The main thing about this episode is Jackson runnning against Taylor for town selectman. It starts with Jackson demonstrating to Sookie and Lorelai his greenhouse tomatoes, trumpeting the fact that they can now get delicous tomatoes in October (as well as year round). Sookie is ecstatic and soon she and Jackson are feeding each other tomatoes ecstitically. Also, Lorelai is getting the roundaround from Taylor about parking spaces for the Inn. It seems she didn't include her middle name on the application. When Jackson drops by at Taylor's market, Taylor hints there is a probme with the greenhouse, but he won't tell Jackson what it is. Later, at the town meeting, he informs Jackson that it is 6 inches too close to his property. Jackson, at the end of his rope, then decides to run for Taylor's position of town selectman. As it turns out, the whole town votes for Jackson and against Taylor, and he wins in a landslide. But he realizes he already has a job and a life and doesn't really want the job, but it's too late!
Meanwhile, Rory and Dean are having trouble finding private time together. Dean can't get to Yale because Lindsey has the car. Rory drives to Dean's, but there is no privacy becuase it is his parents' house. Finally, Rory asked Dean the question that has been bothering her: Would Dean have left Lindsey if she hadn't found Rory's letter and thrown him out? Dean somewhat unconvincely assures her he would have.moreless
Lorelai confesses that part of the charm of breakfast by Luke is breakfast at Luke's; Rory is less than thrilled to discover that the common room in her suite has been overtaken by a huge antique printing press Paris inherited from Asher; Lorelai and Sookie head up Jackson's campaign committee when he decides to run against Taylor for town selectman to put an end to the grocer's petty tyranny over Stars Hollow, but Lorelai has second thoughts when she sees how Jackson's projected landslide victory is affecting Taylor; Rory and Dean have difficulty finding a comfortable place to be alone, compounded by Dean's having to share a car with Lindsay and his reluctance to make his relationship with Rory public; Lane confesses her true feelings to Zack; after all the votes have been counted, Jackson isn't quite certain he wants the job, and Taylor vows not to go away quietly.moreless
 Sean Gunn |
Kirk Gleason (Episodes 44 - , recurring previously) |
 Keiko Agena |
Lane Kim |
 Kelly Bishop |
Emily Gilmore |
 Alexis Bledel |
Rory Gilmore |
 Lauren Graham |
Lorelai Gilmore |
 Edward Herrmann |
Richard Gilmore |
 Scout Taylor-Compton |
Clara Forester |
Guest Star |
 Wylie Small |
May Forester |
Guest Star |
Lindsay Beamish |
Cherry |
Guest Star |
Jackson Douglas |
Jackson Belleville |
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Michael Winters |
Taylor Doose |
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Liz Torres |
Miss Patty |
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TRIVIA (11)
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Lane's band is back stage listening to the song they're supposed to play at Jackson's rally. It seems weird that they didn't know what song to play five minutes before the show. Shouldn't they rehearse before playing?
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Dean tells Rory that he does not want to parade his relationship around town and in front of an already hurt Lindsay. This is ironic because just two years earlier(season 3) Rory told Jess, although a little nicer, the same thing concerning their relationship and hurting Dean!
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In this episode, Jackson's last name is "Belleville", though in previous episodes, he was introduced as Jackson Melville.
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When Rory goes to Dean's house and they are in his room, there are several pictures and a Stars Hollow High pennant on the wall. When Dean's mother comes to his door and they are talking, the same pictures and pennant are in a different position.
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In this episode, Rory calls Dean's mother, May. In, "Say Goodnight, Gracie", in the wedding announcement for Dean and Lindsay, Dean's mother's name is Barbara.
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In this episode it is stated that Stars Hollow has no mayor, just a selectman. However,during season one Harry,who is the town Mayor appears in a couple episodes. Then, in Hay Bale Maze, Rory tells Logan that Taylor is the mayor of Stars Hollow.
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When Rory goes to Dean's house in this episode, his front door has windows. In the previous episode, she goes to his house but it's a completely different door and there are no windows.
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This is the first time Lorelai has ever had a man in her room at the same time she was. In "Red Light on the Wedding Night" Max did stay over but Lorelai ended up sleeping in Rory's room.
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Hep Alien listens to the song they are going to be playing before the show starts and says that it's lame. Why would they be listening to the song for the first time right before the show if they have to practice and learn the words and the chords?
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Rory asks if Luke is naked when cooking breakfast. It could be a reference to 'Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days', when Rory asks if in Lorelais dream, Luke was naked making breakfast.
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By Kirk's calculations, the population of Stars Hollow is 557 (0.002/(1005/280000000) = 557), which is obviously incorrect, since 1,124 people voted in the election.
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QUOTES (11)
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Taylor: What is this, Lorelai, lingering resentment over the parking space issue?
Lorelai: Well, come on, you rejected it because I left out my middle name. How many other Lorelai Gilmores do you know?
Taylor: Well there's your daughter.
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Kirk: You won't believe, big news!
Lorelai: Kirk sit down.
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Dean: Look at us. The college student and the divorcee.
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Luke: (Sarcastically) Hey, excuse me, but my customers aren't getting in the way of your thing here, are they?
Lorelai: (Thinks about it) Uh, no, they're fine.
Luke: Good. 'Cause I can kick them out or close down for you, if you like.
Lorelai: That's sweet, but we're good.
Luke: So you'll tell me if my business is in your way?
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Clara: I'm so glad you're back. I never liked Lindsay.
Dean: Clara!
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Lorelai: (holding bottle) Don't you also hate champagne?
Luke: Kind of.
Lorelai: Yeah, I'm learning, I'm learning. (kisses him) -
(Lorelai and Sookie have set up a table at Luke's campaigning Jackson and Luke doesn't want it there)
Luke: Okay, maybe you were missing my subtle sarcasm there when I mentioned my customers being in your way?
Lorelai: Oh, no. I didn't miss it at all.
Luke: Get your war room outta here.
Lorelai: Hey, this is for a good cause. Taylor bugs you, too.
Luke: Yes, he bugs me.
Lorelai: Okay then. We're trying to get rid of your little annoyance.
Luke: By becoming my new little annoyance?
Lorelai: Oh, hey, the night of the rally, we're gonna need a sort of backstage gathering area.
Luke: You cannot gather here.
(Lorelai gestures to the square)
Lorelai: But it's right across from the --
Luke: You cannot gather here.
Lorelai: See, the stage is right over -
Luke: You cannot gather here.
Lorelai: Do you like my hair like this?
Luke: (without skipping a beat) Yes, and you cannot gather here.
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(Lorelai and Rory are talking on the phone. Luke is making Lorelai Breakfast at her house)
Rory: Who is that?
Lorelai: It's Luke.
Luke: Who's that?
Lorelai: It's Rory.
Rory: Luke. It's pretty early in the morning for Luke to be there. Unless, perhaps, he woke up there.
Lorelai: Well, he did.
Luke: "He did" what? Are you talking about me?
Rory: Man, that's weird.
Lorelai: What's weird?
Luke: Who's weird? I'm weird?
Rory: The thought of Luke running around naked in my kitchen. It's weird.
Lorelai: Luke is not running around naked in your kitchen. He is sitting at the table, and, yes, he is naked.
Luke: Don't do that. Don't tell her I'm naked. I'm not naked. (yells so that Rory can hear him) I'm not naked!
Rory: He sounds naked.
Lorelai: Well, the chairs are cold.
Rory: Huh?
Lorelai: He actually tried to make me breakfast.
Rory: Really?
Lorelai: Yeah, naked.
Luke: (drops what he's doing and starts to leave) Okay, that's it, I'm gone.
Lorelai: Oh, no, no, no. Sorry, don't, no. Rory, Luke is fully dressed. He never came in the house. He just stood outside all night playing "In Your Eyes" on a boom box.
Rory: I have to go. If you find the book, bring it to Friday-night dinner, okay? Go back to your dirtiness. -
Lorelai: I'm the person whose foot is going to prevent him from sitting down, that's who I am.
Michel: You always promise to hurt him, but then you don't. You're a Taylor tease. -
Lorelai: This is the third time, Michel.
Michel: I know.
Lorelai: The third time that bus-and-truck-tour Mussolini has rejected our permit.
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Michel: This is outrageous, and he will call me back, and it had better be in a timely manner, or I will come down there and introduce myself, and oh, the fun we'll have! (He throws the phone on a chair) Tst! I hate this chair!
Lorelai: What's the matter, honey? Justin and Cameron having trouble again?
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NOTES (3)
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German episode title: "Wahlkampf", meaning "Electoral campaign".
French episode title: "Un fauteuil pour deux", meaning "One Mandate, Two Contenders".
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This episode drew 5.81 million viewers.
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Music:
- "My Happy Ending" by Avril Lavigne
- "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Guy Lombardo
- "Slow Hands" by Interpol
- "Great American Hero Theme" by Joey Scarbury
- "Science vs. Romance" by Rilo Kiley
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Jackson: (After elected, gets on stage to make a speech) What the hell am I doing here?
A parody of the famous 1992 Vice Presidential debate quote by Admiral James Stockdale (Ross Perot's running mate). His first words at the podium were "Who am I? Why am I here?"
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Lorelai: I know, but no votes? None? That's humiliating. That's "Swept Away" kind of humiliating.
Swept Away (2002) is a movie by Guy Ritchie starring Madonna. It was received and rated very badly.
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Rory: I don't feel like driving all the way back to school tonight. I have to deal with James Joyce first thing in the morning. Is that okay?
James Joyce is a famous Irish writer. His most famous novel is probably Ulysses.
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Lorelai: This is a nice man who is growing some very nice tomatoes, and you just need to oil your knees and go see the wizard and get a heart and drop this!
This is referring to The Wizard of Oz. More specifically the tin man that wanted to ask for a heart.
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Lorelai: What's the matter, honey? Justin and Cameron having trouble again?
This is possibly a reference to Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz who were a couple since 2003 and broke up in 2007.
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Luke: Tommy Lee has a Starbucks in his house?
Lorelai: "Cribs," baby. Watch it.Cribs is a show on MTV in which you get to see the houses of many different celebrities. They can show off all the unique aspects of their houses.
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Gypsy: (about Taylor as town selectman) He's our Papa Doc.
François "Papa Doc" Duvalier was president-turned-dictator of Haiti from 1957 to 1971.
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Paris: (about Dean, whom she refers to as 'farm boy') Hoss returns. Who woulda thunk?
Hoss Cartwright (played by Dan Blocker) was a character on the TV western Bonanza (1959-1973).
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Taylor: You will have Taylor Doose to kick around again.
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Zack: (turning off a boombox playing "The Great American Hero Theme") This is the day the music died.
Reference to the song American Pie by Don McLean and, indirectly, the day Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in 1959.
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Zack: Yo, John Nash, enough with the numbers!
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Lorelai: He just stood outside all night playing In Your Eyes on a boombox.
This references the famous scene in Cameron Crowe's Say Anything when Lloyd Dobler woos Diane Court by playing Peter Gabriel on a boombox.
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Title: Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too!
The title of this episode is a play on words of 'Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!', the first political slogan in American history, and the rallying cry in the successful 1840 Presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. When Harrison died less than a month after taking office, Tyler became the first Vice President to become President as a result of the death of his predecessor. Tippecanoe was a Shawnee settlement in Indiana which was destroyed in a battle by troops led by Harrison.
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