A child needs a mother and a father. A toast - to Rory entering Chilton and an exciting new phase in her life. After all, you're me. CUT TO ELDER GILMORE RESIDENCE
[Lorelai sits on the runner of her Jeep outside a large, imposing house]
[Cut to the door opening from the inside of the house. CUT TO STARS HOLLOW
[Lorelai and Rory walk toward Luke's Diner]
RORY: So, nice dinner at the grandparents' house. CUT TO STARS HOLLOW HIGH
[Rory is cleaning out her locker with Lane.] Come in. DEAN: I have to go look for a job. Dinner's at seven. LORELAI: Is this what it's gonna be like every Friday night? LORELAI: The Chilton school. LORELAI: This is about a boy, of course. LORELAI: [with a forced smile] Perfect. Last week it was Madame Bovary. Luke gives her a look.] MISS PATTY: Oh ,he's very cute. Make a note. RORY: When? SOOKIE: Friday night. She can finally go to Harvard like she's always wanted and get the education that I never got and get to do all the things that I never got to do and then I can resent her for it and we can finally have a normal mother-daughter relationship. She named me after herself. The maid comes in and looks at her.] They have an open spot. Um, Rory has been accepted to Chilton. What about Harvard? [Rory comes outside in her Chilton skirt, which is too big on her.]
Plan: A: Rory; Q: Who decides to go to Chilton after her mother makes up with her? A: Chilton; Q: What is the name of the prep school that Rory is accepted to? A: an extremely prestigious and expensive prep school; Q: What is Chilton? A: the tuition money; Q: What does Lorelai struggle to raise for Rory to attend Chilton? A: her wealthy parents; Q: Who does Lorelai ask for a loan from? A: The elder Gilmores; Q: Who agrees to end the estrangement with Lorelai in exchange for a family dinner every Friday night? A: the money; Q: What did the Gilmores loan their daughter in exchange for an end to the estrangement? A: Friday; Q: What night of the week does Lorelai and her family have dinner at her grandparents' house? A: Dean; Q: What is the name of the new transfer student that Rory meets in her last week at Stars Hollow High School? A: her second thoughts; Q: What does Dean give Rory about attending Chilton? A: her future; Q: What do Lorelai and Rory argue about when they discover that Rory's ambivalence about Chilton is centered on a boy? A: the sacrifice; Q: What does Rory realize about her mother's decision to end the estrangement? Summary: After Rory is accepted at Chilton, an extremely prestigious and expensive prep school, Lorelai's difficulty in raising the tuition money forces her to ask her wealthy parents, from whom she is estranged, for a loan. The elder Gilmores happily loan their daughter the money in exchange for an end to the estrangement and a family dinner every Friday night. In her last week at Stars Hollow High School, Rory meets a very cute new transfer student named Dean, which gives her second thoughts about attending Chilton. When Lorelai discovers that her ambivalence about Chilton centers on a boy, they argue about her future, but after the first Friday night family dinner at her grandparents' house, Rory makes up with her mother and decides to go to Chilton after all when she realizes the sacrifice her mother has made in agreeing to end the estrangement with her grandparents.