Ribbons here! Return your ribbons here. That's right, folks.
- Here you go. - Thank you, sir.
Right in the box, ma'am. Ribbons here! Return your ribbons here!
Kirk, stop that.
Can't stop yet, Luke. Haven't got them all yet.
- I mean it. Put the box away. - Luke, you and Lorelai have reconciled.
I know, Kirk, I was there.
And since you two have reconciled, it's only appropriate...
that the citizens of Stars Hollow take off their pins and start to heal.
In my case, literally.
I caught about an inch of chest flesh with this sharp little sucker.
- Kirk... - Lulu, hey!
No, Kirk. I like my ribbon!
- It's pink. I like pink! - This is bigger than your love of pink!
- No! - Lulu!
Lulu, get back here! Lulu!
Wow! Did you see that?
You know, if someone opened a store in this town selling giant butterfly nets...
they'd make a fortune.
- Come on, the crazy need love, too. - Speaking of which, welcome back.
- Nice to be here. - Want some coffee?
Say that again slower and with your pants off.
- What's that? - My pretty face.
- It's a Weston's coffee cup. - Is it?
You bring an enemy coffee cup in here on the day of our reconciliation.
At least I didn't ask you for a favor on this, the day of your daughter's wedding.
- Get that coffee out of here. - This is not coffee.
This is a mocha-chocolate-caramel swirlaccino with extra whipped cream.
That sounds disgusting.
It is, and if it was physically possible...
to make love to a hot beverage, this would be the one.
- So apparently, I've got competition. - No, it's just a fling.
I'll finally spend the night with it, but then when I see it in the morning...
with the caramel unswirled, and the whipped cream unwhipped...
Bye-bye.
Man, that was hard.
She must have stretched first.
So judging from the snores, I'm guessing you love the theater.
That was not a snore, it was a groan.
- It was not a painful play. - Any play is a painful play for me.
That's too bad, because you're gonna miss out on...
- some wonderful things. - Yeah, like what?
My mom took me to see Caroline, or Change in New York...
Tony Kushner's musical, and it was the most amazing thing we ever saw.
Tony Kushner wrote Angels in America.
- I know who Tony Kushner is. - So you've seen his plays?
No, my mom plays canasta with him every month he's in town.
Tony Kushner plays canasta with your mother?
Badly, but, yes.
You have a magical life, Huntzberger, and you don't even know it.
- So, where to next? - I don't know. Mahjong with Mamet.
- How's ice cream sound? - Ice cream sounds great.
Then ice cream it is.
Whoa, Logan, where are we going? Slow down.
You slow down, you die a little.
Yeah, you go too fast in heels, and you kind of die also.
RORY: What are we doing? LOGAN: We're getting ice cream.
But the dining hall's closed. We're breaking in.
That's a very negative way to look at it.
How do you have a key to the dining hall?
I know a lot of very powerful locksmiths.
What happens if we get caught? Could we get suspended?
They can't kick you out of school for this, can they?
Hey, relax, look around.
For tonight, this is all yours.
- It is kind of cool. - Wait till you see the kitchen.
I've never seen the cereal station completely full before.
I'm never here early enough. I knew they had Cocoa Puffs.
- Then go crazy, Ace. - No, we're getting ice cream.
There's no rule that says you can't have ice cream and cereal.
Go on, get your Cocoa Puffs.
First Cocoa Puffs of the day. This is a historical moment.
Okay, next stop, ice cream.
- What're you doing? - I'm looking for the swipe machine...
- so I can deduct points from my meal plan. - You're kidding, right?
- The school pays for the food, and... - Trust me...
with all the money my family has donated to this school...
they can afford to be out of a few Cocoa Puffs.
- Let's go. - This is fun.
You're an easy girl to please.
Let's hit the kitchen.
- Ace, come on. - I'm coming.
- Looks great. - Oh, that... Okay. Thanks.
That's enough there. Just make sure you get the stairs now.
No, those go outside. Anacencia will take care of you.
What a surprise. A plate of cookies on the coffee table...
to match the basket of cupcakes on the reception desk.
- Come on, I always do this. - No, you always do this...
when a photographer from American Travel magazine...
is coming to photograph us, for one of the Top Ten Inns in Connecticut.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
You know, I moved the furniture in the bedrooms around four times last night.
- And you ended up? - With everything in exactly...
the same place I started with.
- The dining room looks beautiful. - Thank you.
And what a surprise. A cake on every table.
So no one has to share.
Okay, floor looks good, table looks good.
- Hey, what happened to our books? - What do you mean?
All our beautiful leather-bound books.
Jonathan Swift, Edith Wharton, Charles Dickens.
- A lot of them are gone. - The guests must have swiped them.
They swiped Jonathan Swift and left me with Clifford the Big Red Dog...
and five copies of He's Just Not That Into You?
- We've been airplane-booked. - We gotta get them out of here.
Hey, Eddie, will you get these out of here? Thanks.
I'll raid Rory's leftovers tonight.
There everybody is. Who missed Michel?
- Trick question? How was California? - You know, it is insanity.
- What is different about me? - You're wearing sunglasses inside?
They are not sunglasses. They are eyewear.
Everyone in Los Angeles wears pairs and pairs of eyewear.
- You look great. - I tell you, I belong out there.
Everybody is thin and gorgeous.
There's this place on Sunset Boulevard, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
And everybody there talks exactly like me.
- Wow. - I got BOTOX.
Dr. Wu, she's a genius, everyone goes there.
And look, I got them done by the same guy who does Nick Lachey.
- Okay, gather around. I brought gifts. - Gifts? Great.
The shopping out there, unbelievable. Rodeo Drive.
Dig a hole and drop me in, even if I'm not dead yet.
Okay, for you and for you.
It's a smog globe. They are so funny in California.
Well, what do you know? He's Just Not That Into You.
I heard it's a fabulous book, and so true.
I haven't told you the most amazing part yet.
You got your boobs done by same the guy who did Pamela Anderson?
No, though I did meet him at the Coffee Bean.
I was at this place called the Farmers Market...
and I was just sitting there minding anybody's business...
and a man came up to me and asked if I would like to be...
a contestant on The Price ls Right.
- You're kidding! - I was so stunned.
I mean, I never considered being on a game show...
but I was finished with my Bo Bo tea, so I figured, why not?
- They just asked you to be on? - Yes.
That's weird. Jackson's cousin Monty did The Price ls Right...
and he told us that the contestants had to get up at the crack of dawn...
stand in line for hours with hundreds of tourists...
and then show how enthusiastic a contestant they would be.
You know, jumping up and down, screaming and yelling.
- You don't say. - Yeah.
And they had to wear embarrassing T-shirts...
that said things like, "Pick me, Bob, I neutered my dog."
And they spent weeks studying the price of turtle wax and Hamburger Helper.
Okay, fine, I may have jumped a little, but I did not wear a T-shirt.
Michel, what would Nick Lachey's teeth guy say?
Make fun if you want, but I walked away the winner...
of over $100,000 of cash and prizes.
- Then what's with the cheap gifts? - That's not even that smoggy.
Why do I talk to you? Why?
All right, I'm gonna run over to Luke's and grab some dinner...
and then I will be back to finish the setup.
Got it.
[Sighing]
If you just put it in the box, like I told you to...
I wouldn't have had to follow you in.
- Here's your fries. - Good.
- Where's the rest of your burger? - I ate it.
- I was gone two seconds. - Ketchup, please.
By the time I get the ketchup, the fries will be gone.
- You're right, forget the ketchup. - Slow down.
I can't slow down. I only have 15 minutes before I have to get back to the Inn.
You're gonna make yourself sick.
Yes, but my sickness will remind me of you...
- so it'll be romantic. - Romantic nausea.
- I get that all the time. - Hit me with the pie.
- What pie? - The boysenberry pie.
- We're out of boysenberry pie. - How can you be out of boysenberry pie?
Because someone ordered the last piece.
But I specifically asked you to save me a piece of boysenberry pie.
- No, you didn't. - Yes, I did.
- When? - I left you a message.
- I never got a message. - I left it on your cell phone.
Is that what that annoying beeping sound was?
Yes, it was telling you that your girlfriend called...
- and asked you to save her some pie. - I don't know how to use the voice mail.
- You don't? - Or anything else on this stupid thing.
I know how to make a call and answer a call and then I am out.
Give me that. You've got to learn how to use this thing...
because it is very powerful, and wonderful...
- and it could change your life. - What are you doing?
I am putting my number on speed dial...
so all you have to do is hit "1," see...
'cause, like, I'm number one. And then...
I wonder who that could be.
- Hello? - Give me.
No cell phones in the diner.
- See? Wasn't that fun? - Totally.
- Want me to put it on vibrate for you? - Your 15 minutes are up.
- Crap, I got to go. - Take a doughnut.
- So, then, Sunday? - Pick you up at 8:00.
I'll leave you a message letting you know your chances of getting lucky.
Hey, Kirk, how's the ribbon collecting coming?
- Why do you get him started? - I think we're near the finish line.
- Who's winning? - This isn't a contest.
- I just wanna know. - I don't care who's winning.
- Then you won't care if it's me. - Of course it's you.
You're the one that makes the costumes for the Christmas pageant.
You make the ornaments for the Firelight Festival.
You go to the town meetings. You say hello to people.
You have a daughter who looks like she belongs on top of a Christmas tree.
Everybody knows that gets you tons of points.
- Yeah. - There's no way to compete with that.
- Kirk? - You're kicking his ass.
- Yes! - This isn't a contest.
No, not now it isn't.
Kirk, I want a final tally, because the ribbon loser...
is buying the ribbon-winner dinner Sunday night.
Loser pays? When did we agree on that?
I must have left that on your voice mail, too.
[Cell phone ringing]
- Hey, Mom. - Hey.
How would you feel about doing a little shopping tomorrow?
Hurt, confused, a little dirty.
I need to get a new back-together-with-Luke dress...
- for my back-together-with-Luke date. - Where do you want to go?
How about the new place where you got the scarf with the bows on it?
- Yes, cute place. - I want to go to the cute place.
- 10.:00? - I'll be the one holding coffee.
So, what are you doing tonight?
- Mom. - What? Are you driving?
- Sounds like you're driving. - I am driving.
- You are? Where you going? - You know where I'm going, Mom.
- Disneyland? - No.
- Puppy World? - You're so immature.
- You're gonna make me say it? - Say what?
- I am on my way to Friday night dinner. - [Laughing] That's right.
- You're on the road to Hellville. - Do not gloat.
I'm not gloating. I'm gloating with hand gestures...
- Bye. - And a little soft shoe.
- Got to go. - Listen, enjoy your glazed woodcock...
with a side of truffled goose head.
- What a shame, I'm here. - You are not.
- See you tomorrow. - Rory, wait, I'm gloating with jazz hands.
Bye, Mom.
Finish up, Kirk. I'm closing up early.
You're going to see Lorelai tonight, aren't you?
Actually, no. She's working. I'm gonna see her Sunday night.
That sounds nice.
You guys probably spend a lot of time together.
Yes, we do.
And you probably sleep over at each other's houses, too.
Cookies are on the house, Kirk. Just go, okay?
You know, Lulu's my first real girlfriend.
I had an imaginary girlfriend for a while when I was young, but she left me.
That happens.
I wish Lulu and I could have what you and Lorelai have.
You can have that, Kirk. You will have it, in fact...
why don't you leave and go have it right now?
I live with my mother.
Apparently, I'm officially in this conversation.
- Don't know how it happened, but... - My mother is allergic to Lulu.
The minute Lulu comes in the room, Mother will cough and choke and turn red.
Her throat closes up, everything gets puffy.
Lulu's tried everything.
She changed her soap, her perfume, shampoo, cream rinse, deodorant.
She's actually kind of a mess right now, but nothing seems to work.
- Kirk. - Obviously, I can't have Mother...
choking three times a week...
so I considered constructing a separate entrance to my room...
so that Lulu won't actually have to walk through the house...
but that's gonna cost about $40,000...
because I'd have to break through a bearing wall...
Kirk, stop. This is ridiculous. You're a grown man.
You've got to change your living situation.
My mother won't move out. I've asked.
I'm not talking about your mother, I'm talking about you.
- Me? - Yes, you.
Get a life, get some independence, get out of there.
- But... - You want to have a real relationship...
- with Lulu? - Yes.
Then grow up, be a man.
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying to me.
Kirk, I have given you the Lincoln Logs. You have to build the cabin.
Lock the door behind you.
You're not talking about a real cabin, are you?
'Cause if a new entrance is gonna cost $40,000...
- then a cabin's got to be more. - Good night, Kirk.
[Doorbell ringing]
Emily, they're here.
Hurry, please.
My goodness, the bag is bigger than you are.
I brought you some recent issues of the Yale Daily News.
We've been doing some really good articles lately.
And some with a byline I might be familiar with, I hope.
I believe that, yes...
you'll find some highlighted sections in your hymnals.
- Then hand the bag over, my dear. - Okay.
Sorry to keep everyone waiting.
Luckily, we had plenty to read.
- Hello, Rory. - Hello, Grandma.
- Let's go in the living room, shall we? - Excellent idea.
Pardon me, Mrs. Gilmore, shall I put the salads out now, ma'am?
- We haven't had drinks yet, Olympia. - Yes, ma'am.
I wrote it all down on the refrigerator pad for you, Olympia.
- Is someone else coming for dinner? - Someone else? No, it's just gonna be us.
"Us," meaning, just the three of us here, right?
I mean, you know Mom's not coming?
Actually...
Of course we know your mother's not coming.
The maid made a mistake. Olympia, it was three for dinner, not four.
She's fired.
Clear that place at once, please.
Richard, take Rory in the living room. I'll just do it myself.
All right.
Now, I had Olympia write out the reheating instructions...
for the goose, and they work.
- I had her test it during dessert. - Thank you, Grandma.
I also put some Harry and David fruit in there.
You can eat the pears with a spoon.
I'll remember that. Bye, Grandpa. Bye, Grandma.
- Bye. - Bye, Rory.
- That was a pleasant evening. - Really? What dinner were you at?
We weren't exactly sure she was coming, Emily.
I was sure. I don't understand it. Why wasn't she here?
- I'm guessing she had something to do. - Something to do?
What does that mean, "something to do"?
It means she had a previous engagement...
or meeting, a dinner, perhaps.
I know what "something to do" means, Richard.
- My apologies, Emily. - It doesn't make any sense at all.
I went down there. I arranged the whole thing.
She got her filthy diner owner back.
- What is the problem? - I don't know.
Lorelai is as much of a mystery to me as she is to you.
I made a whole goose for three people, wasteful.
Do you think it's possible that they didn't get back together?
- What? - Perhaps it didn't happen.
Maybe he didn't understand what you were telling him to do.
How could he not understand? I spelled it out for him, step by step.
I spoke clearly and slowly.
There's no way he didn't understand what I was telling him to do.
All right, then perhaps he understood but he simply didn't do it.
He's not the most take-charge sort of fellow, you know.
He never did follow through on my advice to franchise his diner.
Oh, my God, you're right. He didn't do it.
He didn't go to her like I specifically told him to.
- So it would seem. - What an imbecile that man is.
You gave it your best effort. No one can say you didn't.
- I just don't believe it. - Don't worry, Emily.
I'm sure she'll come around eventually.
And then at least we won't have to deal with them as a couple.
Here, let me freshen up your drink.
If I still want that sweater in 20 minutes, I'm coming back to get it.
Okay, wait, what is wrong with this picture?
Look at you. An armful of bags...
and a potential 20-minute sweater on the way.
- Look at me, completely bagless. - Relax, the day is still young.
There are no more clothes out there for me.
The Lorelai look is over. I wish someone had told me.
- That would have helped. - See? That's what I want.
- Come on, let's follow her. - I'm not following that girl.
But she knows where my stores are, and she looks about my size...
so if she happens to have an aneurysm between now and tomorrow night...
What? Oh, my God, is that Logan?
It is Logan. I can't believe it. What a jerk.
- Mom, it's okay. - No, it's not okay.
He's sitting over there with a girl.
- No, you don't. Get me a rock. - Mom.
I am beating him with a rock.
- Mom, stop, it's fine. - How is it fine?
- I'm sorry, aren't you still seeing him? - Yeah.
Okay, so if you're still seeing him, and he's over there seeing her...
how is that okay?
- Because we're keeping things casual. - Casual?
We see each other, we see other people...
and that's him over there seeing other people.
- So it's fine. - Oh.
We both agreed.
Okay, if you both agreed, then okay.
- But aren't you guys sleeping together? - Mom, it's college.
- Right, it's college. - We're both busy.
We have class, we have friends. You know, it's good to...
just keep things caj, have fun, that's it.
Fun, sure, I get it.
Friends with benefits. No problem. I watch Oprah.
Okay, so, are you sure you're cool with this?
- I'm completely cool with this. - Okay, because it just really bothers...
Mom, look over there. I think the Lorelai look is back...
and it's in velvet.
So, Hal, what do you think?
The living-room/reception area might be a nice place to start.
I really need to shoot the exteriors first. We're about to lose the light.
Great idea. Let me tell you we are very proud of our exteriors.
Why don't I get Michel to show you outside and help you set up?
- Okay. - No, this is unacceptable.
Put your supervisor on the phone now. Now, right now.
Hey, everything okay, Michel?
Yes, everything is fine. Lots of sunshine.
I'll be right with you.
I insist you do something about this...
before I go out and find a stick and make it pointy...
and come and find your cubicle and poke you very hard.
Tell you what, why don't I just show you outside myself?
Okay.
Sure, I'll hold.
MAN: Copy!
MAN: You're gonna do it on conference? WOMAN: Fax.
That's a look of great determination.
Yes, I'm determined to finish this piece...
before my caffeine buzz wears off, and I have about 30 seconds left.
- So? - So?
- Did I see you on State Street with... - Yeah.
Right.
- So you saw me on State Street with... - Yep.
- So? - So?
- Are we still good? - Absolutely.
- Really? - Logan...
we both agreed, no strings attached, remember?
I remember. I was checking to see how well you remember.
- I remember perfectly. - Okay, that's good to hear, so...
We're not gonna do the "so" thing again, are we?
No, promise, no more so's.
- Would you take an "um"? - Depends. Where's it leading?
Are you busy or do you feel like grabbing a cup of coffee?
Why? Do you have the master key to a Starbucks or something?
- No, I just thought we'd walk in and pay. - Wow. Old school.
- Sure, let's go. - Okay, let's go.
Yeah, there, right there. How's it looking, Hal?
I think we're good with the flowers. Let's start clearing everyone out of there.
- How's it going? - I think we're getting ready to shoot.
What are you doing?
Just in case he doesn't have time to get a shot of the kitchen...
- people will get to see the food. - You're insane. Okay, we're ready.
Well, try something else. I don't care, just stop it.
Block it with your body, Tiananmen Square, be a hero.
- Michel, what's wrong? - I will tell you what's wrong.
Ned the bellman is wrong. He's useless.
I gave him specific instructions, and he ignored them.
What the hell is that?
MICHEL: No, do not drive that here.
It was not supposed to arrive for two more days.
- Seriously, what is that? - My over $100,000 in cash and prizes.
That's what you won?
That and many boxes of some sort of instant-rice dish...
that I have yet to feel a need to sample.
- Are you Michel Gerard? - Yes.
Michel Gerard, I'm pleased to present you with your motor home.
Step on inside, and I'll show you how everything works.
I don't want to know how it works. I don't want to hear at all.
Michel, I don't understand.
After I won this monstrosity, I told them I do not want it.
I wanted the cash.
But they said they would only give me half of what it was worth.
Yeah, Jackson's cousin won a washer-dryer on The $25,000 Pyramid...
but he decided to take half the cash value...
because he likes to go to the Laundromat to pick up women.
I'm not Jackson's cousin. I have all of my chromosomes.
And I don't want half of the cash value.
I want the entire $100,000 that was flashing under my face.
Excuse me. Do you want to know how to use it or not?
Because the leveling jacks can be a little tricky.
- No, I do not want to know how to use it! - Okay, enjoy your day.
Drop dead and we'll discuss it.
They told me I had a week before they were delivering it.
I put an ad on-line, and I was going to sell it.
And then I get a call it is coming, and it has not been a week.
Wait. Sir, could I pay you to just take this away for an hour...
you know, drive it around, show it the sights?
Sorry, once we deliver the keys, it's out of our hands.
- Lorelai? - Taking care of it, Hal.
By the time all this dust clears, I'm afraid we'll have lost the light anyway.
No, we're not losing the light. We'll keep the light and lose the dust.
Sookie, get the dustbusters. Michel, move this thing.
A squirrel got the roast.
- Michel. - I don't know how it works.
- Figure it out. - You figure it out.
It's like the space shuttle in here.
- Okay, we're done here. - What? No!
Look, it's too late.
I can take some interior shots just for the hell of it.
Oh, sure. Sookie, why don't you show him the kitchen?
Really? Great. Follow me.
You know, I can't believe it.
I can't believe you had your motor home...
delivered here, to the Inn, today.
I was supposed to have a week.
I know the world revolves around you, and we all have to understand that...
- but this was important. - I didn't think it was coming today.
You didn't think, period.
I don't always expect you to be a great help around here...
but how about not being a super-colossal hindrance to us all, okay?
Business or pleasure?
"Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy.:"
"Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World."
- Pleasure. - Have you read it?
I'm waiting for the film to come out.
Yeah, I know. I heard Renée Zellweger's gaining a ton of weight...
to play the peasant.
Listen, I was wondering if you're doing anything tomorrow night.
- I don't know. Why? - It's Finn's birthday.
He's having a party. Lots of booze, no food whatsoever.
- That Finn. - I was wondering if you'd like to go.
- With you? - That was the plan, yes.
Well, sure.
- Yes? - Yes, I'd love to.
Let's celebrate another year of Finn.
Excellent. Now, it's themed. Anything Quentin Tarantino is acceptable...
and I'll pick you up at your room around 9:00.
- Sounds good. - Does it? How about that?
Hey, Sookie, have you seen Michel?
He was arranging a car to take the Martins to Foxwoods.
I think he's showing some people the motor home.
- Now? - He asked me if it was okay.
I told him it was okay. Is it okay?
- Yeah, but why didn't he just ask me? - I think he's little afraid of you.
Afraid of me, of kitten? Was I really that mean?
- You were upset. - I was mean.
You know Michel, he likes to dish it out...
but he's extremely sensitive when you give it back.
- Yeah, I guess. - You can't even tease him.
He never wore those red cowboy boots again.
I remember.
I'm sure he'll get over it. You know Michel.
Yeah. Hey, could you ask Eddie to get the Martins a car?
You got it.
What's the gas mileage like? The gas mileage?
It's 5,000 pounds of metal on wheels. I'm sure the mileage is fabulous.
- Would you take $20,000 for it? - $20,000?
But it's brand-new and... Whatever.
$20,000, sure. You got a check?
Hi. What Michel means to say is that...
he would happily entertain all offers...
for this top-of-the-line, streamlined, beautiful motor home.
I mean, look at it. I just may buy it myself.
What are you talking about?
- Offer $30,000. - Has everyone seen inside this baby?
Because if you haven't, you need to, seriously.
And while you're taking a look...
please note the plush, soil-and-stain-resistant...
wall-to-wall wallpaper...
that accents the beautiful maple-ish paneling.
Yeah.
Oh, that's fabulous.
$20,000? You're just giving this thing away.
That's what I was told to do. I didn't know about the "maple-ish paneling."
Michel, you can't sell this thing for $20,000.
- What are you thinking? - Apparently, I'm not.
Apparently, I never think.
- Okay, I'm sorry. - Whatever.
Michel, I was just tense about the photo shoot...
and I said things I shouldn't have said.
- You know I didn't mean them, right? - I do not know that at all.
I think you do.
I think you know this Inn could not run without you...
and I think you know I know this Inn could not run without you.
What about your photo shoot? I ruined it for you, no?
We rescheduled the photo shoot. Everything's fine.
I could have told you they'd reschedule. Everything with you is so dramatic.
- So, what are we gonna do here? - I just want the thing gone.
Michel, you had $100,000 flash under your face...
and the entire world saw it.
- Now, come on, go get your money. - Well...
Seriously, Michel, the rube with the crossed eyes...
and the bolo tie, I say that's your man.
He does look stupid, doesn't he?
Yeah, and familiar with the ways of hooking up things to local sewer lines.
Go get him.
Yes, I'll zero in on him. If worse comes to worst...
the woman with the elastic-waist jeans should be a nice backup.
Attaboy.
If I hold out, maybe I can get $120,000...
Just sell the thing.
Right.
[Phone ringing]
- Well? - It's too sparkly.
- It's not too sparkly. - I look like a chandelier.
- What shoes are you wearing? - The pink pumps.
- I like those. - Are they a little too "come and get it"?
- Don't you want him to come and get it? - Yes...
but I want it to be his idea to come and get it.
It's not the same if the shoes tell him to come and get it.
I really want to stop saying, "Come and get it."
- Fine. - I have to get ready.
Going out?
As a matter of fact, I have a date tonight.
- Logan? - No, Robert.
- Who's Robert? - He's a friend.
- Have I met this Robert? - No, you have not met this Robert.
- What's his last name? - Why? Do you think I'm making him up?
I just wondered if I ever heard you mention him before.
He's just a guy I know at Yale, and there's a party tonight...
for another guy I know at Yale, and Robert Grimaldi asked me to go...
so I am going to go.
So, does this mean it's over with Logan?
Nope, it just means that tonight I'm going out with Robert.
- And you like this Robert, right? - Right. You know...
the party's a Quentin Tarantino-themed party, and you have to wear costumes...
- so I'm going as Gogo. - Because you have the skirt.
- And no other ideas. - Cluelessness is the mother of invention.
- Call me after. - I will do that.
This dress is too slutty.
The dress is fine. The person in it, however...
You're breaking up. The house is going through a tunnel.
[Making static noises] You're breaking up.
- I was gonna... - I just heard the car, so I...
- No, but I always... - I know. I should have...
- No, I should have. - No.
- Okay, this is stupid. - Yes, it is.
It's not like we've never done this before.
We have.
And successfully.
- I made it to the door. - I made it to the car.
- Hey. - Hey.
So, I thought we'd go to Marino's. You like Marino's, right?
- What is this? Reggae Fever? - So?
When did you buy this? Where did you buy this?
- Why did you buy this? - I was at the gas station last week.
It was at the register. What's the big deal?
The big deal is, it's Reggae Fever.
- I know. - When you look in the mirror...
- do you see Reggae Fever? - It was cheap.
"Ja Glory by Toots Bambada...
"Lively up Yourself by the Family Zigzag...
"Let Your Ya be Ya by Ranking Roy."
What else am I gonna find in here? Ganja and a yellow-green-red knit cap?
I bought a CD.
I didn't adopt the entire Rastafarian culture.
This is so weird.
I mean, to think there was this whole chunk of time...
when we weren't together, we were living totally separate lives.
I was just working like crazy...
and you were running around and buying reggae CDs.
One CD. One.
I just hate that we were apart.
Yeah, wasn't too fond of it myself.
All I can say is, you're lucky I'm back in your life...
because clearly you were lost without me.
And it's a miracle you're even still alive.
Right?
You bet.
[Stuck in the Middle With You by Stealers Wheel playing]
Not a moment too soon.
No, thanks.
I think I'm gonna try to get through the doorway first.
Novel approach. You're gonna be an interesting date.
Robert. What are you?
- Dead extra number two. - Brilliant, my friend.
Happy birthday, Finn. You owe me $40.
Maybe for my birthday you'll forgive me that.
Does your father have any idea...
what a toll his cross-dressing took on your psyche?
- That was your father, Finn. - You're right.
My God, that explains a lot.
- Do I know you? - Rory Gilmore, Finn.
Pleasure to meet you. All right, children, drink and be merry...
for tomorrow we will all be in a great deal of pain.
Thank you, darling.
Your name and your phone number would also be appreciated.
- Finn's quite an original. - Yes, he is.
- Have I told you I like your costume? - No, you didn't.
All right, did that count, or are you expecting me to say it again?
- I think we're good. - Let's get a drink.
Hey, Colin, where's your date?
I went to pick her up, the door opens, and she's dressed like Mira Sorvino.
How do you dress like Mira Sorvino?
You have blond hair and a name tag that says, "Mira Sorvino."
I just turned around and left.
Well, the gang's all here.
- Robert, good to see you. - Hello, Logan.
- Rory, I like the costume. - I like yours, too.
This is Whitney. Whitney, Robert, Rory. You know Colin.
- Hi. - Whitney, is your friend Josie here?
Yeah, she's over there with the guy dressed like Harvey Weinstein.
Perfect. I'll see you later.
- Leave her alone, Colin. - Yes, of course.
- So, good party? - Seems like it.
- Music's cool. - Very cool.
We're just heading over to the bar. Can we get you two anything?
- No, we're just gonna take a look around. - Okay, we'll catch you later.
Sounds good.
- Hey, Robert? - Yes?
What's your last name?
[Reggae music playing on car stereo]
My God, turn that off.
Getting to you, huh?
They keep playing that same song over and over and over.
I've got news for you. That was not the same song.
My God, you're kidding.
[Rustling noises]
- What was that? - I don't know.
- Sounds like it came from the garage. - There's someone in my garage?
Weird time for gardening, isn't it?
- Could be, like, a raccoon. - Hey, don't shovel the raccoon.
- Just stay back, will you? - Luke, you can't hurt a raccoon.
They're cute. They have face masks like little furry burglars.
And sharp teeth that chew through your wiring, and rabies.
I'm not gonna hit it. I'm gonna scare it.
Why don't you play it your Reggae Fever?
[Snoring]
Do you see it?
- It's one hell of a raccoon. - Shovel up.
I probably should be more surprised than I am, right?
- Kirk, wake up. - And he's naked.
- Oh, Kirk. Jeez. - Where am I?
- You're in my house, Kirk. - You're in my boat, Kirk.
- I'm exposed. - We know, Kirk.
Let's do something about that, huh, Kirk?
I'm good now.
Kirk, what you doing here?
- I left Mother's. - No. Did you have a fight?
Did she take away your Beach Boys album again?
No, I just got so excited about the thought of a new life you know...
of striking out on my own and being my own man.
Right, Luke?
- "Right, Luke?" - So I did it.
I packed my clothes, and I gave my mother my key...
and I said goodbye, and I left.
Kirk, that's a big deal, you leaving like that.
I know it is, but Luke explained to me that...
if I really want to move to the next level with Lulu...
and have a real grown-up relationship with sleepovers and everything...
- then I had to get out. - I don't think that's exactly what I said.
Yes, it was, and I felt really good about it...
until I realized that I had no place to go.
I probably should have found an apartment first.
- Probably. - You can stay in Rory's room.
- Really? - Really?
Just for tonight. We'll find you some place tomorrow.
Okay.
You know, I think you've got a raccoon in here.
Just go on in the house, Kirk.
- What were you thinking? - Kirk was at the diner talking about...
how he wished how he and Lulu had what we have, and I just mentioned...
Are you insane? Everybody knows you can't mention anything to Kirk.
I was cornered. I was tired. I wanted to go to sleep.
Now we have to go in there and take care of him.
- He is now our responsibility. - But...
Pottery Barn, baby. You break it, you buy it.
Jeez.
[Band playing Woo Hoo by The 5.6.7.8's]
My entire goal in life is to outlive my brother...
inherit the family fortune, put all my sisters out on the street...
and live as frivolously as possible...
have numerous wives, thousands of illegitimate children...
and die completely alone, and leave every cent...
- to a parrot named Polly. - That's your entire goal in life?
Except for the name of the parrot, I stick to everything I just said.
You're a fascinating specimen, Robert.
- Josie's a lesbian. - You struck out, Colin?
- Whatever. Is Lydia here? - Yes. She's here with Patrick, her fiancé.
God, I hate these stupid, incestuous parties.
It's the same people over and over.
- Who's as drunk as I am? - No one since Spencer Tracy died.
Are there any interesting women here at all?
- Have you tried Josie? - I'm getting a drink.
All righty. I have to go make the rounds.
- Have I met you yet? - Several times.
All right, then.
So, how about that drink?
- Nothing too strong. - See what I can do.
- Hey, Ace, having a good time? - I am, thanks.
Good. That's good. Me, too. I'm having a good time, too.
- Good. - Yes, it is good.
I didn't know you knew Robert.
I met him at the Life and Death Brigade gathering.
- And the poker game. - Oh, right.
Right, he must have made quite an impression.
- He just asked me out is all. - Sure.
- He's kind of a jerk. - Excuse me?
Robert. He's kind of a jerk. Have you noticed he's kind of a jerk?
No.
- Night's young. Okay, come on. - Where are we going? Logan?
- You look great. - Thank you.
- Logan, stop. - Right. So, how you been?
- I've been fine. - Good. School's good?
- School's hard. - It's supposed to be hard.
It's grooming you for life. Making you an upstanding citizen.
- God-fearing Christian. - Habitual recycler.
- We can't do this here, Logan. - You're right. Let's go.
- Go where? - Your place, my place.
Let's take a train to New York, spend the night in the Plaza.
We can't just leave. We have dates.
- I don't like this. - Like what?
- You here with Robert. - You're here with Whitney.
- I know. - So, what's the problem?
The problem is you're here with Robert, and it's bothering me.
- I don't like that it's bothering me. - Sorry. Do you want us to leave?
- No, I want us to leave, you and me. - I can't do that.
You want to spend the night with Robert, instead of me?
- I came here with Robert. - So dump Robert.
- I hate Robert. - He's your friend.
So what? I still hate him.
- Logan, you're the one who said... - I know what I said.
Okay, then, I have to go. I have a date. Enjoy the rest of the party.
[You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry playing]
There's nothing in here but ice cream, candy bars, cookie dough, canned frosting.
- Why are you not 450 pounds? - Scientists call it the Lorelai paradox.
- Who you calling? - No one.
Just seeing if Rory left a message.
Who's washing those?
Why, was she supposed to leave a message?
No, I was just hoping. We out of plastic?
Why were you hoping? Everything okay with her?
Yeah, she just had a date tonight. Get four. Those tend to break.
- Is she out with that Logan kid? - No, Robert.
- Who's Robert? - I know nothing about him...
except his last name is Grimaldi.
- When did she break up with Logan? - She didn't.
- I don't understand. - It's college.
- What the hell's that mean? - It means, "Butt out, back off..."
"None of your business."
Rory suddenly decided she's "Dating Girl."
That's okay, right? Isn't that what kids are supposed to do?
It's just... It's not Rory.
I don't think it's what is gonna make her happy.
It seems wrong for her.
- You said something to her? - No.
She's been so chatty lately...
wanting to be able to talk about Logan and her life, so...
- Now I just don't know what to do. - You talk back.
I am, but I feel like I need to be really careful what I say.
- Oh, come on. That's ridiculous. - She's not at home anymore.
- She's on her own. - Doesn't matter.
It matters a little.
There have been very few times in our relationship...
when I ever played the Mom card...
but I always had it there in my back pocket.
And when I used it, she had to hear and take it because she lived here.
And even if she didn't like it or even if she got mad...
the worst that would happen is she would run into her room...
and slam the door and blast the jam. But then in the morning...
I controlled the bathroom, and the Pop-Tarts...
and she had to deal with me.
Eventually, we'd make up, and it was over. But now...
- Nothing's different. - Of course it's different.
She's on her own. She's making her own decisions.
My mom card's looking a little flimsier, and I don't know how much to say to her.
If she doesn't want to hear it, she doesn't have to take it.
- She doesn't have to call or come home. - She'll call. She'll come home.
Yeah, I hope so. I don't know.
- Did we lock the front door? - I'll be right back.
Kirk! Get back here, Kirk.
What on earth is wrong with you besides the obvious lack of fashion sense?
What are you...
I told you to get back together with Lorelai.
I told you exactly what to do and exactly what to say.
- What do you need, a cheat sheet? - Emily, I...
Some flash cards, some Sesame Street characters...
- to sing a song about it? - Look.
Do you think it was easy for me to come to you like that?
Do you think I enjoyed it?
Like I was just sitting around my house, thinking, "What shall I do tonight?"
"I know. I can drive to Stars Hollow..."
"And humiliate myself at the local greasy spoon."
Okay, I'm in the middle of...
I don't care what you're in the middle of!
My family is being torn apart, because, for some reason...
[Cell phone dialing]
You are incapable of taking simple instructions...
and putting your relationship back together!
[Cell phone ringing]
LORELAI: Hello? EMILY: Just because you run a diner...
and have mastered the art of the blank stare...
does not mean it's going to work with me!
And Richard went through a great deal of trouble to set the whole thing up...
and you never even called Herb Smith.
Apparently, you can't follow through with anything, not even a razor!
Mom, what are you doing here?
I'm having what I'm sure will turn out to be...
yet another fruitless conversation with this man.
I'm sorry, Luke. I'm really, really sorry.
It's okay.
Mom, go home. You have no right to barge in here and cause a scene.
I have something I want to say.
No. We don't want to hear what you have to say.
We just want you to please butt out of our lives.
Our lives? So, there's an "our lives"?
- Are you two back together? - Yes. We are.
So you did go to her, just like I told you to.
We got back together because we wanted to get back together.
Then I simply don't understand.
If you're together, then what's the problem?
- What are you talking about? - Why won't you come to Friday dinner?
Whatever happened between the two of you, I obviously fixed it.
You fixed it? You broke it.
Just because Luke and I found a way to repair the damage...
doesn't erase the fact that it happened.
- What I did, I did out of concern. - Oh, please.
As your mother, I have the right to be concerned...
especially when it looks like you're taking your life down...
a completely disastrous path. I had to jump in.
- Mom! - Lorelai!
Please hear me.
If I want your input in my life in any way, shape, or form, I will ask for it.
Until then, do us all a favor and shut up!
I got to say, I'm suddenly a big fan of the speed dial.
[Cell phone ringing]
- Hey, kid, what's going on? - I just got a call from Kirk.
He wanted to know if he could crash at my dorm.
- Oh, boy. - How did he get my number?
- He probably got it off the fridge. - Okay.
- And what was Kirk doing near our fridge? - It's a long story.
Okay, well, tell me later.
I want to hear how the back-together date went.
- It was very successful. - Did he like the dress?
- The dress was a hit. - I told you.
- And how was your date with Robert? - Completely insane.
- You won't believe the evening I had. - Tell me.
So, Robert and I get to the party, and Logan was there.
And at first, everything was completely caj...
and then as the evening went on, he got more and more jealous.
- Really? - Oh, yeah.
He wanted me to leave with him, blow off Robert.
- And did you? - No, of course not.
I told him that I came with Robert and I was leaving with Robert.
- And then I walked away and it was great. - Sounds great.
And since then, by the way, Logan has called twice today.
We're going out tonight...
and we've already made plans for this week.
Complete and total turnaround.
Well, sounds like all the balls are in your court or...
- Well, you know what I mean. - You okay? You sound down.
No, I'm fine. What are you gonna wear tonight?
I thought I'd go with the 20-minute sweater.
Oh, cute.
MICHEL: The answer is no.
Look, Jerry, I sold you the motor home. It is now yours.
I'm a very busy man. I do not have time for all this.
All right, for $20, I will measure the shower for you.
No, that is on top of the $40 for the cupboard space...
and the pullout table.
Well, I'm sorry if you're feeling ripped off.
I can call elastic-pants lady...
and see if she'd like to take the motor home off your hands.
I thought so. Hold on.
[Kirk mumbling]