‘Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too’
Season 5, Episode 4 - Aired October 12, 2004
Lorelai and Luke try to settle into a routine in their relationship. Rory struggles to find a place to be with Dean. Meanwhile, after being harrangued by Taylor Doose over the hydroponic greenhouse he built, Jackson decides to run against him in the upcoming election.
Quote from Sookie
Sookie: How you doing, honey?
Jackson: Oh, I'm fine.
Sookie: He's nervous. I can tell. His neck goes away.
Quote from Sookie
Jackson: Well, jeez. That was, uh quite a welcome. Uh, thank you all for coming and supporting me in this thing here. As I stand on this stage, looking at you all, I can't help but think... I have a job. I have a life. I don't have time to be selectman. I have a business. I have a kid. And Sookie and I are trying to have another one. And the doctor has us on this schedule, and it's not flexible. And... What was I thinking? What the hell am I doing here? I don't want to be selectman.
Man: [o.s.] An honest man!
Woman: [o.s.] Finally!
All: [chant] Jackson! Jackson! [Sookie joins in]
Quote from Lane
Zach: What are you doing in here? Come and join the party.
Lane: I like you, Zach. I like you as more than a bandmate and more than a friend. I like you. I have liked you for some time now, and I don't think this feeling is going to go away. I just thought you should know. Here's your beer. [exits]
Zach: I gotta get some air.
Quote from Rory
Rory: Dean, can I ask you something?
Dean: Sure.
Rory: You won't get mad?
Dean: No, I promise.
Rory: If Lindsay hadn't found that letter would you... um, were you going... would you still have left her?
Dean: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, of course.
Rory: Okay. Good.
Quote from Miss Patty
Miss Patty: Well, we have a new town selectman, ladies and gentlemen! Jackson, would you like to say a few words to your constituency?
Jackson: No.
Taylor Doose: I would. Friends and townspeople today in Stars Hollow, democracy has spoken. The will of the people has prevailed, and new leadership has been instated. Your vote has counted. Free elections are a wonderful thing, a thing to be admired and cherished. Here in America, we have something else that is to be admired and cherished. It's called a recall election. I look forward to this other aspect of democracy, which I believe will happen any day now, when sanity and reason have been restored to Stars Hollow. So, in closing, friends, believe me when I tell you, you will have Taylor Doose to kick around again. Thank you, and God bless.