EMILY: Every piece of silverware has a purpose. EMILY: I see you're having a terrible time. For how long? I'm not paying you to make her feel better about her incompetence. Isn't that right, Richard? LANE: Her? LORELAI: Maybe mom has run out of adults who will work for her. MICHEL: Take me to the cotillion. MICHEL: Want to dance? RORY: Can you not talk about me on that thing when you're doing that with him? RORY: Really? See you later. When? You have no choice. You want some? [they hang up and Rory starts texting]]
LORELAI'S HOUSE - LORELAI'S BEDROOM
[Lorelai is looking at the corsage, she sighs and makes a phone call]
LORELAI: Hi, Chris.
Plan: A: no real reaction; Q: What reaction did Richard and Emily have to Lorelai's break up? A: Lorelai; Q: Who realizes that her emotional life has been based on doing and feeling the opposite of what her parents want? A: Michel; Q: Who forces Lorelai to attend Emily's cotillion dance? A: a tough time; Q: How does Rory do with her long distance relationship? A: her long-distance relationship work; Q: What does Rory have a hard time making work? Summary: When Richard and Emily have no real reaction to the news of her break up, Lorelai suddenly realizes that most of her emotional life has been based on doing and feeling the opposite of whatever her parents want. Later, when Michel forces Lorelai to attend Emily's cotillion dance, Lorelai discovers that some things her parents wanted for her weren't really that terrible. Meanwhile, Rory has a tough time making her long-distance relationship work.