BABETTE: By Sunday night, I was a complete basketcase. Lorelai walks down the steps talking on the phone]
LORELAI: [on phone] Gilmore, Lorelai, yes. Oh, hey, looks like the soda shop is open. And she's famous now and, uh, you know, she only makes three bottles of that stuff a year and that's one of 'em, and I brought it all the way across the, uh. . .I got it from Sookie's house. TAYLOR: Because if the Stars Hollow Ice Cream Queen wants two cherries, then she will get two cherries, and to hell with the extra twenty-five cent charge. RORY: Look, Taylor, don't take it like this. What's up? RORY: Well, I wrote the date down wrong. I have things I need to get. I think we should bail on Friday night dinner. EMILY: Errands, of course. RORY: Is his new business going well? RORY: We were only in London for two days. RORY: Soufflé? CUT TO LORELAI'S FRONT YARD
[Lorelai and Luke are loading Rory's things for Yale into the back of Luke's truck]
LUKE: Jeez, you think you go to a fancy school like Yale there'd be a mattress in the room. LORELAI: Why won't you tell me what happened? Ballroom dancing can be very harsh.
Plan: A: Lorelai; Q: Who is shocked when Luke tells her what happened on his cruise with Nicole? A: Europe; Q: Where did Lorelai and Rory go on their trip? A: Taylor; Q: Who doesn't take it well when Rory declines the privilege of being the Stars Hollow Ice Cream Queen? A: Luke; Q: Who finally tells Lorelai what happened on his cruise with Nicole? A: the new soda shop; Q: What do Taylor and Luke have a fight over? A: the latest baby news; Q: What does Sookie tell Lorelai? A: a flurry; Q: What kind of activity does Lorelai and Rory get caught up in when Rory realizes she wrote down the wrong date for freshman orientation? A: two days; Q: How long does Rory have to get ready for Yale? A: Yale; Q: What college does Rory have to get ready for after she misses her Friday night dinner? A: the week; Q: How long did Rory think she had to get ready for Yale? A: Emily; Q: Who is upset when Lorelai misses Friday night dinner? A: Friday night dinner; Q: What does Emily turn into a four hour extravaganza? A: ballroom dancing videos; Q: What did Emily play before the soufflé course? Summary: Lorelai and Rory return from their whirlwind tour of Europe; Taylor and Luke have it out over the new soda shop; a very pregnant Sookie updates Lorelai on the latest baby news; Taylor doesn't take it well when Rory declines the privilege of being the Stars Hollow Ice Cream Queen; mother and daughter get caught up in a flurry of activity after Rory realizes that she wrote down the wrong date for freshman orientation, and she only has two days to get ready for Yale, instead of the week she was planning on; Emily is upset when Lorelai misses Friday night dinner and retaliates by turning it into a four hour extravaganza, complete with ballroom dancing videos before the soufflé course; Lorelai is shocked when Luke finally tells her what happened on his cruise with Nicole.