A messenger is coming in an hour to pick up the box with the checks -- the box with the checks in the drawer by the floor. EMILY: It would just be so ludicrous. EMILY: Just the idea of you and Jason together, it's funny. He just can't take a hint. I break into his car. JAMIE: Thanks. JAMIE: Yeah. JASON: And that's his truck. JESS: Beautiful. LORELAI: He's taking the morning off, so I'm taking him shopping for new furniture for his office. LORELAI: Maybe she has something to do with his apartment? LUKE: Family? LUKE: I'm spending the night with Nicole. LUKE: Yeah, I'm aware [continues to stack chairs on tables]
LORELAI: That he's sleeping in his car? LUKE: You're going to your high school reunion? Liz? PARIS: Asher. RORY: Good for her. RORY: Who? Relationship. Says you're his uncle. She's at Yale with Rory. [As Jess gets in his chilly car, Luke returns to his diner]
CUT TO ANOTHER PART OF THE STARS HOLLOW STREET
[Rory and Lorelai exit Taylor's Soda Shoppe and walk together]
RORY: Please do not say that word again. [Lorelai and Jason pull up in her jeep and get out. [Paris clicks off the phone while both Lane and Rory are frowning at her]
PARIS: What? [camera on Luke and Jess on the sidewalk.
Plan: A: his hands; Q: What does Luke have full as family members return to Stars Hollow? A: her high school reunion; Q: Why does Liz return to Stars Hollow? A: Jess; Q: Who is sleeping in his car after an argument with his uncle? A: the suite's Helpful Hannah; Q: What is Lane's job at Yale? A: Lorelai; Q: Who intercedes on Jess's behalf with Luke? A: an office furniture shopping trip; Q: What does Lorelai agree to accompany Jason on? A: international business calls; Q: What keeps getting in the way of Lorelai and Jason's furniture shopping trip? A: Paris; Q: Who breaks up with Jamie? A: their relationship; Q: What do Lorelai and Jason agree that Emily and Richard need to be told about? A: Emily mocks; Q: What does Emily do to Lorelai about Jason and her daughter? A: Paris's romantic entanglements backfires; Q: What happens when Rory finally speaks her mind about Paris's romantic entanglements? A: a future; Q: What does Paris decide she has with Asher? A: financial problems; Q: What is Rory concerned about her mother having? A: the freezing cold; Q: What is Jess sleeping in his car in? A: Litchfield; Q: Where does Luke spend the night after he allows Jess to come inside? Summary: Luke has his hands full as family members return to Stars Hollow: Liz for her high school reunion and Jess for his car. Lane busies herself at Yale by being the suite's Helpful Hannah. Lorelai agrees to accompany Jason on an office furniture shopping trip on his morning off, but the press of international business calls keeps getting in the way. Jamie's in town, and Paris keeps avoiding him. Lorelai and Jason agree that Emily and Richard need to be told about their relationship, but Lorelai just can't bring herself to do it after Emily mocks both Jason and the idea that he would ever hit it off with her daughter. Rory's finally speaking her mind on Paris's romantic entanglements backfires when Paris decides she has a future with Asher and breaks up with Jamie. Rory becomes concerned that her mother is having financial problems. When Lorelai and Rory discover Jess sleeping in his car in the freezing cold after an argument with his uncle, Lorelai intercedes on his behalf with Luke, who relents and allows Jess to come inside while Luke spends the night in Litchfield.