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I Am All In…Again: Could this be the most awkward episode of the series? (Season 5 E5 “We Got Us a Pippi Virgin”) · I Am All In with Scott Patterson

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  Speaker 1: I am all in.
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  Speaker 2: Again! More, more, more.
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  Speaker 1: I want to kiss you more. More, more, more. I
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  Speaker 1: want to kiss you more.
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  Speaker 2: I Am All In, again, with Scott Patterson and iHeartRadio Podcast.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, everybody. Scott Patterson, iAmAllIn Podcast, 111 Productions, iHeartMediaRadio.com. iHeart Podcast.
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  Speaker 1: We are recapping season five, episode five with our beloved
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  Speaker 1: super fan, Haley Bell Mullins. Welcome to the show, Haley. Hi.
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  Speaker 1: How are you doing? Where are you today? Where are
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  Speaker 1: you from?
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  Speaker 2: I am from Georgia. So the Atlanta, Georgia area.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's fantastic. So welcome to the show. She got
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  Speaker 1: our attention on social media with her daughter, whose name
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  Speaker 1: is Lorelei, and a many stars hollow playroom for her
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  Speaker 1: videos galore. Welcome to the show. Tell us about yourself.
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: When did you start watching Gilmore Girls?
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  Speaker 2: So I started watching Gilmore Girls when it originally aired.
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  Speaker 2: My mom and I used to sit down and watch
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  Speaker 2: it every week, you know, before even TiVo was a
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  Speaker 2: thing or people could have TiVo, you know, because it
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  Speaker 2: was too expensive when it first came out, obviously. So
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  Speaker 2: we would sit down every week. It was Thursdays and
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  Speaker 2: then I think it switched to Tuesdays on the CW together.
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  Speaker 2: And my mom is also pretty young. She had me
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  Speaker 2: when she was 20. So her and I just really
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  Speaker 2: relate to that mother-daughter relationship and kind of growing up together.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, I've been watching it my whole life pretty much.
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  Speaker 1: So why does this show mean so much to you?
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  Speaker 2: It is just truly just such a comfort. Everyone says that, right?
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  Speaker 2: Like it's a comfort show, but it is truly just,
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  Speaker 2: when I'm mad, when I'm sad, when I'm happy, it's
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  Speaker 2: what I turn to. Because it is just, it is,
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  Speaker 2: I call it like a hug in television form, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. All right. Then you start having your own family.
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  Speaker 1: You start dressing up with your daughter, named and rightfully so,
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  Speaker 1: dressed up as Lorelei. And then even build a Stars
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  Speaker 1: Hollow playroom in your house, and it went viral. Did
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  Speaker 1: the attention that that brought you surprise you?
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  Speaker 2: I guess maybe slightly. I know, obviously, Gilmore Girls has
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  Speaker 2: had a huge resurgence. So I definitely didn't expect it
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  Speaker 2: to go as viral as it did. But yeah, so
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  Speaker 2: it was surprising. It was exciting to connect with other fans,
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  Speaker 2: for people to see something that I created and get
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  Speaker 2: so much joy out of it and be able to
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  Speaker 2: speak with people. I really have liked that aspect of it.
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  Speaker 1: Right, right. All right, so we're going to get into
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  Speaker 1: We Got Us a Pippa Virgin air date, October 12, 2004.
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  Speaker 1: Lorelai is having trouble accepting Dean and Rory back together
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  Speaker 1: and even suggests a double date with her and Luke
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  Speaker 1: to make things less awkward, but that fails miserably. Emily
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  Speaker 1: and Richard keep out of each other's way during their separation,
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  Speaker 1: and Zach is taking his time with his response to
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  Speaker 1: Lane's feelings, directed by none other than Steadicam Steve, Stephen Clancy,
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  Speaker 1: and written by Daniel Palladino. All right, Emily and Richard.
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  Speaker 1: Richard's visiting Rory at Yale, and they chat about what
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  Speaker 1: he's been up to lately. Then he asks if Emily
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  Speaker 1: has had her six-month car checkup and maybe mention it
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  Speaker 1: to her. Lorelei and Rory head to Friday night dinner
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  Speaker 1: with Emily. She bought a panic room because she's living alone,
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  Speaker 1: and they break into the pool house and to get
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  Speaker 1: more gin while Richard's out on a business trip. Emily
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  Speaker 1: starts snooping around and finds a glitter vest. She thinks
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  Speaker 1: it's a party vest, and she's appalled. Emily calls Lorelai
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  Speaker 1: and gives her panic room code, and it's all ones.
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  Speaker 1: Lorelai and Rory discuss the separation situation, and Rory hates it,
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  Speaker 1: but Lorelai thinks they need to work it out on
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  Speaker 1: their own. Richard visits Emily in the house. He tells
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  Speaker 1: her about the property tax bill. And about his barbershop quartet,
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  Speaker 1: he stops when he sees the panic room and keeps walking. Haley,
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  Speaker 1: how do you think Richard and Emily are handling the separation?
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  Speaker 2: Terribly, obviously. But, you know, I don't love that storyline
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  Speaker 2: in general just because I want to see them together.
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  Speaker 2: But it obviously happened. So it's fine. But yeah, terribly,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just a little bit of communication could get
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  Speaker 2: us so far here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you. It's very destabilizing for the
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  Speaker 1: entire show to see those two at odds. I absolutely agree.
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  Speaker 1: I don't particularly like it either. And that begs the question,
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  Speaker 1: do they really need to be out of each other's
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  Speaker 1: lives completely?
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  Speaker 2: No, no, I don't think so. I mean, of course,
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  Speaker 2: like it's brought up multiple times. Well, you're not really alone.
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  Speaker 2: He lives in the pool house. Oh, well, he might
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  Speaker 2: as well be miles and miles away. Like he's right there, guys.
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  Speaker 1: What are we doing? Right. It's sort of become the
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  Speaker 1: Richard and Emily show. And it's not the show we
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  Speaker 1: want to see. I do understand how she feels, though.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if he's having secret lunches with Pendle and
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  Speaker 1: Lott for 30 odd years.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that that would send me over the edge for sure.
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  Speaker 1: That's tough right there. That's either end it. Right. Or
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  Speaker 1: I mean, she's obviously having problems with it. She's processing
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  Speaker 1: it still. She might need some professional help at this point.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get, you know, some therapists in here. Maybe we
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  Speaker 2: go to a couple's therapy, something along those lines.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is a good question for a therapist
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  Speaker 1: and how they could address Emily's consternation at Richard's behavior,
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  Speaker 1: which is not ideal. All right. Do you think they
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  Speaker 1: miss each other as Rory has suggested that they do?
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  Speaker 2: I absolutely believe so. I, I mean, I never questioned
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  Speaker 2: Richard's love for Emily. I truly do believe he loves her.
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  Speaker 2: I think he made terrible choices. Why, why would you
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  Speaker 2: do that? I mean, but obviously men's brains and women's
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  Speaker 2: brains don't necessarily work the same. So why he did that,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, but I never questioned his love for her.
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  Speaker 2: And obviously she deeply loves him because she's deeply hurt.
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  Speaker 2: If she didn't love him, she would be indifferent and
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  Speaker 2: she could just move forward.
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  Speaker 1: So, so let me ask you this as a super fan,
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  Speaker 1: because I want to understand this because I'm so deeply
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  Speaker 1: inside baseball here that it's hard to, you know, place
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  Speaker 1: myself outside of it and be objective at all, because
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  Speaker 1: I always state how much I, I love the Rachel,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, not the Rachel, but the, you know, my, my,
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  Speaker 1: my daughter entering the scene and causing this fracture in
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  Speaker 1: the Luke and Lorelei relationship. April, yeah. April, sorry. Is
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  Speaker 1: it the same kind of a tectonic shock shift that
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  Speaker 1: this is to the show where the fan base is
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  Speaker 1: just like, what is going on with this April thing?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: I think that that came so out of left field. Because, like, what?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we don't even hear much about Luke's past. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: we have Rachel in the beginning. But there's not a
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  Speaker 2: whole lot of, like, when did Luke have the time
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  Speaker 2: to have a child? I guess it's so many. It
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  Speaker 2: truly feels like it comes out of left field. And then, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: the fans hate it because it puts a strain on
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  Speaker 2: Luke and Lorelai's relationship, who we wanted together for so long.
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  Speaker 2: And then we finally get it, and then we lose it. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I feel bad for her. for April because she gets
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  Speaker 2: a lot of heat and she was just a little
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  Speaker 2: child who came in, not, not, you know, knowing any,
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  Speaker 2: any of that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: But for the fans, you know, they need their, they
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  Speaker 1: need their safe spaces. They need their, they need their pillars.
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  Speaker 1: And when they begin to crumble, it gets a little,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, well, destabilizing. So anyway, I guess it's
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  Speaker 1: okay to do that for a little bit, just to
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  Speaker 1: have those moments of this reunion, and then all is
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  Speaker 1: well in Mudville. All right, so the awkwardness of Dean here.
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  Speaker 1: Things are awkward with Dean and Lorelei, so to make
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  Speaker 1: things better, she suggests a double date with Luke. Rory
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  Speaker 1: mentioned it to Dean at Kyle's. He is hesitant, but
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  Speaker 1: he agrees that at that double date, They head to
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  Speaker 1: the Black, White, and Red movie theater to watch Cool
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  Speaker 1: Hand Luke, but it's broken, so they watch Pippi Longstocking.
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  Speaker 1: During the date, Luke is giving toot to Dean and
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  Speaker 1: hates how he is with Rory. Then later after the date,
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  Speaker 1: things get worse when it comes to beer and a
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  Speaker 1: very awkward game of bobbits, so Dean leaps. Rory's upset
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  Speaker 1: about the night. Luke explains why he doesn't like Dean,
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  Speaker 1: gets defensive for her. Lorelai tries to explain. He then
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  Speaker 1: compares her to Pippi Longstocking. They hug it out and
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  Speaker 1: drink beer. This one does. As Rory's on her way out,
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  Speaker 1: she sees Dean. They chat about the night through a
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  Speaker 1: car window and think it was like the old days
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  Speaker 1: at the theater. All right. Was Luke being too overprotective
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  Speaker 1: of Rory, Haley?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so. I actually think he's kind of
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  Speaker 2: valid in this scene. anger, just because, I mean, he
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  Speaker 2: makes some good points. He wasn't overreacting. her when he
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  Speaker 2: got married. He should have never gotten married. There were just,
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  Speaker 2: there's so many things that Dean does that. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: do I think Rory's better than Dean and the, when
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  Speaker 2: Luke says that he's, he's, not good enough for her
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  Speaker 2: she's too good for him no no not in that
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  Speaker 2: sense but there were so many there are so many
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  Speaker 2: decisions dean has made that are just poor decisions so
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  Speaker 2: should they be together no and then i also think
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  Speaker 2: at the very end of that episode which i actually
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  Speaker 2: had not caught this in my millions of watches but
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  Speaker 2: when she says oh it's like the old times these
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  Speaker 2: two are searching for something that is well past that
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  Speaker 2: the relationship that they are grasping at is never going
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  Speaker 2: to be again Because they are two totally different people
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  Speaker 2: who have lived too much life at this point to
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  Speaker 2: go back to where they were.
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  Speaker 1: Right. Yeah, this is five years in. So people change,
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  Speaker 1: especially at that age. Boy. Well, I guess it was
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  Speaker 1: endearing to see Luke look at her as his own daughter, right? Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: That's probably another reason April was not well received. It's like, yo,
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  Speaker 1: you already have a daughter, buddy. What's going on? Right?
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  Speaker 1: We all.
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  Speaker 2: Claim you as her dad, yes.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Anyway, now I'm beginning to see it. So, all right,
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  Speaker 1: this is absolutely a pretty awkward episode.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it's definitely awkward. I do think the Bop-It scene
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  Speaker 2: is hilarious. It's very uncomfortable, but it's hilarious to watch.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Just because in what universe is bringing a Bop-It out
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  Speaker 2: going to make the situation any better?
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  Speaker 1: Right, right.
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  Speaker 2: But It is funny, and I actually want to try
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  Speaker 2: it at some point in a really tense scenario to
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  Speaker 2: just bring a Bop It out.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I just came from Destination Stars Hollow up
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  Speaker 1: there in Brighton, Michigan. And, you know, they put on
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  Speaker 1: such a great event up there. And I think they
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  Speaker 1: actually do have a Bop It competition.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh, that's hilarious.
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  Speaker 1: That's one of the features for fans to enjoy. So
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  Speaker 1: I think only 100,000 people showed up.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, only 100,000. Oh, my gosh.
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  Speaker 1: That's incredible.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I've seen the event since it started. I have
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  Speaker 2: not attended, but it looks incredible. They look like they're
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  Speaker 2: doing a really good job with it.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, they are. Yeah, Kathleen and Anna are handling it.
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  Speaker 1: You know where my mind goes to when I see
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  Speaker 1: this episode? Remember that Vineyard Valentine episode up in Malibu
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  Speaker 1: or Martha's Vineyard? Yes. Okay. Maybe there's some similarities to
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  Speaker 1: be drawn from that and the awkwardness.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I do think Vineyard Valentine is more awkward than
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  Speaker 2: this one.
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  Speaker 1: You do?
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  Speaker 2: Slightly. At least that one just gives me cringe. That
• 13:01
  Speaker 2: one is a skip one for me. I'm like, okay,
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  Speaker 2: we can skip through this one. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Really you're admitting that.
• 13:08
  Speaker 2: I you know we gotta you gotta have some skip
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  Speaker 2: episodes it is it happens but yeah that one is
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  Speaker 2: is rough for me just because luke is extra surly
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  Speaker 2: in that one and i'm just like we you know
• 13:20
  Speaker 2: sometimes we can give our woman what she desires which
• 13:24
  Speaker 2: is valentine's day okay we it's okay he.
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  Speaker 1: Didn't even bother to get her a gift I know.
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  Speaker 2: Well, hey, at least Logan helped out, you know?
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  Speaker 1: But I mean, if it takes that, then oof. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So that one, I'm just like, we'll just skip it.
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  Speaker 2: And then just the whole, the Howell situation's awkward, and
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  Speaker 2: Mitchum showing up is awkward, and I'm just like, oh, okay, no,
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  Speaker 2: we're good. We'll just skip it.
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  Speaker 1: It's okay. All right, Lane and Zach. All right, they're
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  Speaker 1: at band practice in the apartment. Zach's pretending there's nothing
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  Speaker 1: to talk about, even though Lane kind of asks if
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  Speaker 1: he has anything he wants to say. And he says no.
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  Speaker 1: And so Lane takes it back, telling him how she feels.
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  Speaker 1: So Zach, and this is really a situation where I
• 14:18
  Speaker 1: don't get it. You know, I don't know why she's
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: so smitten with this guy. But she is, and that's
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  Speaker 1: what makes horse races, I guess. And then Zach comes
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  Speaker 1: into Luke's and admits Lane should know him better. It
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  Speaker 1: takes him a bit to process things. It's going to
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: take longer than a chord change. And she smiles. How
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  Speaker 1: do you see these two as a couple, Haley?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the problem was they gave us Dave Rogowski, right?
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Then anything else after that was never going to live up.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly. So what are you.
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: it was always going to fail. So really we should
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: be mad at Adam Brody for going to do the
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: OC is, is just what it is. But yeah, Zach
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  Speaker 2: was set up to fail from the beginning because Dave
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  Speaker 2: was the perfect boyfriend. Now, I mean, Zach has plenty
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: of flaws because like, what do you mean she asked
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  Speaker 2: you this and it takes you a while to process
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  Speaker 2: and like, and then she has to tell you, nevermind.
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  Speaker 2: And then you're like, oh wait, okay. Like, dude, like
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  Speaker 2: that's immature. We're not doing that.
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: Right, right, right. And we saw how he acted. I mean,
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: they had their first gig and he's got groupies.
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh. Or when he melts down with his
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: little Britney Spears microphone that he has. And I'm like, what?
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  Speaker 1: No. Yeah. He's... Man. Eye of the beholder type of
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  Speaker 1: a deal. All right. Overall, what did you think of
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  Speaker 1: the episode?
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  Speaker 2: It's one of those episodes where... I feel like it
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: is kind of a little bit of filler. There's nothing
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: grand that happens throughout the entire episode, but some of
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: those are the best episodes just because, again, this show
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: is a comfort show. It is meant to feel, to me,
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: like something that could really be happening in your life,
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: which I think is why so many people love it
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: and it's so relatable. I mean, you have shows where
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: people are vampires or every horrible thing in the world
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: that could happen happens. And that's not this show. So
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: I love episodes like this because my mom and I
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: would or could go on a double date to a movie,
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: you know, or I hope my grandparents aren't, you know, separated. But,
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: you know, these things are very connectable to our life.
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  Speaker 2: So I do love this episode. And I personally, the
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: Pippi jingle, I sing it every time. Every time it
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: pops up. Freckles on her nose, diddle diddle.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: I know it word for word and I will rattle
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  Speaker 2: it off because I.
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: Oh, that's wonderful. Well, okay. Okay. As a super fan,
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: do you know other super fans and do you get
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: together with them to talk about episodes or do you
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: have a friend group that watches the episodes together or separately,
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: but get together online or whatever coffee shop and discuss
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: the episodes? Have you ever done that?
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: So I, I've done like Gilmore girls trivia and I've
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: made friends through Gilmore girls trivia, like coffee shops. It's
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: actually where I met one of my really good friends.
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  Speaker 2: But a funny story, I was just in Hawaii on
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: a family vacation and we had some family photos done.
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: And the woman taking our photos, we walk up and
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: she didn't know everyone's name yet. And I had said
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: Lorelai's name casually, just speaking with her. And she perks
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: up and she's like, wait, Lorelai, Gilmore Girls? And I'm like, yeah,
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: Gilmore Girls. And she was so funny. The entire session,
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: we just talked about Gilmore Girls. She is a super
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: fan as well. Her name is McKenna. And she absolutely...
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: loves the show like I do. And that I think
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: is the biggest pieces in everyday life, just connecting with
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: people over this show. And honestly, my daughter's name has
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: been a big piece of it. I mean, we, anytime
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: we're out and about, that's the first question. Did you
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: get a name from Gilmore girls? Of course. Like where else?
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, I guess gentlemen prefer blondes. You
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: could have got it from there, Marilyn Monroe, but.
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: Ah, that, oh, so that was her name in gentlemen.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: Marilyn Monroe was called Lorelei in that film.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: Yes, she was. That was, I guess, which I think
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: is referenced in Gilmore Girls. That movie is referenced at
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: some point in the show.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: So that's an ASP question at some point. Is that
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: where you got the name?
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: So is there anything as a super fan that you
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: would like to ask me or want to know?
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: So I guess just in the midst of you filming this,
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: because I feel like a lot of times in our lives, right,
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: when we're in the middle of something, we don't realize
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: what we are a part of. Did you realize how
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: special this was? Did you have any clue that 26
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: years later, it's probably bigger than it's ever been, I
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: would assume, but.
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: No, during, I mean, yeah, I knew it was special
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: in that, you know, we were making a very funny
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: and a very smart show that had all of the
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: feels and connectors that, you know, you just spoke about for, for,
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: for people, very relatable characters, very. And the thing I found, well,
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that are unique about it,
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: but it's, but it's, it's very, very difficult to, to
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: create so many distinctive characters that are nothing alike, but
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: they're sort of the same right underneath it, all their community.
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: I mean, you've got a Maury, a Babette, a Miss Patty,
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: a Taylor. I mean, these are just those four. alone.
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: And they're throwing a Kirk. And you've got a wacky,
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: zany collection of folks that are just so lovable and endearing.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: And then you throw that great writing at them. You know,
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: I knew it was unique. Nobody could have predicted its longevity.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: For its impact on the culture. But yeah, I think
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: we all knew how special this was because it was
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: a collection of people that were, I mean, in our
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: own right, I think to a person in that cast
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: could have had our own show or had been on
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: shows for a long time. We were just getting overlooked, overlooked, overlooked.
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: And then, you know, because maybe we were we looked
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: or acted a certain way and it just didn't quite
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: fit into the major network kind of assembly line of
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: shows that they had, procedurals and medical dramas and lawyer-doctor
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: shows and this kind of a thing, cops, you know,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: because that's really what the big networks produce. And finally,
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: we found the right fit with the right people at
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: the right time. So, I think we were all just
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: so ready to be on a show because we had
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: all collectively been rejected over and over again. Some of
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: us were getting some traction and getting some good stuff.
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: You know, most people were working in little stuff and
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: doing quality work, but not getting recognized. So I think,
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: I think, I think Amy really has a great eye
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: for casting. Absolutely. And wanted to put together, um, you know,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: a bunch of people that were perfect for their roles
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: and not necessarily had name value, what networks and studios
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: always want first and foremost. But I think, you know,
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: the uniqueness of this is that we had a showrunner
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: that fought for every one of us because it wasn't
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: easy getting on that show for me. I was cast
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: as a guest star on the pilot. And I guess
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: the pilot shoot was my my final audition to see
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: if it was going to work with Lauren. Uh, and
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: then we still had to fight to get a deal.
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: Which is crazy because the chemistry is there immediately. I mean,
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: I couldn't imagine some, I mean, obviously I know no
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: ins and outs of studios, but I can't imagine watching
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: that and being like, we're not a hundred percent sold.
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: That's crazy.
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: Well, they offered two episodes and then they offered four.
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: We turned them down much to my chagrin, but, uh, Uh,
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: my manager believed that, uh, the chemistry was so strong and,
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: and that, that she, she made, uh, she told Gavin
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Pallone to go get me a deal and he did.
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: Well, so we all have your manager to thank is
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: what I'm hearing.
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: Yes, we, we, her name, her name is Audrey Kahn
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: and I don't know that she's in the business anymore, but, um, yeah, she,
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: she represented me, uh, like, like, like an actor should
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: be represented. Really, really fought and fought hard to get
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: me that role. And then there was a nice lunch.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: She didn't tell me that I had a deal. She
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: invited me to lunch and handed me a manila envelope
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: and I opened it and there was a six-year deal.
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: Life-changing moment right there. Absolutely. What else do you want
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: to know? Oh, gosh. I do this at conventions. I
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: like to do a Q & A.
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: Well, my husband would want me to ask you baseball questions,
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: but I really don't have any baseball questions. I should
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: have been like, tell me exactly what you want to ask.
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: So he's a big Braves fan. And obviously you were
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: on the farm Braves team. Is that right?
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: I started in low A and by the time I
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: got to triple A, They traded me.
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: Got it. Well, I will say I did. So we
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: do do baseball game. Our goal is to see all
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: the stadiums. It's not really my goal, but I tag along.
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: And Lorelei does have a custom Patterson jersey, Braves jersey
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: that we got made for her.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: Oh, that's great.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: That she has worn to games because I was like, look,
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: if I'm going to these games, we have to have
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: a connection here. So it's going to be Gilmore Girls.
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: Oh, that's fantastic. Braves are a great organization.
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: Yes, yes. He is a diehard.
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: I was heartbroken when they told me I'd been traded.
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: I really took it hard. That really was like a
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: family to me. I wasn't there that long. But it's
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: two plus years. I was in my third season, beginning
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: of the season. We'd started the 82 season on the road.
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: And then we came back to Richmond for the home opener.
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: And that's when they told me that I was traded.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: And I packed up and left and drove to Columbus, Ohio.
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: So it was a tough, it was a tough night.
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: That was a tough night.
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: I mean, I could be mad at them, but then
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: I wouldn't have gotten Luke Danes.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: That's probably, probably true. Probably. Yeah. Anyway, what else, what else?
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: Any other questions? I don't.
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: I mean, probably when I get off of this, I'm
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: going to be like, that was the question I should
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: have asked. But right now I don't have any. I'm
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: just thank you guys for having me on. This was awesome.
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: I really enjoyed getting to have this conversation and talk
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: about We've Got Us a Pippi Virgin.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: Any plans to come out to Burbank for holiday for
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: Gilmore girls holidays?
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: It is my dream to get to come out there.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. It actually starts on my birthday this year,
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: December 12th. So I, yeah, I have, um, already sent
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: my husband the, the, the information. I'm like, you know,
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: this would be great. So I don't know. We'll see
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: that it is high on my list.
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: Well, gosh, if you're out there, maybe we need to
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: book you for one of the podcasts we're doing. Uh,
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: Let me tell everybody a little bit about what we're
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: doing this year. As far as I'm concerned, my participation
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: is we're going to do a podcast every single day
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: from December 12th to January 3rd. Christmas is off, by
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: the way. But every single day at the Stephen J.
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: Ross Theater, which is perhaps the nicest theater in America.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: Super high-tech, beautiful theater. It's Just a wonderful place. So
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: we're going to do a podcast from there every day,
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: I think at 1230 or one o'clock. And we'll have
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: special guests and maybe we're going to have Hallie on
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: if she comes out there. And also fans are going
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: to be able to get photo ops with me. And
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: I'm also going to judge the costume contest every day.
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: I think that's at about three or three thirty. And
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: then I'll just be hanging out and walking around and
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: making cold brews for people like I did the last
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: couple of years, which is so much fun. And maybe
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: even this, uh, hit the secret bar at the end
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: of the day and have a, have a cocktail with
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: the fans. So it's really a joyous time, uh, having
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: six 6,500 super fans all in one place. It's the
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: energy is palpable. It's, it's exciting to be, to be
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: swimming around in it. And, uh, Everybody's having a blast.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: There's also, they build out my apartment, Luke's apartment in
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: Stars Hollow High School, which is where the original set was.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: So they're going to be able to tour through that.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: They're going to have a Chilton. They're rebuilding parts of
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: Chilton School and fans will be able to go have
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: that experience. I mean, it's bigger and better than it
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: has ever been. So anyway, we'd love to see you
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: out there, Haley. And thanks for coming on. Much appreciated.
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: Of course. Thanks for having me.
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: Hopefully I will, you know, see you at the Gilmore
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: Girls WB.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: All right. Well, if you're coming out, let us know. Okay. Absolutely.
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: Will do. All right. All the best. Take care. Bye. Hey, everybody,
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: don't forget, follow us on Instagram at I Am All
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: In Podcast and email us at gilmore at iheartradio.com.