Paris Is Burning 

As the relationship with Rory's teacher Max grows more serious, Lorelai panics and decides to end it, but her attempt to break up with him during Parent-Teacher night at Chilton causes even more trouble at school for Rory.

Director:

David Petrarca

Writers:

Amy Sherman-Palladino (created by), Joan Binder Weiss

Stars:

Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Lauren Graham	...	Lorelai Gilmore
Alexis Bledel	...	Rory Gilmore
Melissa McCarthy	...	Sookie St. James
Keiko Agena	...	Lane Kim (credit only)
Yanic Truesdale	...	Michel Gerard (credit only)
Scott Patterson	...	Luke Danes
Kelly Bishop	...	Emily Gilmore
Edward Herrmann	...	Richard Gilmore (credit only)
Liza Weil	...	Paris Geller
Ann Gillespie	...	Mrs. Geller
Chad Michael Murray	...	Tristin Dugray
Teal Redmann	...	Louise Grant
Shelly Cole	...	Madeline Lynn
Scott Cohen	...	Max Medina
Jackson Douglas	...	Jackson

Storyline

As the relationship with Rory's teacher Max grows more serious, Lorelai panics and decides to end it, but her attempt to break up with him during Parent-Teacher night at Chilton causes even more trouble at school for Rory.

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Plot Keywords:

break up | rumor | reference to walt whitman | reference to tonya harding | reference to william shakespeare | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Max Medina refers to the first stanza of the Dickinson poem as a verse, as an English teacher he should know that 'verse' as referring a grouping of lines in a poem is actually called a stanza and a verse refers to a line in a poem.

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Goofs

Rory's first class of the day is English lit, yet on parents' day right after that class she is shown eating lunch.

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Quotes

Lorelai Gilmore: Hey, you will not stand there singing Ricky Martin songs to me. This is not a pattern ok? I'm not doing what I always do. This is not the same.

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Connections

References Lillehammer 1994: XVII Olympic Winter Games (1994)

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Soundtracks

Livin' la Vida Loca
(uncredited)
Written by Desmond Child, Luis Gómez Escolar, and Draco Rosa
Performed by Melissa McCarthy

User Reviews

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 January 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Paris Is Burning

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1