1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:03,711 Previously on Gilmore Girls... 2 00:00:03,753 --> 00:00:06,130 I want to know why you won't paint this place. 3 00:00:06,214 --> 00:00:10,551 It's a pain. I'd have to close the place, which I can't afford, or paint it at night... 4 00:00:10,635 --> 00:00:13,512 which I don't want to do because I hate painting. 5 00:00:13,596 --> 00:00:14,847 How about this? 6 00:00:14,930 --> 00:00:16,639 I'll help you. I love to paint. 7 00:00:16,724 --> 00:00:19,143 I guess maybe, if I had help. 8 00:00:19,935 --> 00:00:23,021 - He's so cute. What's his name? - Case Study Number 12. 9 00:00:23,105 --> 00:00:24,314 Show yourself. 10 00:00:24,398 --> 00:00:27,192 Molt or chirp or something. 11 00:00:27,609 --> 00:00:29,068 This is so not funny. 12 00:00:29,611 --> 00:00:33,322 Luke, Stella got out. Could you come over and help me? 13 00:00:33,407 --> 00:00:34,491 I'll be right over. 14 00:00:34,574 --> 00:00:36,742 Out of all the people you could have called... 15 00:00:36,785 --> 00:00:40,204 that would have come and dropped what they were doing, you called Luke. 16 00:00:40,288 --> 00:00:42,248 Do you have feelings for this man? 17 00:00:42,332 --> 00:00:43,416 Maybe I do. 18 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:45,460 - Don't you meet your folks on Friday? - Yes. 19 00:00:45,543 --> 00:00:48,295 But I can get out early for a special occasion. 20 00:00:48,380 --> 00:00:50,173 - Friday it is. - Good. 21 00:00:53,885 --> 00:00:54,927 Dad! 22 00:00:57,930 --> 00:01:01,016 On the way, I thought I'd stop by and surprise the Gilmore Girls. 23 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:02,142 Are you surprised? 24 00:01:02,226 --> 00:01:04,227 The teeniest feather could knock me out. 25 00:01:04,312 --> 00:01:06,689 Where would somebody find a place to stay here? 26 00:01:06,772 --> 00:01:08,899 - You're staying? - I'm thinking about it. 27 00:01:08,983 --> 00:01:11,360 - Stay with us. - Why not stay with us for a few days? 28 00:01:11,444 --> 00:01:13,112 Thanks. You won't even know I'm there. 29 00:01:13,195 --> 00:01:14,362 Hey, hop on. 30 00:01:16,991 --> 00:01:18,242 Christopher. 31 00:01:26,917 --> 00:01:29,210 - He looks good, don't you think? - He looks good. 32 00:01:29,294 --> 00:01:31,421 - I like his hair shorter. - Shorter's nice. 33 00:01:31,505 --> 00:01:33,882 - Do you think he'll stay long? - Wouldn't bet on it. 34 00:01:33,965 --> 00:01:35,841 Maybe we make him stay a couple of weeks. 35 00:01:35,926 --> 00:01:38,553 Absolutely, by weighting him down with blankets. 36 00:01:38,637 --> 00:01:40,221 I just want him to be comfortable. 37 00:01:40,305 --> 00:01:42,473 He's gonna come and go as he pleases, babe. 38 00:01:42,515 --> 00:01:45,643 - I know. - No amount of bedding will change that. 39 00:01:45,810 --> 00:01:47,770 But he's never been to Stars Hollow before. 40 00:01:47,854 --> 00:01:48,854 I know. 41 00:01:48,938 --> 00:01:51,648 That means something's gotta be different, right? 42 00:01:51,733 --> 00:01:55,027 Why don't you just enjoy the time you've got, okay? 43 00:01:55,862 --> 00:01:57,196 Yeah, okay. 44 00:02:00,116 --> 00:02:02,117 I still think something's different though. 45 00:02:02,201 --> 00:02:04,870 That is the worst shower I've ever had. 46 00:02:04,954 --> 00:02:07,456 Water pressure keeps changing every two seconds. 47 00:02:07,540 --> 00:02:08,999 I'm fixing it tomorrow. 48 00:02:09,083 --> 00:02:11,251 You stay away from my shower. 49 00:02:11,335 --> 00:02:13,503 We ordered Chinese food. It should be here soon. 50 00:02:13,545 --> 00:02:15,588 - Good, I'm starving. - Here. 51 00:02:17,257 --> 00:02:18,716 How is Diane? 52 00:02:19,426 --> 00:02:21,302 Diane is ancient history. 53 00:02:21,386 --> 00:02:24,138 When I met her at Easter, you said she could be the one. 54 00:02:24,222 --> 00:02:26,265 The one to be gone by Memorial Day. 55 00:02:26,350 --> 00:02:28,310 - You're worse than Mom. - Low blow. 56 00:02:28,393 --> 00:02:32,021 - Can't keep a fella happy? - I keep them very happy. 57 00:02:32,063 --> 00:02:34,523 - Okay, don't get gross. - You're upsetting us. 58 00:02:34,566 --> 00:02:36,442 I'm gonna go study before the food arrives. 59 00:02:36,526 --> 00:02:38,486 - What? Tomorrow's Saturday. - I know. 60 00:02:38,570 --> 00:02:41,364 I like to get my weekend homework done by Saturday night... 61 00:02:41,406 --> 00:02:44,408 so then I can do extra-credit stuff on Sunday. 62 00:02:46,244 --> 00:02:47,870 Don't look at me. 63 00:02:49,747 --> 00:02:51,373 She's a great kid. 64 00:02:51,582 --> 00:02:53,750 I wish I could say I saw more of myself in her... 65 00:02:53,835 --> 00:02:55,711 other than we have similar left earlobes... 66 00:02:55,795 --> 00:02:59,006 but she's all you. Chip off the old perfect block. 67 00:02:59,090 --> 00:03:00,382 Why the hell are you here? 68 00:03:00,466 --> 00:03:03,343 - Behold the queen of the subtle transition. - Why are you here? 69 00:03:03,427 --> 00:03:06,304 You're gonna force me to lawyer up, Officer. 70 00:03:06,805 --> 00:03:08,640 Okay, look... 71 00:03:09,266 --> 00:03:11,559 I've been making changes, especially in my career... 72 00:03:11,643 --> 00:03:13,227 and I've got all my ducks in a row. 73 00:03:13,312 --> 00:03:14,771 You're opening a shooting gallery. 74 00:03:14,855 --> 00:03:18,358 - I was tying up the loose ends of my life. - Do they make that much string? 75 00:03:18,442 --> 00:03:21,069 You've always had that quick mind. It's annoying. 76 00:03:21,111 --> 00:03:22,779 So you've been tying up loose ends. 77 00:03:22,863 --> 00:03:24,572 I don't know what your dad told you... 78 00:03:24,614 --> 00:03:27,366 but I'm on the verge of a big success. It's for real. 79 00:03:27,450 --> 00:03:29,577 I've got a company with actual cash flow. 80 00:03:29,661 --> 00:03:32,997 I've got employees. I've got an accountant, for God's sake. 81 00:03:33,081 --> 00:03:36,417 He wears a tie and says words like 'fiduciary' and 'ironically. ' 82 00:03:36,459 --> 00:03:40,004 - It's for real this time. - I would love to believe it is. 83 00:03:41,464 --> 00:03:44,508 Why does your dad have more faith in me than you? 84 00:03:44,592 --> 00:03:47,678 My father hit his head surfing Rincon a couple of years ago. 85 00:03:47,762 --> 00:03:50,472 - His judgment's a little off. - So you have zero faith? 86 00:03:50,556 --> 00:03:52,224 I've known you since I was six. 87 00:03:52,308 --> 00:03:54,351 You're that guy who crashed his new Porsche... 88 00:03:54,435 --> 00:03:56,937 two hours after he got it on his sixteenth birthday. 89 00:03:57,021 --> 00:03:59,815 You were the girl in the Pinky Tuscadero T-shirt next to me. 90 00:03:59,899 --> 00:04:01,108 - Horrified. - Think again. 91 00:04:01,150 --> 00:04:03,860 - All right. Having a blast, then horrified. - Listen to me. 92 00:04:03,944 --> 00:04:06,404 I am. Your life is back on track, that's great... 93 00:04:06,488 --> 00:04:09,240 and I appreciate you coming here for the very first time... 94 00:04:09,324 --> 00:04:10,700 might I add, to tell us that. 95 00:04:10,784 --> 00:04:13,828 - I didn't come here just to tell you that. - No? 96 00:04:16,623 --> 00:04:19,876 There's some things I need to do, to take care of. 97 00:04:20,127 --> 00:04:21,253 Like? 98 00:04:22,712 --> 00:04:25,631 I haven't been enough a part of Rory's life. 99 00:04:26,925 --> 00:04:30,428 So I wanna be around more, to be another pal she can depend on. 100 00:04:30,512 --> 00:04:33,556 I'm not crazy. I know there's already a life going on here... 101 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,809 and God knows she doesn't need anyone besides you. 102 00:04:38,019 --> 00:04:39,728 But if you give me a chance... 103 00:04:39,812 --> 00:04:41,813 I've always had the door to Rory open for you. 104 00:04:41,898 --> 00:04:43,733 - I know. - You've hardly ever used it. 105 00:04:43,816 --> 00:04:45,567 I wanna use it now. 106 00:04:46,485 --> 00:04:48,820 - Is that okay? - Of course it is. 107 00:04:50,865 --> 00:04:51,991 Good. 108 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:55,953 I forgot to ask you. Tomorrow morning, I'm going to a softball game. 109 00:04:56,036 --> 00:04:58,663 - Do you wanna come? - You play softball? 110 00:04:59,540 --> 00:05:00,582 No. 111 00:05:01,250 --> 00:05:03,877 - 'You play softball?' That's good. - Okay. 112 00:05:03,961 --> 00:05:06,296 - Whose game is it? - It's my friend Dean's. 113 00:05:06,380 --> 00:05:09,007 - Dean? - Yeah, it starts at 9:00. 114 00:05:09,967 --> 00:05:11,635 Sure, it's a date. 115 00:05:14,137 --> 00:05:16,347 - She has a Dean? - She has a Dean. 116 00:05:16,431 --> 00:05:17,849 How did this happen? 117 00:05:17,891 --> 00:05:20,810 A single-celled organism crawled out of the primordial ooze... 118 00:05:20,894 --> 00:05:23,271 and that pretty much led to Dean. 119 00:05:24,147 --> 00:05:25,648 I need a beer. 120 00:05:28,443 --> 00:05:29,777 Yes, dear? 121 00:05:31,362 --> 00:05:34,698 There's a lot more than an earlobe resemblance there. 122 00:05:35,658 --> 00:05:38,660 Good. Thanks for the door thing. 123 00:05:39,745 --> 00:05:41,621 Thanks for wanting it. 124 00:06:47,978 --> 00:06:50,271 You got the next one, don't worry about it. 125 00:06:50,356 --> 00:06:52,816 - So, which is your Dean? - That's him over there. 126 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:54,735 Okay, we got two down. 127 00:06:55,194 --> 00:06:57,279 - That's Luke. - Luke's the diner guy? 128 00:06:57,362 --> 00:07:00,114 Yes, we eat there practically every day. 129 00:07:00,782 --> 00:07:03,826 Looks like we got out Number Three coming to the plate, guys. 130 00:07:03,910 --> 00:07:06,537 I'd send your boys a little farther into the field, Luke. 131 00:07:06,621 --> 00:07:09,623 Why? Will they have a better view of you whiffing? 132 00:07:09,708 --> 00:07:13,294 The only way I'm not hitting it is if you don't get it over the plate. 133 00:07:13,378 --> 00:07:17,632 The truth of the matter is that you can't pitch and you can't hit. 134 00:07:17,674 --> 00:07:19,467 So this'll be a terrific matchup. 135 00:07:19,509 --> 00:07:22,053 - Knock it off, Kirk. - A historic lack of action. 136 00:07:22,136 --> 00:07:24,179 Don't you have anything better to do? 137 00:07:24,263 --> 00:07:26,431 What can I say, I'm addicted to comedy. 138 00:07:26,516 --> 00:07:29,602 Half an hour they've been playing, and it's tied zero-zero. 139 00:07:29,685 --> 00:07:32,395 If you take this show on the road, I've got a name for you. 140 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,941 Zero and Zero. Dean Zero and Luke Zero, get it? 141 00:07:36,233 --> 00:07:39,778 - Doesn't even resemble clever. - I'm dumbing it down for you, Alfalfa. 142 00:07:39,862 --> 00:07:42,948 - How long do these games last? - Till they get tired. 143 00:07:43,032 --> 00:07:45,325 Then they say the first team to get a run wins. 144 00:07:45,367 --> 00:07:47,660 Yeah, it's really professional down there. 145 00:07:47,703 --> 00:07:50,080 Luke, does your husband play softball, too? 146 00:07:50,164 --> 00:07:51,957 All right, that's it. 147 00:07:52,833 --> 00:07:55,293 I'm getting a page. I've gotta go. 148 00:08:01,675 --> 00:08:03,968 Dean, this is my dad. Dad, this is Dean. 149 00:08:04,386 --> 00:08:06,179 - Nice to meet you. - Same here. 150 00:08:06,304 --> 00:08:08,180 So, do you live in the area? 151 00:08:08,264 --> 00:08:11,016 No, I had some time, so I rode my bike out from Berkeley. 152 00:08:11,101 --> 00:08:12,644 Really? What do you got? 153 00:08:12,727 --> 00:08:15,229 - A 2000 Indian. - I got an '86 Suzuki. 154 00:08:15,313 --> 00:08:16,522 - Nice. - Yeah. 155 00:08:16,606 --> 00:08:18,107 Dean, come on! 156 00:08:18,566 --> 00:08:22,027 I gotta go. I'll see you later. It was nice meeting you. 157 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,827 - So that was a Dean? - That was a Dean. 158 00:08:33,456 --> 00:08:35,457 Next run wins, all right? 159 00:08:36,125 --> 00:08:37,751 Yeah, all right. 160 00:08:48,345 --> 00:08:50,722 - Wow! - Wow what? 161 00:08:51,098 --> 00:08:54,976 Wow, I have never seen you two enjoy a pleasant moment together. 162 00:08:55,060 --> 00:08:56,102 Come on. 163 00:08:56,186 --> 00:08:58,730 You have seen us enjoy a pleasant moment. 164 00:08:58,813 --> 00:09:01,315 - No, not ever. - You're being absurd. 165 00:09:01,441 --> 00:09:04,443 You have to admit, they are few and far between. 166 00:09:04,527 --> 00:09:06,070 Through no fault of mine. 167 00:09:06,154 --> 00:09:09,949 I'm just saying it's refreshing. It's not the usual'grr,'that's all. 168 00:09:10,033 --> 00:09:13,494 Through no fault of yours? I'm sorry, but you're the one that's so... 169 00:09:13,578 --> 00:09:14,578 I don't know. 170 00:09:14,662 --> 00:09:17,206 You do know, or you wouldn't have started saying it. 171 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:19,583 - Just yourself, caustic. - You mean obnoxious? 172 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:22,085 - Your words, not mine. - Go to hell. 173 00:09:22,628 --> 00:09:26,339 I'm just saying it is refreshing to see the two of you just... 174 00:09:26,424 --> 00:09:29,260 You, get in here and tell me about the happenings at home. 175 00:09:29,301 --> 00:09:32,220 I assume you mean, 'Did we get our toaster fixed?' 176 00:09:32,304 --> 00:09:34,597 And no, it's been cold Pop-Tarts for a week. 177 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,266 It's like a damn Dickens' novel. 178 00:09:36,350 --> 00:09:40,020 I'm not talking about the toaster. I'm talking about the man. 179 00:09:40,104 --> 00:09:42,981 What's it like having him around the house all the time? 180 00:09:45,442 --> 00:09:47,193 It's a little weird. 181 00:09:47,736 --> 00:09:50,113 We have fewer clean towels than usual. 182 00:09:50,155 --> 00:09:53,408 Give me something. Tell me how you feel. I'm dying here. 183 00:09:53,491 --> 00:09:57,077 Honestly, I've been trying to figure out how this makes me feel... 184 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,664 since he asked me to take my shirt off the other day. 185 00:09:59,748 --> 00:10:03,751 - Excuse me? - No, it was a 'hello' kind of thing. 186 00:10:03,835 --> 00:10:06,045 - Wow, he's smooth. - Yeah. 187 00:10:06,129 --> 00:10:08,965 I've not seen this man since last Christmas, right? 188 00:10:09,007 --> 00:10:11,259 We hear from him maybe once a week. 189 00:10:11,342 --> 00:10:13,719 Then, all of a sudden, he's here in my town... 190 00:10:13,803 --> 00:10:16,972 and Rory's running around all excited. He's sleeping on the couch. 191 00:10:17,014 --> 00:10:19,933 I'm thinking,'Should I be mad? Should I send him to a hotel?' 192 00:10:19,976 --> 00:10:21,811 But then he smiles... 193 00:10:22,061 --> 00:10:23,896 and it's Christopher. 194 00:10:24,980 --> 00:10:27,816 No matter how many years go by or how long I don't see him... 195 00:10:27,858 --> 00:10:31,152 whenever I do, it's always Christopher. 196 00:10:31,904 --> 00:10:34,740 - What do I do with this? - Dunk. Go on. 197 00:10:35,991 --> 00:10:37,992 This man knows all my secrets. 198 00:10:38,076 --> 00:10:41,120 All of my bad-girl moments happened with him. 199 00:10:41,371 --> 00:10:44,332 My worst fashion choices, my big-hair days... 200 00:10:44,416 --> 00:10:46,835 wearing the Bonne Bell Lip Smackers around my neck... 201 00:10:46,877 --> 00:10:48,503 it was all with Christopher. 202 00:10:48,587 --> 00:10:51,006 So, do you think you two will... 203 00:10:51,715 --> 00:10:52,757 No. 204 00:10:52,882 --> 00:10:55,259 - That's convincing. - I don't know. 205 00:10:57,095 --> 00:10:59,388 He wants to be more involved with Rory. 206 00:10:59,472 --> 00:11:01,849 He wants to spend more time with her and be a pal. 207 00:11:01,933 --> 00:11:04,226 - It's about time. - Yeah, that's good. 208 00:11:04,310 --> 00:11:05,477 Yes. 209 00:11:05,561 --> 00:11:07,688 - Lf it's true. - And if it's not? 210 00:11:07,730 --> 00:11:11,483 Then it's... Christopher. 211 00:11:12,568 --> 00:11:14,736 This is the town flower shop. 212 00:11:14,904 --> 00:11:18,449 Over there is a good pizza place. That's the stationery store. 213 00:11:18,532 --> 00:11:21,493 - And that's Al's Pancake World. - Good pancakes? 214 00:11:21,577 --> 00:11:24,162 - He doesn't serve pancakes. - Okay. 215 00:11:24,622 --> 00:11:27,708 He switched to international cuisine a couple of years ago... 216 00:11:27,791 --> 00:11:29,292 and dropped the pancakes. 217 00:11:29,376 --> 00:11:32,545 He had already printed a million napkins with the original name... 218 00:11:32,588 --> 00:11:35,674 - so he just kept it. - What kind of international cuisine? 219 00:11:35,757 --> 00:11:38,843 He kind of hops around. Last month, it was his salute to Paraguay. 220 00:11:38,927 --> 00:11:41,220 - Anyone salute back? - Not really. 221 00:11:41,555 --> 00:11:44,432 Rory, honey. 222 00:11:44,766 --> 00:11:46,976 - How are you, sweetie? - Great. 223 00:11:47,185 --> 00:11:50,938 - Miss Patty, this is my dad, Christopher. - Your dad. 224 00:11:51,022 --> 00:11:53,732 - Nice to meet you. - You're Rory's father. 225 00:11:53,817 --> 00:11:56,152 Well, well, well. 226 00:11:56,945 --> 00:12:00,865 You know, Christopher, we're all like Rory's parents around here... 227 00:12:00,948 --> 00:12:03,033 and I'm one of her mothers. 228 00:12:03,451 --> 00:12:05,452 And since you're her father... 229 00:12:05,536 --> 00:12:08,747 that would make us... a couple. 230 00:12:09,790 --> 00:12:12,042 Couple of what, I don't know! 231 00:12:12,293 --> 00:12:15,337 - Okay, well, we gotta be going. - Yes. 232 00:12:16,422 --> 00:12:18,757 - Come back and see me. - I will. 233 00:12:20,175 --> 00:12:21,259 Bye. 234 00:12:30,811 --> 00:12:32,854 You must be Rory's father. 235 00:12:34,439 --> 00:12:37,775 - Yes, I am. - Taylor Doose, grocer to Stars Hollow. 236 00:12:37,818 --> 00:12:39,694 Very nice to meet you. 237 00:12:40,153 --> 00:12:43,197 - News travels fast around here. - Yes, it does. 238 00:12:48,203 --> 00:12:50,163 Bookstore. Good. Come on. 239 00:12:54,292 --> 00:12:56,711 Christopher, Jackson Melville. 240 00:12:57,295 --> 00:12:58,337 Hello. 241 00:12:58,421 --> 00:13:01,215 I gotta tell you, did they get your description wrong. 242 00:13:01,299 --> 00:13:02,425 - Really? - Yeah. 243 00:13:02,466 --> 00:13:04,384 Much more George Clooney than Brad Pitt. 244 00:13:04,468 --> 00:13:07,345 Don't you think he's much more George Clooney than Brad Pitt? 245 00:13:07,430 --> 00:13:09,640 I'm going with the Billy Crudup comparison myself. 246 00:13:09,682 --> 00:13:11,058 - Really? - Yeah. 247 00:13:11,142 --> 00:13:14,603 I don't see it. Maybe from the side. Do you mind? 248 00:13:14,687 --> 00:13:17,481 What? No, not at all. 249 00:13:17,690 --> 00:13:20,067 There's a little Crudup in there. 250 00:13:21,151 --> 00:13:23,486 It's nice to meet you, whoever you look like. 251 00:13:23,529 --> 00:13:25,405 Nice to meet you, too. 252 00:13:26,698 --> 00:13:29,075 I'm kidnapping you and getting you out of here. 253 00:13:29,159 --> 00:13:30,326 They all mean well. 254 00:13:30,368 --> 00:13:32,870 I'm sure all lunatics have the best intentions. 255 00:13:32,954 --> 00:13:35,498 - I hear you like books. - Why, yes, I do. 256 00:13:35,582 --> 00:13:38,209 I would like you to pick something out and let me buy it. 257 00:13:38,293 --> 00:13:39,794 You don't have to buy me anything. 258 00:13:39,878 --> 00:13:42,338 Come on, what's the book of your dreams right now? 259 00:13:42,547 --> 00:13:46,133 That would definitely be The Compact Oxford English Dictionary... 260 00:13:46,175 --> 00:13:49,636 Excuse me, one Compact Oxford English Dictionary, please. 261 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:52,556 Dad, no. It costs a fortune. 262 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,559 You need something to remember this visit by. 263 00:13:57,061 --> 00:13:59,521 - Here you go. - Holy mother! 264 00:13:59,563 --> 00:14:01,940 This is the monolith from 2001. 265 00:14:02,149 --> 00:14:04,859 It has every word ever recorded in the English language... 266 00:14:04,902 --> 00:14:07,070 plus origins and earliest usage. 267 00:14:07,154 --> 00:14:10,573 Wouldn't you rather have a car? They weigh about the same. Here. 268 00:14:10,658 --> 00:14:12,284 This is so nice of you. 269 00:14:12,368 --> 00:14:15,329 Yeah, I've got a lot of things to make up for. 270 00:14:15,662 --> 00:14:17,663 - No, you don't. - Yes, I do. 271 00:14:20,167 --> 00:14:22,919 I'm sorry, but your card's been rejected. 272 00:14:23,003 --> 00:14:26,756 - Rejected? What are you talking about? - I can run it through again if you like. 273 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,841 - Yes. - No. 274 00:14:29,843 --> 00:14:32,553 He doesn't need to run it through again. 275 00:14:33,805 --> 00:14:36,891 Could you hold that for us? I'll come back with another card. 276 00:14:36,975 --> 00:14:39,852 - Sure, Chris. No problem. - Thanks. Come on. 277 00:14:46,943 --> 00:14:51,072 - Now you'll really remember me. - I didn't want it that much anyway. 278 00:14:54,158 --> 00:14:56,910 Listen, don't tell your mom about this, okay? 279 00:14:56,994 --> 00:14:58,495 - Okay. - Thanks. 280 00:14:59,121 --> 00:15:02,082 Yes, it is her real dad. He seems very nice. 281 00:15:02,249 --> 00:15:05,335 Kind of a folkie, poppy, urban, scruffy look to him. 282 00:15:05,419 --> 00:15:07,379 Obviously there's some money mixed in there... 283 00:15:07,463 --> 00:15:10,299 because he's got that, you know, money nose. 284 00:15:28,733 --> 00:15:30,985 - Rory was at the game today. - Yeah. 285 00:15:31,069 --> 00:15:33,237 - She was with some guy. - Dean. 286 00:15:33,279 --> 00:15:35,823 No, I know that punk. Some older guy. 287 00:15:36,407 --> 00:15:39,660 - That would've been her dad. - Really? So that's... 288 00:15:40,286 --> 00:15:43,080 The guy who impregnated me with Rory, yes. 289 00:15:43,664 --> 00:15:45,248 He did a good job. 290 00:15:45,333 --> 00:15:49,170 - Impregnating me with Rory? - This has taken a very weird turn. 291 00:15:53,257 --> 00:15:55,133 Hi, where were you? 292 00:15:55,176 --> 00:15:57,469 We saw Al's Paraguayan Pancake House. 293 00:15:57,511 --> 00:16:01,097 We were stalked by townspeople, and apparently, I look like Billy Crudup. 294 00:16:01,181 --> 00:16:03,766 - You do not. - Take it up with Jackson. 295 00:16:10,065 --> 00:16:11,065 Hello? 296 00:16:12,317 --> 00:16:13,484 Emily! 297 00:16:14,152 --> 00:16:16,529 - It's your mother. - Hi, Grandma. 298 00:16:19,491 --> 00:16:22,452 Actually, I'm sitting here with your girls. 299 00:16:22,827 --> 00:16:25,663 Sure. She wants to speak to you. 300 00:16:26,456 --> 00:16:27,456 Hi, Mom. 301 00:16:27,540 --> 00:16:29,917 Lorelai, Christopher is in town. 302 00:16:30,335 --> 00:16:31,794 What? I didn't know. 303 00:16:31,836 --> 00:16:35,798 Coincidentally, I'm sitting across from an amazing Christopher hologram. 304 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,967 I just had this wonderful idea. 305 00:16:38,050 --> 00:16:39,843 Christopher's parents are in town, too. 306 00:16:39,886 --> 00:16:41,846 You remember Straub and Francine, don't you? 307 00:16:41,929 --> 00:16:43,847 Yes, the Schnickelfritzes. 308 00:16:43,931 --> 00:16:45,599 - The who? - The Haydens. 309 00:16:45,891 --> 00:16:48,059 I called them up and invited them to dinner. 310 00:16:48,227 --> 00:16:51,646 They said that they are free to join us all on Friday night. 311 00:16:51,814 --> 00:16:53,607 - Join us all? - Yes. 312 00:16:53,691 --> 00:16:56,068 You, Rory, Christopher, your father. 313 00:16:56,151 --> 00:16:59,070 - That's quite a gathering, Mom. - I should say so. 314 00:16:59,154 --> 00:17:01,614 We haven't been together since you both were children. 315 00:17:01,698 --> 00:17:04,659 Straub and Francine haven't seen Rory since she was a baby. 316 00:17:04,701 --> 00:17:07,954 - Yeah, I know, but... - It'll be like a wonderful reunion. 317 00:17:08,038 --> 00:17:11,082 All of us together again. I never thought it would happen. 318 00:17:12,125 --> 00:17:14,126 Yeah. Me either. 319 00:17:25,430 --> 00:17:28,975 I've gotta see my parents. 320 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,186 Ladies and gentlemen, the drama king and queen of Connecticut. 321 00:17:41,737 --> 00:17:43,488 Hello, anybody home? 322 00:17:43,864 --> 00:17:45,532 Oh, my God, you're here. 323 00:17:45,699 --> 00:17:47,700 Christopher, look at you. 324 00:17:47,910 --> 00:17:49,870 Emily, as always, perfect. 325 00:17:49,912 --> 00:17:52,497 I am so glad to see you. I didn't hear the doorbell. 326 00:17:52,581 --> 00:17:54,666 We didn't ring the doorbell. 327 00:17:54,750 --> 00:17:57,919 - You let yourselves in? - It's okay. Look, not a rapist among us. 328 00:17:57,961 --> 00:17:59,045 Hi, Grandma. 329 00:17:59,087 --> 00:18:01,631 - You usually knock. - Not since you gave us a key. 330 00:18:01,715 --> 00:18:05,510 - That's for emergencies. - Mom, I'm starving to death. 331 00:18:05,594 --> 00:18:08,263 Is that enough of an emergency for you? 332 00:18:08,305 --> 00:18:12,016 Richard's in the living room. Come on in. He's dying to see you. 333 00:18:12,434 --> 00:18:16,271 It's a setup, giving me that key. It's meant to be used. It's my parents' house. 334 00:18:16,354 --> 00:18:17,688 - Shut up. - Sorry. 335 00:18:17,856 --> 00:18:18,982 Here they are! 336 00:18:19,065 --> 00:18:20,941 - Hi, Grandpa. - Hello, Rory. 337 00:18:20,984 --> 00:18:23,444 Lorelai. Christopher, old boy, how are you? 338 00:18:23,528 --> 00:18:24,987 My gosh, it's good to see you. 339 00:18:25,071 --> 00:18:27,114 - How are you, Richard? - Better than most. 340 00:18:27,198 --> 00:18:29,742 - Not as good as some. - And annoyed with all. 341 00:18:29,826 --> 00:18:31,661 You speak the truth, young man. 342 00:18:31,744 --> 00:18:33,829 I have made martinis. 343 00:18:33,955 --> 00:18:36,874 So, Christopher, tell me about your business. 344 00:18:37,625 --> 00:18:39,668 Richard, let the poor boy relax. 345 00:18:39,752 --> 00:18:42,421 I simply want to find out how it's going. 346 00:18:42,463 --> 00:18:43,797 It's going great. 347 00:18:43,881 --> 00:18:46,591 I'm afraid to jinx it by telling you how good it's going. 348 00:18:46,634 --> 00:18:49,511 That is wonderful. I always knew you had it in you. 349 00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:52,180 You have a splash of greatness, as my mother would say. 350 00:18:52,264 --> 00:18:54,974 You always had that splash of greatness. 351 00:18:55,309 --> 00:18:58,478 I'd like another splash of greatness if you don't mind. 352 00:18:58,562 --> 00:19:01,481 Richard, isn't Rory the spitting image of Christopher? 353 00:19:01,565 --> 00:19:04,943 I just hope you inherit your father's business sense also, dear. 354 00:19:04,985 --> 00:19:06,111 I know one thing for sure. 355 00:19:06,194 --> 00:19:08,988 You certainly have your father's musical talent. 356 00:19:10,156 --> 00:19:12,157 - Wait just a minute. - What? 357 00:19:12,242 --> 00:19:14,619 Neither of these two have any musical talent. 358 00:19:14,661 --> 00:19:17,330 - I play guitar. - The opening lick to Smoke On The Water. 359 00:19:17,413 --> 00:19:19,957 And I've mastered the opening lick to Jumpin' Jack Flash. 360 00:19:20,041 --> 00:19:22,251 I'm a Chuck Berry man myself. 361 00:19:24,170 --> 00:19:25,296 Something wrong? 362 00:19:25,379 --> 00:19:28,965 I'd never have guessed that last sentence would ever come out of your mouth. 363 00:19:29,008 --> 00:19:30,843 - And why not? - Chuck Berry? 364 00:19:30,885 --> 00:19:34,179 Yes, Chuck Berry. He was all the rage when I was in school. 365 00:19:34,221 --> 00:19:38,350 - So we're talking pre My Ding-A-Ling? - I believe I am. 366 00:19:38,517 --> 00:19:41,019 Do you remember when the two of you were ten... 367 00:19:41,061 --> 00:19:43,646 and you put on that adorable show for us? 368 00:19:43,689 --> 00:19:44,815 What show, Mom? 369 00:19:44,857 --> 00:19:47,276 Lucy, Schroeder, you laying on the coffee table. 370 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,570 You pretending it was a piano. God, why is that remembered? 371 00:19:50,654 --> 00:19:53,031 Because it was such a wonderful production. 372 00:19:53,073 --> 00:19:56,159 I don't know if it was a production. It was just one song. 373 00:19:56,201 --> 00:19:58,536 - Suppertime. - Did you write that? 374 00:19:58,578 --> 00:19:59,912 That was really very good. 375 00:19:59,996 --> 00:20:03,499 Dad, that's from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. It's a famous musical. 376 00:20:03,541 --> 00:20:05,626 I thought Christopher might have written it. 377 00:20:05,710 --> 00:20:07,670 He's a very talented man. 378 00:20:08,546 --> 00:20:11,006 That would be Straub and Francine. 379 00:20:11,674 --> 00:20:12,883 Your turn. 380 00:20:12,926 --> 00:20:15,428 Haven't seen your parents in quite a number of years. 381 00:20:15,511 --> 00:20:18,096 We were practically inseparable for a while. 382 00:20:18,181 --> 00:20:19,807 I remember that. 383 00:20:20,558 --> 00:20:21,976 This is weird. 384 00:20:22,101 --> 00:20:24,686 These are my other grandparents. I don't even know them. 385 00:20:24,770 --> 00:20:27,856 - What do I call them? - Call them what I call them. 386 00:20:28,232 --> 00:20:29,900 Sorry, my tie's too tight. 387 00:20:29,942 --> 00:20:32,444 Just call them Straub and Francine. 388 00:20:32,903 --> 00:20:35,196 Call them Mr. And Mrs. Hayden. 389 00:20:35,406 --> 00:20:38,492 Sir and ma'am? Just avoid calling them anything. 390 00:20:38,575 --> 00:20:40,159 Look who's here. 391 00:20:40,953 --> 00:20:44,039 - Hello, Mother, Pop. - Christopher. 392 00:20:44,081 --> 00:20:45,707 Christopher, hello. 393 00:20:45,791 --> 00:20:47,626 Mr. And Mrs. Hayden, long time no see. 394 00:20:47,709 --> 00:20:51,921 - Lorelai, you look well. - I am, thanks. 395 00:20:52,130 --> 00:20:54,507 You remember Rory. You haven't seen her in a while. 396 00:20:54,591 --> 00:20:55,675 No, we haven't. 397 00:20:55,759 --> 00:20:58,219 She was just beginning to speak in complete sentences. 398 00:20:58,303 --> 00:21:00,346 So not for two years then. 399 00:21:02,724 --> 00:21:04,058 She's been talking a long time. 400 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:07,228 I was making a humorous comment sometimes referred to as a joke. 401 00:21:07,312 --> 00:21:10,314 - I see you haven't changed, Lorelai. - No, not at all. 402 00:21:10,398 --> 00:21:12,691 - Rory, hello. - Hi. 403 00:21:16,112 --> 00:21:17,947 - Did you just curtsy? - Shut up. 404 00:21:18,030 --> 00:21:19,156 Sorry, milady. 405 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,785 - Straub, Francine, how about a martini? - Please. 406 00:21:25,496 --> 00:21:27,247 How is retirement treating you? 407 00:21:27,289 --> 00:21:29,374 Yes, do tell us about the Bahamas. 408 00:21:29,458 --> 00:21:32,836 You can get an entire island there for the cost of a decent house here. 409 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:34,046 Really? 410 00:21:34,254 --> 00:21:37,048 How about you? Any thoughts of retirement on your mind? 411 00:21:37,132 --> 00:21:40,760 Straub, if only you could talk him into it. I've given up. 412 00:21:41,011 --> 00:21:45,265 We're very pleased about Christopher's business success out in California. 413 00:21:45,307 --> 00:21:49,394 Yes, it's taken a while, but it seems to be finally coming together. 414 00:21:49,478 --> 00:21:52,397 - Seems to be. - Christopher, your tie, please. 415 00:21:53,523 --> 00:21:55,316 Straub and... 416 00:21:56,151 --> 00:21:57,777 Mr. And Mrs... 417 00:21:58,194 --> 00:22:01,572 Are you enjoying your time here... 418 00:22:01,948 --> 00:22:03,449 you two? 419 00:22:03,533 --> 00:22:04,867 That she got from you. 420 00:22:04,951 --> 00:22:07,370 - How old are you, young lady? - 16. 421 00:22:07,453 --> 00:22:09,162 A dangerous age for girls. 422 00:22:09,664 --> 00:22:13,542 Rory is a very special child. Excellent student, very bright. 423 00:22:13,668 --> 00:22:17,254 You should have a talk with her. She could give you a run for your money. 424 00:22:17,338 --> 00:22:19,339 - Is that so? - That's right. 425 00:22:28,515 --> 00:22:30,016 I think my money is safe. 426 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:32,143 - I hate President Bush. - What? 427 00:22:32,603 --> 00:22:34,187 - Oh, boy. - He's stupid. 428 00:22:34,271 --> 00:22:37,315 His face is too tiny for his head. I just wanna toss him out. 429 00:22:37,357 --> 00:22:40,026 - That is the leader of our country. - Ignore her. 430 00:22:40,068 --> 00:22:43,529 'His face is too tiny for his head,' what kind of a thing is that to say? 431 00:22:43,613 --> 00:22:46,073 I see your daughter's just as out of control as ever. 432 00:22:46,157 --> 00:22:48,200 Pop, please. Let's try to keep it civil. 433 00:22:48,285 --> 00:22:50,745 What have you been doing with your life, anyway... 434 00:22:50,829 --> 00:22:53,831 besides hating successful businessmen? I'm just curious. 435 00:22:53,915 --> 00:22:55,708 Why don't we go to the dining room? 436 00:22:56,626 --> 00:22:59,086 I run an inn near Stars Hollow. 437 00:22:59,170 --> 00:23:00,379 - Really? - Yes, really. 438 00:23:00,463 --> 00:23:02,756 - Dad, come on. - Nice to see you found your calling. 439 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:03,840 Dinner's ready. 440 00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:05,509 - Christopher, your tie. - Mom, please. 441 00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:08,345 - Is your life all you hoped it would be? - Yes, it is. 442 00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:11,306 You might not want to take quite such a haughty tone... 443 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:14,100 when you announce to the world that you work in a hotel. 444 00:23:14,185 --> 00:23:15,936 There's nothing wrong with where I work. 445 00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:17,563 Please, I'm getting a headache. 446 00:23:17,646 --> 00:23:20,190 Come on, Richard, lead us into the dining room now. 447 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,608 If you'd attended university... 448 00:23:21,692 --> 00:23:24,945 as your parents had planned, and as we had in vain for Christopher... 449 00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:27,781 you might have aspired to more than a blue-collar position. 450 00:23:27,865 --> 00:23:30,200 - Don't do this. - I wouldn't give a damn about you... 451 00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:32,952 derailing your own life if you hadn't swept my son along. 452 00:23:33,036 --> 00:23:35,246 Honey, go in the next room. Go, go. 453 00:23:35,622 --> 00:23:38,708 I'm going to have to echo Christopher's call for civility here. 454 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:41,878 A mutual mistake was made many years ago by these two. 455 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,671 But they've come a long way since. 456 00:23:43,755 --> 00:23:46,591 A mutual mistake? This whole evening is ridiculous. 457 00:23:46,675 --> 00:23:49,094 We're supposed to sit here like one big family... 458 00:23:49,177 --> 00:23:51,596 and pretend the damage that was done is over? 459 00:23:51,638 --> 00:23:54,640 I don't care about how good a student you say that girl is. 460 00:23:54,724 --> 00:23:57,101 Our son was bound for Princeton. 461 00:23:57,143 --> 00:23:59,937 Every Hayden male attended Princeton, including myself. 462 00:23:59,979 --> 00:24:02,064 But it all stopped with Christopher. 463 00:24:02,106 --> 00:24:04,316 It's a humiliation we've had to live with... 464 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,611 all because you seduced him into ruining his life. 465 00:24:07,695 --> 00:24:09,780 She had that baby and ended his future. 466 00:24:09,864 --> 00:24:11,824 - You recant that. - You're spilling my drink. 467 00:24:11,907 --> 00:24:14,617 - You owe my daughter an apology. - An apology? That is rich. 468 00:24:14,702 --> 00:24:16,870 - How dare you? - Richard, what are you doing? 469 00:24:16,954 --> 00:24:19,414 - How dare you insult my daughter! - Let go of me! 470 00:24:19,540 --> 00:24:20,958 What is going on here? 471 00:24:21,041 --> 00:24:24,335 - Shame on you for opening all this again. - Get your purse, Francine. 472 00:24:24,419 --> 00:24:26,504 My daughter's very successful at what she does. 473 00:24:26,588 --> 00:24:29,841 - We're leaving. - You're not leaving, I'm kicking you out! 474 00:24:31,218 --> 00:24:32,469 Come on. 475 00:24:40,393 --> 00:24:42,895 And you brought up Bush because... 476 00:24:43,146 --> 00:24:45,773 It seemed like a good idea at the time. 477 00:24:48,026 --> 00:24:50,486 I feel 16. 478 00:24:58,953 --> 00:25:00,037 Dad. 479 00:25:04,250 --> 00:25:06,543 Can I get you something to eat? 480 00:25:06,669 --> 00:25:09,171 - I'm not hungry. - Okay. 481 00:25:11,298 --> 00:25:13,633 Look, thank you. 482 00:25:14,510 --> 00:25:16,261 Thank me? For what? 483 00:25:17,137 --> 00:25:19,180 For what you did in there. 484 00:25:19,723 --> 00:25:23,059 I'm just unbelievably touched and grateful for what you said to him... 485 00:25:23,143 --> 00:25:25,019 for defending me like that. 486 00:25:25,103 --> 00:25:27,730 I know it was hard for you because... 487 00:25:28,523 --> 00:25:30,274 But thank you. 488 00:25:31,526 --> 00:25:33,569 Why do you think I did it? 489 00:25:33,695 --> 00:25:36,072 - What? - Why do you think I did it? 490 00:25:36,865 --> 00:25:39,826 I don't know. Out of protectiveness, I guess. 491 00:25:41,161 --> 00:25:43,371 You don't need to be protected, Lorelai. 492 00:25:43,413 --> 00:25:46,249 You've made it very clear that you can look after yourself... 493 00:25:46,332 --> 00:25:49,418 - and that you need nothing from anyone. - That's not... 494 00:25:49,502 --> 00:25:52,212 A member of my family was being attacked. 495 00:25:52,380 --> 00:25:54,298 The very Gilmore name was being attacked. 496 00:25:54,382 --> 00:25:57,343 I will not stand for that, not under any circumstances. 497 00:25:57,426 --> 00:26:00,303 Okay, it doesn't really matter why you did it. 498 00:26:00,388 --> 00:26:03,724 Yes, it does matter why I did it. It matters greatly! 499 00:26:03,849 --> 00:26:05,725 What are you going to take away from this? 500 00:26:05,768 --> 00:26:10,063 That everything that happened in the past is suddenly fine because I defended you? 501 00:26:10,105 --> 00:26:12,398 That the hell you put your mother and me through... 502 00:26:12,441 --> 00:26:14,901 for the past 16 years is suddenly washed away? 503 00:26:14,943 --> 00:26:17,236 - It's not! - We've all been through hell. 504 00:26:17,321 --> 00:26:19,865 I had to tell my friends, my colleagues... 505 00:26:19,948 --> 00:26:23,076 that my only daughter, the brightest in her class... 506 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,036 was pregnant and was leaving school. 507 00:26:25,078 --> 00:26:26,621 That must have been devastating. 508 00:26:26,705 --> 00:26:29,457 Then you run away and treat us as lepers. 509 00:26:29,582 --> 00:26:33,043 Your mother couldn't get out of bed for a month. Did you know that? 510 00:26:33,545 --> 00:26:36,923 We did nothing to deserve that. Nothing to earn that. 511 00:26:36,965 --> 00:26:38,758 I get it, I'm horrible. 512 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,470 So why don't you disown me and adopt Christopher? You love him. 513 00:26:42,553 --> 00:26:45,430 Don't be a martyr, Lorelai. And don't be naive. 514 00:26:45,515 --> 00:26:48,434 Do you think I love the boy who got my daughter pregnant? 515 00:26:48,518 --> 00:26:51,812 I wanted to kill him. I would have, too, with my bare hands. 516 00:26:51,896 --> 00:26:55,482 But there was a proper procedure to be followed in a situation like this. 517 00:26:55,566 --> 00:26:56,650 Marriage. 518 00:26:56,734 --> 00:26:59,611 Christopher was willing to follow the procedure we laid out. 519 00:26:59,653 --> 00:27:02,447 - You weren't. - What about what I wanted? 520 00:27:02,531 --> 00:27:05,200 Dad, didn't that matter to you at all? 521 00:27:05,409 --> 00:27:06,785 Sometimes... 522 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:11,373 one has to sacrifice something in order to do what is right. 523 00:27:13,250 --> 00:27:16,544 I feel indescribably sad for you right now, Dad. 524 00:27:17,421 --> 00:27:21,049 Save your emotions. I've had my fill of them tonight. 525 00:27:21,758 --> 00:27:24,177 So we just end it here? 526 00:27:25,261 --> 00:27:27,137 Nothing resolved? 527 00:27:30,433 --> 00:27:31,809 I'm tired. 528 00:27:34,604 --> 00:27:35,688 Okay. 529 00:27:42,487 --> 00:27:44,989 There you are. I was wondering where you went. 530 00:27:45,072 --> 00:27:47,991 - Sorry. - No, it's nothing to be sorry about. 531 00:27:48,284 --> 00:27:50,786 - Can I get you something? - I'm fine. 532 00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:53,413 That's hardly dinner. 533 00:27:55,332 --> 00:27:57,959 That was quite a bit of excitement tonight. 534 00:27:58,002 --> 00:27:59,211 Oh, yeah. 535 00:27:59,461 --> 00:28:01,462 - Not the good kind. - Nope. 536 00:28:02,589 --> 00:28:05,508 - None of this means anything, Rory. - I know. 537 00:28:06,426 --> 00:28:09,387 Straub is actually a good man, very smart. 538 00:28:10,138 --> 00:28:12,932 He was one of the top lawyers in his field. 539 00:28:13,016 --> 00:28:16,102 A very arcane aspect of international law. 540 00:28:16,686 --> 00:28:19,814 And he's always been so active in his community. 541 00:28:19,856 --> 00:28:23,234 His charity work has never diminished over the years. 542 00:28:25,153 --> 00:28:27,405 Let's face it, he's a big ass. 543 00:28:30,908 --> 00:28:34,327 I know you heard a lot of talk on various disappointments this evening. 544 00:28:34,370 --> 00:28:37,206 I know you've heard a lot of talk about it in the past. 545 00:28:37,290 --> 00:28:40,709 But I wanna make this very clear. You, young lady... 546 00:28:40,751 --> 00:28:44,796 your person and your existence have never ever been, not even for a second... 547 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,715 included in that list. 548 00:28:47,550 --> 00:28:50,928 - Do you understand me? - Yeah, I do. 549 00:28:51,887 --> 00:28:53,930 Good. Now eat up. 550 00:29:06,902 --> 00:29:08,445 You look great. 551 00:29:09,237 --> 00:29:11,906 Yeah, I look the way I feel, wise guy. 552 00:29:16,745 --> 00:29:21,207 - That was a memorable evening. - Yes, it was beautiful in there. 553 00:29:21,916 --> 00:29:25,002 We should commemorate it with an oil painting... 554 00:29:25,128 --> 00:29:27,088 or a severed head or something. 555 00:29:27,130 --> 00:29:30,967 Next time we get this group together, we're gonna have to frisk for weapons. 556 00:29:31,050 --> 00:29:34,970 - Hand out gags. - Employ six individual cones of silence. 557 00:29:40,434 --> 00:29:42,769 The old balcony's still the same, isn't it? 558 00:29:42,853 --> 00:29:45,605 In all its beautiful away-from-them-ness. 559 00:29:45,648 --> 00:29:48,108 Perfect hideout, totally private. 560 00:29:49,193 --> 00:29:51,528 We spent a lot of time out here. 561 00:29:51,945 --> 00:29:55,031 Sneaking Dad's telescope, scanning the skies for alien ships. 562 00:29:55,115 --> 00:29:56,699 Never found any. 563 00:29:56,909 --> 00:30:00,996 Then when we were older, scanning the neighbors' houses for naked people. 564 00:30:01,496 --> 00:30:04,582 - Found a couple of those. - Mrs. Dominski... 565 00:30:06,126 --> 00:30:10,213 undulating in her big, fat underalls is forever carved into my brain. 566 00:30:10,297 --> 00:30:14,467 And in mine. Here's to Mrs. Dominski's underalls. 567 00:30:16,219 --> 00:30:17,887 Holding out on me. 568 00:30:19,639 --> 00:30:20,848 Take it. 569 00:30:23,184 --> 00:30:26,270 And in an effort to further chronicle this balcony's history... 570 00:30:26,312 --> 00:30:28,731 we are now in the immediate vicinity... 571 00:30:28,814 --> 00:30:32,108 of the spot upon which was Rory's initial emanation. 572 00:30:33,319 --> 00:30:36,155 Yes, we are. Here's to Rory. 573 00:30:37,364 --> 00:30:40,825 - The bright spot in all the darkness. - And how. 574 00:30:44,913 --> 00:30:49,083 Even if you hadn't gotten pregnant and everything had gone as planned... 575 00:30:49,168 --> 00:30:51,753 I still would've never made it through Princeton. 576 00:30:51,837 --> 00:30:53,630 I don't believe that. 577 00:30:55,007 --> 00:30:57,467 That's why you're you and I'm not. 578 00:31:42,052 --> 00:31:43,011 Wow. 579 00:31:44,847 --> 00:31:47,015 - You wigged? - Yeah, I'm a little wigged. 580 00:31:47,057 --> 00:31:48,766 - Why? - Are you kidding me? 581 00:31:48,850 --> 00:31:52,687 This is the next-to-last thing I thought would happen tonight. 582 00:31:52,729 --> 00:31:56,357 The last thing being a saint riding down on a chariot from Heaven... 583 00:31:56,441 --> 00:31:57,525 to announce Armageddon. 584 00:31:57,609 --> 00:32:01,195 Hartford's the place he chooses to make his announcement? I don't think so. 585 00:32:01,237 --> 00:32:03,822 Yes, it was unexpected, but it was great. 586 00:32:03,907 --> 00:32:07,702 - God, I can't believe this. - Fine. You know what? We should go. 587 00:32:07,744 --> 00:32:10,413 Yeah, we should go, like, 30 minutes ago. 588 00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:12,373 I'm sorry. 589 00:32:13,124 --> 00:32:16,085 Don't apologize. It was the both of us. 590 00:32:19,589 --> 00:32:23,676 God, my parents have got to seal these windows up, I swear to God. 591 00:32:27,096 --> 00:32:29,306 - So, where were you guys? - Nowhere. 592 00:32:29,390 --> 00:32:31,725 - Where's nowhere? - Where we were. 593 00:32:40,651 --> 00:32:43,111 - Good night, you. - Good night, Dad. 594 00:32:45,989 --> 00:32:48,574 - Good night, Lor. - Good night, yeah... 595 00:32:49,034 --> 00:32:51,286 You have a really good night. 596 00:32:55,749 --> 00:32:58,626 You've got some dirt or some schmutz on your... 597 00:32:58,710 --> 00:33:00,586 - Where did you... - It's been a long night. 598 00:33:00,628 --> 00:33:03,505 There's just been a lot of schmutzing going on. 599 00:33:03,590 --> 00:33:05,925 Come on, we haven't really had a chance to talk. 600 00:33:05,967 --> 00:33:07,968 - About the schmutzing? - No. 601 00:33:08,011 --> 00:33:11,097 About all the warm and fuzzy family moments that went on tonight. 602 00:33:11,180 --> 00:33:13,265 - Are you okay? - Yeah, I'm fine. 603 00:33:13,307 --> 00:33:17,519 All those crazy people saying horrible things were directing them at me, not you. 604 00:33:17,603 --> 00:33:19,938 They were directing them to you because you had me. 605 00:33:19,980 --> 00:33:22,690 No, they were directing them at me because I screwed up... 606 00:33:22,775 --> 00:33:25,611 their big Citizen Kane plans, that's all. 607 00:33:25,653 --> 00:33:28,655 - They don't even wanna know me. - That is not true. 608 00:33:28,739 --> 00:33:31,408 They are just so full of anger and stupid pride... 609 00:33:31,492 --> 00:33:35,662 that stands in the way of them realizing how much they wanna know you. 610 00:33:35,704 --> 00:33:36,788 Yeah. 611 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,582 Their loss, and it's a pretty big one. 612 00:33:39,666 --> 00:33:41,459 I'm going to bed now. 613 00:33:44,171 --> 00:33:46,464 No regrets from me or your dad. 614 00:33:46,673 --> 00:33:49,509 - Yeah? - No regrets about you. 615 00:33:49,801 --> 00:33:53,763 There's a misspelled-tattoo incident that I'm sure he'd like to erase from his bio. 616 00:33:53,847 --> 00:33:55,390 But you, that's a no-brainer. 617 00:33:55,473 --> 00:33:57,641 Where does dad have a misspelled tattoo? 618 00:33:57,684 --> 00:34:01,604 Another story for another time, possibly before your first trip to Mazatlan. 619 00:34:01,688 --> 00:34:04,148 - Good night, babe. - Good night, Mom. 620 00:34:23,709 --> 00:34:24,918 Oh, no. 621 00:34:34,970 --> 00:34:36,596 - I feel horrible. - Don't. 622 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:38,848 - I stood you up. I didn't even call. - It's okay. 623 00:34:38,932 --> 00:34:42,894 - I'm a rat. We had a date. I stood you up. - It wasn't a date. It was just to paint. 624 00:34:42,936 --> 00:34:44,771 - I'm a rat. I need cheese. - Forget it. 625 00:34:44,854 --> 00:34:47,606 - Let's reschedule. - I didn't wanna do it in the first place. 626 00:34:47,691 --> 00:34:51,861 Come on, don't change your mind. We can do it tonight or right now. 627 00:34:52,779 --> 00:34:54,697 - Was it an emergency? - Yes. 628 00:34:54,739 --> 00:34:58,784 You would not believe what happened. I slipped, and I busted my... 629 00:34:59,452 --> 00:35:01,412 It wasn't an emergency. 630 00:35:01,996 --> 00:35:03,956 It was just me being a rat. 631 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,749 - Something came up? - Yeah. 632 00:35:05,791 --> 00:35:07,792 Something, someone. 633 00:35:08,961 --> 00:35:11,588 - Am I right? - I'm sorry. 634 00:35:12,673 --> 00:35:16,218 Yeah, okay. Well, I'm late. 635 00:35:27,396 --> 00:35:28,730 Where were you? 636 00:35:28,772 --> 00:35:31,858 Fruitlessly trying to rectify a ratty transgression. 637 00:35:31,942 --> 00:35:33,943 - You want some coffee? - No. 638 00:35:34,277 --> 00:35:35,361 What? 639 00:35:35,612 --> 00:35:38,698 I know you well enough to know that when you say no to coffee... 640 00:35:38,782 --> 00:35:41,659 - all is not right in Whoville. - Very astute. 641 00:35:41,785 --> 00:35:43,453 So, last night... 642 00:35:44,079 --> 00:35:46,664 Last night was Chernobyl and the Hindenburg combined. 643 00:35:46,748 --> 00:35:49,625 - Right, just checking. - My father almost hit someone. 644 00:35:49,709 --> 00:35:52,878 He's probably only hit someone in college wearing boxing gloves... 645 00:35:52,962 --> 00:35:55,798 and one of those Fred Mertz, Golden Gloves pullover sweaters. 646 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:57,508 - Fred Mertz? - I Love Lucy, Fred Mertz. 647 00:35:57,592 --> 00:36:00,386 Landlord to Ricky, husband to Ethel. It's a weird reference. 648 00:36:00,469 --> 00:36:02,596 - Hello, pajamas. - Right, continue. 649 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,724 - My dad had a meltdown with your dad... - He was asking for it. 650 00:36:05,808 --> 00:36:09,436 ...and then with me. And then, you and me. 651 00:36:09,812 --> 00:36:11,647 - Oh, boy. - Don't say it like that. 652 00:36:11,689 --> 00:36:13,649 - Stupid. Dumb. - Much better. 653 00:36:13,732 --> 00:36:16,860 And to top off the whole fabulous fiasco... 654 00:36:16,944 --> 00:36:19,363 I stood up a friend who was counting on me. 655 00:36:19,446 --> 00:36:22,740 He just stood there looking hurt with the paint and the chairs. 656 00:36:22,824 --> 00:36:24,784 And it hurt me. It's not your fault. 657 00:36:24,868 --> 00:36:27,203 But in this parade of stupid and dumb... 658 00:36:27,287 --> 00:36:29,997 I am the one twirling the flaming baton. 659 00:36:30,082 --> 00:36:31,333 - Lor? - What? 660 00:36:31,458 --> 00:36:33,167 I wanna marry you. 661 00:36:34,669 --> 00:36:37,713 And the hits just keep on coming. 662 00:36:37,797 --> 00:36:39,673 Just think about it before you make a rash... 663 00:36:39,758 --> 00:36:43,386 You are completely insane. You have flipped your lid! 664 00:36:43,470 --> 00:36:45,847 Charlie Manson is freaked out by you right now! 665 00:36:45,889 --> 00:36:48,349 - Come on, we're already a family. - Who's a family? 666 00:36:48,391 --> 00:36:49,683 Us. You, me, and Rory. 667 00:36:49,767 --> 00:36:52,603 - You don't know what a family is. - People living together. 668 00:36:52,687 --> 00:36:56,565 No, it's a big commitment. It's responsibility and hard work. 669 00:36:56,649 --> 00:37:00,152 It's coming home at the same time to the same place every day. 670 00:37:00,236 --> 00:37:02,112 What do you want, financial statements? 671 00:37:02,196 --> 00:37:04,531 I can be a family man. I'm responsible now. 672 00:37:04,573 --> 00:37:09,077 Honey, you can't even buy a book without having your credit card declined. 673 00:37:09,244 --> 00:37:12,121 I told Rory not to rat me out. I can't believe she did that. 674 00:37:12,206 --> 00:37:13,332 She didn't. 675 00:37:13,415 --> 00:37:16,376 Andrew from the bookstore called, and Jackson, and the UPS guy. 676 00:37:16,418 --> 00:37:18,795 It was the lead story on the Stars Hollow web page. 677 00:37:18,879 --> 00:37:21,673 Then I asked Rory, and she very reluctantly confirmed it. 678 00:37:21,715 --> 00:37:24,467 - 'Rat me out. ' What are you, 16? - I'm sorry. 679 00:37:24,551 --> 00:37:27,345 What are you doing telling my daughter to lie to me, anyway? 680 00:37:27,387 --> 00:37:29,847 - She's my daughter, too. - More like your playmate. 681 00:37:29,890 --> 00:37:32,267 I don't deserve that. I'm as mature as you. 682 00:37:32,350 --> 00:37:35,895 What? The Offspring is your favorite band. 683 00:37:35,979 --> 00:37:37,897 So? You're into Metallica. 684 00:37:37,939 --> 00:37:40,524 Metallica is way more substantial than The Offspring. 685 00:37:40,567 --> 00:37:43,194 It's the same Black Sabbath riff all over again. 686 00:37:43,236 --> 00:37:46,614 The Offspring have one chord progression. They use it over and over. 687 00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:48,782 They pop on new words and call it a single. 688 00:37:48,866 --> 00:37:50,534 I don't wanna talk about this anymore! 689 00:37:50,576 --> 00:37:52,911 I'm the immature and irresponsible one. 690 00:37:52,995 --> 00:37:55,247 I was willing to get married when you got pregnant. 691 00:37:55,331 --> 00:37:58,083 We were too young and wouldn't have made it. You know that. 692 00:37:58,167 --> 00:38:00,127 We're not too young now. 693 00:38:00,586 --> 00:38:02,796 Okay, now I need some coffee. 694 00:38:07,134 --> 00:38:10,845 What about last night? What did our having sex mean to you? 695 00:38:11,096 --> 00:38:14,557 It meant that Jose Cuervo still has amazing magical powers. 696 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,101 You're funny. 697 00:38:20,272 --> 00:38:24,067 We can't get married, Christopher. We don't even know each other as adults. 698 00:38:24,109 --> 00:38:26,903 Let's get married and get to know each other as adults. 699 00:38:27,279 --> 00:38:29,572 That's very Fiddler on the Roof of you. 700 00:38:29,614 --> 00:38:32,450 Let's get to know each other. What do you wanna know? 701 00:38:32,492 --> 00:38:34,911 How's your business really doing? 702 00:38:41,167 --> 00:38:42,501 I knew it. 703 00:38:42,794 --> 00:38:46,380 I was gonna tell you if it didn't pick up soon. I swear. 704 00:38:46,464 --> 00:38:49,300 You just sat there last night, just smiling and nodding... 705 00:38:49,342 --> 00:38:51,552 while my dad and your dad went on and on... 706 00:38:51,635 --> 00:38:54,971 about Christopher and his great big business success in California. 707 00:38:55,014 --> 00:38:56,557 I didn't wanna upset anybody. 708 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,641 - I wanted last night to be nice. - It was. 709 00:38:58,726 --> 00:39:00,853 It would've been better if I would've announced: 710 00:39:00,936 --> 00:39:03,438 'On top of everything you're upset about, I wanna add... 711 00:39:03,522 --> 00:39:05,982 'I'm the world's biggest loser. ' Would that be festive? 712 00:39:06,066 --> 00:39:08,151 - You're not a loser. - Please. 713 00:39:08,235 --> 00:39:10,278 You're a liar, but you're not a loser. 714 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,447 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 715 00:39:12,990 --> 00:39:16,368 We're arguing like an old married couple. Doesn't that show potential? 716 00:39:16,451 --> 00:39:18,744 Christopher, I swear to God... 717 00:39:20,747 --> 00:39:24,375 I've been looking for the one. That elusive soul mate. I really have. 718 00:39:24,459 --> 00:39:27,003 I just believe it's you. It's always been you. 719 00:39:27,087 --> 00:39:30,256 - Chris, come on. - Rory might be my only child. 720 00:39:30,590 --> 00:39:34,093 That's not true. If Tony Randall can crank one out in his 70s... 721 00:39:34,177 --> 00:39:36,470 you have decades left to spawn. 722 00:39:36,679 --> 00:39:40,641 I don't know how much I miss Rory until I see her like this. 723 00:39:42,018 --> 00:39:43,853 It's easier staying away. 724 00:39:43,936 --> 00:39:46,813 No, don't stay away. 725 00:39:48,524 --> 00:39:49,650 Don't. 726 00:39:51,944 --> 00:39:53,695 Rory needs her dad. 727 00:39:56,156 --> 00:39:57,824 Or her pal, right? 728 00:39:59,576 --> 00:40:01,661 I think she'd take a combo. 729 00:40:07,417 --> 00:40:09,961 - Call us when you get home. - I will. 730 00:40:10,337 --> 00:40:13,047 - And call more. - I will. 731 00:40:17,844 --> 00:40:19,053 See you. 732 00:40:23,266 --> 00:40:25,851 Dad wants to know if you'll reconsider. 733 00:40:34,443 --> 00:40:37,904 She says, 'Nope, Offspring sucks and Metallica rules. ' 734 00:40:39,615 --> 00:40:41,033 Fair enough. 735 00:40:45,121 --> 00:40:46,539 Drive safe. 736 00:40:59,134 --> 00:41:02,428 - He wanted you to marry him, didn't he? - Spy. 737 00:41:02,888 --> 00:41:04,764 You know, crazier things have happened. 738 00:41:04,806 --> 00:41:06,766 Crazier than having your mom and dad married? 739 00:41:06,850 --> 00:41:08,434 - Yes. - I don't think they have. 740 00:41:08,518 --> 00:41:10,519 - Why is that so crazy? - Because it is. 741 00:41:10,604 --> 00:41:13,982 Because he wants things he is not ready for. 742 00:41:14,149 --> 00:41:18,027 - How do you know? - I know him so well, you have no idea. 743 00:41:18,361 --> 00:41:20,863 Maybe he can change. Maybe it's different. 744 00:41:20,947 --> 00:41:23,908 He did come here this time. He's never done that before. 745 00:41:23,950 --> 00:41:25,284 - Stop. - Why? 746 00:41:25,368 --> 00:41:27,787 I don't want you getting all worked up over this. 747 00:41:27,829 --> 00:41:29,580 - He loves you. - He does love me. 748 00:41:29,622 --> 00:41:31,582 - Do you love him? - Honey, come on. 749 00:41:31,624 --> 00:41:32,958 Answer me. 750 00:41:33,125 --> 00:41:34,668 - Honestly? - Yes. 751 00:41:35,086 --> 00:41:37,963 - I will probably always love him. - Okay, so? 752 00:41:38,005 --> 00:41:39,589 But that doesn't change the fact... 753 00:41:39,632 --> 00:41:43,844 that he still has a long way to go before he is ready to take us on full time. 754 00:41:43,928 --> 00:41:45,804 I mean, you are a handful, missy. 755 00:41:45,888 --> 00:41:48,390 While I'm pure joy and sunshine every waking hour... 756 00:41:48,474 --> 00:41:51,643 I still have my own set of needs that must be met. 757 00:41:52,186 --> 00:41:55,772 It just wasn't right, babe. You have to trust me on that. 758 00:42:01,153 --> 00:42:02,612 Talk, please. 759 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,116 I still think there was a little something different. 760 00:42:06,157 --> 00:42:08,284 - Maybe you're right. - Really? 761 00:42:08,576 --> 00:42:11,328 - It would be nice. - Yeah, it would. 762 00:42:12,205 --> 00:42:15,875 I'll tell you what, let's not put all the blankets away just yet. 763 00:42:15,959 --> 00:42:18,294 - Really? - You never know. 764 00:42:35,936 --> 00:42:37,354 What the... 765 00:42:39,189 --> 00:42:42,233 - How'd you get in here? - Your bread guy let me in. 766 00:42:42,318 --> 00:42:44,153 I'm switching bread guys. 767 00:42:44,194 --> 00:42:47,030 - What do you think? - I think you shouldn't break and enter. 768 00:42:47,114 --> 00:42:48,740 So what do you think? 769 00:42:48,824 --> 00:42:51,826 I've got to admit it looks pretty good. 770 00:42:52,577 --> 00:42:54,912 - I knew you'd like it. - Thanks. 771 00:42:54,996 --> 00:42:57,164 Anytime. It's fun. 772 00:43:00,293 --> 00:43:02,044 So, where's the guy? 773 00:43:03,004 --> 00:43:05,256 - He's gone. - Too bad. 774 00:43:05,757 --> 00:43:07,258 We'll be fine. 775 00:43:10,011 --> 00:43:11,178 - Luke? - Yeah? 776 00:43:11,679 --> 00:43:14,306 - Can I make one more suggestion? - Nope. 777 00:43:14,390 --> 00:43:15,891 - Curtains. - No. 778 00:43:16,351 --> 00:43:18,227 - Manly curtains. - Oxymoron. 779 00:43:18,311 --> 00:43:20,020 - What did you call me? - No curtains. 780 00:43:20,062 --> 00:43:21,313 Come on! 781 00:43:21,397 --> 00:43:23,857 You got to give a little. How about a tablecloth? 782 00:43:23,899 --> 00:43:26,151 No, we don't do tablecloths here.