document_title: Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo

question_text: who are the judges on do you think you can dance

question_tokens: who are the judges on do you think you can dance

text: Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo

text: Life and career[edit]

text: 1968–1996: Early life and education[edit]

text: Napoleon was born October 17, 1968. He was raised in Victorville, California[1] as one of three siblings.[4] He learned b-boying, locking, and popping by traveling to Los Angeles and frequenting the b-boy scene; he was eventually cast as an extra in the movie Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo in 1984.[5] After Napoleon graduated from Apple Valley High School,[6] he joined the army[7]:13:57 and worked as a surgeon's assistant while stationed in Germany.[1][8] Once discharged, he attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) where he majored in molecular biology[9] and started taking jazz and modern dance classes.[5]

text: Tabitha was born September 11, 1973, and grew up as an only child[4] in Galloway Township, New Jersey.[10] Her mother enrolled her in jazz dance classes when she was young.[5] Since there were no hip-hop classes, Tabitha learned by watching music videos and participating in her school's cheer and dance teams. She cites Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Paula Abdul as influences.[5] While cheerleading at Absegami High School,[5] Tabitha earned "All-American" status at an NCA camp and got the opportunity to perform in the Aloha Bowl in Hawaii.[11] After Tabitha graduated, she moved to Nevada in 1991[12] to attend UNLV where she majored in communications and started taking formal hip-hop dance classes.[9] It was there at a party that she met Napoleon.[11]

text: While hanging out with her cheerleading and dance team friends, Tabitha invited Napoleon and his body building friends to come to a casual practice session and do stunt work with them. Napoleon and his friends eventually attended a formal practice session on campus, and the cheerleading coach was so impressed with their work that they all received full scholarships to join the team.[11] Tabitha and Napoleon started dating in 1994, but their professional partnership and dance career did not start until 1996 when they began teaching hip-hop classes together at the Las Vegas Athletic Club.[12] Since the beginning of their career, they have always worked together including their first choreography job and the first dance class they taught.[13]

text: 1996–2007: Early career, dancewear, and creative directing[edit]

text: While Tabitha and Napoleon were still in college, they were accepted into the dance company Culture Shock where they met members of the JabbaWockeeZ before the JabbaWockeeZ became a crew.[12] In addition to going to school and being a part of Culture Shock, they both maintained part-time jobs. Together they worked at Bunker Dance Center in Las Vegas teaching hip-hop classes.[14] Separately Napoleon worked as a personal trainer[8] and Tabitha worked at the Rio Hotel and Casino.[12] While dancing with Culture Shock, Tabitha created demo reels of the company to send to event organizers who were having conventions in Las Vegas.[9][15] Tabitha and Napoleon used this method to book choreography jobs and it was during this time that they honed their lyrical hip-hop style.[9] Through Culture Shock, they were hired to choreograph several industrial musicals for casinos and corporations such as Nike, Levi, Redken, Matrix Hair, and MAC.[16] They eventually worked their way up from company dancers to become the artistic directors.[15] As Tabitha and Napoleon's college graduation was approaching they decided to change their plans from a job in public relations and medical school respectively to a career in the dance industry.[5]

text: Tabitha and Napoleon were married April 19, 1998. In 1999, they moved to Los Angeles to expand their opportunities.[5] Upon arriving in L.A., they taught hip-hop classes at the Edge Performing Arts Center.[17] They found extra work as back-up dancers for Beyoncé, Toni Braxton, Missy Elliott, Monica, Timbaland, Sisqó, and Destiny's Child whom they went on tour with in 2002.[18][19]

text: Their move from dancing into choreography occurred gradually. Jobs included choreographing performances for NFL and NBA dance teams including the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Chicago Bulls, and Orlando Magic.[20] In November 2002, they made the cover of Dance Spirit magazine. They were profiled with seven other choreographers and interviewed about what it takes to make it as a dancer in Los Angeles.[19] In 2003, Napoleon started teaching classes with Monsters of Hip Hop dance convention.[21] Tabitha joined him later and they are still permanent faculty members to this day.[22]

text: In 2005, Tabitha and Napoleon started Nappytabs dancewear. They cite the lack of appropriate dancewear for the hip-hop dance community as inspiration for the company.[23][24][25] Early in its production, Tabitha sewed the clothes herself.[26][27] The Nappytabs logo began as a yin and yang like symbol with an "n" and a "t" overlapping in the middle. The word itself—Nappytabs—is a combination of Napoleon (Nappy) and Tabitha's (Tab) nicknames. Contrary to popular belief, the name 'Nappytabs' started as their clothing line first. They did not call themselves Nappytabs, and the word being a nickname to refer to both of them did not start until they became choreographers on So You Think You Can Dance.[7]:16:12

text: Tabitha and Napoleon began creative directing stage shows and concerts in the mid-2000s. In 2006, they served as assistant directors for Christina Aguilera’s Back to Basics Tour.[2] In 2007, they were also assistant directors for Ricky Martin’s Black and White Tour.[2] Both tours were directed by Jamie King who is known primarily for his work with Madonna.[28]

text: The same year, Tabitha appeared in two fitness DVDs. She was the host/instructor of Drop it with Dance.[29] The video is split into six 10-minute routines that gradually increase in difficulty; movements from all six routines are combined in the finale "Showtime" segment.[30] She also appeared in Rock Your Body, which was hosted by Jamie King.[31]

text: 2008–2009: Dance shows and mainstream exposure[edit]

text: Tabitha and Napoleon became supervising choreographers for the inaugural season of America's Best Dance Crew in 2008.[32] They were responsible for choreographing group routines, coming up with dance challenges, and assisting the crews as needed with polishing their performances.[33][34] Also in 2008, they took on hosting duties for Rock the Reception.[35] On the show, they created wedding dances for engaged couples and their wedding party to perform at the reception. The participants were real life couples with no dance experience.[35] In addition to America's Best Dance Crew and Rock the Reception, they joined the choreography and judging team on the fourth season of So You Think You Can Dance.[36] It was on this show that their lyrical hip-hop choreography style gained mainstream exposure.

text: Lyrical hip-hop is a fluid and more interpretive version of standard hip-hop often danced to downtempo rap music or R&B music. The term itself was coined by choreographer and producer Adam Shankman in reference to a routine choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon to Leona Lewis' song "Bleeding Love". "Bleeding Love" was nominated for a 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography.[37] After the season ended, Tabitha and Napoleon directed the 2008 So You Think You Can Dance Tour.[2] They continued creative directing several other concerts throughout the remainder of the year.

text: They teamed up with Jamie King again and served as assistant directors for Celine Dion's Taking Chances Tour.[2] They directed Monsters of Hip Hop: The Show[38] and America's Best Dance Crew Live which featured dance crews JabbaWockeeZ, Super Cr3w, Fanny Pak, ASIID, and Breaksk8. OMG! gave the concert a positive review stating that the five crews represented a good mix of styles and that the concert brought the best parts of the show to the stage.[39]

text: In January 2009, the Nappytabs dancewear website launched which began the start of online clothing sales.[40] The first version of their website was designed and maintained by Ryan Cyphert's 3nine Design media company.[41] Cyphert is also a professional dancer and a colleague of Tabitha and Napoleon. At the time the website launched they all were faculty members at Shock the Intensive dance convention.[16] When Tabitha and Napoleon joined So You Think You Can Dance, dancers on the show, as well as on America's Best Dance Crew and Dancing With the Stars, were already wearing their clothing line during rehearsals. Some of the sponsors were not happy about it and wanted to cover the Nappytabs logo on the clothing. In response to this, judge and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe decided to start calling Tabitha and Napoleon "Nappytabs" during the show so that viewers who looked them up on Google would find their store's website.[7]:16:12[42][43]

text: In April 2009, Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed two couples' routines and a group routine for the second season of So You Think You Can Dance Australia. The "Arab Money" hip-hop routine they choreographed received positive reviews from the judges but their "Dead and Gone" lyrical hip-hop routine, which was performed later on the same episode, received the most praise. Bonnie Lythgoe called it the "top routine of the night".[44] Jason Coleman added "the choreography [was] absolutely spectacular" and Matt Lee said it was "...probably the best routine in the series."[44][45] While in Australia, Tabitha and Napoleon were judges at the 2009 Australian Hip Hop Championships in Sydney.[46]

text: Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed several television specials later in the year. In September, they choreographed the opening dance sequence on the season seven premiere of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[47] The routine featured both DeGeneres and the top ten dancers from season five of So You Think You Can Dance. At the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, they choreographed a routine honoring dance[48] that featured Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy from Dancing With The Stars; Katee Shean, Mark Kanemura, and Joshua Allen from So You Think You Can Dance; and four members of Quest Crew—the winners of season three of America's Best Dance Crew. They finished the year with choreography for Carrie Underwood's All-Star Holiday Special[10] and Jennifer Lopez' performance on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest.[10]

text: 2010–2011: Stage productions and brand expansion[edit]

text: In 2010, Tabitha and Napoleon returned to So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) for season seven and started to work with four different productions of Cirque du Soleil. In February, they provided choreography for Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis show at the Aria hotel in Las Vegas.[49] They also choreographed a Viva Elvis guest appearance on Dancing with the Stars.[50]

text: On SYTYCD, they choreographed routines for the contestants as well as one guest performance for the cast of Cirque du Soleil's Beatles Love.[51] They worked with Love again at the NHL awards[52] and with their sister Cirque productions Kà, for a guest performance on America's Got Talent, and Mystère, for a guest performance on Lopez Tonight.[2] After SYTYCD ended, they appeared as guest choreographers on the Ukrainian version of the show called Everybody Can Dance!/Танцюють всі!.[53]

text:
External video

 John Gillette's "All Bad" music video.

text: Aside from choreography, Tabitha and Napoleon continued to develop and expand their dancewear line. In May, they opened the Nappytabs store and dance studio in the North Hollywood Arts District.[36][54][55] Although they design their own clothing, they commissioned some print and t-shirt designs from Alex Lodermeier who has also designed for Propr,[56] a clothing line owned by Ben Harper, David Arquette, and David Bedwell.[57] Through Nappytabs, they also started to sponsor The Pulse on Tour dance convention[58] and the Industry Voice online newsletter.[59] Their clothing appears in independent R&B singer John Gillette's music video "All Bad". Tabitha was a featured dancer in the video and Napoleon made a cameo appearance at the end.

text: Also in May, the JabbaWockeeZ' MÜS.I.C. (pronounced MUSE-i-see) stage show, which Tabitha and Napoleon directed, opened at the MGM Grand Las Vegas hotel.[12] MÜS.I.C. was the first hip-hop dance stage show on the Las Vegas Strip.[60][61] The show was 90 minutes long involving dancing, comedy, and magic.[62] In October, MÜS.I.C. moved to the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino.[63] At the Monte Carlo premiere, the JabbaWockeeZ brought Tabitha on stage for a cameo appearance.[64]

text: In February 2011, Tabitha and Napoleon made their music video directorial debut with the song "All These Boys" by Jasmine Villegas.[53] Unlike John Gillette's "All Bad" they did not dance or appear in the video, but they did serve as the choreographers.[65] In the Spring, they returned to working in television with two projects. At the invitation of Nigel Lythgoe, they joined the production crew on the tenth season of American Idol as staging and creative directors,[66] a position they continued to hold for season 11.[2] They also choreographed the Howie Mandel-produced television show Mobbed which premiered after American Idol on March 31, 2011.[67] The pilot episode was actually shot in September 2010,[68] but after drawing 10.8 million views it was picked up as a series.[69]

text: In April 2011, they started work on the film Make Your Move starring Derek Hough from Dancing With the Stars and K-pop singer BoA Kwon.[70][71][72] Their relationship with BoA extended past the production of the film when they choreographed the music video for her song "Only One"—the title track from her seventh studio album.[73] SeoulBeats.com called Tabitha and Napoleon's involvement "beyond perfect" and acknowledged that using lyrical hip-hop suited the song's tempo and BoA's movement.[74] Due to scheduling conflicts with the production of Make Your Move, Tabitha and Napoleon did not return to America's Best Dance Crew as supervising choreographers for season six.[34][75] When filming was complete, they did return to Cirque du Soleil as two of ten choreographers for Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour.[76] Like other stage shows they've worked on in the past, this one was directed by Jamie King.[77] Christmas 2011 brought personal changes as Napoleon announced on their Twitter page that Tabitha was pregnant.[78]

text: 2012–2016: Music videos, K-pop, and Las Vegas residencies[edit]

text: Tabitha and Napoleon spent the beginning of 2012 apart. While Tabitha was choreographing Madonna's halftime performance for Super Bowl XLVI,[79] Napoleon was shooting more scenes for Make Your Move and scouting for the seventh season of America's Best Dance Crew.[80] Although they never returned to America's Best Dance Crew as supervising choreographers, they did return in season eight as co-executive producers[81] After the Super Bowl, Tabitha worked with Madonna again. She choreographed her music video "Girl Gone Wild" which featured all-male Ukrainian dance troupe Kazaky.[82] During the last months of the year, Tabitha and Napoleon continued to work with K-pop artists. They choreographed the music videos "Humanoids" by TVXQ and "I Got A Boy" by Girls' Generation.[83] TVXQ, Girls' Generation, and BoA are all signed to S. M. Entertainment.

text: In April 2013, Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed the music video "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Herb Alpert.[84] Two months later, they recreated the video on SYTYCD as the opening routine for season ten's Top 20 performance episode. Yahoo! Music called the performance "absolutely epic".[85] Like the video, it was also shot in one take and several people made cameo appearances including Sean Cheesman, Travis Wall, Chris Scott, Mary Murphy, Jason Gilkison, Nigel Lythgoe, Herb Alpert, Lani Hall, and Tabitha and Napoleon themselves.[84]

text: In February 2014, Tabitha and Napoleon teamed up with TVXQ again to choreograph their music video "Spellbound"—the title track from their seventh album. Just like Alpert's "Puttin' on the Ritz", this video was shot in one take, and just like BoA's "Only One", SeoulBeats.com gave it a positive review: "With two people in the group, there is not much of an opportunity to play around with different formations. However, Nappytabs tends to utilize this formation for TVXQ – rotating the members in the foreground and background, instead of always keeping the two in the centre. And this works especially well with the one-shot style, since it allows room for the duo to work the entire space on set, on and off-camera."[86] Billboard.com gave the video a positive review: "The duo makes a strong case for 2014's best choreography in the [Spellbound] video."[87] Tabitha and Napoleon also choreographed Super Junior-M's music video "Swing"—the title track from their third EP.[88] They briefly returned to the stage as directors for sibling ballroom dancers Derek and Julianne Hough's Move Live on Tour.[89][90]

text: After the Move tour, Tabitha and Napoleon continued to work on music videos. They choreographed Ed Sheeran's music video for the single "Thinking Out Loud".[91] Since its premiere, the video has amassed over 1.5 billion views.[92]

text: They directed and choreographed the music video for "Harlem Hopscotch", the first single from Maya Angelou's posthumous poetry album Caged Bird Songs. The video premiered December 23, 2014, on Oprah.com and features cameo appearances by Derek Hough and actress Zendaya.[93]

text: The beginning of 2015 marked a return to K-pop. They choreographed BoA's "Kiss My Lips" and EXO's "Call Me Baby" and "Monster".[94] Afterward, they directed and choreographed Mariah Carey's Number 1's residency at Caesars Palace hotel[95] and re-choreographed Beatles Love at the Mirage Resort and Casino.[96]

text: 2017–present: World of Dance[edit]

text: Tabitha and Napoleon serve as co-executive producers and supervising choreographers for World of Dance (WOD), a television show based off the hip-hop dance competition of the same name.[97] This project will serve as a continuation of a long professional partnership they've had with Jennifer Lopez; her company Nuyorican Productions is developing the show.[98] Tabitha and Napoleon worked with Lopez in 2009 when they choreographed her performance at the American Music Awards.[99] They choreographed her 2011 music video "Papi",[100] her 2014 A.K.A. promotional tour,[101] and her 2016 All I Have residency at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.[102] Tabitha and Napoleon's relationship with WOD goes back to 2014 when they were judges at the competition's Los Angeles tour stop.[103]

text: Choreography style[edit]

text: Artistry[edit]

text: Tabitha and Napoleon's choreography is primarily hip-hop;[104] however, it varies across genres depending on what project they're working on. For example, on America's Best Dance Crew all of the group routines they choreographed were hip-hop. However, on So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) they choreographed a few jazz routines[43] and on Cirque du Soleil their work incorporated acro.[105] In general, their choreography emphasizes big visuals, which they attribute to their cheerleading past,[11] and is "...largely centered on storytelling and physical comedy."[5] Inspiration for lifts is taken from lucha libre, adagio, and swing dance.[43] The style they are most known for is lyrical hip-hop.

text: Lyrical hip-hop[edit]

text: Lyrical dance is a studio-based dance style that uses a combination of classical dance techniques from jazz and ballet to tell a story through movement.[106] With jazz and ballet, technique alone can provide a good performance but in lyrical dance expressing emotion is emphasized just as much as technique.[106] Hip-hop is an urban dance style that is characterized as hard-hitting involving isolations[107]—moving certain body parts independently from others—and musicality,[108] the body's sensitivity to changes in music. Hip-hop can incorporate movement from its substyles locking, breaking, popping, and boogaloo to add a different movement quality but conveying emotion does not have to be present as the dance is more about bravado and personal enjoyment. Lyrical hip-hop is a fluid and more interpretive version of standard hip-hop. It combines the nuances of lyrical dance with the vocabulary and foundational movements found in hip-hop. According to Dance Spirit magazine, what differentiates lyrical hip-hop from standard hip-hop is that dancers interpret the beat differently.[109] In lyrical hip-hop there are still isolations, gliding, and body waves just like in standard hip-hop. However, the movements are smoother and more fluid rather than hard-hitting and, like lyrical dance, emphasis is placed on storytelling and conveying emotion through the choreography.[109]

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"This is one of the great things about this show is that we've really explored a totally new thing which is lyrical hip-hop and [Tabitha and Napoleon] nail it... It shows you that hip-hop [has] completely become a really legitimate beautiful genre in and of its own and you can tell such beautiful and heart breaking stories."

Adam Shankman[110]

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text: Lyrical hip-hop first gained mainstream exposure, and its name, in 2008 on season four of SYTYCD. The term itself is credited to Adam Shankman, a choreographer and judge on the program, who made a comment in reference to a routine choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo to Leona Lewis' song "Bleeding Love".[109] Due to Shankman's comment and their subsequent work on seasons four through seven, Tabitha and Napoleon are credited with developing this style.[1][36][99][111]

text: Some hip-hop purists feel the interpretive and softer approach means lyrical hip-hop is not hip-hop at all. From a purist perspective, dancing to the lyrics would make the choreography linear and too technical.[109] This is because dancing to the words would take precedence over dancing to the beat. Traditionally in hip-hop, dancing to the beat is essential; lyrics can accent the movement, but the beat is the guiding force for the dancing.[112] Other hip-hop dancers, such as choreographer Shane Sparks, believe that lyrical hip-hop is hip-hop but not different enough for it to have a separate label or be in its own subgenre.[109]

text: Teaching[edit]

text: Although Tabitha and Napoleon have a solid career in choreography and creative direction, they spend a significant amount of time teaching classes at dance studios and conventions. They have stated that teaching helps their choreography because it keeps them current on new hip-hop social dances (party dances).[5] They are faculty members at Monsters of Hip Hop dance convention.[22] In the past they have taught at Shock the Intensive,[16] the Edge Performing Arts Center, Millennium Dance Complex, Hip Hop International, Dance Blitz, Seattle Theater Group, Coastal Dance Rage, the Dance Teacher Web Conference and Expo, Teen Dance Company of the Bay Area, JUMP, Xtreme Dance Force, ProDance, Triple Threat Dance, Project 818, Boogiezone, iHollywood, the So You Think You Can Dance Experience, DANCE! The Convention, the Hollywood Summer Tour, Velocity, Radix, The Zoo, and VIP Dance Events.[113]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: JabbaWockeeZ[edit]

text: The JabbaWockeeZ performed the show MÜS.I.C. from May 2010 to September 2012. Over the course of their two-year run, the show received mixed reviews. For their second show PRiSM they signed a six-year deal which included building a new 830-seat theater in a space that used to house a motion-simulator ride.[114] Upon opening, PRiSM was met with positive reviews. Tabitha and Napoleon directed both shows.

text: MÜS.I.C.[edit]

text: The first run of MÜS.I.C. was held at the MGM Grand Las Vegas hotel and casino. Las Vegas Weekly wrote that MÜS.I.C. had "game-changing potential" because it was the first time hip-hop dance had headlined a show on the Las Vegas Strip.[115] In contrast, the Las Vegas Review-Journal (LVRJ) criticized the show for being repetitious and for having a bare stage for the first 20 minutes.[116] LVRJ also criticized the use of masks as not appealing to a casual viewer because it inhibited the dancers' personality: "Even if a generational split is in play here, it would be tough to hear the creators argue that the show would suffer if, after 20 minutes or so -- gasp! -- makeup or clown-face replaced the masks to expand the original concept."[116] In October 2010, the show moved to the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino. Changes to the original show included a bigger stage, a new set, and added dance routines.[117] CraveOnline.com called the new show "amazing"[118] and Zap2It.com described it as "a vibrant, frenetic and multi-genre extravaganza of visuals, sound and movement."[64]

text: In April 2012, the Jabbawockeez began running two MÜS.I.C. shows in tandem. Some members stayed with the flagship show in Las Vegas while the others took the show on limited residencies elsewhere. Their first residency outside Las Vegas was in Australia at the Jupiters Hotel and Casino in Gold Coast, Queensland.[119] Gold Coast Magazine gave the show a good review describing it as "magical... it truly does stir an emotional response through your soul and the combination of dance and drama make it appealing to all ages."[120] After leaving Jupiters, the Jabbawockeez took up a second month-long residency in August 2012 at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City casino in New Jersey. Philly.com gave it a lukewarm review: "The problem is that as good as Jabbawockeez is at what [they do], the novelty wears off about a third-way through the show... the bulk of the performance pretty much offers little more than variations on a theme. As such, Jabbawockeez would have much more impact as a featured act in a variety show than it has on its own."[121] The members that stayed in Las Vegas temporarily moved into an 800-seat tent outside the Monte Carlo to continue their show. VegasChatter.com reviewed the tent show and called it "an entertaining, fun, and interactive performance show."[122] They performed in the tent from June 2012 through September 2012 with the understanding they would take up residence in the Luxor Las Vegas hotel and casino in the Spring of 2013.[123]

text: PRiSM[edit]

text: The JabbaWockeeZ second stage show PRiSM opened at the Luxor Las Vegas on May 31, 2013. The show's original title was Nonsense (a nod to the crew's name) because, at the time, they lacked a cohesive theme. However, it was Napoleon's idea to change the title to PRiSM since there are seven crew members and when light goes into a prism, seven colors emerge (the Luxor hotel is in the shape of a triangular prism). From that point on, unity and color became the themes of the show[114] and the title was given the backronym Painting Reality in a Spectrum of Movement.[124]

text: PRiSM received positive reviews. Las Vegas Weekly wrote "Those who deride the art of pantomime or breakdancing need to check this show out. It will change your mind."[125] Las Vegas Sun (LVS) described the show as "a mix of great choreography, interesting storylines and special effects reminiscent of Electric Daisy Carnival...". LVS wrote "It’s great to see a different kind of headliner — in content and ethnic makeup — thriving on the Strip."[126] Vegas Kool stated that the new theater "...is laid out [so] everyone has a great view of the stage."[127] Las Vegas Review-Journal (LVRJ) directly addressed Tabitha and Napoleon's involvement in "...turning the Jabbawockeez brand into an oddly endearing mix of mime, modern dance and physical theater."[128]

text: Several reviewers noted that overall PRiSM is better than MÜS.I.C. LVRJ wrote "...it all seems to hang together better this time, with a seamless flow and unifying themes of brotherhood and diversity."[128] Dance Track Magazine wrote "Not only does the show have a much more intimate feel than previous Jabbawockeez shows, but PRiSM also includes increased audience participation, intensified humor and a storyline that is dramatic and flows through the entire performance."[129] IGoShows.com had the same observation: "...the [previous] shows were plagued by lost opportunities, undeveloped ideas, and repetition. They seem to have corrected these shortcomings. 'Prism' is better in almost every way over its predecessors. The show has a cohesiveness that it never had before, good follow-through on ideas, and far more intriguing staging. The choreography is strong, varied, and doesn’t suffer the repetition that had invaded it previously."[130]

text: So You Think You Can Dance[edit]

text: Most criticism of Tabitha and Napoleon's choreography has come as a result of their work on So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). Over the course of their involvement with the show, they have received mixed reviews. At worst, their choreography has been criticized as "softie hip-hop (more like 'hip-pop')".[131] At best, it has been described as "amazing"[15] and "bring[ing] out the best in their dancers..."[132]

text: Seasons four, five, and six[edit]

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"[Katee and Joshua] did a routine to my song, 'No Air,' and it was crazy to see how they moved to it. It was beautiful and I totally saw the story. I got chills... I played it 100 times."

Jordin Sparks[133]

text: Lyrical hip-hop gained exposure and popularity during Tabitha and Napoleon's first season with SYTYCD (season four). On the first performance episode, contestants Katee Shean and Joshua Allen performed a D'umo choreographed lyrical hip-hop piece to the song "No Air" by Jordin Sparks. This routine received positive reviews and was later chosen as a "Judges' Favorite" by judge and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe to be performed again during the finale.[134] BuddyTV.com wrote that the routine deserved an Emmy nomination.[135] Although Tabitha and Napoleon were not nominated for "No Air", they were nominated for "Bleeding Love", another lyrical hip-hop routine performed by Mark Kanemura and Chelsie Hightower which the San Francisco Gate called a "great drama from hip-hop choreographers Tabitha and Napoleon D'Umo, danced with chemistry and theatrical flair."[136] This routine was picked as a "Judges' Favorite" by choreographer and judge Christopher "Lil' C" Toler.[134] In June 2010, TVSquad.com named "No Air" and "Bleeding Love" two of the ten best routines from all seasons of SYTYCD.[137] A third Tabitha and Napoleon lyrical hip-hop routine choreographed to Alicia Keys' song "Like You'll Never See Me Again" did not receive as much critical praise or attention as "Bleeding Love" or "No Air"; however, Nigel Lythgoe confessed when giving feedback on the dance that season four was the first time he had been emotionally affected by hip-hop routines.[138]

text: Seasons five and six brought less praise for Tabitha and Napoleon. During season five's Top 8 performance episode, Lythgoe commented after a hip-hop routine choreographed by Shane Sparks "It's wonderful to have Shane Sparks back this season. He brings something else... I've been a little disappointed with our hip-hop this year."[139] Out of the ten hip-hop routines (both couples and group routines) choreographed on season five previous to Lythgoe's comment, Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed seven. The most significant criticism came during season six in response to "People are Strange"—a routine about how aliens would attempt to dance hip-hop. None of the judges liked the routine. Lythgoe said the routine placed concept (theme) over substance (dancing).[140] All the judges felt that the dance was weird and that the choreography was more to blame for the dancers' performance than the dancing itself.[140] Of the routine "Give it to me Right" that Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed on a later season six episode about two fraternizing office employees, TVSquad.com wrote that many parts were awkward and that the dance only became enjoyable once the dancers "stopped cavorting around the desk and got out on the floor."[141] In contrast to the mediocre to bad reviews, two other routines they choreographed were picked as "Judges' Favorite" during the season six finale: "Beggin'" (chosen by Lil' C) and "I Can Transform Ya" (chosen by Mary Murphy).[142]

text: Seasons seven and eight[edit]

text: Tabitha and Napoleon received their best reviews on SYTYCD during season seven after a performance they choreographed to the song "Outta Your Mind" by Lil Jon. Creators.com called the routine "brilliantly imaginative."[143] Pioneer Local called it "powerful... It's been so long since [Tabitha and Napoleon] have had a showstopping hip-hop number on SYTYCD. Not since Season 4 when they had Katee, Joshua, tWitch, Mark and Chelsie have they pulled out hip-hop this good."[144] The routine was performed by ballet dancer Alex Wong and "All-Star" hip-hop dancer Stephen "tWitch" Boss from season four. The concept is about a psychologist (tWitch) who teaches a dancer (Alex) to let go of his technique and inhibitions and just dance. After the performance, tWitch and Alex received a standing ovation from the crowd and all three judges—Nigel Lythgoe, Mia Michaels, and Adam Shankman. Host Cat Deeley commented "I have never, never, in 'So You Think You Can Dance' history, heard a roar from a crowd like this - ever."[145] Lythgoe called the concept "brilliant... This is about a ballet dancer doing the most incredible hip-hop... If this routine and you are not up for an Emmy with Napoleon and Tabitha next year, I don't know why not. It's probably one of the funnest, best hip-hop routines we've ever had on this show."[146] In slight disagreement, the Wall Street Journal noted that "Outta Your Mind" may in fact be nominated for an Emmy, but it is unlikely to win because past winners have all been lyrical, very emotional routines.[147]

text: On a later episode, Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed a lyrical hip-hop routine to Alicia Keys debut single "Fallin'". Of the dance, judge Mia Michaels stated "That to me felt more real than any contemporary piece, honestly, because it came from such a raw raw space and place. That was absolutely unbelievable, and it was like watching a dance film."[148] Lythgoe stated that the dance reminded him of "Bleeding Love" and "No Air" from season four and added "Somehow Napoleon and Tabitha have this ability... to put emotion into hip-hop routines and it really is a real talent."[148]

text: The positive reviews continued through the rest of the season. Of Tabitha and Napoleon's "Scars" routine about angry clowns, Lythgoe called the piece "stunning" and Michaels described it as "hip-hop theater".[149] After the episode aired, Dance Spirit magazine wrote "Tabitha and Napoleon are on FIRE this season!"[150] The Los Angeles Times echoed this comment stating that season seven had been "Nappytabs' best season".[151] On the Top 3 performance episode, after their "Power" routine danced by eventual champion Lauren Froderman and "All-Star" tWitch, Michaels commented "Nappytabs what a season you have had, my God. It's been like home run after home run after home run..."[152] Shankman echoed this comment on the finale by calling Tabitha and Napoleon "the MVPs of the season".[153] Four of their routines—"Fallin'", "Scars", "Battle for the Beat", and "My Chick Bad"—were chosen as "Judges' Favorite" during the season seven finale broadcast.[154] Due to an injury sustained by Alex Wong, "Outta Your Mind" was not picked as a judge's favorite. Instead, it was performed by tWitch and special guest Ellen DeGeneres as a tribute to Alex just before Lauren Froderman was declared the winner of season seven.[154]

text: Season eight brought back mixed feedback. Early in the season, Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed a lyrical hip-hop routine "Coming Home" about a veteran coming back to his wife after returning from his deployment. The routine generated positive while emotional responses causing both guest judge Debbie Reynolds and resident judge Mary Murphy to cry while giving feedback.[155] The Star Ledger placed "Coming Home" at number three in its list of the top five routines performed during season eight.[156] Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed another lyrical hip-hop routine "I Got You" on the Top 16 performance episode. Celebuzz.com called the routine "dramatic and breathtaking".[157] The dance generated positive reviews from the judges causing them to spontaneously kiss one another in response to a kiss that was choreographed into the dance.[157] On the Top 8 performance episode, Lady Gaga appeared as a guest judge in which three hip-hop routines were performed. Although Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed two of them, she criticized their work while giving feedback on all three. She indirectly criticized them after a lyrical hip-hop piece choreographed by Marty Kudelka in which she referred to the dance style as "dated".[158] Of the two routines they did choreograph, she criticized their use of props in both of them.[159] A flower was used in the first routine "Take a Bow" about a cheating boyfriend asking for forgiveness. Several props including trash cans, rags, and brooms were used in the second routine "Bad Boys for Life" about waste management workers. Aside from disliking the props, she described their hip-hop choreography for "Bad Boys for Life" as "contrived".[160][161] On the finale, "Coming Home" was not picked as a "Judges Favorite" but two other routines they choreographed, "I Got You" and "Break Ya Neck", were chosen instead by judges Nigel Lythgoe and Lil' C respectively.[162]

text: Make Your Move[edit]

text: Make Your Move was released in South Korea and the United States in April 2013. With the exception of a make-out scene the choreography was generally praised among critics. The Washington Post stated "Although the bit of bedroom footwork was more laugh-inducing than anything, some of the dancing really is spectacular. Scenes from the competing clubs include impressive choreography and gravity-defying moves."[163] KPopStarz.com wrote "The dance teams and performances are enough to dominate the scenes, and definitely deserve a look. They bring forth the unique charm of watching a dance movie."[164] RogerEbert.com stated "'Make Your Move' rests on the success of its various dance sequences, not its plot. And the dancing here is exciting, innovative, and specific. Each 'number' has a story behind it, a motivation, a different look and feel... I could have lived without the choreographed (literally) foreplay scene, as they dance their way to the bed, but there are other dance sequences between the two where their chemistry vibrates off the screen."[165] The Hollywood Reporter said "The Romeo and Juliet-inspired plotline basically serves as a framing device allowing the opportunity for a plethora of exuberant dance sequences that particularly show off Hough's considerable talent."[166]

text: Awards and recognition[edit]

text:
Primetime Emmy Awards
Tabitha and Napoleon have won two Emmys from a total of four nominations. At the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, they joined the other choreography nominees and created a routine honoring dance that was performed just before the Outstanding Choreography award was presented. 2013 was the first year the Outstanding Choreography award was presented at the Primetime Emmys telecast rather than at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony which takes place a week prior.[167]

text:
Year
Award
Result

2014
Outstanding Choreography
Won[168]

2013
Outstanding Choreography
Nominated[169]

2011
Outstanding Choreography
Won[170]

2009
Outstanding Choreography
Nominated[37]

text: MTV Video Music Awards

text:
Year
Award
Result

2015
Best Choreography
Nominated[171]

text: Dancers' Choice Awards

text:
Year
Award
Result

2016
America's Favorite Choreographer
Won[172]

2014
Favorite Choreographer
Nominated[173]

2014
Favorite Concert Choreographer
Won[173]

2013
Most Popular Choreographer for TV, Film, and YouTube
Won[174]

text: The Carnival Choreographer's Ball

text:
Year
Award
Result

2016
Lifetime Achievement Award
Won[175]

2014
Industry Innovators Award
Won[176]

text: World of Dance

text:
Year
Award
Result

2017
Best Live Show of the Year
Won[177]

2017
Best Live Performance on Television
Nominated[177]

2012
Decade of Dance
Won[178]

text:
Entertainment Weekly
In 2011, Entertainment Weekly compiled a list of the "25 Best Performances Ever" on So You Think You Can Dance. Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed four routines on the list.[179]

text:
Year
Work
Rank

2011
"Outta Your Mind"
#1

"No Air"
#2

"Bleeding Love"
#11

"My Chick Bad"
#23

text: Charity work[edit]

text: Tabitha and Napoleon have donated money and their time to different non-profit organizations. In 2009, they made an appearance at the Life Changing Lives Gala, the proceeds of which benefited the Wounded Warrior Project, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Boys & Girls Clubs.[1] At the event, dancers Katie Shean and Joshua Allen from season four of So You Think You Can Dance performed the D'umo choreographed "No Air" lyrical hip-hop routine about a soldier telling his girlfriend he is being deployed.[180]

text: In the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Tabitha and Napoleon held a week-long fundraiser from online sales of their dancewear line.[181] The money raised was donated to Artists for Peace and Justice who in turn gave 100% of their donations toward humanitarian relief efforts.[182] For a separate fundraiser, they donated Nappytabs merchandise for a silent auction held by the organization Art4Life to benefit the American Cancer Society.[183]

text: In 2012, they taught classes at "The JabbaWockeez Experience" held at the Alexis Park Resort in Las Vegas. The event raised money for the Monsters on the Move Foundation which grants scholarships to aspiring dancers.[184]

text: In 2013, they worked with the Jabbawockeez again on a music video to the song "Celebrate" by Empire of the Sun and Tommy Trash. The music video also featured Les Twins, 8 Flavahz, and Harry Shum, Jr. and was used to raise money for a Coke (RED) campaign to decrease the number of HIV-infected newborns and raise awareness about AIDS.[185] For Veterans Day 2013, they choreographed a military themed performance for the Homeward Bound Telethon that aired live on the Military Channel. The purpose of the telethon was to raise money for veterans who suffer from TBI and PTSD.[186]

text: Tabitha and Napoleon are on the board of directors of the Dizzy Feet Foundation and the advisory board of The Young Choreographers Festival.[187]


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question_text: when do luke and lorelai get back together

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text: Gilmore Girls (season 5)

text: Overview[edit]

text: The season picks up at the exact point the previous season ended, with Lorelai embarking on a relationship with Luke and Rory beginning an affair with married Dean. Having finally admitted they are separated, Richard and Emily formalise things by having Richard move into the pool house, with the girls splitting Friday nights between the two of them. Dean's marriage to Lindsay comes to an abrupt end when she finds a letter Rory wrote to him about their night together. He and Rory try dating again but have difficulty spending time together and quickly split for good.

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text: Christopher reveals that Sherry has left him to look after Georgia alone and asks Lorelai for help. Rory asks him to keep his distance but relents when his father dies suddenly. Both Richard and Emily are uncomfortable with Lorelai and Luke's relationship, with Richard trying to get Luke to franchise his diner. They reconcile and renew their vows with Rory as best man and Lorelai as maid of honour. Emily invites Christopher and encourages him to pursue Lorelai, resulting in Luke and Lorelai splitting for a time and both Lorelai and Rory falling out with Emily, although Rory continues to attend Friday night dinners alone as part of their deal.

text: Lane is shocked to realise she has feelings for Zach and they start dating, but she surprises them both by revealing she wants to wait for marriage before having sex. Paris returns from Oxford and reveals Asher has died of a heart attack, but is soon dating Doyle. Sookie becomes pregnant again and has a daughter, before ordering Jackson to have a vasectomy. Jackson stands against Taylor as town selectman and is elected but is soon overwhelmed with work. Michel wins a camper van on The Price is Right but soon sells it. Kirk decides to move out of his mother's place to spend more time with Lulu but forgets to find somewhere to move to so ends up finding various places to stay. When Old Man Twickham dies, he and Luke compete to buy it but the town elders decide Luke wants it more.

text: Despite romantic overtures from Marty, Rory is drawn to Logan Huntzberger, a rich playboy who introduces her to a hedonistic thrill-seeking lifestyle. They initially have a casual relationship but when Rory decides it isn't for her, he agrees to a committed relationship. He takes her home where his mother and grandfather make it clear they don't think she's good enough to marry him. His father Mitchum gives her an internship at one of his papers but tells her he doesn't think she has what it takes. Upset, she convinces Logan to steal a yacht to take her out on the sea.

text: In the season finale, Rory has been charged for the yacht theft and announces she is dropping out of Yale. Lorelai refuses to let her come home so Richard and Emily let her move into the pool house and get a job, hoping she will change her mind. Luke tells Taylor he's pulling out of the house buy when he discovers Lorelai is considering selling the inn, while Lane's mother arranges for her and the band to tour church theatres. The season closes with Lorelai asking Luke to marry her.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main cast[edit]

text:
Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
Melissa McCarthy as Sookie St. James
Scott Patterson as Luke Danes
Keiko Agena as Lane Kim
Yanic Truesdale as Michel Gerard
Liza Weil as Paris Geller
Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore
Edward Herrmann as Richard Gilmore

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text: Recurring cast[edit]

text:
Jackson Douglas as Jackson Belleville
Matt Czuchry as Logan Huntzberger
Liz Torres as Miss Patty
Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kim
Sally Struthers as Babette Dell
Ted Rooney as Morey Dell
Michael Winters as Taylor Doose
Jared Padalecki as Dean Forester
David Sutcliffe as Christopher Hayden
Todd Lowe as Zach Van Gerbig
John Cabrera as Brian Fuller
Wayne Wilcox as Marty
Sebastian Bach as Gil
Danny Strong as Doyle McMaster
Kathleen Wilhoite as Liz Danes
Michael DeLuise as TJ
Gregg Henry as Mitchum Huntzberger

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions) [1]

88
1
"Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller"
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Amy Sherman-Palladino
September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21)
2T5301
6.20

Things are still testy between Lorelai and Rory, and Rory's refusal to discuss the Dean situation causes Lorelai anguish. Emily announces that she and Richard have separated. Sookie is ecstatic when Kirk tells her that Luke and Lorelai kissed. Rory's attempt to meet Dean and discuss what happened leads to a lot of action, but no talk. Dean provokes an argument with Lindsay after leaving Rory's house. Emily decides to go to Europe and invites Rory to accompany her. Lorelai and Luke are very tentative with each other the day after until they are able to reassure each other that they're on the right path. Luke heads off to Maine for a week to help Liz and T.J. with their Ren Faire booth. Rory decides that she needs a break from both Dean and her mother, and decides to take her grandmother up on her invitation to go to Europe.

89
2
"A Messenger, Nothing More"
Daniel Palladino
Daniel Palladino
September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)
2T5302
5.99

T.J. is milking his injuries for all he's worth, but Luke decides that it's time to go home after seven weeks on the Ren Faire circuit. Rory calls to apologize and to ask her mother to deliver a letter to Dean. Sookie accurately diagnoses Lorelai with a bad case of management burnout, and the two friends decide to decompress with a girls-day-out. Emily and Rory come home exhausted from fending off the attentions of randy European men. Michel is wildly unenthusiastic when he's pressed into babysitting for guests whose children take an inexplicable shine to him. After Lindsay finds Rory's letter, she throws Dean and all his possessions out of the house, and her mother has an angry confrontation with Lorelai in the town square. Lane realizes that she's falling for Zack. Rory is saddened when Dean expresses regret for the shift in their relationship and the harm it caused to his wife and their families.

90
3
"Written in the Stars"
Kenny Ortega
Amy Sherman-Palladino
October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05)
2T5303
6.10

Luke and Lorelai go on their official first date at a restaurant owned by old friends of Luke's parents. Luke reminds Lorelai of how they met, shows her a horoscope she gave him for good luck that he's kept in his wallet, and assures her that he intends to go the distance with her. Lorelai spends the night at Luke's place. In the morning, she goes down to the diner to get coffee, and the breakfast crowd sees her wearing only Luke's shirt. There's surprisingly little gossip about Luke and Lorelai until the next town meeting, where Taylor uses charts to show how disastrous a breakup between them would be for Stars Hollow. Meanwhile, Rory meets a rich Yale student named Logan and chews him out for being rude to her friend Marty. Paris holds a wake for Asher that all the guests assume is a keg party with a weird theme. Emily freaks out when she discovers that Richard has a social life she doesn't know about so she invades Rory's dorm during the wake.

91
4
"Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too"
Lee Shallat-Chemel
Bill Prady
October 12, 2004 (2004-10-12)
2T5304
5.81

Lorelai confesses that part of the charm of breakfast by Luke is breakfast at Luke's. Rory is less than thrilled to discover that the common room in her suite has been overtaken by a huge antique printing press Paris inherited from Asher. Lorelai and Sookie head up Jackson's campaign committee when he decides to run against Taylor for town selectman to put an end to the grocer's petty tyranny over Stars Hollow, but Lorelai has second thoughts when she sees how Jackson's projected landslide victory is affecting Taylor. Rory and Dean have difficulty finding a comfortable place to be alone, compounded by Dean's having to share a car with Lindsay and his reluctance to make his relationship with Rory public. Lane confesses her true feelings to Zack. After all the votes have been counted, Jackson isn't quite certain he wants the job, and Taylor vows not to go away quietly.

92
5
"We Got Us a Pippi Virgin"
Stephen Clancy
Daniel Palladino
October 19, 2004 (2004-10-19)
2T5305
5.64

The demands of the electorate are beginning to get to Jackson. Lorelai and Rory delicately nudge Richard and Emily closer together. Lorelai decides that a double date with Rory and Dean is the way to smooth over the bumps in her relationship with Dean, but the evening goes awry when Luke can't get over feeling that Dean isn't good enough for Rory. Richard takes up a new hobby, and Emily buys a panic room. Failing to get a response from Zack about the declaration of her feelings, Lane rescinds them, which finally gets Zack talking. Lorelai introduces Luke to "Pippi Longstocking" as Kirk gets much better acquainted with Lulu during movie night at the Black & White & Read Bookstore.

93
6
"Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!"
Matthew Diamond
James Berg, Stan Zimmerman
October 26, 2004 (2004-10-26)
2T5306
5.60

Doyle is jealous when Glenn's article gets picked up by the New York Times. Rory discovers that Logan, the son of a newspaper magnate, is also on the staff of the paper. Paris wages a fierce campaign to get the religion beat and takes an ecumenical approach to alienating the local clergy. Desperate for a story idea for her features assignment after several concepts fail to pan out, Rory uncovers a secret Yale society which counts Logan as a member, and enlists his cooperation in getting a story on the group. Sookie becomes upset when the Inn's accountant suggests dropping lunch temporarily to save money and Norman Mailer stakes out a table in the dining room to work and give interviews, and refuses to order anything from the menu except iced tea. Lorelai and Rory show up for Friday night dinner, and when they discover that neither Emily nor Richard are home, decide to order pizza and eat on the living room floor. Christopher calls Lorelai in a panic when Sherry suddenly decides to move to Paris, leaving him unprepared to care for a colicky Gigi. After freaking out completely over Norman Mailer's constant presence Sookie realizes that her extreme emotions and sensitivity in the past days are the result of her being pregnant again. Rory asks Christopher to stay away from Lorelai.

94
7
"You Jump, I Jump, Jack"
Kenny Ortega
Daniel Palladino
November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)
2T5307
5.81

After Kirk spills the beans that her daughter is dating Luke, Emily demands that Lorelai bring him to dinner so that they can get reacquainted. Although Lorelai tries to warn him away, Luke goes anyway and is subjected to an evening of oblique insults from a passive-aggressive Emily. After Zach announces that he's ready to start going out with Lane, they spend a cozy first date at home after banishing Brian to Lane's bedroom. Having not learned his lesson with Emily, Luke agrees to accept Richard's invitation to go golfing, and both men turn a deaf ear to Lorelai's pleas to cancel. Rory gets her story on the "Life and Death Brigade" by being blindfolded and whisked away by Logan and his friends to observe the elaborately staged weekend in the woods, and finally, after Logan encourages her to take a risk, to participate in the event's breathtaking finale.

95
8
"The Party's Over"
Eric Laneuville
Amy Sherman-Palladino
November 9, 2004 (2004-11-09)
2T5308
6.13

After Emily discovers that Rory is seeing Dean again, she calls a temporary truce with Richard so that they can jointly host a Yale alumni party whose express purpose is to find a suitable match for their unsuspecting granddaughter. Liz and T.J. buy a house in Stars Hollow. Mrs. Kim flips out after Kyon tells her that Lane and Zach hugged in Luke's Diner. When the pressures of being new homeowners lead Liz and T.J. to quarrel, T.J. seeks refuge with his brother-in-law, and ruins the romantic dinner and evening Luke prepared for Lorelai. Logan appears at the party just in time to rescue Rory from yet another prospective bridegroom, and Rory learns that he's very well acquainted with her grandparents. Lane leads Kyon over to the culinary dark side and reveals the secrets to living a happy teenage life at the Kim house. Dean realizes that he no longer fits into Rory's life, and Logan gallantly steps in to dry her tears.

96
9
"Emily Says Hello"
Kenny Ortega
Rebecca Rand Kirshner
November 16, 2004 (2004-11-16)
2T5309
6.00

Jackson is the soul of patience as Sookie suffers from mood swings and pregnancy food cravings. Paris' decision to fast for Ramadan to bring authenticity to her writing takes its toll on Rory and Marty. Against Lorelai's advice, Michel persists with his plan to foil the bathrobe bandits and nearly gets arrested. Emily decides to start dating again and calls on a reluctant Lorelai for advice. Jackson is so overwhelmed by his duties as Selectman that Miss Patty is forced to resort to a ruse to get him to preside over the town meeting. Lorelai invites Christopher to lunch at the Inn and decides to surprise Rory by inviting her as well, but it's Lorelai who's surprised by the tension between father and daughter, which erupts into a heated argument out of Lorelai's earshot. Lorelai feels guilty for lying to Rory when her daughter asks about Luke's reaction to the lunch date with Christopher. Luke helps T.J. with some plumbing problems at the new house. Emily appears to have a wonderful time on her date, but bursts into tears when she looks around her empty home at the end of the date. Luke feigns indifference when Lorelai finally tells him about lunch with Christopher, but hints at some ambivalence during a later conversation with T.J.. Marty's timing is off by mere seconds when he attempts to ask Rory out on a date.

97
10
"But Not as Cute as Pushkin"
Michael Zinberg
Amy Sherman-Palladino
November 30, 2004 (2004-11-30)
2T5310
6.23

Miss Patty celebrates forty years in show business on the same day that Luke mourns his father's death. Terrence's urging Paris to get on with her life prompts her to try speed dating where she hooks up with Doyle. Marty finally clues Rory in that both he and Logan are interested in her. Lorelai's attempt to do something nice for Luke backfires. Rory enlists Richard in turning the practical joke table back on Logan. At Headmaster Charleston's request, Rory happily gives Anna, a Chilton student and prospective Eli, the Yale grand tour, but the immature Anna manages to get both herself and her host in trouble with her party-crazed ways.

98
11
"Women of Questionable Morals"
Matthew Diamond
Daniel Palladino
January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
2T5311
5.04

Wanting to make peace with Rory, Christopher shows up at Yale, but she brushes off his attempt at compromise. When Lorelai learns that Christopher's father just died, she spends the evening at his place trying to comfort him, then refrains from telling Luke the truth about where she was. Also, Emily & Richard are briefly reconciled when they find and take in a lost dog.

99
12
"Come Home"
Kenny Ortega
Jessica Queller
February 1, 2005 (2005-02-01)
2T5312
5.20

Rory offers to help Logan write an article for the Yale Daily, but she is disappointed when he doesn't invite her to be his date at a book signing party thrown by his father. When Richard sees Emily talking to the man she dated, he rear-ends her car forcing her to ride home with him. The Gilmores reconcile and decide to renew their wedding vows. Emily warns Christopher that Lorelai and Luke are getting serious and he had better do something quickly if he hopes to end up with Lorelai.

100
13
"Wedding Bell Blues"
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Amy Sherman-Palladino
February 8, 2005 (2005-02-08)
2T5313
6.26

Emily and Richard renew their vows in front of their closest friends with Lorelai as Emily's Maid of Honor and Rory as Richard's Best Man. Luke gets in a fight with Christopher over Lorelai. Logan comes to the ceremony with a girl that looks like his girlfriend, and Rory gets jealous. Rory confronts Logan and Logan and Rory go a level up from flirting.

101
14
"Say Something"
Daniel Palladino
Daniel Palladino
February 15, 2005 (2005-02-15)
2T5314
5.29

Lorelai does her best to get Luke to not give up on them after the awful events at the wedding. Luke tells her he needs some time and Lorelai can't take it. Rory asks Logan to hang out with her, but is upset that when she gets to his place that there are a lot of people there. She gets a call from Sookie who tells her that Lorelai is in bad shape after Luke told her that he didn't think he could be in this relationship. Rory doesn't have a car, but Logan lets her borrow his car and driver. Taylor has the whole town taking sides for either Luke or Lorelai. After taking care of her mom Rory goes back to Yale to work things out with Logan, making sure he understood that the hanging out didn't just mean hanging out, it meant alone time.

102
15
"Jews and Chinese Food"
Matthew Diamond
Amy Sherman-Palladino
February 22, 2005 (2005-02-22)
2T5315
5.37

Still smarting from her split with Luke, Lorelai is further stung when she notices that Luke has moved his boat. Meanwhile, Luke volunteers to build the sets for a school production of "Fiddler on the Roof", knowing that Lorelai is doing costumes, in hopes that their paths will cross. Meanwhile, at Yale, Rory plans to reconnect with Marty to watch Marx Brothers movies, but Logan interrupts their day by inviting them to dinner with his group.

103
16
"So...Good Talk"
Jamie Babbit
Lisa Randolph
March 1, 2005 (2005-03-01)
2T5316
5.42

When Richard and Emily return from their second honeymoon, Rory attends Friday night dinner without Lorelai, who refuses to speak to her mother or see her, and plans a girls' night out with Sookie instead. Richard and Emily then give a 100-year-old Greek book to Rory and have yet another maid. Rory surprises everyone with a rare outburst at her grandmother for interfering in Lorelai's love life. Meanwhile, Luke, who's miserable without Lorelai, takes his anger out on his customers and his dark mood causes him to burn the food and when one customer wants his omelet redone, he throws him out of the diner. When a meter maid is writing a ticket to put on Luke's boat (that is parked in front of the diner) Lorelai comes in time to put some quarters in the meter. Emily goes to the diner to talk to Luke. Meanwhile, Lane has a horrific realization about her mother's influence.

104
17
"Pulp Friction"
Michael Zinberg
James Berg, Stan Zimmerman
March 8, 2005 (2005-03-08)
2T5317
5.34

Now that Luke and Lorelai are back together, Lorelai can come into the diner. They make a date to celebrate getting back together. Rory and Logan are still dating, however not exclusively. Rory and Lorelai see him with another girl while they are shopping in downtown New Haven, but when Rory goes to Finn's birthday party with Robert, Logan gets jealous. Emily and Richard assume that since Emily gave instructions to Luke to get back together with Lorelai everything must be all set now. However, they are surprised to see only Rory show up for Friday dinner.

105
18
"To Live and Let Diorama"
Jackson Douglas
Daniel Palladino
April 19, 2005 (2005-04-19)
2T5318
4.82

Old man Twickum dies, declaring through his will that the house be made into a museum for two months, then disposed of by the Head of the Historical Society, aka Taylor. Much to everyone's surprise, Luke volunteers to help with the museum to remain close to the house. Lorelai is interviewed by a magazine due to her success with the inn. Lane suspects Zach of cheating on her with Sophie. Rory and Paris sulk over their recent pitfalls with love resulting with the both of them in Stars Hollow getting tipsy with Lane on Miss Patty's Punch and all three of them trying to contact their beaus. Dean informs Luke that their situations are the same, and that Lorelai will eventually get bored and move on. Lane discovers Zach secretly practicing in a bluegrass band. (Last appearance of Jared Padalecki.)

106
19
"But I'm a Gilmore!"
Michael Zinberg
Amy Sherman-Palladino
April 26, 2005 (2005-04-26)
2T5319
5.52

Rory finally realizes that she's not a casual dater and tells Logan that she wants to be friends. He surprises her by suggesting they become a couple instead, while she's certainly fine with that plan, his family may not be. Luke fills in as Head Chef at the Dragonfly while Lorelai looks for a temporary replacement for Sookie, who must remain in bed for the rest of her pregnancy. Unfortunately, Sookie doesn't like losing control of her kitchen and interferes with Luke. And Paris learns the real reason why Doyle hasn't returned her calls lately.

107
20
"How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod?"
Jamie Babbit
Bill Prady, Rebecca Rand Kirshner
May 3, 2005 (2005-05-03)
2T5320
5.41

Rory starts her internship. Due to low attendance and much to Luke's delight, Taylor decides to close down the museum and sell the house. Richard and Emily invite Logan to dinner, and Lorelai begs to attend. Lorelai meets with an inn investor which could mean travel in her future.

108
21
"Blame Booze and Melville"
Jamie Babbit
Daniel Palladino
May 10, 2005 (2005-05-10)
2T5321
5.14

The magazine comes out and Luke and Lorelai get a little too enthusiastic when celebrating. Sookie goes into labor. Rory is given a surprising review by Mitchum Huntzberger and goes to extremes to unwind. Luke is upset when he finds out that Kirk has put in a competing offer on the Twickham house. Emily takes in a foreign ballerina.

109
22
"A House Is Not a Home"
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Amy Sherman-Palladino
May 17, 2005 (2005-05-17)
2T5322
5.89

After receiving a call from her, Lorelai goes to pick Rory up from the police station and takes her home. While on the way home Logan calls Rory and Lorelai orders her not to talk to him and she does anyway. Rory explains that the boat theft was not Logan's idea and Lorelai should not blame him. Lorelai goes to Luke and freaks out about what to do and how to act and Luke plays the fatherly type toward Rory while talking to Lorelai. Logan finds out that his father upset Rory and says he will have a talk with his father, but Rory begs him not to. Rory tells Lorelai that she decided she won't be going back to Yale next year. Lorelai doesn't like this idea and goes to her parents for help. Somewhere in between, Rory goes to her grandparents house to talk to them about her situation and ends up convincing them to support her decision. They then tell Lorelai that Rory will be living in their poolhouse until she decides she wants to go back to Yale. On the other hand, Mrs. Kim helps Lane and her band get gigs and stay together. Show ends with a proposal from Lorelai.

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The Complete Fifth Season[2]

Set details
Special features

22 episodes
6-disc set
1.33:1 aspect ratio
1.78:1 aspect ratio (international)
Subtitles: English, Spanish and French
English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

Commentary by: Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino on "You Jump, I Jump, Jack"
Gilmore Girls Turns 100 – Featurette on the 100th episode
Behind-the-Scenes of the 100th episode
Who Wants to Talk Gilmore? The Season's Wittiest Wordplay Moments
"Guide to Gilmorisms" booklet (available online only)

Release dates

North America
United Kingdom
Continental Europe
Norway
Australia

December 13, 2005
January 18, 2010
August 16, 2006
January 24, 2007
September 6, 2006