Kirk Gleason
| Kirk Gleason | |
|---|---|
| File:Kirkposter.jpg | |
| First appearance | "The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton" |
| Last appearance | "Bon Voyage" |
| Created by | ? |
| Portrayed by | Sean Gunn |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | male |
| Occupation | Miscellaneous |
| Spouse | Lulu (girlfriend) |
| Relatives | unnamed mother |
Kirk Gleason is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls, played by Sean Gunn.
Sean Gunn appeared in early episodes as different characters. In Season 1, Ep. 2 "The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton", Sean Gunn was the DSL installer, named "Mick" and in Season 1, Ep. 3, he is credited as the "Swan Man". Season 1, Ep. 5 marks the first appearance of Kirk as he is known throughout the rest of the series. In that episode, Kirk is introduced as a new citizen of Stars Hollow (Miss Patty, who knows everyone in Stars Hollow, asks who he is, when meeting him in Doose's market). However, in Season 2, Ep. 14 Mrs. Kim says: "I know you’re Kirk. I’ve known you since you were two." There are several implications telling that Kirk has lived in Stars Hollow for years.
The quirkiest of the townsfolk, Kirk is a good-hearted but emotionally stunted, very odd man who until recently lived with his mother (when he's not sleeping on park benches or in other peoples' RVs). At the end of the fourth season, Kirk has a beautiful girlfriend, Lulu, who is also quirky and reveals that he has night terrors that cause him to go streaking through the town naked when they attend the dry run of the Dragonfly Inn. In Season 2, Ep. 13, Kirk told Jackson Belleville that he was one of thirteen children, but none of these siblings are ever seen, and it is likely he was saying that just to elicit sympathy from Jackson.
He's had dozens of jobs, such as assistant manager of Doose's Market, various delivery men, various entrepreneurial activities, photographer, salesman, assistant at various town functions, and realtor-in-training.
- Kirk: I’ve been working for eleven years, Luke. I’ve had fifteen thousand jobs. I’ve saved every dollar I’ve ever made. That and the miracle of compound interest has created a bounty of a quarter of a million dollars. Again, just under. I don’t want to brag.
- —Season 5, Ep. 21 "Blame Booze and Melville"
He's had one pet, "Cat Kirk", as opposed to Human Kirk. Their relationship did not end well, since the cat terrorized him.
He had a crush on Lorelai for a while, and asked her out in Season 3, Ep. 2 "Haunted Leg", but was gently rebuffed.
- Kirk: By the way, I think you might be the prettiest girl I’ve ever seen... outside of a really filthy magazine.
- —Season 3, Ep. 2 "Haunted Leg"
He started dating Lulu, his brother's ex-girlfriend in Season 4, Ep. 6 "An Affair to Remember."
- Kirk: This is not how it's supposed to go. I'm supposed to take her out, we're supposed to exhaust my prepared subjects immediately, and then the minute I get up and go to the bathroom, she is supposed to sneak out and leave me here humiliated. Now I have been to the bathroom three times, and I have to tell you, I did not have to go, and every time I came back to the table, she was there and she was smiling, and... hey, did you see her touch my arm? What the hell was that all about?
- Luke: I think that means she likes you.
- Kirk: Shut up! You take that back!
- —Season 4, Ep. 6 "An Affair to Remember."
They've done some ring shopping, and Kirk bid on the historic Twickham house in hopes that he and Lulu might someday raise a family there, but the town elders decided to sell the house to Luke (who later reconsidered and revoked his bid).
Kirk's jobs by episode
| Season | Episode Title | Kirk's Job | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Lorelais' First Day At Chilton" | DSL installer | Named "Mick" | |
| 1 | "Kill Me Now" | Swan delivery man | Unnamed | |
| 1 | "Cinnamon's Wake" | Assistant manager of Doose's Market | Name first mentioned | |
| 1 | "Love and War and Snow" | Revolutionary War re-enactor | ||
| 1 | "Forgiveness and Stuff" | Joseph in Christmas Pageant | ||
| 1 | "Love, Daisies and Troubadours" | Flower delivery man | Town meeting handbook expert | |
| 2 | "Sadie, Sadie" | Postal delivery man picking up extra daisies | Deleted scene on DVD | |
| 2 | "Hammers and Veils" | In charge of buffet line at Lorelai and Max's engagement party | ||
| 2 | "Red Light on the Wedding Night" | Both a wedding photographer and a town events photographer | ||
| 2 | "Like Mother, Like Daughter" | Car-battery mechanic | ||
| 2 | "The Bracebridge Dinner" | Server at the Bracebridge Dinner | ||
| 2 | "Secrets and Loans" | Termite inspector | ||
| 2 | "Richard in Stars Hollow" | Video rental clerk | ||
| 2 | "There's the Rub" | Waiter at Luke's during construction | ||
| 2 | "Dead Uncles and Vegetables" | Bugler at Luke's uncle's funeral | ||
| 2 | "Teach Me Tonight" | Movie director/actor in A Film By Kirk | ||
| 3 | "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days" | Bath and body products entrepreneur | Selling skin care products with hay as a main ingredient (Hay There Lotion) | |
| 3 | "Haunted Leg" | Delivered Sookie's wedding photos | ||
| 3 | "Application Anxiety" | Wants to run Taylor's new Soda Shoppe | ||
| 3 | "Take the Deviled Eggs..." | Pretends to be a car aficionado | Offers to look up town meeting items on the internet | |
| 3 | "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?" | Winner of the Star Hallow Dance Marathon for the fourth year in a row | ||
| 3 | "That'll Do, Pig" | Waiter at Weston's bakery | ||
| 3 | "Lorelai Out of Water" | Beauty shop clerk | ||
| 3 | "Swan Song" | Director of Miss Patty's one-woman show, Buckle Up, I’m Patty | ||
| 3 | "Face-Off" | Sports Announcer (Stars Hollow High hockey) | ||
| 3 | "The Big One" | Mailman | Kirk delivered Rory's college acceptance letters | |
| 3 | "A Tale of Poes and Fire" | T-shirt salesman | Sold daily t-shirts featuring a "humorous topical headline of something witnessed around town" | |
| 3 | "Happy Birthday, Baby" | World's-largest-pizza (almost) delivery man | ||
| 3 | "Say Goodnight, Gracie" | Pall bearer | Helped carry Fran's coffin around town | |
| 3 | "Those Are Strings, Pinocchio" | Building inspector | Inspected the Dragonfly Inn for mold | |
| 4 | "Ballrooms and Biscotti" | Promotional parachutist | Kirk was advertising the opening of Taylor's soda shoppe while parachuting. Also appeared as beauty shop clerk and also seen hanging posters for Taylor's soda shoppe opening. | |
| 4 | "Chicken or Beef" | Home security alarm installer | Installed a security system in Lorelai's house without permission; later removed the system at Lorelai's request | |
| 4 | "An Affair to Remember" | "Quirky mailbox" salesman | Sold one-of-a-kind whimsical mailboxes | |
| 4 | "The Festival of Living Art (aka "Love Me or Louvre Me")" | Christ in the reenactment of the painting "The Last Supper" | ||
| 4 | "Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels" | Firelight Festival planner | ||
| 4 | "Scene in a Mall" | Professional dog walker | ||
| 4 | "Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' The Twist" | Pedi-Cab driver | ||
| 4 | "Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom!" | Easter egg hunt organizer | ||
| 4 | "Afterboom" | Clerk/Notary at Mailboxes Etc. | ||
| 4 | "Last Week Fights, This Week Tights" | Check-out clerk at Doose's market DJ at Liz and TJ's wedding |
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| 4 | "Raincoats and Recipes" | Firewood delivery man | ||
| 5 | "Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too" | Pollster | Polled the Stars Hollow citizens asking who they'd rather vote for: Jackson or Taylor | |
| 5 | "We Got Us a Pippi Virgin" | Movie theater usher | Runs the Black, White, and Read Theater | |
| 5 | "Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!" | Walking hot dog billboard | Dresses up as a giant hot dog in front of Luke's Diner, passing out flyers advertising lunch at the Dragonfly Inn | |
| 5 | "But Not as Cute as Pushkin" | Bath and shower mat salesman | Kirk is selling "Yesterday's retro designs in today's fashion colors with tomorrow's traction technology". Also, Kirk is playing cowbell at Miss Patty's 40th anniversary party. | |
| 5 | "Women of Questionable Morals" | Substitute "Woman of questionable morals" in the town's annual Revolutionary War re-enactment | Kirk is pushing for Lulu to be picked as the "whore" who lures the British general to bed in 1779. Lulu gets sick, so Kirk assumes the role. | |
| 5 | "Come Home" | Uninvited employee at the Dragonfly Inn | Kirk crashes Lorelai's staff meeting at the Dragonfly Inn, then starts working uninvited in the Inn's kitchen. Later he's working behind the front desk. | |
| 5 | "Jews and Chinese Food" | Tevye in Stars Hollow Elementary School Production of "Fiddler on the Roof" | ||
| 5 | "Pulp Friction" | Collects the blue and pink ribbons that Taylor handed out when Luke and Lorelai broke up, since they are now back together. | ||
| 5 | "To Live and Let Diorama" | Souvenir salesman outside old man Twickham's house | ||
| 5 | "A House Is Not a Home" | Tow truck driver | ||
| 6 | "New and Improved Lorelai" | Ring salesman | Sold an "estate ring" to Luke for his engagement to Lorelai | |
| 6 | "Welcome to the Doll House" | Member of the Stars Hollow Board of Tourism | Tries to convince Lorelai to change the name of the street the Inn is on. Also mans the Stars Hollow Tourism Gazebo. | |
| 6 | "Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out" | Owner of Kirk's Doggie Day Care | This job is mentioned by Lorelai but is not actually shown on-screen | |
| 6 | "Just Like Gwen and Gavin" | Directs the Stars Hollow Winter Carnival | ||
| 6 | "Friday Night's Alright for Fighting" | Soda Shoppe Clerk | Hands out free samples European hot chocolate | |
| 6 | "I'm OK, You're OK" | Realtor-in-training for Hill-Top Realty | Kirk's "thing" is to refer to himself in the third person. | |
| 6 | "The Real Paul Anka" | Realtor-in-training | ||
| 6 | "I Get A Sidekick Out of You" | Catering manager for the Yummy Bartenders at Lane's wedding | ||
| 7 | "The Long Morrow" | Traffic engineer during installation of a red light camera at Stars Hollow's lone traffic light in front of Luke's diner In charge of ceremonially driving Taylor's 1964 Ford Thunderbird through the light to demonstrate the camera's operation |
Drives Taylor's car into Luke's Diner | |
| 7 | "That's What You Get, Folks, For Makin' Whoopee" | Owner of Kirk's Diner, an outdoor, look-a-like version of Luke's Diner that Kirk opened since Luke's is under repair | ||
| 7 | "Merry Fisticuffs" | Wrapping Paper Salesman | Competes with Stars Hollow Middle School children raising money for a new gym | |
| 7 | "Farewell My Pet" | Flower Delivery Man | Volunteer employee for flower shop | |
| 7 | "Bon Voyage" | DJ at Rory's Farewell Party | Also Town Sash Presenter and Town Sash Maker |