“Working moms are so nineties”

RORY: And no one’s mom works?

MADELINE: Working moms are so nineties.

A sly joke against Gilmore Girls itself, which centres around a working single mother – Lorelai. Working mothers featured in 1990s television shows such as Murphy Brown, Judging Amy, Grace Under Fire, and Roseanne (which Amy Sherman-Palladino worked on).