Concert Interruptus originally aired February 15, 2001.  It was written by Elaine Arata and was directed Bruce Seth Green.

In Concert Interruptus, Lorelei takes Rory, Paris, Madeleine and Louise to see The Bangles- and takes action when Madeleine and Louise  sneak off to a party.  The Gilmore house is also the drop-off point for the town rummage sale donations.

We open with a previously on Gilmore Girls segment, followed by Rory convincing Lorelei to donate items, or she’ll do it for her.  Even though Lorelei volunteered to be the drop-off point, and to run the rummage sale, she doesn’t want to donate anything.  Sookie gets tickets to see The Bangles, and Lorelei, Lane and Rory are really excited.

At Chilton, Rory, Paris, Madeleine and Louise get assigned to work on a project for school, and decide to meet up at Rory’s house.

Lane tries to figure out how to get to the concert, and ends up not being able to go.  Meanwhile, Luke freaks out over a jacket that Lorelei is wearing.  We learn that the jacket used to belong to Rachel, who is Luke’s ex-girlfriend, and that she left years ago because she loves to travel.  Lorelei wonders how she never knew this.

Madeleine, Louise and Paris come over to work on the school project, and end up getting invited to the Bangles concert.  Sookie and Lorelei buy tickets for different seats.  Madeleine and Louise end up leaving the concert, while Paris and Rory stay at the concert.  Lorelei ends up finding the girls, tells them she’s calling their parents, and takes them home.  We end with the town rummage sale, where Lorelei gives the jacket back to Luke, since it has sentimental value.

I’m honestly not surprised Madeleine and Louise went off to a party, and I can never remember which one’s Madeleine and which one is Louise.  I think the blonde one is Louise, and the one with black hair is Madeleine, but at the same time, they’re pretty similar characters.  The introduction of Rachel was pretty interesting, and while I know where this is going, it felt a little random.  Luke in a serious relationship is a little weird, but you see that he did care about her a lot.

Pop culture: The Bangles, Annie Oakley, Shakespeare, Paul Bunyan, Elle McPherson, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Favorite lines/scenes: Lorelei: “I’m a very sick woman, everyone should know that.”

Sookie: “Does anyone in town have a peg leg?”

Final thoughts: I liked this episode, because we learn a little more about Luke, and because Rory kind of got along with Madeleine, Louise and Paris.  It doesn’t move anything along (well, not really) but it was fun to see all the donations at Lorelei’s house, and how it overwhelmed her.  It gets 3 mugs of coffee.