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In the episode “Pilot,” in reference to Moby Dick.

DEAN: So how are you liking Moby Dick?

RORY: Oh it’s really good.

DEAN: Yeah?

RORY: Yeah, it’s my first Melville.

DEAN: Cool.

RORY: I mean, I know it’s kind of cliché to pick Moby Dick as your first Melville but— hey how did you know I was reading Moby Dick?

DEAN: Uh, well… I’ve noticed you… After school you come out and you sit under that tree there and you read. Last week it was Madame Bovary. This week it’s Moby Dick.