TEXT: OPEN IN STARS HOLLOW - SIDEWALK [Lorelai is carrying a large garbage bag full of shoes and not looking where she is going. Miss Patty exits a shop.] PATTY: Whoa, honey. LORELAI: Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there. PATTY: Goodness, what's left to wear on your feet? LORELAI: I know it's a sickness. Everyone thinks it started with Bradshaw but actually it came over on the Mayflower. PATTY: What a wonderful history lesson. LORELAI: Anytime. [Man shouting in a foreign language inside a shop. Lorelai drops her bag as something flies out the door at her.] PATTY: Pasqualie's feeling unappreciated again. LORELAI: We had 'Stars Hollow Loves Pasqualie Day' last week. PATTY: Didn't stick. Oh, listen. I want to invite you to my anniversary party. LORELAI: Absolutely. Which husband? PATTY: Oh, no husband, honey. I'm talking about a lover that's been much more loyal and seductive than a husband. I'm talking about that business we call show. LORELAI: Ah. PATTY: Forty years. LORELAI: No. PATTY: Forty years ago today I did my first play off Broadway. LORELAI: [awed] Off Broadway. PATTY: Cleveland. LORELAI: That is off Broadway. PATTY: Anyhow, I thought I'd throw a big party. Food, booze, a little song, a little dance. A little salsa down your pants. LORELAI: Well, count me and my pants in. PATTY: Oh, wonderful! LORELAI: [picking up her bag] I will even drag Luke there. So if there's any audience participation, please pick on him. PATTY: Oh, Luke won't come. LORELAI: Sure, he will. I have very effective methods of persuasion. They include extremely high heels
SUMMARY:
Miss Patty celebrates forty years in show business on the same day that Luke mourns his father's death; Terrence's urging Paris to get on with her life prompts her to try speed dating, where she hooks up with Doyle; Marty finally clues Rory in that both he and Logan are interested in her; Lorelai's attempt to do something nice for Luke backfires; Rory enlists Richard in turning the practical joke table back on Logan; at Headmaster Charleston's request, Rory happily gives Anna, a Chilton student and prospective Eli, the Yale grand tour, but the immature Anna manages to get both herself and her host in trouble with her party-crazed ways.