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This is nice, isn't it?
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[Classical instrumental
music playing]
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- So, Grandma, Grandpa is traveling again?
- Yes, he is.
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- Business must be good.
- Seems to be.
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That's great. Isn't
that great, Mom?
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A jig is forthcoming.
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Mom's business is great, too.
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I mean, not that it's without
its problems, you know...
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but they're usually
funny problems, like...
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Mom, why don't you tell
Grandma about the mouse?
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- What mouse?
- Mom?
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- There's a mouse at the inn.
- Is the place dirty?
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No. It's just surrounded by this
thing called nature and mice happen.
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- Mice carry diseases.
- It's a tiny little field mouse, Mom.
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I don't care how big
it is. It's still a rodent.
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- Let's change the subject.
- You should set a trap.
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- Got it covered.
- Make sure you don't use poison.
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- Got it covered.
- They'll eat the poison...
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go into the walls and die, decompose,
and the entire place will smell.
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I've got it covered, but thanks.
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I don't know why you're the
one sitting here with an attitude.
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- I'm the one who should be mad.
- Let's not do this.
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You're the one who walked out
last week without saying a word.
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I couldn't get a word in.
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- We were shocked and upset.
- So what else is new?
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You didn't give us five
minutes to digest the news.
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Find the off switch.
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You dumped it on us and
walked out. I hardly think that's fair.
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Mom, it doesn't matter. It's
over. Let's just move on, okay?
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We came here to have a nice
evening. So come on, let's have it.
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- Something smells good.
- Braised Iamb shank.
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Oh, braised Iamb shank.
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- I love a Iamb shank when it is braised.
- Oh, my God.
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Reading in front of other
people is extremely rude, Lorelai.
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- Shauna Christy shot her husband.
- What?
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Remember Shauna Christy?
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I remember Shauna
Christy. She was a lovely girl.
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This lovely girl came
home to find her husband...
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giving the nanny a
nice bonus package.
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- They say good help is hard to find.
- That's just gossip.
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Gossip? The man was shot 35
times. He looks like a sprinkler system.
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I can't believe this. Shauna
was always such a nice girl.
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She was bright,
cultured, well-spoken...
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- And apparently a big Annie Oakley fan.
- This is not funny.
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- The woman committed a crime.
- Fine.
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- This is a tragedy.
- My bad. Sorry.
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- A man is dead, a young woman ruined.
- Consider the subject dropped.
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At least she had
a husband to kill.
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This is nice, isn't it?
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[Lorelai sneezing]
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- Bless you.
- Thank you.
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- I hate having a cold.
- I know you do.
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It's bad enough being sick,
but anybody can have a cold.
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I know they can.
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I mean, I'd like to
have a good illness...
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something different, impressive.
Just once I'd like to say:
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"I'm not feeling so
good. My leg is haunted."
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There's a reason why you only
take one packet of TheraFlu at a time.
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Pancakes, one fried
egg, side of bacon.
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Chicken noodle soup,
side of mashed potatoes.
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- Thanks, Luke.
- Thanks.
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- How's the cold coming?
- It's fine.
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- Any better?
- It's fine.
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It's the third day you've
ordered soup for breakfast.
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- Thanks for the tally.
- Know what helps cure a cold?
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Endless vague
questioning in the morning?
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- A healthy immune system.
- My second guess.
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Know how you get a
healthy immune system?
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Remember when you
hated me? Wasn't that fun?
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Is it eating nothing
but crap all day...
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and blowing out your
brain cells with coffee?
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- No.
- That's right. No.
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- Why are you helping him?
- "No" seemed the right answer.
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Eat a vegetable now and then,
some high-fiber cereal in the morning...
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Listen, Grandpa, my
soup's getting cold.
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At least eat the carrots this
time, not just the noodles.
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I promise.
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Eat my carrots.
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Apparently maturity is extremely
overrated in your universe.
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That's right. The Empress
Bobo Belle forbids it. Eat.
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- Hey.
- Hey.
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- So?
- One sec.
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- Jess...
- Relax.
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I'm out.
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- Let's go.
- Okay.
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Ladies and gentlemen, an entire
conversation in 10 words or less.
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A true meeting of the minds.
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Okay, please don't hate me,
but I already ate breakfast.
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See? Nice, full sentences.
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- What?
- Don't ruin it.
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- You're sure?
- Positive.
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It ran right across the
lobby and into the fireplace.
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- I don't see it.
- It must have found a hole to crawl into.
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We can't have this mouse running
around. Customers will freak.
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Tell them it's a baby. People love
babies. They'll talk to it in funny voices.
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- Did you call an exterminator?
- What a wonderful idea.
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I was actually going to fasten a
wedge of cheese to my head...
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and lay on the ground
until Mickey gets hungry...
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and decides to crawl
out and snack on my face.
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- When does he get here?
- He said we were the first stop.
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- What do we do until then?
- Make cat sounds.
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- Excuse me, Lorelai.
- Hey, Kirk. Hold on a sec.
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Just stand here and make
sure it doesn't come out.
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Goody! A promotion.
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- What can I do for you?
- I have a delivery for Sookie.
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- Wow! Anything good?
- No, just some wedding photos.
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Great. She stepped out for a
minute, but I'll take them to her.
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I swear, I'll give them to her.
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If you want, I'll leave and find
her and then I'll give them to her.
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- No, that won't be necessary.
- Okay. Well...
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- Lorelai, can I speak to you for a moment?
- Sure.
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- Could we sit?
- Sit? Sure. Let's sit.
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Is everything okay?
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- Okay? With me?
- Yes.
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My mother has developed a
condition. It makes her knees enormous.
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Yesterday, I spent all day cutting
holes in her pants so she could sit.
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But other than that and the dyspeptic
parrot problem, everything is fine.
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Good. I'm glad.
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- Okay, I'm...
- I was just wondering...
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Yes? Wondering what?
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We've known each other for
a good amount of time now.
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Our paths have crossed
professionally and socially...
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a number of times, all with
relatively pleasant results.
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I was just wondering if you
would like to have dinner with me.
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Oh!
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In two weeks.
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- Two weeks?
- I heard you have a cold.
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Two weeks is enough to ensure
the virus is out of your system.
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You don't have to
answer right away.
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I know this is completely
out of the blue for you.
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Take a few days
and think about it.
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Kirk, wait.
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By the way, I think you might be
the prettiest girl I've ever seen...
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outside of a really
filthy magazine.
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Thank you.
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- Don't.
- I am doing nothing.
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Ben, however, has
dropped dead from laughter.
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- How long have you been sitting there?
- Not long.
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An hour-and-a-half.
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- Why?
- Because.
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- Because why?
- Because...
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today is the last first day of high
school you're ever gonna have.
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You're insane.
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I'm not insane. I'm just
sentimental, and you're grown.
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- I'm not grown.
- Yes, you are.
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You're all grown up, and soon
you'll be going off into the world.
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- Not yet.
- But soon.
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And after you spread
those wings and fly away...
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I won't have the
opportunity to give you this.
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- What is it?
- It's your bill.
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- My what?
- Yeah. I've been crunching the numbers...
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adding up what you've cost
me over the years, raising you...
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clothing you, feeding you, etc.
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I've itemized everything here
by years and income ratio.
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I thought you could factor
it into your student loan.
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One thing that's
painfully obvious here:
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You've used an extraordinary
number of diapers.
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- I'm gonna take a shower.
- Really, it's cost a fortune.
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What were you using
all those diapers for?
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I was building my
make-Mommy-go-away castle.
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You got home late last
night, and I couldn't talk to you.
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I got home at 10:00, and
you were already asleep.
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I was trying to watch The
Legend of Bagger Vance.
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Okay, what did I miss?
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- Kirk asked me out.
- Shut up.
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Yesterday he came to the
inn and asked me to dinner.
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- That's so sweet.
- Sweet?
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Wear your dress with the
ponies. I bet he likes ponies.
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- Rory, I cannot go out with Kirk.
- Why?
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Why?
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- He's Kirk!
- As long as he loves you...
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- You are not serious.
- I just want you to be happy.
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"Headmaster Charleston,
this is my stepfather, Kirk."
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"Don't make any sudden
movements. He's a fear-biter."
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- How'll you let him down?
- Don't know.
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That's why I need to talk
to you. You're the nice one.
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Tell him the truth.
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You're not interested in dating
him and just want to be friends.
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- That sounds so lame.
- Tell him you're seeing someone.
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My current karma is
so great in that area...
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I can afford to jinx it
with that kind of lie. No.
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- Then you figure it out.
- All right. We're gonna have to move.
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Take off in the night and
leave everything behind.
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Assume different identities.
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I'll join a local community
theater and I'll drive you to soccer.
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It'll work for many years,
until the FBI comes to get me...
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- and by that time, you're on your own.
- I don't play soccer.
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You do now.
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[Rory laughing]
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- Stop.
- It's funny.
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It's not funny, it's bad.
I have to see this guy.
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He works at every business in
town. I can't get away from him.
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You should marry him
and move in with his mother.
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- I'll handle it myself, thank you.
- Just trying to help.
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You have your
swearing-in ceremony today.
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- At 3:00. Do not be late.
- I will not be late.
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- I have something to tell you.
- Is it about Vince Foster?
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It's about Grandma.
She's coming today.
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- No.
- Mom, I'm sorry.
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- She found out about it. She called...
- You said yes?
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She's my grandmother.
What am I supposed to say?
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"Sorry, Grandma, but if
my mother sees you..."
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"She'll run screaming
down the hall."
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You'll be listening to the ceremony.
You hardly have to talk at all.
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We are family.
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Look how great that
worked out for Sister Sledge.
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I'm gonna take a shower. You'll
be pouting here when I'm done?
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- Gotta go to work. See you this afternoon.
- At 3:00.
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There goes my little vice
president, off to rule the world.
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Paris will be ruling the world.
I will be holding her keys.
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- I'm still proud of you.
- I appreciate it.
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You have power, brains.
Now all you need...
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is a dim-witted, drunken,
or drug-addicted relative...
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to constantly humiliate
you while you're in office.
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- Will you work on that for me?
- Two steps ahead of you.
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- Time!
- 3:01.
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No! Oh, man! Not
fair. Stupid traffic lights.
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- It's okay. It doesn't start till 3:15.
- But I so tried...
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- You lied to me.
- Did I?
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You said it was at
3:00, and it's at 3:15.
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Well, I guess I did.
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That's it. I'm standing up in the middle
of your speech and demanding a recount.
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- Shall we seat you?
- Betrayed, lied to, and humiliated.
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Get used to it. I
am in politics now.
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- Where's...
- She's not here yet.
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- You told her the real time?
- Grandma can handle structure.
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- How's this?
- Fine.
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Sit there, and put your purse on
that chair to save it for Grandma.
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- Yeah, great idea.
- Mom.
230
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Fine, yes. Saving the seat.
231
00:11:53,929 --> 00:11:55,564
- There. All saved.
- Thank you.
232
00:11:55,719 --> 00:11:58,025
I'll meet you right
outside afterwards, okay?
233
00:11:58,216 --> 00:12:00,328
Just remember three
things while you're up there:
234
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I love you, you're the
greatest kid in the world...
235
00:12:02,878 --> 00:12:04,751
and you're in a skirt.
Keep your knees closed.
236
00:12:04,918 --> 00:12:06,076
- Fine.
- This is good advice.
237
00:12:06,209 --> 00:12:08,003
In my school, Linda
Lee was class treasurer.
238
00:12:08,165 --> 00:12:10,436
She couldn't close her
knees, if they were magnetized.
239
00:12:10,621 --> 00:12:13,334
Hanes should have given
her an endorsement deal.
240
00:12:35,846 --> 00:12:37,753
- Lorelai.
- Hi, Mom.
241
00:12:39,758 --> 00:12:43,346
You could have put your handbag
there to save my seat, you know.
242
00:12:43,588 --> 00:12:45,495
Ladies and gentlemen,
I welcome you.
243
00:12:45,670 --> 00:12:48,338
Assemblies like this are
always happy ones for me...
244
00:12:48,542 --> 00:12:51,335
initiating in a new
group of school leaders.
245
00:12:51,539 --> 00:12:54,923
Chilton's always prided itself on
the quality of its student government...
246
00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,510
and this year, we may
have outdone ourselves.
247
00:12:57,699 --> 00:12:59,572
These young men and
women up on this stage...
248
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represent the best and the brightest
of what this school has to offer.
249
00:13:03,652 --> 00:13:06,956
Ladies and gentlemen, it gives
me great pleasure to present to you...
250
00:13:07,190 --> 00:13:10,301
your Student Body
Government of 2003.
251
00:13:15,889 --> 00:13:18,398
A larger awareness
of the world around us.
252
00:13:18,595 --> 00:13:20,866
Problems that not only
face us here at school...
253
00:13:21,051 --> 00:13:23,118
but will face us when
we leave school...
254
00:13:23,298 --> 00:13:26,569
and, more importantly, will face
the next generation that follows us.
255
00:13:26,795 --> 00:13:29,304
We must learn that our
actions have consequences...
256
00:13:29,501 --> 00:13:31,806
that someone else will
have to clean up our mess.
257
00:13:31,998 --> 00:13:34,587
We must figure out how to
make that mess a little smaller.
258
00:13:34,788 --> 00:13:37,899
If a small fraction of these things
can be accomplished this year...
259
00:13:38,117 --> 00:13:40,786
then I'll feel like our
administration has done its job.
260
00:13:40,989 --> 00:13:42,261
Thank you.
261
00:13:43,695 --> 00:13:46,125
In the past, all great
empires have fallen.
262
00:13:46,317 --> 00:13:48,668
The feeling seems to
be that it's inevitable...
263
00:13:48,856 --> 00:13:51,445
that something like what
the Romans built cannot last.
264
00:13:51,645 --> 00:13:52,837
Maybe they're right.
265
00:13:52,977 --> 00:13:56,645
Maybe there is no way of keeping
something that prosperous permanently.
266
00:13:56,890 --> 00:14:00,195
Maybe there is no way of keeping
our legacy from becoming obsolete.
267
00:14:00,428 --> 00:14:03,256
Well, I intend to fly in
the face of such thinking...
268
00:14:03,467 --> 00:14:05,296
and damn it, I will succeed.
269
00:14:05,465 --> 00:14:08,815
I don't want to come back here 20
years from now on Alumni's Night...
270
00:14:09,045 --> 00:14:11,838
and find this place turned
into a high-priced charm school.
271
00:14:12,042 --> 00:14:15,630
Pink and white with big cheerleading
megaphones painted on the walls.
272
00:14:15,871 --> 00:14:17,427
I wouldn't be able to take it.
273
00:14:17,578 --> 00:14:21,359
I would have to dismantle the place
stone by stone with my bare hands.
274
00:14:22,489 --> 00:14:24,556
ALL: So let it be forever.
275
00:14:24,862 --> 00:14:26,895
Congratulations and good luck.
276
00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,552
- Is Rory coming out?
- That's what she said.
277
00:14:44,176 --> 00:14:46,288
- It was a nice ceremony.
- Yes, it was.
278
00:14:46,465 --> 00:14:48,100
- Long.
- Very long.
279
00:14:48,256 --> 00:14:49,607
The longest.
280
00:14:49,838 --> 00:14:51,109
- Lorelai...
- Hey!
281
00:14:51,794 --> 00:14:53,781
- You're both here.
- Yeah, we're here.
282
00:14:53,958 --> 00:14:57,421
We wouldn't have missed it for the
world. You looked wonderful up there.
283
00:14:57,663 --> 00:14:59,333
- Good job with the knees.
- Thank you.
284
00:14:59,494 --> 00:15:01,527
I'm gonna run get my
backpack, then we can go.
285
00:15:01,701 --> 00:15:03,608
- I'll be here.
- Bye, Grandma.
286
00:15:06,821 --> 00:15:10,125
You don't have to wait,
Mom, if you have things to do.
287
00:15:11,108 --> 00:15:12,425
All right.
288
00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,666
I was wondering if
we could have lunch.
289
00:15:17,852 --> 00:15:19,839
- Lunch?
- Yes, just the two of us.
290
00:15:20,349 --> 00:15:23,812
- Tomorrow would be good for me.
- Tomorrow. Lunch with you tomorrow.
291
00:15:24,053 --> 00:15:25,484
We could do it
anywhere you like.
292
00:15:25,635 --> 00:15:28,190
Perhaps that Luke's Diner
you two seem to love so much.
293
00:15:28,383 --> 00:15:31,528
Lunch at Luke's with you? I
can't even put the visual together.
294
00:15:31,754 --> 00:15:33,423
- I can meet you there at 1:00.
- I:00.
295
00:15:33,585 --> 00:15:36,810
If 1:00 isn't good, you
pick a time. I'll make it work.
296
00:15:37,249 --> 00:15:39,554
All right. 1:00 at Luke's.
297
00:15:39,746 --> 00:15:41,892
Wonderful. I'll see you then.
298
00:15:47,239 --> 00:15:48,465
Look, let's face it.
299
00:15:48,612 --> 00:15:51,837
The last administration might as
well have run around yelling "toga"...
300
00:15:52,067 --> 00:15:54,020
for all the brilliant things
they accomplished.
301
00:15:54,190 --> 00:15:57,256
But this year, everything
changes. Starting with the library.
302
00:15:57,478 --> 00:15:59,750
It's completely out of
proportion with its subjects.
303
00:15:59,934 --> 00:16:02,285
There are 500 volumes
on the French Revolution...
304
00:16:02,473 --> 00:16:04,460
yet only three on the Crusades.
305
00:16:04,638 --> 00:16:06,750
How do they expect us
to get a decent education...
306
00:16:06,927 --> 00:16:09,233
with inferior
resources like that?
307
00:16:10,257 --> 00:16:12,210
Seems like the hour's almost up.
308
00:16:12,380 --> 00:16:15,764
Well, this has been an extremely
successful first gathering.
309
00:16:16,001 --> 00:16:18,829
I appreciate all the class
presidents coming and being on time.
310
00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:20,358
Before I adjourn this meeting...
311
00:16:20,497 --> 00:16:22,484
is there anything
anyone would like to say?
312
00:16:22,661 --> 00:16:24,251
People's names
might have been nice.
313
00:16:24,410 --> 00:16:28,077
Actually, I have something I'd like
to put on the table to be discussed.
314
00:16:28,323 --> 00:16:31,752
We only have a couple of minutes,
so give us the Reader's Digest version.
315
00:16:31,985 --> 00:16:33,939
As president of
the senior class...
316
00:16:34,108 --> 00:16:36,777
a certain problem has
been brought to my attention.
317
00:16:36,980 --> 00:16:39,615
For the past 30 years, Chilton
regulations have stated...
318
00:16:39,811 --> 00:16:43,240
that skirts must be no higher than
three-quarters of an inch above the knee.
319
00:16:43,474 --> 00:16:46,222
That's it. Any higher, the
student gets written up.
320
00:16:46,430 --> 00:16:48,383
I propose to put to
an immediate vote...
321
00:16:48,552 --> 00:16:51,380
an amendment to raise hemlines
an additional inch-and-a-half.
322
00:16:51,591 --> 00:16:53,464
- Hemlines?
- That's right.
323
00:16:53,630 --> 00:16:56,014
That's the major issue
on the senior class's mind?
324
00:16:56,211 --> 00:16:58,278
It's one of the
major issues, yes.
325
00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:00,885
Well, okay. Thank
you, Francie...
326
00:17:01,081 --> 00:17:03,432
for giving us something
really important to mull over.
327
00:17:03,620 --> 00:17:07,083
I anticipate a lot of sleepless nights
for many of the people in this room.
328
00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:11,073
I will take it under advisement
and get back to you as soon as I can.
329
00:17:11,612 --> 00:17:13,599
Okay. Fine. Thanks.
330
00:17:13,777 --> 00:17:16,082
If that's it, I officially
call the first meeting
331
00:17:16,094 --> 00:17:18,080
of the student body
presidents to a close.
332
00:17:18,356 --> 00:17:20,025
I'll see you all Friday.
333
00:17:20,895 --> 00:17:22,848
What idiot gave her a gavel?
334
00:17:24,434 --> 00:17:27,943
The whole point of having an
informal get-to-know-you gathering...
335
00:17:28,179 --> 00:17:30,927
was actually to have an informal
get-to-know-you gathering.
336
00:17:31,135 --> 00:17:32,203
What's your point?
337
00:17:32,342 --> 00:17:34,375
You just spent an hour
talking about your agenda.
338
00:17:34,548 --> 00:17:36,581
I'm student body
president. That's my job.
339
00:17:36,754 --> 00:17:38,821
But we got doughnuts.
We didn't touch them.
340
00:17:39,002 --> 00:17:41,637
They are still next to the
coffee that we never passed out.
341
00:17:41,833 --> 00:17:44,626
We were supposed to talk,
bond, get to know each other.
342
00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:48,975
We've been sitting in a room together
for 60 minutes. What do you want? A ring?
343
00:17:49,242 --> 00:17:51,626
Hi. Excuse me, Paris.
344
00:17:52,155 --> 00:17:55,221
I just wanted to say on behalf
of the entire senior class...
345
00:17:55,444 --> 00:17:57,078
congratulations on your win.
346
00:17:57,234 --> 00:18:00,346
I'm really looking forward to
working closely with you this year.
347
00:18:00,564 --> 00:18:03,438
- Thanks.
- Okay, see you later.
348
00:18:04,643 --> 00:18:06,949
Bye, Rory. You two are
gonna make a great team.
349
00:18:07,140 --> 00:18:09,286
Yes. The jerseys
are coming on Friday.
350
00:18:09,472 --> 00:18:12,424
I'm gonna draft a demand for
the librarian's resignation tonight.
351
00:18:12,635 --> 00:18:14,111
Want to read it
before I send it?
352
00:18:14,259 --> 00:18:16,212
Are you sure the first
thing you want to do...
353
00:18:16,382 --> 00:18:18,051
is get a 93-year-old
woman sacked?
354
00:18:18,213 --> 00:18:21,245
At least I'm not putting her on
an iceberg and shoving her to sea.
355
00:18:21,460 --> 00:18:24,730
But since you can't find the Shakespeare
section without psychic powers...
356
00:18:24,957 --> 00:18:27,670
yet the CliffsNotes rack
practically smacks you in the face...
357
00:18:27,870 --> 00:18:30,334
- it's totally justified.
- And we're off.
358
00:18:31,534 --> 00:18:35,564
I just got a message that a vegetarian
menu was requested for tonight.
359
00:18:35,821 --> 00:18:37,728
Yeah, Lasanos,
party of five at 8:00.
360
00:18:37,902 --> 00:18:40,537
But you said you weren't
gonna let vegetarians in anymore.
361
00:18:40,732 --> 00:18:43,241
No, you said you weren't
gonna let vegetarians in anymore.
362
00:18:43,438 --> 00:18:45,822
But I'm making my baked
stuffed pork chops for tonight.
363
00:18:46,019 --> 00:18:47,892
So just make something
else for the Lasanos.
364
00:18:48,059 --> 00:18:49,136
- Like what?
- I don't know.
365
00:18:49,265 --> 00:18:50,900
Pasta. You make great pasta.
366
00:18:51,056 --> 00:18:55,007
That's boring. Anyone can make pasta. I'm
an artist. You don't dictate to an artist.
367
00:18:55,259 --> 00:18:58,245
You don't tell them what to do. No
one walked up to Degas and said:
368
00:18:58,465 --> 00:19:00,929
"Pal, easy with the
dancers. Enough already."
369
00:19:01,128 --> 00:19:03,240
"Draw a nice fruit bowl
once in a while, will you?"
370
00:19:03,418 --> 00:19:06,291
A great artist can make art
out of anything, including pasta.
371
00:19:06,499 --> 00:19:08,929
- Fine, pasta.
- Is there coffee?
372
00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:10,552
- Just made some.
- Great.
373
00:19:10,702 --> 00:19:13,496
Today's your lunch with Emily.
Any idea what she's gonna say?
374
00:19:13,699 --> 00:19:17,084
I bet it's not, "I'm joining the circus.
Feed your father till I get back."
375
00:19:17,321 --> 00:19:20,273
- I should cancel.
- You can't. You're meeting her in an hour.
376
00:19:20,485 --> 00:19:23,834
But this goes against every rule I
have in the Gilmore Survival Guide.
377
00:19:24,065 --> 00:19:27,051
Number 1: No running with scissors.
Number 2: No pageboy haircuts.
378
00:19:27,269 --> 00:19:29,575
Number 3: Never ever have
lunch alone with the mother.
379
00:19:29,767 --> 00:19:31,163
It might not be so bad.
380
00:19:31,307 --> 00:19:35,577
Saying yes to this lunch is like saying,
"Sounds fun!" to a ride with Clemenza.
381
00:19:35,844 --> 00:19:37,797
Think good thoughts.
She could surprise you.
382
00:19:37,967 --> 00:19:39,035
I guess.
383
00:19:39,174 --> 00:19:41,320
People change, you
know. They do it every day.
384
00:19:41,505 --> 00:19:44,412
One minute, you could
be, let's say, a vegetarian.
385
00:19:44,626 --> 00:19:45,739
And the next minute...
386
00:19:45,876 --> 00:19:48,465
you could accidentally have
a bite of a stuffed pork chop...
387
00:19:48,664 --> 00:19:50,776
that changes your
entire way of thinking.
388
00:19:50,954 --> 00:19:54,338
Suddenly life's fun. Suddenly there's
a reason to get up in the morning.
389
00:19:54,576 --> 00:19:56,370
- It's called "bacon."
- Forget it.
390
00:19:56,532 --> 00:19:58,166
- Come on!
- Pasta.
391
00:19:58,322 --> 00:20:00,434
Let the people grow, damn it.
392
00:20:07,729 --> 00:20:10,114
Rory, hi. Nice
of you to join us.
393
00:20:10,934 --> 00:20:13,284
No, I talk, okay? Great.
394
00:20:13,473 --> 00:20:16,266
- Now let's discuss Paris.
- What about her?
395
00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:20,581
She seems to have this strange idea that
she's actually in charge around here...
396
00:20:20,841 --> 00:20:24,112
and I thought it would be good
if I let you in on a little secret.
397
00:20:24,337 --> 00:20:26,643
- She's not.
- Why not tell her this yourself?
398
00:20:26,835 --> 00:20:30,583
Because talking to Paris is like
shopping for a bathing suit in December:
399
00:20:30,831 --> 00:20:33,579
frustrating, fruitless, and
a complete waste of time.
400
00:20:33,786 --> 00:20:36,580
No. You. You might
be the wallflower...
401
00:20:36,783 --> 00:20:39,577
but you're obviously the Meyer
Lansky behind this organization.
402
00:20:39,780 --> 00:20:42,449
- I am not the Meyer Lansky.
- What's that noise?
403
00:20:42,653 --> 00:20:44,084
What is that noise?
404
00:20:44,234 --> 00:20:47,936
Wait. It's me still talking.
Didn't you hear it? Obviously not.
405
00:20:48,188 --> 00:20:50,697
Anyhow, Paris is
student body president.
406
00:20:50,894 --> 00:20:52,847
Big fat deal.
407
00:20:53,017 --> 00:20:54,890
There are three
other class presidents:
408
00:20:55,057 --> 00:20:57,884
the junior class president, the
sophomore class president...
409
00:20:58,096 --> 00:21:01,445
and, yes, the senior
class president: me.
410
00:21:01,675 --> 00:21:04,423
- I know all this.
- Then it's off the short bus for you.
411
00:21:04,631 --> 00:21:07,424
If Paris thinks she's gonna
march around dictating mandates...
412
00:21:07,628 --> 00:21:11,012
and ignoring what I have to say,
then she's in for a major bikini wax.
413
00:21:11,249 --> 00:21:14,281
- Thanks for the visual.
- Without me, she's nothing.
414
00:21:14,496 --> 00:21:16,022
Just another
power-mad, insecure,
415
00:21:16,034 --> 00:21:18,084
friendless, dateless,
highlightless loser...
416
00:21:18,325 --> 00:21:22,470
wandering and trying to make someone
care that they exist, which no one does.
417
00:21:22,737 --> 00:21:26,167
I control the senior class. I
am also the leader of the Puffs...
418
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,035
the most exclusive
society on this campus.
419
00:21:29,231 --> 00:21:31,218
I have the power to
make her life a living hell.
420
00:21:31,395 --> 00:21:32,463
She's just...
421
00:21:32,603 --> 00:21:34,874
I can ensure she does
nothing but lead the students...
422
00:21:35,059 --> 00:21:38,647
in whatever version of the Pledge of
Allegiance is constitutional at the time.
423
00:21:38,888 --> 00:21:40,001
What do you want me to do?
424
00:21:40,137 --> 00:21:42,692
I want you to go back
to Margaret Thatcher...
425
00:21:42,884 --> 00:21:44,712
and tell her to play ball.
426
00:21:44,882 --> 00:21:46,597
She's gonna support
the hemline issue...
427
00:21:46,755 --> 00:21:49,629
and any other issue that I
bring up for the rest of the year.
428
00:21:49,835 --> 00:21:51,868
Otherwise, I'll make
her so ineffectual...
429
00:21:52,042 --> 00:21:54,835
she'll make Jimmy Carter look
like Martin Sheen. You get me?
430
00:21:55,039 --> 00:21:57,469
We should be representing
the interests of the students.
431
00:21:57,661 --> 00:22:00,045
We're not supposed to be
brokering back-door deals...
432
00:22:00,241 --> 00:22:02,750
and pushing through agendas
with intimidation and bribery.
433
00:22:02,947 --> 00:22:04,741
What are we, French
skating judges?
434
00:22:04,904 --> 00:22:06,971
- Wise up, Goldilocks.
- My hair's brown.
435
00:22:07,152 --> 00:22:08,378
This is politics.
436
00:22:08,525 --> 00:22:10,796
If you've got a problem,
tell it to Noam Chomsky.
437
00:22:10,981 --> 00:22:13,286
I live in the real
world. Now, blow.
438
00:22:13,479 --> 00:22:16,386
And I would keep this
conversation between you and me.
439
00:22:16,601 --> 00:22:18,191
Paris tends to get
a little paranoid...
440
00:22:18,349 --> 00:22:20,336
when there's other
mammals at the watering hole.
441
00:22:20,513 --> 00:22:22,659
Her finding out that you
were conferring with me...
442
00:22:22,844 --> 00:22:24,673
might not make your
vice presidency easy.
443
00:22:24,842 --> 00:22:28,113
I am not conferring with you. A
hand pulled me into the bathroom.
444
00:22:28,339 --> 00:22:30,974
What are you talking
about? You sought me out...
445
00:22:31,170 --> 00:22:33,520
because you thought
Paris was out of line today...
446
00:22:33,709 --> 00:22:36,854
and you wanted to make sure my
very delicate feelings weren't hurt.
447
00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,750
You are so sweet to think of me.
448
00:22:38,911 --> 00:22:41,103
I feel much better now
that I have you on my side.
449
00:22:41,284 --> 00:22:43,510
Bye now. See you at the hemster.
450
00:22:55,437 --> 00:22:57,663
- What are you doing here?
- I came for the warmth.
451
00:22:57,851 --> 00:23:00,157
You're not usually here
this time of day, that's all.
452
00:23:00,348 --> 00:23:02,222
- I'm meeting someone for lunch.
- Kirk?
453
00:23:02,388 --> 00:23:03,784
- What?
- You meeting Kirk?
454
00:23:03,928 --> 00:23:06,801
- Why would you say that?
- I know he asked you out, so I assumed.
455
00:23:07,009 --> 00:23:08,485
- How do you know?
- He told me.
456
00:23:08,632 --> 00:23:09,779
- He told you?
- Yesterday.
457
00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:11,751
- Oh, my God.
- Relax. I think it's great.
458
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,748
- Why? Why would he tell you?
- Actually, he came to me for advice.
459
00:23:14,959 --> 00:23:16,072
About what?
460
00:23:16,208 --> 00:23:18,002
Whether I thought he
had a shot with you.
461
00:23:18,164 --> 00:23:19,912
I know you. I've
been to your house.
462
00:23:20,079 --> 00:23:22,793
- I know if you have stain-resistant rugs.
- I'm lying down now.
463
00:23:22,993 --> 00:23:25,707
When he found out you had wood
floors, he seemed very pleased.
464
00:23:25,906 --> 00:23:27,813
I told him you liked
movies and junk food...
465
00:23:27,988 --> 00:23:30,623
and, of course, talking
incessantly. But we both agreed...
466
00:23:30,818 --> 00:23:33,771
that there's nothing like some
good loving to shut a person up.
467
00:23:33,982 --> 00:23:35,810
I'm sorry. Can you
bring me a sharper fork?
468
00:23:35,980 --> 00:23:38,364
This one may not go all
the way through your hand.
469
00:23:38,561 --> 00:23:41,025
I know it's new, so you
probably don't want to jinx it.
470
00:23:41,225 --> 00:23:42,973
So I won't talk
about it anymore.
471
00:23:43,139 --> 00:23:47,045
But I have to tell you, seeing that
guy's face when he talked about you...
472
00:23:47,302 --> 00:23:50,015
- he almost had an expression.
- Far away from me.
473
00:23:50,216 --> 00:23:52,044
Love is in the air
474
00:23:55,585 --> 00:23:58,094
Why are you throwing
cutlery in a public place?
475
00:23:58,291 --> 00:24:00,164
'Cause I feel stupid
doing it at home.
476
00:24:00,330 --> 00:24:02,602
I'm sorry I'm late. There
was traffic on the way.
477
00:24:02,787 --> 00:24:05,455
If I'd been on time, there'd
still be the possibility of soup.
478
00:24:05,659 --> 00:24:07,930
I haven't been here long.
See? I still have a knife.
479
00:24:08,115 --> 00:24:10,022
- I'm glad to hear it.
- So, are you gonna sit?
480
00:24:10,196 --> 00:24:11,672
Yes, of course.
481
00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:20,221
There we go. Well, this is nice.
482
00:24:20,435 --> 00:24:22,627
You certainly can see
the whole town from here.
483
00:24:22,809 --> 00:24:25,273
- Yes, you can.
- I can see why you come here so much.
484
00:24:25,472 --> 00:24:27,744
It must be fun to just
sit and people-watch.
485
00:24:27,928 --> 00:24:30,392
Let's see what
they've got, shall we?
486
00:24:32,216 --> 00:24:34,805
- Caesar salad. Is that good here?
- I'm sure it is.
487
00:24:35,004 --> 00:24:36,276
- You've never had it?
- No.
488
00:24:36,419 --> 00:24:37,929
- Has Rory?
- No.
489
00:24:38,459 --> 00:24:42,047
Caesar salad can be extremely
unsafe if they use bad eggs.
490
00:24:42,289 --> 00:24:45,002
- Get something else.
- If they're coddled, it would be fine.
491
00:24:45,203 --> 00:24:47,236
- You know if they coddle the eggs here?
- No idea.
492
00:24:47,408 --> 00:24:49,917
- But you come here every day.
- Why don't you ask Luke?
493
00:24:50,114 --> 00:24:53,226
He'll just say they are. I'll have a
Cobb salad. What will you have?
494
00:24:53,444 --> 00:24:56,352
Caesar salad with extra
un-coddled eggs on the side.
495
00:24:56,566 --> 00:24:59,155
Would a serious answer
once in a while kill you?
496
00:24:59,356 --> 00:25:01,627
I'm sorry, Mom. Honestly,
I'm a little confused.
497
00:25:01,811 --> 00:25:03,242
- About what?
- About this.
498
00:25:03,392 --> 00:25:04,948
What's confusing?
We're having lunch.
499
00:25:05,099 --> 00:25:07,132
I know, but we don't
usually have lunch...
500
00:25:07,306 --> 00:25:09,690
especially not in my
town at Luke's Diner.
501
00:25:09,886 --> 00:25:12,555
I figured since you had to
work, it would be easier this way.
502
00:25:12,759 --> 00:25:14,950
- Okay. That's fine.
- You two ready to order?
503
00:25:15,131 --> 00:25:18,163
Yes. How is your Caesar
salad dressing prepared?
504
00:25:18,378 --> 00:25:21,091
I'll have to call Paul
Newman and ask him.
505
00:25:21,541 --> 00:25:23,528
A Cobb salad and an iced tea.
506
00:25:23,706 --> 00:25:25,898
Cheeseburger, fries, onion
rings, and a cherry Coke.
507
00:25:26,078 --> 00:25:27,906
- Any pie today?
- No, thanks.
508
00:25:28,076 --> 00:25:30,348
Cutting back? Trying to
look good for the big day?
509
00:25:30,532 --> 00:25:31,884
Smart. Very smart.
510
00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:35,143
Make sure you check
that frying oil with your face.
511
00:25:36,818 --> 00:25:40,008
- What was that all about?
- Nothing. Just a little small-town charm.
512
00:25:40,231 --> 00:25:43,615
Now please, Mom, tell me,
why did you ask me to lunch?
513
00:25:43,853 --> 00:25:46,964
Because I wanted to spend
some time alone with my daughter.
514
00:25:47,182 --> 00:25:49,737
Rory drops by after
school every now and then...
515
00:25:49,929 --> 00:25:51,201
so we see her alone.
516
00:25:51,345 --> 00:25:54,377
But we never see you alone, unless
Rory leaves the room for a second.
517
00:25:54,592 --> 00:25:56,182
Even then, you
try to go with her.
518
00:25:56,340 --> 00:25:57,737
If I had a nickel
for every time...
519
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,548
you've used the "girls go to
the bathroom together" line...
520
00:26:00,752 --> 00:26:02,864
- I'd be a rich woman.
- You are a rich woman.
521
00:26:03,041 --> 00:26:06,153
Please, is this really a me-and-you
lunch? No hidden agenda?
522
00:26:06,372 --> 00:26:07,803
Of course not.
523
00:26:08,328 --> 00:26:10,201
Okay. Fine.
524
00:26:11,491 --> 00:26:13,206
I talked to Christopher.
525
00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:15,529
- What?
- I called him last week.
526
00:26:15,696 --> 00:26:17,888
We talked for a long time,
and I have to tell you...
527
00:26:18,068 --> 00:26:19,905
- he is not in love with that woman.
- Oh, God.
528
00:26:20,024 --> 00:26:22,613
He never actually said it,
but I could tell from his voice.
529
00:26:22,814 --> 00:26:24,528
He would much rather
be with you and Rory.
530
00:26:24,687 --> 00:26:26,958
- Are you out of your mind?
- You need to talk to him.
531
00:26:27,142 --> 00:26:28,255
That would be a yes.
532
00:26:28,392 --> 00:26:30,697
All he needs is to hear
that you want this, too.
533
00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:33,273
What the hell are you
doing calling Christopher?
534
00:26:33,469 --> 00:26:36,456
- Somebody had to.
- No, somebody didn't have to.
535
00:26:36,675 --> 00:26:40,423
I certainly wasn't going to just sit
by and watch this situation explode.
536
00:26:40,671 --> 00:26:43,544
You two belong together. It
took you years to figure that out.
537
00:26:43,751 --> 00:26:46,215
Now that you finally have
it, you can't let it go away...
538
00:26:46,415 --> 00:26:48,243
just because of a
little complication.
539
00:26:48,413 --> 00:26:51,478
His girlfriend is pregnant. That
is more than a little complication.
540
00:26:51,701 --> 00:26:54,165
Women have gotten pregnant
since the beginning of time.
541
00:26:54,366 --> 00:26:57,829
Before I resort to the totally called-for
"duh," tell me what your point is.
542
00:26:58,070 --> 00:27:01,261
This woman is trying to trap
him. You can't let that happen.
543
00:27:01,483 --> 00:27:03,709
Mom, this is none
of your business.
544
00:27:03,898 --> 00:27:07,679
Yes, it is. It affects Rory, it affects
you, both of whom are my business.
545
00:27:07,936 --> 00:27:10,683
Do not get involved in
this. I mean it. Butt out.
546
00:27:10,891 --> 00:27:13,764
Don't call Christopher
and talk about me or us.
547
00:27:13,971 --> 00:27:16,003
- Just stay out of it.
- Where are you going?
548
00:27:16,177 --> 00:27:18,607
- I have to get back to the inn.
- Do not walk out on me.
549
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,025
I will not discuss this
with you now or ever.
550
00:27:21,214 --> 00:27:23,644
I would love for you to
respect that, but I know you.
551
00:27:23,836 --> 00:27:26,868
- So give Christopher my love.
- A family life doesn't just happen.
552
00:27:27,083 --> 00:27:29,672
You have to work for
it. You have to fight for it.
553
00:27:29,872 --> 00:27:31,859
Lorelai, come back here.
554
00:27:32,702 --> 00:27:35,575
As soon as she's out of intensive
care, we'll get her signature...
555
00:27:35,783 --> 00:27:37,975
then we can set about
hiring a new librarian.
556
00:27:38,155 --> 00:27:39,473
- Anything else?
- Yes.
557
00:27:39,612 --> 00:27:43,121
I was thinking this year we should throw
a beginning-of-the-school-year dance.
558
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,312
Why wait till the tan
fades to have a formal?
559
00:27:45,482 --> 00:27:46,708
Dances are distracting.
560
00:27:46,855 --> 00:27:50,239
They help bring in money for the
stupid topiaries you want in the quad.
561
00:27:50,477 --> 00:27:53,224
Draft a proposal and have it on
my desk by tomorrow. Madeline.
562
00:27:53,432 --> 00:27:57,621
I would propose that a professional
photographer take the senior class photos.
563
00:27:57,886 --> 00:27:59,953
Each year, we use that
cheesy picture place...
564
00:28:00,133 --> 00:28:03,358
and people wind up with those
VH1 Before They Were Stars pictures.
565
00:28:03,588 --> 00:28:05,939
I, for one, would like to
stop the humiliation now.
566
00:28:06,127 --> 00:28:07,922
How will we get a
professional photographer?
567
00:28:08,083 --> 00:28:11,036
- Helmut Newton is my godfather.
- Sign him up.
568
00:28:11,247 --> 00:28:13,280
Tell him to leave the
whips and chains at home.
569
00:28:13,454 --> 00:28:15,805
I think that's all we
have time for today.
570
00:28:15,817 --> 00:28:16,838
Excuse me, Paris.
571
00:28:17,074 --> 00:28:19,380
Did you have time to
think about my proposal?
572
00:28:19,572 --> 00:28:21,798
- What proposal?
- You know, the higher hemlines.
573
00:28:21,987 --> 00:28:24,053
Right. No, not yet.
574
00:28:24,234 --> 00:28:27,186
Okay. I guess I can
wait. For a while.
575
00:28:27,398 --> 00:28:29,782
Patience is a virtue.
Meeting adjourned.
576
00:28:35,764 --> 00:28:38,750
What do you think of Helmut
Newton being Louise's godfather?
577
00:28:38,970 --> 00:28:42,160
- Explains a lot, doesn't it?
- Listen, it might be a good idea...
578
00:28:42,383 --> 00:28:44,336
to consider getting
behind this hemline issue.
579
00:28:44,506 --> 00:28:45,902
- You're kidding, right?
- No.
580
00:28:46,046 --> 00:28:49,077
If girls want to make their
skirts a little shorter, who cares?
581
00:28:49,293 --> 00:28:51,677
I care. I'm building
a legacy here.
582
00:28:51,873 --> 00:28:55,143
You want the first stand I make
against the faculty to involve fashion?
583
00:28:55,370 --> 00:28:58,402
- It would be my "gays in the military."
- I think it would be smart...
584
00:28:58,616 --> 00:29:00,967
to establish goodwill among
the other class presidents.
585
00:29:01,155 --> 00:29:03,188
- Why?
- Because you have to work with them...
586
00:29:03,362 --> 00:29:05,667
and you might even need
their support in the future.
587
00:29:05,860 --> 00:29:08,972
Throwing them a tiny bone like a
hemline amendment is no big deal.
588
00:29:09,189 --> 00:29:11,619
- I don't know.
- It's at the beginning of your term.
589
00:29:11,812 --> 00:29:14,367
No one will even remember
the first thing that you passed.
590
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,705
You have plenty of time
to establish your legacy.
591
00:29:16,890 --> 00:29:20,114
By the time that you implement
public executions for line cutters...
592
00:29:20,345 --> 00:29:22,809
hemlines will be
a thing of the past.
593
00:29:23,925 --> 00:29:27,309
- I was making a joke, not a suggestion.
- Why do you care?
594
00:29:27,547 --> 00:29:29,454
- What?
- Why do you care?
595
00:29:29,627 --> 00:29:31,978
You seem very invested
in this whole thing. Why?
596
00:29:32,166 --> 00:29:34,914
I'm not invested. If you
don't want to do it, fine.
597
00:29:35,122 --> 00:29:37,155
I'm just giving you my opinion.
598
00:29:37,328 --> 00:29:39,837
I thought you might want to
be one of those presidents...
599
00:29:40,034 --> 00:29:42,464
that's beloved as
well as respected.
600
00:29:43,531 --> 00:29:45,676
Raising hemlines
would make me beloved?
601
00:29:45,861 --> 00:29:48,496
It's certainly a step
in that direction.
602
00:29:48,691 --> 00:29:50,803
- All right. I'll push it through.
- Good.
603
00:29:50,981 --> 00:29:53,127
But the next genius
with a brilliant plan...
604
00:29:53,312 --> 00:29:56,821
to put an Elizabeth Arden in the
chemistry class can bite my ass.
605
00:30:02,886 --> 00:30:04,396
- I'm not going.
- You are going.
606
00:30:04,551 --> 00:30:06,185
She's done this to
me for the last time.
607
00:30:06,341 --> 00:30:08,725
From now on, I'm not telling
her anything about my life.
608
00:30:08,922 --> 00:30:11,272
As opposed to everything
you've told her in the past.
609
00:30:11,461 --> 00:30:13,096
I can't believe she
called Christopher.
610
00:30:13,250 --> 00:30:15,203
She has no respect for
my feelings or privacy.
611
00:30:15,373 --> 00:30:17,519
She didn't think that. She
thought she was helping.
612
00:30:17,704 --> 00:30:19,612
You do know there
isn't a Santa Claus?
613
00:30:19,786 --> 00:30:22,659
- Please try to forget this.
- I'm never going over there again.
614
00:30:22,866 --> 00:30:24,456
- Not an option.
- Should be.
615
00:30:24,615 --> 00:30:27,249
- Sometimes you have to cut people out.
- She's your mother.
616
00:30:27,445 --> 00:30:28,796
I want proof. I want tests done.
617
00:30:28,943 --> 00:30:30,896
- You want your red purse or blue?
- Blue.
618
00:30:31,067 --> 00:30:34,019
I wonder who else she's calling.
She must be talking to Kirk now.
619
00:30:34,229 --> 00:30:37,817
"I heard you're taking my daughter
out to dinner. Let's talk china patterns."
620
00:30:38,060 --> 00:30:39,093
God, I'm furious.
621
00:30:39,224 --> 00:30:40,257
[Phone ringing]
622
00:30:40,390 --> 00:30:41,574
Don't get that. It might be her.
623
00:30:41,598 --> 00:30:44,266
I doubt she'd call when
we'll be over in half an hour.
624
00:30:44,470 --> 00:30:45,787
KIRK: Hello?
625
00:30:46,384 --> 00:30:47,382
Hello?
626
00:30:48,008 --> 00:30:49,518
[Answering machine beeping]
627
00:30:49,673 --> 00:30:53,783
The answering machine confused
him. And that's the guy who likes me.
628
00:30:54,044 --> 00:30:57,268
- I'd consider adoption if I were you.
- My life stinks.
629
00:30:57,706 --> 00:30:59,501
Let's look into
each other's eyes...
630
00:30:59,663 --> 00:31:01,934
and say, "I wish I were
you," at the same time.
631
00:31:02,119 --> 00:31:03,595
Maybe we'll pull
a Freaky Friday.
632
00:31:03,742 --> 00:31:07,285
Or we can pretend like we did, and
you can go around acting immature.
633
00:31:07,530 --> 00:31:09,994
- Wait...
- You won't switch bodies with me?
634
00:31:10,193 --> 00:31:11,749
Forget it. Then I'd
have to date Kirk.
635
00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:14,364
I'd switch bodies with you
in a heartbeat if you wanted.
636
00:31:14,565 --> 00:31:16,234
I know, and I appreciate that.
637
00:31:16,396 --> 00:31:19,348
KIRK: Lorelai? I just called. There
might be a problem with your phone.
638
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,308
My God. Let's go.
639
00:31:21,474 --> 00:31:23,064
- Hello?
- Mom.
640
00:31:23,222 --> 00:31:25,448
- Who is this?
- Mom, please get off the phone.
641
00:31:25,637 --> 00:31:27,987
- Dr. Marshall?
- Mom, please hang up.
642
00:31:28,176 --> 00:31:29,810
I'll call you back.
643
00:31:33,671 --> 00:31:35,102
[Doorbell ringing]
644
00:31:38,790 --> 00:31:40,380
[Doorbell continues ringing]
645
00:31:41,663 --> 00:31:43,252
For heaven's sake.
646
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,107
I don't think your
doorbell's working.
647
00:31:48,281 --> 00:31:50,632
Believe me. It's
not the doorbell.
648
00:31:51,444 --> 00:31:53,159
So it was the door.
649
00:31:53,317 --> 00:31:55,304
Yes, Sarah. Once
again, it was the door.
650
00:31:55,482 --> 00:31:58,230
So I just have to remember
that the big bell is the door...
651
00:31:58,437 --> 00:31:59,947
and the small one is the oven.
652
00:32:00,103 --> 00:32:02,850
Yes, that would be a
wonderful thing to remember.
653
00:32:03,807 --> 00:32:05,840
Okay. Let's have
a drink, shall we?
654
00:32:06,013 --> 00:32:07,683
So, Grandma, you
have a new maid?
655
00:32:07,845 --> 00:32:11,070
- Yes, I do.
- Good thing we're in time for happy hour.
656
00:32:11,841 --> 00:32:14,589
- Wine, Lorelai?
- Yeah, if there's any left.
657
00:32:15,420 --> 00:32:17,929
- Rory, soda or water?
- Soda, please.
658
00:32:20,832 --> 00:32:23,183
- How about water?
- Water's fine, too.
659
00:32:23,371 --> 00:32:25,041
- What's up, Mom?
- Nothing.
660
00:32:25,203 --> 00:32:26,429
You seem tense.
661
00:32:26,576 --> 00:32:29,722
- You always think I seem tense.
- Tonight you seem tenser than usual.
662
00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:31,095
Well, I'm not.
663
00:32:34,610 --> 00:32:36,835
Rory, tell me about school.
664
00:32:37,981 --> 00:32:39,730
Okay. School's good.
665
00:32:39,896 --> 00:32:41,883
- Do you like student government?
- I think so.
666
00:32:42,061 --> 00:32:43,809
- Your grades are still good?
- Yes.
667
00:32:43,975 --> 00:32:47,041
- Do you take any physical education?
- Not this semester.
668
00:32:47,264 --> 00:32:49,932
But eventually you will take
some sort of physical education.
669
00:32:50,136 --> 00:32:51,646
- I'm not sure.
- But trust me...
670
00:32:51,801 --> 00:32:53,391
when she decides
to run after a ball...
671
00:32:53,549 --> 00:32:56,501
and take a public shower with
30 other girls, you'll get a call.
672
00:32:56,713 --> 00:32:58,780
- Thank you.
- Dinner's ready.
673
00:32:59,252 --> 00:33:01,318
- Sarah, one minute, please.
- Yeah?
674
00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:03,772
I told you we eat
dinner at 7:00.
675
00:33:04,829 --> 00:33:06,896
And right now, it's 6:30.
676
00:33:08,451 --> 00:33:12,437
Therefore, one could conclude that
maybe it's just a tad early for dinner.
677
00:33:12,821 --> 00:33:15,127
- I'm sorry...
- We want to eat at 7:00!
678
00:33:15,319 --> 00:33:19,067
- But the food's ready now.
- Okay. Never mind. We'll eat.
679
00:33:19,648 --> 00:33:21,919
We're eating. Up, up. Let's go.
680
00:33:24,310 --> 00:33:28,341
It's fine. It's better. Then
we can all be in bed by 9:00.
681
00:33:28,639 --> 00:33:29,786
Sit down.
682
00:33:29,929 --> 00:33:32,155
- Tell us what is up now.
- What is up with what?
683
00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:33,854
With you and her.
684
00:33:34,009 --> 00:33:36,439
She's new, Lorelai. She's
only been here three days.
685
00:33:36,631 --> 00:33:38,425
She's still getting
the hang of things.
686
00:33:38,588 --> 00:33:41,620
I think it's only fair to
give the woman a chance.
687
00:33:42,916 --> 00:33:44,029
Why are you staring at me?
688
00:33:44,166 --> 00:33:46,755
Mom, you've had maids
deported who were better than her.
689
00:33:46,954 --> 00:33:48,624
- I have not.
- Talk.
690
00:33:49,702 --> 00:33:53,290
Your father made a crack the other day
about my not being able to keep a maid.
691
00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:56,643
It's a gross exaggeration. Yes,
I've had maids I haven't liked...
692
00:33:56,861 --> 00:33:59,735
- but I've also had maids I've loved.
- Name one.
693
00:34:00,691 --> 00:34:01,804
- Daiha.
- Who?
694
00:34:01,939 --> 00:34:04,245
- She took you shopping once.
- How old was I?
695
00:34:04,437 --> 00:34:05,630
- I don't know.
- Guess.
696
00:34:05,769 --> 00:34:06,802
Four, five.
697
00:34:06,934 --> 00:34:09,398
You haven't liked a maid
since I was four or five?
698
00:34:09,599 --> 00:34:11,904
I have liked a maid. You
asked me whom I've loved.
699
00:34:12,096 --> 00:34:14,401
- I loved Daiha.
- And whatever happened to Daiha?
700
00:34:14,594 --> 00:34:16,820
How should I know?
But I loved her.
701
00:34:17,008 --> 00:34:18,678
Okay. Salad?
702
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,145
- Thank you, Sarah.
- Big bell.
703
00:34:21,337 --> 00:34:23,006
Sarah, the salads.
704
00:34:23,917 --> 00:34:26,472
- Pass the wine, Lorelai.
- You want a straw with that?
705
00:34:26,665 --> 00:34:28,890
- You're enjoying this?
- Well, yeah.
706
00:34:29,204 --> 00:34:32,428
- Lor, I need to talk to you.
- Chris, what are you doing here?
707
00:34:32,659 --> 00:34:34,532
- You won't return my calls.
- Did you do this?
708
00:34:34,699 --> 00:34:36,096
- I knew you'd be here.
- I did not.
709
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,873
- You gave me no choice.
- After I told you to stay out of it.
710
00:34:39,069 --> 00:34:40,864
- I did not do this.
- You have to go.
711
00:34:41,025 --> 00:34:44,931
- I'm not going until you talk to me.
- Christopher, Lorelai, come back here.
712
00:34:45,188 --> 00:34:46,414
Why won't you call me back?
713
00:34:46,562 --> 00:34:48,708
This is the worst time
for this conversation.
714
00:34:48,892 --> 00:34:51,481
It seems to be the only time
to have this conversation.
715
00:34:51,682 --> 00:34:54,828
Go home, okay? I promise
I will talk to you tomorrow.
716
00:34:55,053 --> 00:34:56,246
Sure, I believe that.
717
00:34:56,386 --> 00:34:58,736
I've never lied to you.
There's no reason to doubt me.
718
00:34:58,924 --> 00:35:01,036
Really? 45 un-returned
phone calls isn't a reason?
719
00:35:01,214 --> 00:35:03,849
- No, it isn't.
- You shutting me out like this is wrong.
720
00:35:04,044 --> 00:35:06,679
I'm not discussing this with
you here in my mother's house.
721
00:35:06,875 --> 00:35:07,907
You can't dictate this.
722
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,186
I need to talk, you won't call
back, I did what I had to do. Sorry...
723
00:35:11,411 --> 00:35:14,000
but after all we've been
through in the last few months...
724
00:35:14,201 --> 00:35:15,836
you shutting me out is wrong.
725
00:35:15,990 --> 00:35:17,421
You know what
hits me the hardest?
726
00:35:17,572 --> 00:35:19,479
Apparently, it isn't the
door on your way out.
727
00:35:19,654 --> 00:35:21,369
- You keeping Rory from me.
- What?
728
00:35:21,527 --> 00:35:24,639
- I never thought you'd do that.
- I'm not keeping Rory from you.
729
00:35:24,857 --> 00:35:26,651
Then why hasn't
she called me back?
730
00:35:26,814 --> 00:35:29,005
No matter where you and
I have been in our lives...
731
00:35:29,186 --> 00:35:31,741
my daughter has always
called me back. Until now.
732
00:35:31,933 --> 00:35:34,442
I didn't call you back
because I didn't want to.
733
00:35:34,639 --> 00:35:36,989
- Me. Mom had nothing to do with it.
- Honey, calm down.
734
00:35:37,178 --> 00:35:40,324
You promised me at Sookie's
wedding that this was going to work...
735
00:35:40,549 --> 00:35:42,298
that you were gonna
be there. You promised.
736
00:35:42,464 --> 00:35:43,782
Honey, please understand.
737
00:35:43,922 --> 00:35:47,033
No. I always understand,
and I don't want to understand.
738
00:35:47,251 --> 00:35:49,318
I don't even want to
talk about this right now.
739
00:35:49,499 --> 00:35:50,931
I've got Mom. That's all I need.
740
00:35:51,081 --> 00:35:52,878
- Go be somebody else's dad.
- Don't say that.
741
00:35:53,037 --> 00:35:55,592
I'm going upstairs.
Call me when he's gone.
742
00:35:57,783 --> 00:35:59,770
She did not get
there by herself.
743
00:35:59,946 --> 00:36:01,456
Have you ever met your daughter?
744
00:36:01,612 --> 00:36:04,076
She could get to the
third dimension by herself.
745
00:36:04,276 --> 00:36:06,501
She was helping the crossing
guard when she was four.
746
00:36:06,690 --> 00:36:08,484
- I'm going to talk to her.
- No, you're not.
747
00:36:08,646 --> 00:36:11,110
She wants to be alone
and cool off. Respect that.
748
00:36:11,311 --> 00:36:14,456
- I'll talk to her later.
- Great. That makes me feel a lot better.
749
00:36:14,682 --> 00:36:16,715
You need to leave. Right now.
750
00:36:17,596 --> 00:36:19,947
This isn't right. She
needs her father.
751
00:36:20,135 --> 00:36:22,849
I know she needs her father.
I've been telling her that.
752
00:36:23,049 --> 00:36:25,957
But she feels like her father
bailed on her. She's mad and hurt.
753
00:36:26,171 --> 00:36:29,520
- I can't change that in three minutes!
- You think I like this situation?
754
00:36:29,751 --> 00:36:32,386
Do you? After what you
and I had going and now...
755
00:36:32,581 --> 00:36:34,773
Do you remember why
we're here right now?
756
00:36:34,954 --> 00:36:38,383
What events in your life caused this
very pleasant moment we're sharing?
757
00:36:38,617 --> 00:36:41,126
- That has nothing to do with this.
- What?
758
00:36:41,364 --> 00:36:44,350
- Man! What do you want from me?
- I want to talk!
759
00:36:44,569 --> 00:36:46,954
- About what?
- I don't know. I just...
760
00:36:47,358 --> 00:36:48,992
I don't like how things are.
761
00:36:49,148 --> 00:36:50,334
But that's how they are.
762
00:36:50,346 --> 00:36:52,373
I didn't want things
to turn out this way.
763
00:36:52,603 --> 00:36:55,715
- But they did turn out this way.
- But I didn't want that!
764
00:36:55,933 --> 00:36:58,397
- Is Sherry still pregnant?
- Of course she is.
765
00:36:58,597 --> 00:37:00,073
- Are you still with her?
- Yes.
766
00:37:00,220 --> 00:37:02,253
- Are you gonna marry her?
- Yes.
767
00:37:02,427 --> 00:37:04,572
Then, honey, we
are where we are.
768
00:37:04,757 --> 00:37:06,427
- Accept it.
- I can't.
769
00:37:06,589 --> 00:37:09,735
Don't you understand that I
can't talk to you because it hurts?
770
00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:11,709
Talking to you really hurts!
771
00:37:11,876 --> 00:37:14,226
Standing here right
now is killing me, okay?
772
00:37:14,415 --> 00:37:17,049
- Don't you understand that?
- Christopher...
773
00:37:17,370 --> 00:37:19,561
- I think you'd better go now.
- Emily, I...
774
00:37:19,742 --> 00:37:21,775
Leave now, please.
775
00:37:31,730 --> 00:37:32,728
[Door closing]
776
00:37:35,726 --> 00:37:39,030
You know, you need a mask
and a horse when you do that.
777
00:37:40,264 --> 00:37:41,934
Something's burning.
778
00:37:42,512 --> 00:37:44,067
[Motorcycle engine starting]
779
00:37:46,299 --> 00:37:47,297
Chris!
780
00:37:49,546 --> 00:37:50,943
Give it time.
781
00:38:04,739 --> 00:38:08,123
That was a fun night. I haven't
had that much fun since labor.
782
00:38:08,819 --> 00:38:11,011
Seriously, ladies and
gentlemen, is this on?
783
00:38:11,191 --> 00:38:13,780
- I can't believe he just came over.
- He misses you.
784
00:38:13,980 --> 00:38:16,410
- He misses you.
- We're very missable.
785
00:38:16,894 --> 00:38:19,006
He loves you so much.
He didn't mean to...
786
00:38:19,183 --> 00:38:21,329
No. He never means
to, but he does.
787
00:38:21,515 --> 00:38:23,979
I don't care what he says,
I'm not going to this wedding.
788
00:38:24,178 --> 00:38:25,496
- You don't have to.
- Good.
789
00:38:25,635 --> 00:38:28,463
But you might. Later in your
life, when you're not so angry...
790
00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:30,945
and you make up with your
dad, as we know you will...
791
00:38:31,129 --> 00:38:33,435
you might be
sorry you missed it.
792
00:38:33,627 --> 00:38:36,501
- It's the wrong wedding.
- Things happen for a reason.
793
00:38:36,707 --> 00:38:39,137
- Since when is that your philosophy?
- Since now.
794
00:38:39,330 --> 00:38:41,158
- By the way, I'm also a communist.
- Really?
795
00:38:41,328 --> 00:38:44,440
- Yes, 'cause I look damn good in red.
- I'm starving.
796
00:38:44,657 --> 00:38:46,724
- Could it be 'cause dinner sucked?
- Could be.
797
00:38:46,906 --> 00:38:48,654
- Let's do mac and cheese.
- And Tater Tots.
798
00:38:48,820 --> 00:38:50,853
- And those pizza rolls.
- And chili beef soup.
799
00:38:51,027 --> 00:38:53,060
After which, we will
install our own vomitorium.
800
00:38:53,232 --> 00:38:55,185
- Nix the soup.
- And add some cake.
801
00:38:55,356 --> 00:38:59,137
Let's be organized. Be snappy, and if
there's impulse buying, make it chocolate.
802
00:38:59,393 --> 00:39:00,426
Aye, aye, Captain.
803
00:39:00,559 --> 00:39:02,035
- Lorelai.
- Oh, no.
804
00:39:03,972 --> 00:39:05,164
- Go on in.
- Sure?
805
00:39:05,304 --> 00:39:07,688
- I have to take care of this.
- Good luck.
806
00:39:08,134 --> 00:39:09,167
Hey, Kirk.
807
00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:11,412
I know you haven't
made up your mind yet...
808
00:39:11,590 --> 00:39:13,940
and I'm not here for an
answer. I just need to know...
809
00:39:14,128 --> 00:39:16,002
are you allergic to tuna?
810
00:39:16,168 --> 00:39:18,599
- No.
- Good. Thank you very much.
811
00:39:18,790 --> 00:39:20,505
Kirk, I have made up my mind.
812
00:39:20,663 --> 00:39:22,139
- You have? Already?
- Yes.
813
00:39:22,287 --> 00:39:24,160
- And it's fully formed?
- Yes, it is.
814
00:39:24,327 --> 00:39:26,394
- You don't need any other information?
- No.
815
00:39:26,575 --> 00:39:29,129
- I could have my mother call you.
- Totally unnecessary.
816
00:39:29,322 --> 00:39:31,786
Okay. Then go ahead.
817
00:39:31,986 --> 00:39:34,370
I just got out of a really
weird relationship...
818
00:39:34,567 --> 00:39:36,951
and I know that sounds
like a line, but it isn't.
819
00:39:37,147 --> 00:39:40,929
I'm just not fully over
the shock of it yet...
820
00:39:41,184 --> 00:39:45,885
and I never want to hurt you,
because you're my friend and I like you.
821
00:39:47,429 --> 00:39:50,018
So I have to say no. I'm sorry.
822
00:39:52,257 --> 00:39:54,369
Was the tuna
inquiry too personal?
823
00:39:54,547 --> 00:39:56,658
No, I thought it
was very thoughtful.
824
00:39:56,836 --> 00:39:59,709
You sure you won't
feel like it any time soon?
825
00:39:59,916 --> 00:40:01,472
Yeah, I'm sure.
826
00:40:02,746 --> 00:40:04,381
At least I asked.
827
00:40:04,620 --> 00:40:06,289
Good night, Lorelai.
828
00:40:12,362 --> 00:40:14,235
- Doing a little shopping?
- Yes.
829
00:40:14,402 --> 00:40:16,435
- Excuse me.
- Why the cold shoulder?
830
00:40:16,608 --> 00:40:18,879
No cold shoulder. I just
have perishables here.
831
00:40:19,064 --> 00:40:21,369
You want to get home
before that Beefaroni goes bad.
832
00:40:21,562 --> 00:40:23,310
My mom's waiting for me.
833
00:40:23,476 --> 00:40:24,907
- How was Washington?
- Fine.
834
00:40:25,058 --> 00:40:27,203
- Do anything interesting?
- Nope.
835
00:40:27,389 --> 00:40:28,785
- What about you?
- What about me?
836
00:40:28,929 --> 00:40:30,246
Anything interesting happen?
837
00:40:30,386 --> 00:40:31,737
- This summer, I mean.
- Nope.
838
00:40:31,884 --> 00:40:33,077
- Really?
- Really.
839
00:40:33,216 --> 00:40:35,851
So nothing happened
this summer at all?
840
00:40:36,255 --> 00:40:37,288
It was hot.
841
00:40:37,420 --> 00:40:39,327
Two weeks ago, there
was a run on snow cones.
842
00:40:39,502 --> 00:40:42,886
Machine broke, people went crazy.
Taylor tried calling the National Guard...
843
00:40:43,124 --> 00:40:44,713
I'm not talking
about snow cones.
844
00:40:44,871 --> 00:40:47,665
- What are you talking about, then?
- Nothing.
845
00:40:49,950 --> 00:40:52,176
- Her name's Shane.
- As in, "come back"?
846
00:40:52,364 --> 00:40:54,953
- Yep.
- Great. That's great.
847
00:40:55,153 --> 00:40:56,345
Really, it's great.
848
00:40:56,485 --> 00:40:57,756
- So I've heard.
- It is.
849
00:40:57,900 --> 00:40:59,649
- Are you upset about something?
- No.
850
00:40:59,815 --> 00:41:01,882
- I mean, me and Shane.
- What about you two?
851
00:41:02,063 --> 00:41:05,015
I don't know. It didn't exactly
bring a smile to your face.
852
00:41:05,226 --> 00:41:07,452
I'm still freaked out about
the snow cone machine.
853
00:41:07,641 --> 00:41:10,229
- I could care less about you and Shane.
- Good.
854
00:41:10,429 --> 00:41:12,178
- It surprised me, that's all.
- Why?
855
00:41:12,344 --> 00:41:13,900
- Because.
- Because why?
856
00:41:14,051 --> 00:41:16,322
Because of what happened
at Sookie's wedding.
857
00:41:16,507 --> 00:41:19,254
So me coming back here
and seeing you with Shane...
858
00:41:19,462 --> 00:41:20,813
just kind of threw me for a sec.
859
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,753
I'm sorry. Did I hear from
you at all this summer?
860
00:41:23,957 --> 00:41:26,784
Did I just miss the thousands
of phone calls you made to me?
861
00:41:26,996 --> 00:41:29,743
Did the postman lose all
those letters you wrote to me?
862
00:41:29,951 --> 00:41:31,700
You kiss me, tell me
not to say anything.
863
00:41:31,866 --> 00:41:35,171
Very flattering, by the way. You
go off to Washington. Then nothing.
864
00:41:35,404 --> 00:41:36,914
Then you come
back, all put out...
865
00:41:37,070 --> 00:41:39,738
because I didn't wait for you
like Dean would have done?
866
00:41:39,941 --> 00:41:43,007
And, yeah, what about
Dean? Are you still with him?
867
00:41:43,230 --> 00:41:46,693
Last time I checked, you were. I
haven't heard anything to the contrary.
868
00:41:46,934 --> 00:41:50,238
And you two walking around the
other day like some Andy Hardy movie.
869
00:41:50,473 --> 00:41:52,222
Seemed to me like
you're still together.
870
00:41:52,387 --> 00:41:55,135
I half expected you to break
into a barn and put on a show.
871
00:41:55,343 --> 00:41:56,570
When did you see me with Dean?
872
00:41:56,717 --> 00:41:59,022
At that stupid summer
insanity plea the town put on.
873
00:41:59,214 --> 00:42:02,279
I'm surprised you could see with
Shane's head plastered to your face.
874
00:42:02,502 --> 00:42:03,978
- You didn't answer me.
- About what?
875
00:42:04,126 --> 00:42:05,636
- Did you call me at all?
- No.
876
00:42:05,790 --> 00:42:07,068
- Did you send me a letter?
- No.
877
00:42:07,206 --> 00:42:08,239
- Postcard?
- No.
878
00:42:08,371 --> 00:42:09,484
- Smoke signal?
- Stop.
879
00:42:09,621 --> 00:42:11,131
- A nice fruit basket?
- Enough.
880
00:42:11,285 --> 00:42:12,920
Are you still with Dean?
881
00:42:13,075 --> 00:42:15,142
Come on: yes or no?
Are you still with Dean?
882
00:42:15,323 --> 00:42:17,356
Yes, I'm still with Dean.
883
00:42:18,737 --> 00:42:20,292
- Glad to hear it.
- Glad to tell you.
884
00:42:20,443 --> 00:42:21,561
- See you around.
- Whatever.
885
00:42:21,609 --> 00:42:23,040
Right back at you.
886
00:42:27,810 --> 00:42:29,877
I was just gonna
come in after you.
887
00:42:30,058 --> 00:42:32,250
- You all done?
- Yeah, I'm done.