There's the Rub

Episode aired Apr 9, 2002
TV-PG
45m

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

1.1K

YOUR RATING

Comedy Drama

Lorelai and Emily spend a weekend at a health spa. Back at home, Rory looks forward to a rare evening alone, but Paris, Jess, and Dean all drop by.Lorelai and Emily spend a weekend at a health spa. Back at home, Rory looks forward to a rare evening alone, but Paris, Jess, and Dean all drop by.Lorelai and Emily spend a weekend at a health spa. Back at home, Rory looks forward to a rare evening alone, but Paris, Jess, and Dean all drop by.

Director
- Amy Sherman-Palladino
Writers
- Amy Sherman-Palladino
- Sheila Lawrence
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

1.1K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Amy Sherman-Palladino
Writers
- Amy Sherman-Palladino
- Sheila Lawrence
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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User reviews5

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9IvuskaG

Gilmore Girls - Lorelai & Emily at the spa!!!

This is a great episode!!!

🔹Mother/daughter relationship: Emily and Lorelai at the spa, however not having the greatest time. Emily is doing her best to enjoy it, while Lorelai on the other hand does everything to be miserable from the minute she learns Emily is coming along! I mean, I love the series a lot! I like Lorelai but sometimes she gets on my nerves. For example in this episode she should be thankful for goodness sake, her Mom invited her, she doesn't have to pay for anything, she gets nice treatments, hallo!!! Yeah, this is just Lorelai being spoilt! I am completely on the side of Emily on this one.

🔹Jess/Rory relationship: It's getting interesting :)) Another example of a nice girl being blown away by a bad guy, although I don't think Jess is really a bad guy, down underneath he is a good guy, I hope and I love Milo V. From my beloved TV show THIS IS US💙 so I am up for it!

🔹Dean/Rory relationship: Oh I hope it's over soon. Rory obviously didn't want to spend the evening with him. If she was really in love she would use the opportunity to be alone with him. She doesn't want to get more intimate with Dean. Making out with her boyfriend VS. Doing laundry? All clear there.

🔹Paris/Rory relationship: Nice gesture from both of them towards each other. Getting closer. I am glad.

🔹Luke/Lorelai relationship: Still at point zero. It's time they finally kissed!!!! Or what???

1ASBKnight

Low-quality soap opera

The show really devolved into a teenage drama with the most obnoxious characters in TV.

We have Paris who surpases Tristan in pure stupidity. How can anyone be friend with such a character makes no sense.

Sure, he 'saved' Rory, but that was a stretch.

Then Jess, a liar, thief, manipulator and close to sexual harasment behavior, but that's fine because he's the dark and missunderstood male character.

Then the miss little perfect and naive Rory which is become dumber and dumber in my eyes.

At this point if you remove the teenage stupid drama, the show could pass as good, but not with this garbage in it.

What a waste.

8ISmellSnow

Vicious Trollop

This episode is jam packed! We have Emily and Lorelai staying the night at a spa, and Rory trying to juggle Dean, Jess, & Paris at her house. Rory is still in denial about her feelings for Jess but Dean has been so unlikeable lately that it's hard to feel sorry for him.

Emily and Lorelai have a roller coaster of a time during their stay at the spa and it ends with Emily telling Lorelai that she wants the kind of mother/daughter relationship that Lor & Rory have.

Trivia
Paris talks to her nanny, who she previously mentioned was Portuguese, on the phone in Spanish, not Portuguese.

Goofs
The Indian food Rory claimed all day she was going to have for dinner and even ordered never showed up. She even ate dinner with Paris and Jess when Jess brought food. Then Dean shows up with ice cream. Still no Indian food. Never came.

Quotes
Paris: A tragic waste of paper.
Jess: I can't BELIEVE you just said that.
Paris: Well it's true. The Beats' writing was completely self-indulgent. I have one word for Jack Kerouac: Edit.
Jess: It was not self-indulgent, The Beats believed in shocking people, stirring things up.
Paris: They believed in drugs, booze, and petty crime.
Rory: Well, then you could say that they exposed you to a world that you wouldn't have otherwise known. Isn't that what great writing is all about?
Paris: That was not great writing. It was the National Enquirer of the 50's.
Jess: You're cracked.
Paris: Typical guy response. Worship Kerouac and Bukowski, God forbid you pick up anything by Jane Austen.
Jess: Hey, I've read Jane Austen.
Paris: You have?
Jess: Yeah, and I think she would have liked Bukowski.
Paris: What are you doing?
Jess: Salt and pepper dip, only way to eat a fry.
Paris: Really?
Rory: It's fast food gospel.
Paris: Mmmm. That's good. That's really, really good.
Jess: [Phone rings, and Rory leaves to answer it] Do you like hot sauce?
Paris: I don't know, should I?
Jess: I think it's wise.