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In the episode “I Solemnly Swear,” in reference to The Godfather.

Francie is a conniving little… Yeah, we all know that. She and Rory are in full-out political war. Rory is Class Vice President, to Paris’s President. And Francie is Senior Class Vice President. Rory tried to smooth relations between Francie and Paris, but then Francie stabbed her in the back. So that’s the end of that. Rory wins one victory over Francie.

Then Francie sends Rory a note, asking for a meeting. Rory picks an out-of-the-way place, a parking garage, to have the meeting. She does not tell Paris. Paris would not understand.

Francie wants a truce. “Look, this is not the way I wanted things to work out, honestly. Yes, the hemline thing bugged me, and yes, Paris is not my idea of a secret sister, but I never intended for things to go so far… I mean, it’s my senior year, too. Why would I want to spend the whole time scheming and fighting? It’s too exhausting. I wanna stop this war, this vendetta, this Sicilian thing. It must end.”

And anyone who believes that is truly naive. Oh well, Rory, we love you, anyhow. (Another example of how Rory is like Pippi Longstocking.)

Anyhow, Francie’s talk of “this Sicilian thing” is a reference to The Godfather: Part II. When Michael’s wife Kay tells him she’s leaving him, she says, “I know now that it’s over now— I knew it then. There would be no way, Michael, no way you could ever forgive me. Not with this Sicilian thing that’s been going on for 2000 years—”

She’s referring to the ongoing war between the families, in which Michael is embroiled, and which is the root cause of why she is leaving him.

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