The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles

Season 4, Episode 3, Aired
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To help meet the expenses of opening the inn, Lorelai and Sookie decide to become caterers on the side, with their first assignment being a "Lord of the Rings" theme party. At Yale, Rory returns from class to find that Emily has redecorated their common room. Meanwhile, Richard ponders a proposal to take on a new business partner.moreless
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  • Ysle dorm parties and room makeovers!

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    By cielo215, Jun 28, 2011 Report Abuse
    God!! You have got to love Emily, she is the best. I want a personnal decorator to redecorate my room too. Gosh, espicially the entertainment center, I love the wardrobe and the sofas, huhh, I want a room makeover, ha ha ha!!! Lorelai looks great with her secretary glasses and the Lorelais' phone dates are cute, they remind me of Chris and Rory's phone dates which were neat. Am I the only one who would have liked Paris to just dissapear in thin air the minute after high school graduation? Is that bad, she is funny and all, but she is tooo nevrotic and mean sometimesmoreless

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  • Two parties and two new characters!!!

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    By holden_potter, Apr 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    Gilmore Girl's season 4 continues with another very good episode.
    Rory realises that Emily has decorated her dormitory room and has bought expensive furniture. This puts Rory into an awkward position with her roommates because they are somehow dependent on her. It is pretty funny that Emily has her own vision of Rory's college life and wants to control it. A typical Emily Gilmore episode. It is also very funny that Lorelai can smell her being in Rory's room.
    Rory and Paris fight because Paris wants to open their dorm room during the party so that a lot of people can come into their room and Paris will socialise and change her persona. At the party Rory meets two twin sisters from the high society that want to befriend her because of their family contacts with Emily. Rory meets a naked guy lying drunk on the floor. His name is Marty and he can be her new love interest.
    Meanwhile,Lorelai and Sookie's catering company organizes a kids party with 'The Lord of the Rings' theme. Sookie's meltdown is so much fun. She has a lot of things to learn about children before giving birth to her won.
    Also, Richard has a new business partner- Digger Stiles who can bring more drama into Emily and Richard's life.moreless

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  • Lorelai and Sookie cater a kids party, Rory goes to her first Yale party. The great thing about the new season is that it still has the same feel, even though the Gilmore girls are away from each other.moreless

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    By stewie1423, Apr 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    Another great episode. Rory's party at Yale was funny. Paris is a very funny character and I look forward to seeing what she goes through in the year. The twins who ambushed Rory were crazy but slightly amusing. Funny how she got away from them, Paris's sudden outburst was brilliant.

    The new character Marty seems interesting, a new love interest for Rory perhaps. The whole naked thing was amusing. I like how Lorelai and Rory keep in touch and we still have there mother/daughter moments. I'm really liking the college side of things, a great feel to them.

    Sookie's meltdown was obviously coming and you could tell something was up for the episode. When it happened I did feel sorry for her and it must have been hard to see how great Lorelai was with the kids. The scene when Lorelai told her she'd be a great mom was nice.

    Another new character is this Jason or Digger Stiles. I do wonder what history they have and what he'll do in the future of the show. Emily dressing up Rory's dorm room was very funny, so Emily Gilmore. I really enjoyed this.moreless

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  • Lorelai has a super nose, Sookie freak out because of the baby and a new character appears

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    By karatiz, Dec 23, 2007 Report Abuse
    Lorelai is a witch lol how could she know that Emily had been there? The smell? lol that's a nose lol Jackson is sweet lol preparing everything for the baby... And Emily changing the apartment, that's just like her...

    The university parties are starting, the open door party is there and Paris wants to start over.

    Sookie and Lorelai opened a catering business just to get some money for the Inn repairs. I just had the feeling Sookie wasn't going to cook good food for kids, she is chef and normally they can't cook simple food lol not to be mean or anything like that..
    The party is great, Lorelai was awesome with the kids, it's natural.

    And a new character appears, Jason Styles.

    It was fun to see Sookie setting the table and all those things they used to put in buffets... she really doesn't know what kids want, and that kid, her face... Sookie just freaked out... Lorelai just has a way to calm people...

    And that guy, the naked guy that must be embaracing...
    When Rory said she was confronting Emily I just knew that wasn't going to happen...moreless

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  • Rory's first party at Yale.

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    By Black_Grace, Aug 09, 2007 Report Abuse
    To help meet the expenses of opening the inn, Lorelai and Sookie decide to become caterers on the side, with their first assignment being a "Lord of the Rings" theme party. At Yale, Rory returns from class to find that Emily has redecorated their common room. Meanwhile, Richard ponders a proposal to take on a new business partner. Paris wants their door open for the party so they will be invited to all the other parties at Yale but by the end Paris turns back into her normal self and kicks everyone out. Rory helps Marty. God that dude is weird!moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • When Richard tells Emily that Jason wants to be his partner, if you listen close you can hear that Emily says, "Well good for Dinger". It has been said many times that his nickname is Digger. Possible explanation: Perhaps Emily was just showing disrespect for Jason by not only calling him by the nickname he hates but by getting that name wrong as well. Edit
    • In the opening credits when they show Rory walking into the building with her hands full, it is the reverse image of way it happens in this episode. Edit
    • When Rory is talking to naked Marty, her robe alternates between being closed and open. Edit

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    • French episode title: "Des Hobbits Sur CanapĂ©", meaning "Hobbits On A Sofa". Edit
    • When ABC Family aired this episode, they beeped out the word 'retard' from the little boy's line, "No, it's not, retard," when he was talking to Redmond and Riley about Lorelai's name. Edit
    • Scott Patterson (Luke), Sean Gunn (Kirk), and Yanic Truesdale (Michel) do not appear in this episode. Edit

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    • Rory: It's shopping week. Lorelai: Isn't it always? Rory: No, I mean with classes. We get to try out as many classes as we want before we pick the ones we want to stick with for the semester. I've already picked out like 60 classes that sound completely amazing, plus 20 more I'm going to squeeze in if I have the time. I spent the whole night reading the class descriptions over and over. Lorelai: You do realize that if you weren't so pretty, you would have gotten the crap kicked out of you every day of your life. Edit
    • Lorelai: You're not gonna rush off to class and get there like an hour early, are you? Rory: (sheepishly) No. Lorelai: You are. Rory: I am not. Lorelai: When you started elementary school, you told me the teacher wanted to meet all the parents at 6:30, and when we got there, the school wasn't open yet. Rory: I did that once. Lorelai: No, you got away with it once. You tried it every year! Edit
    • Rory: I love it when you miss me. Lorelai: Oh, it's not that I've miss you. It's just that since you've been gone, I finally realized how the living room stayed so clean. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Sookie: I'm Mommie Dearest!

      Mommie Dearest is the tell-all book (and later movie) about Joan Crawford written by her daughter Christina which describes her mother's emotional and physical abuse towards her. In making this comparison, Sookie is imagining herself to be the worst mother possible.

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    • Paris: There's a party and if you open your door you get to be part of it, but Rory won't open the door because she's too busy being Heidi's grandfather! Heidi is a story about a little girl and her grandfather, a reclusive, antisocial old man who never talks to anyone. Edit
    • Title: The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles. The title sounds like a word play on C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Edit

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