"The Adventures of Pippi in Escrow." Are you okay with this Rory-and-Dean thing? CUT TO BACK AT THE SOFA
[Lorelai and Luke absently watch the movie]
LORELAI: Hey, Cool Hand? EMILY: I bought a panic room. EMILY: Well, I can't trust a neighbor. Here goes. KIRK: "Pippi Longstocking" it is. Kirk walks formally to the front of the room and speaks as if to a large audience]
KIRK: Hello, everybody, and welcome to the "Black, White, and Read Theater". LANE: Anything new? LORELAI: But this standoff between them isn't good for anybody. LUKE: And the way he grabbed that drink from her and started slurping on it. LUKE: [stubbornly] He's not good enough for her. Nights. RICHARD: I doubt that. RICHARD: Lorelai? RORY: How about we go on a double date with my mom and Luke? Since when? ZACH: To get a plunger? [Dean is persistent]
RORY: [giggles] No, I'm with Dean.
Plan: A: the electorate; Q: Whose demands are beginning to get to Jackson? A: Lorelai; Q: Who introduces Luke to Pippi Longstocking? A: Rory; Q: Who does Luke think Dean isn't good enough for? A: Richard; Q: Who takes up a new hobby? A: Emily; Q: Who buys a panic room? A: a double date; Q: What does Lorelai decide to do to smooth over the bumps in her relationship with Dean? A: a new hobby; Q: What does Richard take up to distract himself from his relationship with Emily? A: a response; Q: What did Lane fail to get from Zack about her declaration of feelings? A: Lane; Q: Who rescinds her declaration of feelings to Zack? A: Lulu; Q: Kirk gets to know who better during movie night at the Black & White & Read Bookstore? Summary: The demands of the electorate are beginning to get to Jackson. Lorelai and Rory delicately nudge Richard and Emily closer together. Lorelai decides that a double date with Rory and Dean is the way to smooth over the bumps in her relationship with Dean, but the evening goes awry when Luke can't get over feeling that Dean isn't good enough for Rory. Richard takes up a new hobby, and Emily buys a panic room. Failing to get a response from Zack about the declaration of her feelings, Lane rescinds them, which finally gets Zack talking. Lorelai introduces Luke to " Pippi Longstocking " as Kirk gets much better acquainted with Lulu during movie night at the Black & White & Read Bookstore.