Season 1, Episode 5: Cinnamon’s Wake
Max and Lorelai are now officially starting. They, after meeting again at the Bake Sale, get coffee and then plan for an official date which comes to a screeching halt, much to the dismay of Max (His ”I’m heartbroken” line is probably the sexiest thing I have ever heard), because of Babette’s cat’s death. However, there is the promise of a future date...
In addition to the new man in Lorelai’s life, this episode reintroduced Dean. The infamous (at least to me).
Okay, to be fair, he is REALLY SWEET in this episode. I mean...
DEAN: Well I’ve been kind of bugging you lately. I thought, I don’t know, I thought you maybe liked me but it’s obvious you’re not interested so I just wanted to say that I get it and I’m not gonna bother you anymore. [turns to leave]
He is a really good first boyfriend, and he is really sweet to Rory. However, drama ensues when Rory doesn’t tell Lorelai and yet Lorelai sees her with Dean from the window.
1. LORELAI: Tasty and flame-retardant
LORELAI: Only with my Oxygen.
4. DEAN: Hey, do you have a second?
5. BABETTE: I never thought a man would ever even want me.
LORELAI: I know the feeling.
BABETTE: Oh, please, with that ass? Gimme a break.
LORELAI: I mean want me for more than my ass.
I am starting to sound like a broken record when I say that I adore this episode and this show. I mean, I have dedicated an entire blog to it, so I guess that’s obvious, but still, I feel boring.
But I think that this episode encapsulates so much that I love about Gilmore Girls. It’s starting to build on the basic relationships and branch out. While neither the Max relationship or the Dean relationship is my favorite (in fact, Dean turns out to be one of my least favorites), these beginnings tug on my heartstrings.
I mean, I think that there is nothing more endearing than the way that Rory acts around Dean. I honestly feel like she’s my spirit animal when I see her acting like that. It’s how everyone feels and...it conveys the awkwardness of a first relationship perfectly.
And it contrasts in a fascinating way with the way that Lorelai handles herself. There’s a similarity between the two situations but Lorelai is just so smooth and seems to embrace the awkwardness that she is and that she is feeling. She is really my role model sometimes. And the fact that these relationships create wedges between the two (which eventually are resolved and bring the two closer together than ever) is really interesting, considering their dynamic.