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Dear Emily and Richard - S3-E13

Visible crew/equipment: In the flashback, while Lorelai is being wheeled to the delivery room, when Emily argues that she had a right to drive her daughter to the hospital, the reflections of the camera operator and the camera are visible on the glass beside Emily. Then it's seen again on the left glass window of the delivery room as it closes. (00:33:05)

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Lorelai Out of Water - S3-E12

Visible crew/equipment: When Luke gets frustrated with the construction noise he storms out of the diner, and at the start of the next shot we can see an actor's T-mark taped to the ground at the bottom of the screen, where Luke will be standing in a moment. (00:03:40)

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The Breakup, Part 2 - S1-E17

Visible crew/equipment: When Lorelai and Rory are in the kitchen talking about the to-do list, the camera is visible in the reflection on the microwave. You can see the cameraman's hand rotating the control to move the camera as Lorelai sits down. (00:07:20)

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Love and War and Snow - S1-E8

Visible crew/equipment: Near the end of the episode when Rory comes home and is standing on the porch talking to Lorelai at the door, right before Rory says "Hi" you can see a crew member in the background, standing in the bushes on the other side of Lorelai's jeep and then moving out of sight (toward the left side of the screen). (00:39:20)

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The Big One - S3-E16

Visible crew/equipment: When Lorelai and Rory are at Richard's while Emily is away visiting her friends, Richard steps out to answer a call. When Richard returns we can see a blue T-mark taped to the floor behind Rory's side of the sofa. This T-mark is visible again when Richard asks about Rory's speech, because he'd like to be there. (00:20:00)

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Love and War and Snow - S1-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When Rory is dropped off in the morning, he walks up the front porch, Lorelai greets her at the door. Behind Rory across the driveway in the bushes is a man. The many slowly hides back into the bushes. (00:39:19)

The Reigning Lorelai - S4-E16

Visible crew/equipment: When Lorelai enters Richard's study with the soup and he is lying on the couch, if you look above his head as he starts to cry and says "mock turtle soup", you can see the shadow of the camera guy. Keep watching and you'll see the shadow of the camera as it is moved.

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Trivia: In some episodes, Rory speaks Spanish (e.g when she is talking to her grandmother's maid). She speaks very poorly, typical "school-Spanish". This is just acting; Spanish is actually Alexis Bledel's first language. Her mother is from Mexico and her father is from Argentina.

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Question: Does Lane live with both her parents? I've heard her talk about "parents" in plural but I've never seen her father, nor heard anyone talk about him. Anyone who knows?

Answer: Yes, Lane lives with both her parents. Her father does live with them, but he was only seen in the Netflix revival.

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