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"Rory's Birthday Parties" is the sixth episode of the first season of the television series Gilmore Girls. It originally aired on November 9, 2000.
Plot
Since Rory's birthday falls on a Friday, and Emily refuses to relinquish her hold on Friday night dinners, Rory ends up having two birthday parties. Emily and Lorelai go shopping for Rory, and Emily buys Rory something that she would actually like. Lorelai is happy that Emily is making an effort to get to know them, so Rory decides not to tell her that Emily had invited all of her Chilton classmates without asking her.
The party that Emily throws is very elegant and uncomfortable for both Rory and Lorelai. When Emily insists that Rory make a toast to her guests, Rory refuses and runs upstairs to Lorelai's old bed room. At the end of the party, Rory tries to apologize and invites Emily and Richard to the party at their house the next night, but Emily refuses. Lorelai has Rory wait in the car, then berates Emily for disappointing Rory.
On Saturday while Lorelai and Sookie prepare for the party, Rory goes to the college fair at Chilton. She runs into Paris, and they are horrified to learn that they both want to attend Harvard. They tentatively agree that Harvard is big enough for them to both attend, but still avoid each other. As Paris leaves, she asks Rory if she likes Tristan, then compliments her on her party.
The party at Lorelai and Rory's house is in full swing when Richard and Emily arrive. Richard spends most of the night sitting on the porch doing a quiz from a Cosmopolitan magazine that Rory provided for him. Emily is very quiet during most of the party. At one point she wanders upstairs to Lorelai's room, where she and Lorelai talk. Among other things, she asks Lorelai about her relationship with Luke. Finally she and Richard leave; in the car she sadly confesses to Richard that she doesn't know Lorelai at all.
As Lorelai and Sookie are cleaning up, Lorelai looks out the window and sees Dean and Rory meeting secretly outside. Dean gives Rory a birthday present: a bracelet that he made for her.