In the episode “Emily In Wonderland,” in reference to Hello Kitty.
Lorelai was musing at how sweet this was of Emily to do for Rory. Emily had a room redecorated for Rory, as Rory’s room at the elder Gilmore house. As she explained it, “Since you’ve been spending so much time here lately, I thought you should have a special place all your own.”
It seemed like a nice gesture, but really it was Emily’s reaction to her own pain after seeing the shed in which Lorelai and Rory lived during Rory’s childhood.
Maybe you don’t like the fact that now she has a place away from you, some place that’s just her own. Or maybe its because its so large and spacious and has four solid walls around the bathtub. I mean, it may not be exciting or bohemian, but at least it doesn’t have shovels propped up against the sofa either, now does it? Is it because it’s not a shack in the woods? Or is it the proximity to me that’s making it so uncomfortable for you? You hated us that much? You had to take that little girl away. That was bad enough. But to that? To live there, in a shed, like a hobo? I saw it. I saw that horrible little pit you so proudly ran to. I saw what you chose over your own family. You would’ve lived in the gutter, in the street, it a cardboard box, anywhere as long as you didn’t have to be near us…
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