This is the worst piece of crap I have ever seen. Edit
    • (Jess comes down the stairs with a black eye) Luke: Whoa! You're Petey the dog. Jess: Please don't get into this. Luke: This have anything to do with the fact you snuck in last night? Jess: I did not sneak in. Can we just work, please? Luke: Fine, start cleaing some stuff. (phone rings, it's Rory) Luke: Hey Rory, hold on. (to Jess) It's Rory. Jess: I'm not here. Luke: What? Jess: Get a clue, Columbo; I don't want to talk to her. Luke: You don't want to talk to Rory? (Jess ignores him) Yeah Rory, he's someplace. He'll call you back. Bye. (hangs up, grabs Jess by the the collar and drags him into the storeroom) Edit
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    • Lorelai: I also found a couple coupling.
      Luke: Who, Rory and Jess?
      Lorelai: No, Ben and J-Lo. Yes, Rory and Jess.

      Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were a highly publicized couple at the time of this episode, named "Bennifer" by the press. They called off their engagement in 2004.

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    • Luke: (to Jess about the swan) Does it act all peaceful and Bambi-like and then suddenly attack like the rabbit in Monty Python? The rabbit is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail in which King Arthur and the knights of Camelot are trying to enter a cave but a peaceful white rabbit is guarding the entrance. One of the knights steps forward after being warned by a magician. The knight is then killed by the rabbit who is then showing to the rest his blood baring teeth. Edit
    • Lorelai: Hey, you know what Gran needs? Emily: What? Lorelai: A fella. Rory: With or without an umbrella. This dialog is an allusion to the song "A Fella With An Umbrella" sung by Peter Lawford for Judy Garland in the movie "Easter Parade" Edit
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