The Perfect Dress

Season 6, Episode 11, Aired
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Feeling that he has missed too much and wants to get to know his newly discovered daughter April, Luke goes to have a talk with her mother, his former girlfriend Anna Nardini. Meanwhile, Lorelai sets a date for the wedding after finding the perfect dress, but she is worried by the nagging feeling that something is about to go wrong. Back at Yale, Rory happily moves into a dingy off-campus apartment with Paris and Doyle, and tries to avoid running into Logan. However, when Logan shows up at her apartment and declares his love for her, Rory breaks down.moreless
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  • Rory moves in with Paris and Doyle. Logan crawls back to Rory, throwing Rory into confusion. Lorelai plans her wedding with the help of Sookie. Mrs. Kim has enough of Lane's foul mood. Luke talks to Anna about April.moreless

    8.8
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    By heathcyr, Jul 28, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode serves to move along various story arcs in the series. Mrs. Kim's "intervention" into Lane's bad mood is wonderful. I could never get enough of this storyline; Keiko is such a good actress! However, Rory's "breakdown" is completely unbelievable and Alexis Bledel's acting in this episode is uncharacteristically mediocre. In that particular scene it is just bad. She looks like she's laughing rather than crying. Paris and Doyle's apartment looks like a differently shaped set in this episode than in future ones. Lorelai planning the entire wedding in one day feels, again, just look moving the story forward. June 3rd becomes this hallmark of emotion for Lorelai in future episodes, but its inception is just so flaky. That having been said, Anna makes a great addition to the supporting cast and Lorelai's dress is beautiful!moreless

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  • Lorelai finds the perfect wedding dress, Rory has a therapy session and Luke meets with Anna, his daughters mother. Great episode, I loved Rory's meltdown.

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    By stewie1423, Aug 23, 2008 Report Abuse
    Logan returns and after being ignored by Rory many times he finally tells her he loves her. but this doesn't go down well and she shuts a door in his face. She later has a huge but funny meltdown at a therapy session she's been forced to take. It was great how she spoke about Dean, Logan and all amusing things. 'I know, aren't I a treat!' hilarious line.

    Moving into Doyle and Paris's place is a great idea for the show, its already brilliant entertainment. How they kept fighting each other and all the locks they have on the door. Lane was also brilliantly funny here, she is extremely annoyed and snappish due to her break-up with Zach, even Mrs Kim is put out by her attitude.

    This includes her forcing a high price sale on a customer and she even scares her into taking it home herself. I liked the end of this story thought, Mrs Kim sat her down and said she should move on, they then had a shot, great moment. In other news Lorelai gets the perfect wedding dress and the whole thing gets planned in one day.

    She then feels like something is wrong but these fears disappear when Luke sees the dress and also says its perfect. Talking about Luke, he's got a lot on his place with the discovery of his daughter April. Here he meets with April's mother and his ex-girlfriend Anna.

    She seems like an okay woman and even lets Luke have contact with her. But the thing that worries me most, why isn't he telling Lorelai? He tried to but didn't, he has to. So this was a very funny and revealing episode, look forward to moremoreless

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  • Lorelei plans for her wedding, and Rory has a meltdown at a psychologist's office!

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    By leo23dc, Oct 23, 2007 Report Abuse
    A very good episode. Rory and Lorelei went to Atlantic City, and did all the things they didn't do on Rory's birthday, because they were estanged then! They tell Luke all about it. How they played 21 and roulette, bought 21 items and got 21 guys' phone numbers! Then, Lorelie finds "the perfect dress" for her wedding! She also findsl the perfect wedding invitations, the perfect church and the perfect reception hall! She picks June 3 as the date for the wedding. Later, she wonders to Rory if it was all "too easy". Rory tells her that the snow falling on the day she told Luke proves that it was "the right sign". Later, Rory has a melt-down in the Yale school psychologist's office. She's afraid that she's going to run into Logan "everywhere" and that she even might have to give up coffee. The psychologist decides that she has to see him every week for a month! Finally, Luke decides to tell Lorelei about his daughter April, but doesn't tell her at this last minute when Lorelei comes downstairs wearing her "beutiful" wedding dress! Lorelei and Rory are great at supporting each other! A great show! I saw it yesterday on the "ABC Family" network.moreless

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  • Lorelai sets a date for the wedding after finding the perfect dress, but she is worried by the feeling that something is about to go wrong. Logan shows up at her apartment and declares his love for her.moreless

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    By amesthekiddo, Apr 20, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode is very important but a little unrealistic. It amazes me that lorilie can plan an entire wedding in a single day, with no conflicts; how ever, maybe that is just due to the perfect dress. I am so glad to see progress in Logan and rory's scenario. This episode is very important to the progress of the show. but it sets a viewer up for what comes next. The perfect dress and a date was needed to advance the relationship of Luke and Lorilie. I want to see Rory and Logan work it all out. i am everything will fall into place with those 2 but what will lorilie and Luke encounter.moreless

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  • Lorelai and Sookie plan the wedding. Luke confronts Anna about April. Logan tells Rory he loves her. Rory attends a session with the school psychiatrist. Rory moves into a dingy apartment with Paris and Doyle. Ms. Kim enmoreless

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    By adrinicky, Apr 02, 2007 Report Abuse
    This is one of the most cleverly written and hilarious episodes. The best scene must be the therapy session with Rory! That scene will keep you laughing. Lorelai and Sookie plan the wedding with comical outcomes! The entire wedding is planned in less than a day. Logan, the sweetie that he is, tells Rory that he loves her when he hi-jacks her at her apartment door. Lanes snarly attitude affects all of the people around her. Ms. Kim unexpectedly takes out a bottle of alcohol and takes a couple of shots with Lane!! Like tries to confront Lorelai about April but chickens out. This episode is one of the reasons that makes me LOVE this show!moreless

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    • When Lorelai and Sookie are going over dates that conflict with town's peoples plans, Sookie mentions that Lulu is going out of town and Luke asks who Lulu is. Kirk and Lulu had their first date at Luke's, and Kirk's had more than one conversation with Luke about their relationship. Before the Dragonfly opening Kirk's was panicked about spending all night with Lulu for the first time. He told Luke about his mother being allergic to Lulu which led to Kirk moving out. How is it possible Luke didn't know who Lulu was? Edit
    • In the scene where Rory is leaving to go back to school, much of the scene from Rory's point of view looks like it was taped with Lorelai standing against a green screen. Edit
    • When Lorelai sets the wedding date for June 3rd, in season 5's season finale, Rory's court date is June 3rd. So if Luke and Lorelai do end up getting married on June 3rd, it will be a full year since Rory's court date. Edit

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    • French episode title: "La Robe Idéale", meaning "The Perfect Dress". Edit
    • This episode drew 5,79 million viewers. Edit
    • Kelly Bishop (Emily) and Edward Hermann (Richard) do not appear in this episode. Edit

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    • Lorelai: Okay, well, first of all, video poker is my calling. I think I'm totally going to dedicate my life to it, especially the third machine in the second row of machines as you hit the entrance of Trump Taj Mahal. Edit
    • Lorelai: By the way, sorry about all those drunken late-night phone calls. Luke: What drunken late-night phone calls? Edit
    • Paris: (while showing Rory around the apartment) Now, Doyle sleeps very deeply, so don't worry about the hours. I, as you know, haven't slept through the night since the first time I saw the Wizard of Oz, thank you Mom. Edit

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    • Lorelai: Just don't let them give you any pills; Tom Cruise will be very upset. After Rory came back from her psychiatrist appointment, Lorelai gave her this advice. This refers to a highly publicized and controversial issue from 2005, where actor Tom Cruise criticized actress Brooke Shields for taking pills to treat the postpartum depression she felt after giving birth to her daughter Rowan. Edit
    • Luke: And you never told me she wore a brace! Why was she wearing a brace?! Anna Nardini: She'd just read Deenie. Deenie, by Judy Blume, is a book which, like many of her books, deals with a real life issue that faces children in the world today. In the book, a thirteen-year-old girl named Deenie (who is seemingly destined for a modeling career) finds she has a deformation of the spine called scoliosis. Deenie has to wear a back brace for 4 years or more! Luke's daughter, April, most likely wanted to experience what wearing a back brace would be like. Edit
    • Rory: My, what big ears you have, Grandma! Dr. Shapiro tells Rory that he hears that Rory got in some legal trouble. Rory retorts with this line, referencing the classic tale Little Red Riding Hood. In the story, Little Red Riding Hood is a girl who goes to her grandmother's house, but instead of finding her grandmother lying in bed, she sees the Big Bad Wolf in her grandmother's clothes lying in the old woman's bed. The girl recognizes some striking differences between her human grandmother's appearance, and the wolf's. "But Grandma," one version of the tale relates, "What big ears you have!" "The better to hear you with," the wolf replies. Edit

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