Anyhow, um, she invited us to her house tomorrow night for dinner. CUT TO BACK PORCH
[Lorelai walks out and finds Jess opening the beer.] CUT TO CHILTON
[Rory is sitting alone at the table waiting for the newspaper meeting to start. CUT TO OUTSIDE
[Rory and Lorelai come out of Luke's and walk down the sidewalk.] Focus on him. He has to be apart of yours. How is he? I got this call from Taylor that he thinks Jess stole the bridge money and I went to confront him and he was being impossible and I just pushed him in a lake. It'll be a little 'Hey, welcome to Stars Hollow and see, everyone here's not straight out of a Fellini film' kind of an evening. JESS: About forty times. JESS: Tell her I gotta take another crack at that closet. Jess walks to the fridge, takes out a beer, and goes out the back door.] LORELAI: Her gnome. LORELAI: On the planet? LORELAI: What interview with Max? LUKE: For Jess. LUKE: Her gnome? LUKE: So, you need some help? LUKE: Well, 'cause apparently he's been getting into some trouble and Liz is afraid he's heading for something bad, and rather than handle it herself, she's just giving up. MAX: Rory, hi. Max is coming from the other direction. Next. RORY: Get to the catch Paris. RORY: He would only sell me one. RORY: It's the first day of school. RORY: The paper wanted to do a piece on the student's favorite teacher from the previous year and Paris assigned it to me when she caught wind of the fact that. So? TEACHER: I mean, when you've got a reporter who can take an incredibly mundane and seemingly unimportant subject like the re-paving of the faculty parking lot and turn it into a bittersweet piece on how everybody and everything eventually becomes obsolete, then you've really got something. The phone rings in the diner; Luke answers]
LUKE: Luke's what is it Taylor? There have been at least ten former editors of The Franklin that have gone on to work at the New York Times. [Jess walks into the diner]
LUKE: Jess, hey, good. [They're silent for a few seconds, then Rory turns back on tape recorder.]
Plan: A: Luke; Q: Who confronts Jess about stealing money from the bridge fund container? A: Liz; Q: Who is Luke's sister? A: 17 year old; Q: How old is Jess? A: Jess; Q: Who does Luke go to find after he finds out about Lorelai's meddling? A: trouble; Q: What is Liz afraid Jess is headed for? A: a bus; Q: How did Liz get Jess to Stars Hollow? A: Stars Hollow; Q: Where does Liz send Jess to live with Luke? A: Lorelai; Q: Who finds Jess sneaking out of the house and giving him a lecture? A: a dinner party; Q: What does Lorelai host for Jess? A: Rory; Q: Who is the only person who is not angry with Jess? A: a beer; Q: What does Jess take from the fridge to sneak out to the back porch? A: her little speech; Q: What does Jess tell Lorelai she can do with? A: the next day; Q: When did Taylor accuse Jess of stealing money from the bridge fund container? A: his response; Q: What did Luke become frustrated with when confronting Jess about stealing money? A: the lake; Q: Where does Luke shove Jess into? A: Lorelai's help; Q: What does Luke need to fix his relationship with Jess? A: Babette; Q: Whose gnome is missing? A: the diner; Q: Where does Luke go to confront Jess about stealing Babette's gnome? A: the law; Q: What does Luke lay down to Jess? A: Paris; Q: Who tries to make Rory miserable? A: Rory's life; Q: What is Paris trying to ruin? A: The Franklin; Q: What newspaper does Paris try to ruin Rory's participation in? A: the wrong time; Q: What did Paris give Rory for the staff meeting? A: a story; Q: What does Paris assign Rory to write about the paving of the new faculty parking lot? A: the faculty advisor; Q: Who singles out Rory's article for praise? A: the hall; Q: Where do Rory and Max avoid each other? A: the challenge; Q: What does Rory accept when Paris assigns her to interview Max? A: a few painful moments; Q: How long does it take for Rory and Max to express their regrets about not being able to be stepfather and stepdaughter? Summary: Luke's sister Liz, afraid that her 17 year old son Jess is headed for trouble, puts him on a bus to Stars Hollow to live with Luke. Lorelai finds out and offers Luke some guidance on the care and feeding of a teenager, but is rebuffed. Undaunted, she hosts a dinner party for Jess, who is sullen and angry with everyone except Rory. At the first opportunity, he takes a beer from the fridge and sneaks out to the back porch. Lorelai finds him and gives him a lecture on how good he has it with Luke. Jess tells her what she can do with her little speech and then leaves. When Luke finds out about Lorelai's meddling, they quarrel and he goes to find Jess. Taylor calls Luke the next day to accuse Jess of stealing money from the bridge fund container at the market. Luke confronts Jess about this accusation, and becomes so frustrated at his response that he shoves him into the lake. Realizing that he needs Lorelai's help, he goes to her house to patch things up, only to find that one of Babette's gnomes is missing. He goes back to the diner, lays down the law to Jess and retrieves Babette's gnome. Paris is intent on making Rory's life miserable, so she sabotages her participation on "The Franklin" by giving Rory the wrong time for the staff meeting, and then assigning her to a story on the paving of the new faculty parking lot. Her plan is frustrated when the faculty advisor singles out Rory's article for praise. Undeterred, Paris assigns Rory the job of interviewing Max after she sees Rory and Max painfully avoid each other in the hall. Rory accepts the challenge, and after a few painful moments, Max and Rory express their regrets to each other about not being able to be stepfather and stepdaughter.