TEXT: 2.05 - Nick & Nora, Sid & Nancy OPEN AT LUKE'S DINER [Lorelai and Rory are sitting at a table. Lorelai's eating breakfast while Rory watches her.] RORY: How are the eggs? LORELAI: Good. RORY: I'm glad. LORELAI: They're still good. RORY: I'm still glad. LORELAI: Look freak, we will not be late. RORY: It's the first day of school. I wanna get there early. LORELAI: We will be there early, I promise. RORY: I have different classes this year, my routes aren't the same. I haven't found the quickest path around. And my locker, they moved it, so I don't even know if it'll work properly and then I'll have to get a new one and God knows how long that'll take or where it'll be and that could send the whole day into chaos. I'm just excited. [Lane walks into the diner] LANE: Oh, thank God, you haven't left yet. RORY: Nope, what's up? LANE: Well, I found the greatest record store in the world. It's ten minutes from your school and I'm wondering how much you love me. RORY: Address. LANE: Record Breaker Incorporated, 2453 Berlin Turnpike. RORY: Got it. Place your order now. LANE: Okay, Charles Mingus, "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady." LORELAI: Mm. RORY: Right. LANE: The Sonics, Here are the Sonics. RORY: Burn me a copy. Next. LANE: MC5, Kick Out the Jams. Fairport Convention, Leige and Lief. BeeGees, Odessa. RORY: BeeGees, really? LANE: Well, Mojo says. RORY: So it must be true. LANE: Okay, that's it. Now if I could just find a copy of Whistler, Chaucer, Detroit and Greenhill, I
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.