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[Lorelai and Rory walk in]
RORY: Because it specifically says here that you're supposed to make arrangements to have the old mattress picked up before arrival. CUT TO YALE DORM
[Lorelai walks into the common room carrying some takeout.] CUT TO YALE DORM
[The next morning, Lorelai and Rory walk out of Rory's bedroom]
LORELAI: So, what's first on the agenda today? Come help. GIRL 1: We Lorelai'd a few places and found the good coffee. He's here to assist me with whatever I need assistance in, from wardrobe to diet to finding me a kick-ass gynecologist. I will. It's a dorm, you're supposed to. Just keep your pager with you. LORELAI: Thanks for the warning. LORELAI: The whole point of getting everything within delivery distance is so we can judge the quality of food, speed of service,
CUTeness of delivery guys on a scale of one to ten. LORELAI: There was a spare tire? MR. STEIN 2: Why won't you hire a lawyer? PARIS: Terrence is my life coach. Pettruccio, too. RORY: Because you borrowed his truck and it's a stick. RORY: Four hours at Yale and I'm already homesick. RORY: She gets more done before nine than other people do all day. Rory walks back into her room and sits on her bed]
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[Luke and Lorelai arrive back in town]
LUKE: So Chip is like, "Set your side down first" and I'm like, "My side's the side with the leg missing. TANNA: Nothing. That's not even remotely close to being short for any girl's name in the history of the entire planet. Turned out to be a guy playing musical drinking glasses. Walk or take the shuttle when you can. We need a wide cross section for our local takeout test. [sees a man enter the diner] Oh, goody, a guy in a suit.
Plan: A: Luke; Q: Who is willing to lend Lorelai his truck to help Rory move into her dorm? A: Lorelai; Q: Who sets up a dorm-wide takeout food test? A: Rory; Q: Whose roommates are a jock and a 15 year old prodigy? A: the project; Q: What takes all day to accommodate Lorelai's last minute shopping trips? A: Rory's room; Q: What room did Lorelai have to buy a mattress for? A: a par; Q: What does Lorelai try to keep Rory's room on with the rest of the dorm? A: his spare tire; Q: What did Lorelai lose in the process of moving Rory into her dorm? A: socialization skills; Q: What does Paris Geller lack that makes her a good roommate for Rory? A: Miss People Person; Q: What is Paris Geller's nickname? A: a life coach; Q: What does Paris Geller bring with her to help Rory adjust to college? A: Nicole; Q: Whose partners threaten to ensnare Luke in a legal mess? A: the diner; Q: Where do Nicole's partners descend on Luke? A: a lawyer; Q: What does Nicole's partners want Luke to hire? A: a settlement; Q: What does Nicole's partners want Luke to accept? A: just four hours; Q: How long did it take Rory to get homesick? A: Yale; Q: Where did Lorelai return to after Rory's attack of homesickness? A: a dorm-wide takeout food test; Q: What does Lorelai set up to help Rory adjust to her new life? A: the quality; Q: What did Lorelai want to judge about the local restaurants? A: their delivery speed; Q: What is one of the things Lorelai wants to test about the local restaurants? A: the cuteness; Q: What quality of delivery boys does Lorelai want to test? A: the takeout feast; Q: What did the dormmates thank Lorelai for? A: the next morning; Q: When did the dormmates arrive with breakfast? A: "Lorelai'd" a few places; Q: How did the dormmates find the best place for coffee and muffins? Summary: While Luke is willing to lend Lorelai his truck to help Rory move into her dorm, he's not too thrilled when the project turns out to take all day to accommodate Lorelai's last minute shopping trips to keep Rory's room on a par with the rest of the dorm, to say nothing of Lorelai's seeming inability to drive a stick, losing his spare tire, and saddling him with the old mattress from Rory's dorm room; Rory's roommates turn out to be a jock, a 15 year old prodigy sorely lacking in socialization skills, and none other than Miss People Person herself, Paris Geller, who arrives with a life coach in tow; Nicole's partners descend on the diner and threaten to ensnare Luke in a morass of paperwork and legal complications when he refuses to hire a lawyer or even discuss accepting a settlement; responding to Rory's attack of homesickness after just four hours, Lorelai returns to Yale and sets up a dorm-wide takeout food test to judge the quality of the local restaurants, their delivery speed, and the cuteness of their delivery boys; as a thanks for the takeout feast, the next morning some dormmates arrive with breakfast, having "Lorelai'd" a few places on campus to find the best place for coffee and muffins.