(Cut to Lorelai's.) (Rory gets on the back of Christopher's motorcycle and they ride down the street.) DEAN: And potatoes. DEAN: I mean, it's a little over the top but the general idea of a wife cooking dinner for her husband and family, that's nice. DEAN: Please tell me how we got into an argument about The Donna Reed Show. EMILY: And in front of Rory? It just needs a sprucing up. LORELAI: And then I called Luke to help me track her down. LORELAI: The paint lasted a long time. LORELAI: To Luke's. LORELAI: Well, it started with Rory's baby chick getting loose in the house and ended with Rory and I up at one in the morning looking for Morey and Babette's new kitten, who we found asleep in the piano. RORY: New subject please! Rory enters the house.) SOOKIE: For Luke's place. Show yourself.
Plan: A: " The Donna Reed Show; Q: What show does Dean and Lorelai watch? A: Gilmore Girls -- Dean; Q: Who expresses a longing for the type of family represented by the show? A: Lorelai; Q: Who helps Luke paint the diner? A: Rory; Q: Who dresses up like Donna and fixes a 1950s style dinner for Dean? A: Babette's new kitten; Q: What does Rory pet sit for Dean? A: Rory's midterm project; Q: What is the baby chick that gets loose in the house the subject of? A: the house; Q: Where does Lorelai call Luke to help her search? A: her feelings; Q: What does Lorelai have to confront about Luke? A: Christopher; Q: Who agrees to stay at Lorelai and Rory's during his visit? A: town; Q: Where does Christopher roar into on his motorcycle? Summary: An evening of " The Donna Reed Show " reruns infects Dean and both Gilmore Girls -- Dean expresses a longing for the type of family represented by the show, Lorelai helps Luke spruce up the diner with a fresh paint job and new curtains, and Rory dresses up like Donna and fixes a 1950s style dinner for Dean while petsitting Babette's new kitten; when the baby chick that's the subject of Rory's midterm project gets loose in the house, Lorelai frantically calls Luke to help her search the house; both Sookie and Emily force Lorelai to confront her feelings for Luke; Christopher roars into town on his motorcycle, and agrees to stay at Lorelai's and Rory's during his visit.