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[Lorelai and Nicole share a look; Rory and Lindsay share a look]
LORELAI: Weird vibe in here. 3.17 - A Tale of Poes and Fire
OPEN IN LUKE'S DINER
[Lorelai and Rory are sitting at a table with papers and books spread out in front of them.] And Taylor. CUT TO FRONT OF THE INDEPENDENCE INN
[The inn staff and guests are all gathered out front as the fire department puts out the fire.] CUT TO WAL-MART BREAK ROOM
[The manager walks to the front of the room. He's a senior, he's going to school full time. JESS: Night. LORELAI: Or he's working when he should be in school. LORELAI: [to the guests] Hi everybody. LUKE: But what's with all the pro/con lists? Lorelai has trouble sleeping, so she gets up and leaves]
CUT TO LUKE'S DINER
[Rory gets some coffee from the counter and sits down at a table with Lorelai]
RORY: Luke and Sookie have worked things out. MICHEL: Well, you need to say more than that. MICHEL: Who? Michel, Babette, and Miss Patty are at the table.] PARIS: There is no alternative to Harvard. RORY: Bed is not a life plan, and you, my friend, need a life plan, so here it is. RORY: She's been gone for five days. RORY: Stop saying Yale. SOOKIE: Making breakfast. Twins. Where's this coming from? Yale. You need to start taking calls from people. You need to tell your parents about Harvard. [hands him an Employee of the Month sign with Jess' picture on it]
LUKE: Great, thanks.
Plan: A: A fire; Q: What forces Lorelai to relocate her guests? A: its guests; Q: Who does Lorelai have to relocate after the fire at the Independence Inn? A: the night; Q: How long does Lorelai spend at Luke's house? A: Luke; Q: Who does Lorelai reveal her dream of being married to? A: their twins; Q: What does Lorelai want to have with Luke? A: Sookie; Q: Who invades Luke's house to prepare breakfast for the guests? A: staff; Q: Who does Sookie bring with her to Luke's to prepare breakfast for the guests? A: a culinary groove; Q: What does Sookie and Luke get into after a rocky start? A: questions; Q: What arises about Jess' attendance at school when he receives the Employee of the Month award? A: the Employee of the Month; Q: What award does Jess receive from Wal-Mart? A: Rory; Q: Who visits Paris and encourages her to stop watching soaps? A: weird and somewhat unfriendly vibes; Q: What do Lorelai and Rory start picking up on from Nicole and Lindsay? A: Paris; Q: Who has missed five days of school? A: five days; Q: How many days of school did Paris miss? A: her bed; Q: Where did Paris hide from the world? A: Jamie; Q: Who does Paris call to tell her parents about Harvard? A: a life plan; Q: What does Paris get after Rory visits her? A: extensive pro-con lists; Q: What did Rory make in an effort to decide between Harvard, Yale, and Princeton? A: Yale; Q: What college does Rory choose after a heart-to-heart with Lorelai? Summary: A fire at the Independence Inn forces Lorelai to relocate its guests to her own house and those of her friends, and leaves her spending the night at Luke's, where she reveals her dream of being married to him and pregnant with their twins; Sookie invades Luke's with staff in tow to prepare breakfast for the Inn's guests, and gets into a culinary groove with Luke after a rocky start; questions arise about Jess' attendance at school when he receives the Employee of the Month award from Wal-Mart and Luke discovers that he's working there more than full time; Lorelai and Rory start picking up on weird and somewhat unfriendly vibes coming from Nicole and Lindsay; Rory visits Paris, who's missed five days of school to take to her bed and hide from the world, and prompts her to stop watching soaps, call Jamie, tell her parents about Harvard, get a life plan, and rejoin the land of the living; after making extensive pro-con lists in an effort to decide whether to attend Harvard, Yale, or Princeton, Rory has a heart-to-heart with Lorelai and chooses Yale.