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Pilot

‘Pilot’

Season 1, Episode 1 -  Aired October 5, 2000

Lorelai must swallow her pride and approach her parents for money when Rory gets a place at the Chilton prep school.

Quote from Lorelai

Lorelai: What? It's not for me. It's for Rory, I swear.
Luke: You're shameless.
Lorelai: Look, Officer Krupke she's right at that table, right over there.

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Quote from Michel

Michel: [on the phone] Madame, you have no idea how desperately I'd like to help but I'd have to build a room for you myself and I'm not a man who works with his hands. So the best I can do is suggest that you please try for another weekend. Any weekend. Ah, good. Fine. The 21st. Hold on, I'll look. No, I'm sorry. We're completely booked. [scoffs]

Quote from Lane

Rory: When are you gonna let your parents know that you listen to the evil rock music? You're an American teenager, for God's sake.
Lane: Rory, if my parents still get upset over the obscene portion size of American food I seriously doubt I'm going to make any inroads with Eminem.

Quote from Sookie

Lorelai: I need you to be more careful.
Sookie: I know. I'm sorry. I fixed the peach sauce.
Lorelai: That's blood. You're bleeding. Why are you bleeding?
Sookie: Oh, my stitches opened. I was using too much maple syrup. It strangled the fruit.
Lorelai: When did you get stitches?
Sookie: Friday night. Radish roses.
Lorelai: Okay, stop moving.
Sookie: You gotta taste the sauce while it's still warm.

Quote from Sookie

Rory: I don't believe this. Oh, my God, I'm going to Chilton? Sookie, I'm going to Chilton!
Sookie: I'll make cookies. Protestants love oatmeal.

Quote from Lorelai

Lorelai: [on the phone] I'm holding for Miss Bell. I've been trying to get ahold of her all day. Lorelai Gilmore. Hi. Oh, hi, hi. Yeah, my daughter Rory has just been accepted. Yay. [chuckles] Thank you. And I got the invoice for your enrollment fee. Wow, that is a lot of zeroes behind that five. Uh-huh. Okay, I guess what I'm wondering is if you couldn't take, say, part of it now, just to get her going? But she's supposed to start Monday. It just doesn't give me a lot of time to pull a bank job. Well, never mind. I was just kidding. No, a bank job is robbing a bank, but... No. [sighs] Uh-huh. Oh, no. No, no, no. I don't want you to give up her space. I'll just... I'll have to figure it out. Okay. No, thank you. It's been a real treat talking to you. Yeah. Bye-bye.

Quote from Lorelai

Lorelai: There's something I haven't thought of. I know there is. There's something out there staring me right in the face. I haven't seen it.
Sookie: You know, you might consider calling-
Lorelai: No.
Sookie: But I don't think you have-
Lorelai: Stop.
Sookie: You can at least go and-
Lorelai: Nuh-nuh.
Sookie: Okay, can I say one more thing? I think it's your only option.
Lorelai: Sookie, there are several chapters from a Stephen King novel I'd reenact before I'd resort to that option.
Sookie: Okay, dropped. Dropped.
Lorelai: Thank you.

Quote from Rory

Rory: I can't believe tomorrow's my last day at Stars Hollow High.
Lorelai: I know.
Rory: Today I was so excited, I dressed for gym.
Lorelai: [gasps] You're kidding!
Rory: And I played volleyball.
Lorelai: With other people?
Rory: And I learned all this time I was avoiding group sports...
Lorelai: Yeah?
Rory: ...was very smart, because I suck at them.
Lorelai: Well, yeah, you got that from me.

Quote from Richard

Lorelai: Well, actually, I came here for a reason. Dad, would you mind sitting down for a minute?
Richard: You need money.
Lorelai: I have a situation.
Richard: You need money.
Lorelai: Dad, just please let me get this out, okay? Um... Rory has been accepted to Chilton.
Emily: Chilton? Oh, that's a wonderful school. It's only five minutes from here.
Lorelai: That's right, it is. She can start as early as Monday. Um... The problem is that they want me to put down an enrollment fee plus the first semester's tuition. I have to do that immediately or she loses her spot.
Richard: So you need money.

Quote from Emily

Emily: I want a weekly dinner.
Lorelai: What?
Emily: Friday nights, you and Rory will have dinner here.
Lorelai: Mom.
Emily: And you have to call us once a week to give us an update on her schooling and your life. That's it. That's the condition. If you agree, you'll come to dinner tomorrow night and leave here with the check. Otherwise, I'm sorry, we can't help you.
Lorelai: I... I don't want her to know that I borrowed money from you. Can that just be between us?
Emily: Does 7:00 work for you?
Lorelai: [smiles] Perfect.

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