2.21 - Lorelai's Graduation Day
OPEN IN STARS HOLLOW
[Lorelai and Rory are walking down the sidewalk]
RORY: Where is this place? CHRISTOPHER: A basket. CUT TO AUDITORIUM
[After the ceremony, Lorelai walks up to Emily and Richard]
LORELAI: Hey, Mom, Dad. CUT TO INSIDE DOOSE'S MARKET
[Lorelai is shopping and runs into Luke.] EMILY: Yes, remember him? Forget about the list until tomorrow. Go on, get it. I guess I can't expect them to. I wouldn't skip school when I have finals coming up to go see a guy that isn't even my guy and end up missing my mother's graduation, which I wanted to be at so badly. JESS: Graduation? JESS: Probably used the wrong bait. LORELAI: Oh, it's pictures of Sookie's high school graduation. LORELAI: They're in love. LORELAI: You went to New York to see Jess. RICHARD: [calls from another room] Hello? RORY: And a couple years ago Mom drove us in to shop, and she couldn't find a good parking place and all of the parking lots were a total rip-off, so she kept making U-turns and cutting off taxis and we were being screamed at in so many different languages that we just turned around and drove home and bought a Hummel at the curio store in Stars Hollow. RORY: I love that about this place. You've never been apart of an actual graduation ceremony. [Rory takes the phone to her room and closes the door.]
Plan: A: Lorelai; Q: Who is shocked to see Emily, Richard and the film crew at Rory's graduation? A: Rory; Q: Who is furious with herself when she takes the wrong bus home and misses her mother's graduation? A: breakfast; Q: What do Lorelai and Rory have at Sookie's to avoid Luke's? A: an awkward encounter; Q: What does Lorelai have with Luke at Doose's Market? A: her hints; Q: What does Luke fail to pick up on when Lorelai tries to patch things up with him? A: final exam stress; Q: What is Lorelai going through? A: her college graduation ceremony; Q: What does Lorelai get excited about attending? A: the next day; Q: When does Rory cut school to visit Jess? A: Manhattan; Q: Where does Rory visit Jess after a late night phone call? A: Christopher; Q: Who sends Lorelai a graduation gift basket? A: her graduation; Q: What event does Lorelai attend with Emily, Richard and the film crew? A: an attitude; Q: What does Lorelai's classmate have about the rich? A: her protests; Q: What does Lorelai ignore when she realizes that Rory may have fallen in love with Jess? Summary: Lorelai and Rory have breakfast at Sookie's in an effort to avoid Luke's, but Lorelai can't avoid an awkward encounter with him at Doose's Market, where he fails to pick up on her hints to patch things up; in an effort to help Lorelai through final exam stress, Rory gets her excited about attending her college graduation ceremony and secretly invites Richard and Emily, despite Lorelai's assertion that they'd never agree to attend; after a late night phone call from Jess, Rory impulsively cuts school the next day and visits him in Manhattan; Christopher sends Lorelai a graduation gift basket filled with fun goodies and an expensive necklace; Lorelai is shocked to see Emily, Richard and the film crew accompanying them to her graduation, and must contend with an obnoxious classmate with an attitude about the rich; Rory is furious with herself when she takes the wrong bus home and misses her mother's graduation; when Rory finally arrives home, Lorelai forgives her when she realizes that the trip to New York may indicate that her daughter has fallen in love with Jess, despite her protests to the contrary.