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Gilmore Girls (2000)/S2E13 · A-Tisket, A-Tasket/Rory's handoff to Lorelai: The Children's Hour
Gilmore Girls · Season 2, Episode 13, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"

Rory's handoff to Lorelai: The Children's Hour

Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel)

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Rory comes home from pizza with Jess, the guy who just outbid Dean for her picnic basket, and hands Lorelai a copy of Lillian Hellman's play. It's about a rumor that wrecks two lives. Stars Hollow, where Miss Patty's studio doubles as the news desk, was always going to like it.

Sources: Lillian Hellman, The Children's Hour, and Julia, The Annotated Gilmore Girls · The Real Rory Book List: Season Two, Oy With the Poodles · Rory Gilmore Reading List, What's Hot Blog
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The Children's Hour

Lillian Hellman · 1934 · play

Hellman's first produced play opened on Broadway in 1934 and ran for 691 performances. Boston banned it, which tells you more about Boston than about the play.

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