TEXT: 1.14 - That Damn Donna Reed (Dean walks into Lorelai's house carrying a pizza.) DEAN: Hello? LORELAI: Do you come bearing pizza? DEAN: I'm not an idiot. LORELAI: Then get in here. RORY: Hey. DEAN: Hey. LORELAI: Sit -- you're missing it. DEAN: What are we watching? LORELAI: The incomparable "Donna Reed Show." RORY: What's in there? DEAN: A salad. RORY: Salad? DEAN: Yeah, it's a quaint dish sometimes used to precede large quantities of pizza. (Lorelai and Rory give him strange looks.) DEAN: It's for me. RORY: Clearly. DEAN: So, who's Donna Reed. RORY: What? LORELAI: You don't know who Donna Reed is? The quintissential 50s mom with the perfect 50s family? RORY: Never without a smile and high heels? Hair, that if you hit it with a hammer, would crack? DEAN: So it's a show? RORY: It's a lifestyle. LORELAI: It's a religion. RORY: My favorite episode -- LORELAI: Mm, mm...tell me, tell me. RORY: -- is when their son, Jeff, comes home from school and nothing happens. LORELAI: Oh that's a good one. One of my favorites is when Mary, the daughter, gets a part-time job and nothing happens. RORY: Another classic. DEAN: So what's this one about? LORELAI: This one is actually quite filled with intrigue. The husband, Alex, comes home late for dinner and he didn't call. RORY: Might as well kick the dog too. LORELAI: Oh, oh, look, she's making doughnuts. DONNA REED:...behind in the sugar department. JEFF: I guess I was thinking of something else, Mom. LORELAI: "Not that my sugary attitude wouldn
SUMMARY:
An evening of " The Donna Reed Show " reruns infects Dean and both Gilmore Girls -- Dean expresses a longing for the type of family represented by the show, Lorelai helps Luke spruce up the diner with a fresh paint job and new curtains, and Rory dresses up like Donna and fixes a 1950s style dinner for Dean while petsitting Babette's new kitten; when the baby chick that's the subject of Rory's midterm project gets loose in the house, Lorelai frantically calls Luke to help her search the house; both Sookie and Emily force Lorelai to confront her feelings for Luke; Christopher roars into town on his motorcycle, and agrees to stay at Lorelai's and Rory's during his visit.