3.09 - A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving
OPEN AT LORELAI'S HOUSE
[Lorelai and Rory are on the couch watching television]
RORY: I like these women. Bob has two seconds to get the hollandaise off the flame before I break his neck! . .
PARIS: Hallelujah. RORY: Lane's house, Sookie's, and we always stop by Luke's. . .that's three, and Grandma and Grandpa is four. You buy a cat? Or hers. DEAN: I know. LORELAI: And then some. . .
LORELAI: And eat and eat and eat and eat. MRS. KIM: Try the tofurkey. [Jackson lowers the turkey into the vat]
LORELAI: It's in the vat. I have to call him. KIRK: Thanks. Just have cokes or something, it's no big deal. RICHARD: Well, then, let's get going. EMILY: Ceremonial. RORY: Where else? LORELAI: You forced her hand. For seventeen years, she was going to Harvard, and now all of a sudden, she's applied to Yale and she's mimicking everything you say. LANE: That why it was nice. [Dave nods, then kisses her]
DAVE: I've gotta go. GUY: Cake! [Everyone cheers]
CUT TO FRONT OF LUKE'S DINER
[Luke and Jess walk out of the diner; Jess is carrying a garbage bag]
JESS: Get more trash cans.
Plan: A: four different places; Q: How many places do Lorelai and Rory have Thanksgiving dinner? A: Dave; Q: Who asks Lane out and kisses her? A: tofurkey; Q: What is Lorelai forced to eat at the Kim's? A: deep-fried the turkey; Q: What did Jackson do to the turkey at Sookie's? A: Richard; Q: Who is Emily's boyfriend? A: Lorelai's horror; Q: What reaction does Lorelai have when Rory reveals that she has applied to Yale? A: disastrous results; Q: What happens when Kirk gets a cat? A: Paris; Q: Who is afraid that her difficulty getting into a shelter will impact her acceptance to Harvard? A: Dean; Q: Who tells Jess that Mr. Forester is no longer Mr. Nice Guy? Summary: It's Thanksgiving, and Lorelai and Rory have dinner at four different places: the Kim's, where Lane has managed to get Dave invited and Lorelai is forced to eat tofurkey; Luke's, where Luke and Jess make it a foursome with Lorelai and Rory; Sookie's, where Jackson and his family have deep-fried the turkey, the lawn and just about everything else; and Emily and Richard's, where, to Lorelai's horror, Rory reveals that she has applied to Yale. Kirk gets a cat, with disastrous results; Dave asks Lane out, and then kisses her; Paris is afraid her difficulty getting into a shelter will impact her acceptance to Harvard; and Dean faces off with Jess and lets him know that it's no more "Mr. Nice Guy" for Mr. Forester.