[opening credits]
CUT TO SOOKIE AND JACKSON'S HOUSE
[Lorelai and Sookie are sitting at the kitchen table]
LORELAI: No way. TAYLOR: This, young lady, is for the first annual Stars Hollow End of Summer Madness Festival. [Jamie walks away and Rory walks over to Paris]
RORY: Wow! Tonight I have a date. DEAN: Why? RORY: Then you'll find someone else. [Lorelai and Rory peek through the front door. TAYLOR: You have an opinion on everything. LORELAI: Jess? That being said, can we please move on? Lorelai had her chance for a family, she walked away from it. That was her choice. He has a chance to be a father. EMILY: Richard! LUKE: Come again, Mimi. LORELAI: And you feel good about this?
Plan: A: her sadness; Q: What is Lorelai feeling about Christopher? A: an intriguing dream; Q: What does Lorelai have about Luke? A: Rory; Q: Who guides Paris through the rocky shoals of preparing for a date? A: Rory returns; Q: Who realizes that she still may have feelings for Jess? A: Washington; Q: Where did Rory go to realize that she still may have feelings for Jess? A: a chance encounter; Q: What makes Rory realize that Jess may have moved on to someone else? A: the First Annual Stars Hollow End of Summer Madness Festival; Q: Where did Rory meet Jess? A: Jackson; Q: Who does Sookie have a quarrel with over decorating their house? A: Dean; Q: Who does Lorelai and Rory argue with over Jess? A: Emily; Q: Who and Richard have a disagreement over Lorelai and Christopher? A: resolution; Q: What is the path to for the relationship quarrels? Summary: Amidst her sadness about Christopher, Lorelai has an intriguing dream about Luke; Rory returns from Washington to realize that she still may have feelings for Jess, but a chance encounter at the First Annual Stars Hollow End of Summer Madness Festival makes her realize that he may have moved on to someone else; relationship quarrels abound -- Sookie and Jackson over decorating their house, Lorelai and Rory over Jess versus Dean, Emily and Richard over Lorelai and Christopher -- but are on the path to resolution; and Rory once again guides Paris through the rocky shoals of preparing for a date.