TEXT: 2.02 - Hammers and Veils OPEN AT LORELAI'S HOUSE [Rory is on the couch in the living room as Lorelai calls her from upstairs.] LORELAI: Rory! RORY: Living room! [Lorelai comes down the steps wearing a newspaper veil on her head.] LORELAI: I need your advice on something. What do you think? RORY: Huh. LORELAI: Not good? RORY: I'm not sure. Have you tried the Arts and Leisure section? LORELAI: I need you to be serious. RORY: You are wearing a newspaper on your head. LORELAI: I know. RORY: And you need me to be serious? LORELAI: I am trying to figure out veil lengths here. RORY: Oh, well sure. LORELAI: See, I kind of like this shoulder length kind of semi-poofy thing like this. RORY: Mm hmm. LORELAI: But there's also a longer one that might be interesting. RORY: Longer, sure. LORELAI: And then there's the full on Diana. RORY: Right, right. LORELAI: Which is nice but it just might be a little.... You're reading me. RORY: Wait, don't move. LORELAI: Rory, stop it. RORY: This Putin arms race thing is really getting crazy. LORELAI: I am trying to have a serious conversation about the most important fashion decision of my life. RORY: Why don't you go to a wedding dress place and try a real veil on? LORELAI: No way. RORY: Why? LORELAI: Too much taffeta, it gives me cotillion flashbacks. RORY: Okay fine. Could you bend over so I can see what the weather's gonna be like tomorrow? LORELAI: Actually, I went in one of those places yesterday. RORY: You did? Which one? LORELAI: Marry Mimi's. RORY: Ooh, I see we're
SUMMARY:
Lorelai avoids telling her parents about her engagement to Max, while Rory urges her to spill. But due to a call from Sookie asking them to come to a surprise wedding shower for the happy couple, they already know, and are appalled that Lorelai didn't tell them and so they give her the cold shoulder. Meanwhile, Rory and Dean are having trouble in paradise due to the fact that Rory suddenly becomes obsessed with finding enough extracurricular activities that will set her apart from the hundreds of other Harvard applicants.