‘The Bracebridge Dinner’
Season 2, Episode 10 - Aired December 11, 2001
When a corporate party is unable to get to the Independence Inn for a lavish dinner, Lorelai throws open an invitation to the whole town.
Quote from Lorelai
Lorelai: So what are your travel plans, Dad?
Richard: Hmm?
Lorelai: You and Mom, youalways go out of town this time of year.
Rory: Last year it was the Bahamas.
Richard: That's right, it was.
Lorelai: I remember you had fun, too. You said the Bahamamians were real nice. The Bahamites? The Bahamamamanians?
Rory: The Bahamians.
Lorelai: Yes, they were nice.
Quote from Lorelai
Lorelai: So what are your plans?
Richard: We're not going anywhere this year.
Lorelai: Why not?
Rory: Well, it can be really nice just to stay at home sometimes because you can do fun things that you normally wouldn't have time for.
Lorelai: Yeah, like play Running Charades and get out that Slip 'N Slide.
Richard: We'll see.
Emily: Yes, we'll see.
Quote from Lorelai
Lorelai: The Bracebridge group. They're stuck in Chicago. The dinner's off.
Sookie: No.
Lorelai: Yes.
Sookie: I'm gonna cry.
Lorelai: I offered to fund the invention of a molecular transport device but they just didn't go for it.
Quote from Lorelai
Sookie: You know, I could still make up the dinner for the three of us.
Rory: Yeah, but then it would be the three of us all alone in the dining room.
Lorelai: It would be like The Shining, except instead of Jack Nicholson, we have Rune.
Quote from Lane
Dean: Hey, Lane, are you going to this big shindig at the inn tonight?
Lane: Yeah, I'm just trying to trick my mom into not going with me.
Dean: How's that coming along?
Lane: How's that Pixies reunion coming along?
Dean: Yeah, well, I'll see you and your mom there.
Quote from Lorelai
Rory: I thought maybe a certain depressed man and his wife could stay there.
Lorelai: Woody and Soon-Yi?
Rory: Grandma and Grandpa.
Lorelai: You've got to be kidding.
Rory: This could cheer him up.
Lorelai: I'll send him a Def Jam comedy tape. That'll cheer him up.
Rory: It's a good thing to do.
Lorelai: We'll donate money to charity. That's a good thing, too. We'll stop kicking dogs.
Rory: Mom.
Quote from Lorelai
Lorelai: All right, I'll pencil them in, but they'll probably say no.
Rory: But we're not gonna hope that they say no, right?
Lorelai: Right.
Rory: Because that would be really bad karma especially on top of making fun of the ugly babies.
Lorelai: I have a New Year's resolution for you. Become more cynical and self-absorbed.
Rory: I'll work on it.
Quote from Richard
Richard: Hello, girls. You look particularly lovely tonight.
Rory: Thanks, Grandpa.
Lorelai: Thanks, Dad. You guys look nice yourselves.
Emily: Seems like the occasion called for it.
Richard: The air seems crisper here than Hartford. It's wonderful.
Lorelai: Hey, Dad, you didn't grab the wrong prescription bottle, did you?
Richard: What?
Rory: Nothing.
Emily: I think she was making one of her funny jokes.
Richard: Oh. Went straight over my head.
Quote from Lorelai
Lorelai: Hey, you in the belt, get in.
Luke: No, I was just sort of checking things out.
Lorelai: Come on. We could pull a Ben-Hur and take down Taylor's sleigh.
Quote from Lorelai
Lorelai: Giddyap. [horse neighs] [Lorelai gasps] The horses heard me. I speak horse language. I'm Dr. Dolittle.
Luke: Plus, I think the driver of the sleigh heard you.
Lorelai: Oh, yeah.