TEXT: OPEN AT LORELAI'S HOUSE - VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING [Lorelai shuffles sleepily into kitchen where Rory is busily working] RORY: Oh, hi! Great! I'm still on my finals sleep schedule, and, man, am I wired. What time is it? Like, 3:00 in the morning? I cannot tell anymore. Want some mac and cheese? I love mac and cheese when I can't sleep. [She checks the refrigerator while Lorelai rubs her eyes.] Cool. Individual cheese slices. So, I've been making out my résumé so I can try to get a summer job, because there is no way that I am going to swipe cafeteria cards again next year. [Buzzer sounds in background.] My whites are done. [Rory moves to the laundry room while Lorelai rests head on the kitchen table.] Do you know that the best time to do your laundry at Yale is in the middle of the night? You have your pick of washers, the place has just been swept, and the trash is completely empty. So, what do you think? [Rory brings another clothes basket to laundry room] The Stars Hollow Gazette needs a facts checker, but Rob's Tire is offering way more money. I know that now is the time to suffer for my art, but I was so brok LORELAI: Great to have you home, hon. [She shuffles off to bed as Rory rattles the doorknob.] CUT TO THE DRAGONFLY INN LOBBY MICHEL: Okay, I think I've got all the rooms assigned for the test run. LORELAI: Hit me. MICHEL: Miss Patty is in room one, Babette is in two. I put Taylor in three, the corner room. The Siegels will go in five, you and Rory are in six - LORELAI: W-wait, what happened to four? MICHEL: Four is taken. LORELAI: By whom? MICHEL: By friends of mine. Sookie and Jackson are in - LORELAI: Which friends of yours
SUMMARY:
Momentous changes are in the air as: the Dragonfly Inn approaches opening day by having a shakedown weekend. Rory and Dean take a major step forward in their relationship, to Lorelai's dismay. Emily and Richard admit that they're separated. Kirk decides to let Lulu in on the deep, dark secret of his night terrors. Jason appears at the Inn to plead his case with Lorelai, to no avail. Luke answers Lorelai's question about the status of their relationship when he makes it passionately clear to Lorelai that they're dating, to which she enthusiastically agrees. However, as Lorelai returns home she finds that Rory had lost her virginity to a married Dean. In 2009, TV Guide ranked this episode #75 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes. [4]