Original Air Date: November 2, 2000
Directed by: Michael Katleman
This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning!
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode!
Synopsis: Rory (Alexis Bledel) is surprised to find out her mother Lorelai (Lauren Graham) is considering dating her teacher. Meanwhile their neighbors Babette (Sally Struthers) and Morey (Ted Rooney) deal with the loss of their beloved cat Cinnamon.
Featured Feline: The Dell’s large, long-haired ginger tabby cat Cinnamon was first introduced in the second episode of the series entitled The Lorelais’ First Day at Chilton. Babette and Morey are sitting on the front lawn, Babette holding Cinnamon, when Lorelai pulls up in her car.
Babette called Lorelai away from work because some strange men were hanging around Lorelai’s house. As it turns out Lorelai’s mother ordered a DSL installation without informing her daughter.
In the third episode Kill Me Now, Babette runs over to ask Lorelai and Rory if she can borrow some vegetable oil and a shoehorn because Cinnamon has gotten stuck under the porch again. In this episode she refers to Cinnamon as a male. Cinnamon is not actually seen in this episode.
Then in episode five, Cinnamon’s Wake, Babette and Morey are pushing Cinnamon around town in a wagon. Babette explains Cinnamon isn’t walking as well any more so Morey made her the wagon, which includes a little tent so Cinnamon can have a private area. In this episode she refers to Cinnamon as a female.
Later Rory and Lane (Keiko Agena) run into Babette and Morey coming back from lunch. Cinnamon is meowing loudly, as if in pain. Babette explains that Cinnamon is dyspeptic, as is Morey, after eating clams at Al’s Pancake House.
Kitty Carnage Warning! Later Rory tells Lorelai they need to get to Babette’s and they hurry over to find the veterinarian there. Sadly Cinnamon has passed away, although Babette gives a crazy explanation about giving her a nudge which sent her sliding across the room into a lamp. Morey feels guilty that it might have been the clams that did it, but the vet points out that Cinnamon was 260 years old in human years.
That night Babette and Morey hold a touching wake for Cinnamon where many residents in the area come to pay their last respects. Babette’s memories of Cinnamon which she shares with Lorelai are especially touching.
Final Mewsings: Oh Cinnamon, we barely knew you.
Many thanks to Fritz for letting us know about the cat in this series!
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