But He’s My Dean!

About this episode

Tara and Haley analyze the finale scene of Season 4 Episode 22 of Gilmore Girls, discussing themes of relationships and parenting.

“He’s Dean, my Dean” -Rory Gilmore, Season 4 Episode 22. Today’s episode style is a little different, besties! We are analyzing the finale scene, word-for-word, of Season 4 Episode 22: Raincoats and Recipes. Did Lorelai actually raise Rory to be the kind of girl who jumps into bed with a married guy? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say! Our newest podcast, A Marvelous Time: A Marvelous Maisel Recap Podcast , has arrived! Exclusively on Patreon . Be sure to join the Super Cool Party People tier or the Vicious Trollops tier to receive weekly episodes! But if you’re still rewatching our favorite series, now you can watch with us! Join us for The Rewatch Club by visiting our Patreon to rewatch the entire series with us OR you can also stream our entire recap catalog of Gilmore Revisited only on Patreon <3 Want to be on our next GTC? Call in with your thoughts at 860-578-4653!!!! This one’s for the girls! Our newest stamps collection has dropped and is all yours to shoppe now at www.gilmoretosay.com <3 Now you can watch the girlies every week by subscribing to us on YouTube ! Where you lead I will follow...us @gilmoretosaypodcast Our…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tara Llewellyn, Haley McIntosh

Topics covered

• Gilmore Girls
• Season 4 Finale
• Character Analysis
• Rory and Dean
• Parenting Themes
• Podcast Promotion

Keywords

• Gilmore Girls
• Rory Gilmore
• Dean
• Season 4
• finale analysis
• podcast
• character discussion

Sponsors

AvocadoGreenMattress.com, Kensington Publishing, Quince, Shopify

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: A Marvelous Time: A Marvelous Maisel Recap Podcast, Patreon, Gilmore To Say

Books & works: Gilmore Girls, Raincoats and Recipes

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