TEXT: OPEN AT LORELAI'S HOUSE [Lorelai walks downstairs and opens the front door to pick up the newspaper. A cat is sitting on the porch. Lorelai goes to the phone and dials.] RORY: Hello? LORELAI: They know. RORY:Who knows? LORELAI: The cats -- they know that I've broken up with Jason and that I'm alone and they've decided it's time for me to become a crazy cat lady. RORY: What are you talking about? LORELAI: There's a cat on my doorstep. RORY: Well, that's better than a bun in your oven. LORELAI: It's just sitting there, staring at me, like he knew this moment was coming. It's still there. Why is it still there? RORY: Mom, it's a stray. It's passing through. It's hanging out. Relax. Move away from the window and go back to bed. LORELAI: It's not fair. We just broke up. It just happened. I'm still young. It's still possible that I'm gonna have a successful relationship. You don't know. My eggs are still viable. RORY: Are you yelling at me or the cat? LORELAI: The cat. I think he flipped me off with his tail. I'm Babette. RORY: Babette's not single. LORELAI: Whose side are you on? Circle the wagons. RORY: Sorry. LORELAI: Everyone knows. They can see it in my face. "She's single again. She couldn't make it work again. She picked the wrong guy again." [to cat] Hey, do not lick yourself in front of me. RORY: Mom, I need you to get a grip. You're tired, you're stressed out, and you're not seeing things clearly. LORELAI: Oh, my God! RORY: What? LORELAI: There are two of them. They're not even easing me into this, those bastards. I give up. I guess I need
SUMMARY:
Jackson's devotion to his wife and her famous zucchini soup set the stage for the perfect antidote to the stress surrounding the opening of the Inn; Luke unwittingly comes to the rescue when Sookie tries to set Lorelai up with the poultry supplier; Liz returns to Stars Hollow to announce that she's getting married in the town square in a week; Paris and Asher decide to travel to England together during the summer; T.J. has a tumultuous bachelor party; at Luke's request, Jess changes his mind about attending his mother's wedding and returns to Stars Hollow for the festivities; Rory tries to hide her discomfort when Lorelai tells her about overhearing a fight between Dean and Lindsay; a self-help tape helps Luke clarify his thinking, and a talk with Jess gets him started on the path to having the relationship he's been looking for all along.