"Gilmore Girls" Back in the Saddle Again (2002)

Director:

Kevin Dowling

Writers:

Amy Sherman (creator)
Linda Loiselle Guzik (written by)

TV Series:

"Gilmore Girls" (2000)

Original Air Date:

23 April 2002 (Season 2, Episode 18)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

After helping Rory out with her business project for the annual Chilton Business Fair, Richard realizes retirement isn't for him...

Plot Keywords:

Feeling Insecure | Single Mother | Connecticut | Teen | Preparatory School

Cast

Lauren Graham	...	Lorelai Gilmore
Alexis Bledel	...	Rory Gilmore
Melissa McCarthy	...	Sookie St. James
Keiko Agena	...	Lane Kim
Yanic Truesdale	...	Michel Gerard
Scott Patterson	...	Luke Danes
Liza Weil	...	Paris Geller
Jared Padalecki	...	Dean Forester
Kelly Bishop	...	Emily Gilmore
Edward Herrmann	...	Richard Gilmore
Dakin Matthews	...	Hanlin Charleston
Shelly Cole	...	Madeline Lynn
Teal Redmann	...	Louise Grant
Adam Wylie	...	Brad Langford
Janet Hubert	...	Gisele Gerard
Devon Cromwell	...	Chip
Brian Berke	...	The Patron

Directed by
Kevin Dowling

Writing credits
Amy Sherman		(creator) (as Amy Sherman-Palladino)
Linda Loiselle Guzik		(written by)

Produced by
Barbara Brace	....	associate producer
Allan Heinberg	....	consulting producer
Sheila R. Lawrence	....	supervising producer
Helen Pai	....	co-producer
Daniel Palladino	....	executive producer
Patricia Fass Palmer	....	producer
Gavin Polone	....	executive producer
Amy Sherman	....	executive producer (as Amy Sherman-Palladino)

Original Music by
Sam Phillips

Cinematography by
Michael A. Price		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jill Savitt

Casting by
Mara Casey
Jami Rudofsky

Production Design by
Lauren Crasco

Set Decoration by
Rick Gentz

Costume Design by
Robin Lewis West

Makeup Department
Stacy Halax	....	makeup artist
Patricia Vecchio	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Dennis L. Judd II	....	unit production manager
Scott Swanson	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michelle Jaeger	....	second second assistant director
Carla McCloskey	....	first assistant director
Chip Touhey	....	second assistant director
John Tagamolila	....	dga trainee (uncredited)

Art Department
Pola Shreiber	....	property master
Tom Schuck	....	art department intern (uncredited)

Sound Department
Daniel P. Church	....	sound mixer (as Daniel Church)
Joseph D. Citarella	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Joe Citarella)
Damon Cohoon	....	assistant sound editor
Al Gomez	....	supervising foley mixer
Catt LeBaigue	....	supervising sound editor
Allen L. Stone	....	sound re-recording mixer
Deron Street	....	assistant sound editor
Karen Spangenberg	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Robert McInnis	....	visual effects executive producer: Modern VideoFilm (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Fay	....	key grip (uncredited)
Erin Franklyn	....	grip (uncredited)
Mark Strasburg	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Miller	....	executive in charge of casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brenda Maben	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
John Potter	....	color timer
Jay Steinberg	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Louise Goffin	....	producer: "Where You Lead"
Adrian Van Velsen	....	music editor
Greg Wells	....	producer: "Where You Lead"
Herman Beeftink	....	composer: classical music (uncredited)

Other crew
Linda Loiselle Guzik	....	story editor
Cheryl Starbuck	....	script supervisor
John Stephens	....	story editor
Joan Binder Weiss	....	executive story editor
Benjamin Benedetti	....	account executive (uncredited)
Danny Giles	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Amy Sherman		creator (as Amy Sherman-Palladino)

Produced by
Mea Squires	....	associate producer

Casting by
Mary V. Buck
Barbara Miller

Makeup Department
Kathleen Crawford	....	makeup artist
Corey Jeen	....	makeup artist
Marie Larkin	....	hair stylist
Faith Vecchio	....	hair stylist (seasons 1-2)
Ellen Vieira	....	makeup department head

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laurie Baron	....	dga trainee
David Barrett	....	second unit director
Mindee Clem	....	dga trainee (season 4)
Vernon Davidson	....	dga trainee (2001)
Daniella Eisman	....	dga trainee
Dan Lazarovits	....	dga trainee
Molly Rodriguez	....	second second assistant director
Stacy Schrader	....	dga trainee (2001)
Kea Watson	....	DGA trainee day player (2004)

Art Department
Erin J. Beverly	....	art department assistant
Jim Gmuer	....	set dresser
Alicia Good	....	props
Richard Leon	....	set dresser
Joaquin Navarro	....	set designer
Damian 'Rocky' Polito	....	set dresser
Jaclyn Shoub	....	set decoration buyer
Joanne Thorpe	....	art department assistant
Shannon Tymkiw	....	art department assistant
John Zemansky	....	lead man

Sound Department
Julie Altus	....	adr recordist
David Barbee	....	sound effects editor (multiple episodes)
Adam Blantz	....	utility sound
Chuck Buch	....	sound mixer
Harry Cheney	....	dialogue editor
Paul J. Diller	....	sound editor
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Javier M. Hernández	....	boom operator (season 1)
Patrick Knup	....	additional adr recordist
Carrie Lisonbee	....	assistant sound editor
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist
Dennis Petersen	....	sound recordist
Abel Schiro	....	boom operator
Alec St. John	....	assistant sound mixer
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer (season 3)
Carolyn Tapp	....	adr recordist (2002-)
David Werntz	....	sound editor
Alan Zielonko	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Greg C. Jensen	....	special effects foreman (season 4)
Ron Petruccione	....	special effects
Steve Riley	....	special effects supervisor
Arthur G. Schlosser	....	snow effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Adam Avitabile	....	digital compositor
Rick Cortes	....	digital compositor
Mark Spatny	....	visual effects producer: Modern VideoFilm

Stunts
Brian Avery	....	stunts (2 episodes)
Alex Chansky	....	stunts
Sophia Crawford	....	stunt double
Jonathan Eusebio	....	stunts
Tanner Gill	....	stunt rigger
Oliver Keller	....	stunt coordinator
Michael 'Pugita' Kobayashi	....	stunt rigger
Will Leong	....	stunts
Buck McDancer	....	stunt coordinator
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	utility stunts
Michelle Sebek	....	stunt double
Paul E. Short	....	stunts
Karin Silvestri	....	stunt double: Alexis Bledel
Justin Sundquist	....	stunts
Ator Tamras	....	utility stunts (1 episode)
Clark Tucker	....	stunt double: Milo Ventimiglia
Jon Valera	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Colin Couto	....	best boy electric
Randy Crawford	....	lighting technician
Chris Cuevas	....	additional assistant camera
Eric Fletcher	....	Steadicam operator
Eric Fletcher	....	camera operator
Isaac Friedman	....	first assistant camera (2001-2006)
Samuel Buddy Fries	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jeff Ginyard	....	electrician
Dennis Scott Harper	....	grip
László Horváth	....	grip
Scott Humbert	....	still photographer
Frank Jarnot	....	electrician
Dan Kneece	....	additional Steadicam operator: additional camera operator
Brad Lipson	....	gaffer
Justin Lundin	....	electrician
Rick Lundin	....	electrician
Jim Marquette	....	camera operator
Louis J. Marton	....	rigging electrician
Peter McAdams	....	grip
Dan Middleton	....	grip
Richard Ralston	....	electrician
Mark Sasabuchi	....	second assistant camera (2001-2006)
Michael Stumpf	....	Steadicam operator
Michael Stumpf	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Miguel Sánchez	....	electrician
Joel White	....	grip
Scott C. Williman	....	rigging gaffer

Casting Department
Toby Guidry	....	casting assistant
Kathryn Lyn Long	....	extras casting
Chase Michaels	....	casting intern
Summer Wesson	....	extras casting
Marni Wilkens	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Raquel L. Jaffe	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Brian Barr	....	post-production assistant (2004)
Sue Kesler	....	assistant editor
Marilyn McMahon Adams	....	assistant editor
Jack Paulson	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Ross Deane	....	music playback operator
Kaz Kim	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
Michael Dawes	....	driver
Gary Ferraro	....	driver (as Gary C. Ferraro)

Other crew
Monica M. Acuna	....	assistant to line producer
Anne Osborne Awalt	....	production assistant
Shea E. Butler	....	additional script supervisor
Yani Chang	....	publicist (2005)
Allison Curren	....	additional script supervisor
Adam D'Andrea	....	production assistant
Brian Danner	....	assistant sword master
Elan Dassani	....	computer playback operator
Mike Eisenberg	....	assistant production coordinator (2000-2001)
Imoye Francis	....	production assistant
Kevin Funston	....	location manager (seasons 5-6)
Steve Gehrke	....	script supervisor (episodes 2.6, 3.1 and 3.2)
Melissa Girotti	....	assistant production coordinator
Alison Goodman	....	assistant to writer (season 4)
Elspeth Haughton	....	production coordinator
Teresa Ho	....	first assistant accountant
Jeff Jenofsky	....	assistant production coordinator
Patrick Keane	....	assistant to producer
Katie Keim	....	stand-in: Madeline Lynn (as Katherine Evagelou)
Kelly Kropog	....	assistant to line producer
Ove Langevei	....	production assistant
Polly Levy	....	script supervisor
Ed Lippman	....	location manager (seasons 4-5)
George Lohin	....	production assistant
Jeff Lovely	....	location manager
Joseph Martens	....	assistant to producer
Micah May	....	stand-in
Tracy L. Moody	....	additional script supervisor (2004)
Laura Morgan	....	assistant production coordinator
Awalt Anne Osborne	....	production assistant
Eric Persons	....	location manager (1 episode)
Lisa Randolph	....	assistant: Amy Sherman-Palladino
Lisa Randolph	....	script coordinator
Cody Robertson	....	production assistant
Steven E. Simon	....	set production assistant
John Trujillo	....	layout board
Mike Wike	....	stand-in
Kerry Wilker	....	publicist (2003)
Jeff Williams	....	production assistant
Lynnanne Zager	....	adr loop group
Ian Zander	....	set production assistant

Production Companies

• Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions
• Hofflund/Polone
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• Vox (2004) (Germany) (TV)

Other Companies

• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Midwest Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions

Quotes:

Rory Gilmore:Mom, um, I know you're probably not gonna want to do this...
Lorelai Gilmore:Yes I will! Unless it's something I don't want to do.
Rory Gilmore:Do you want to be the parent advisor on my economics project?
Lorelai Gilmore:Ooh, Rory, gosh.
Rory Gilmore:I'm kind of in a spot.
Lorelai Gilmore:No one else can do it?
Rory Gilmore:Nope.
Lorelai Gilmore:You checked?
Rory Gilmore:Yes.
Lorelai Gilmore:You double-checked?
[...]

Movie Connections:

References The Odd Couple (1968)