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"Rory's Birthday Parties" is the sixth episode of the first season of the television series Gilmore...

"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. 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