TEXT: LORELAI'S HOUSE - LORELAI'S BED ROOM [Lorelai is pacing and looking out the window] LORELAI: [Gasps] Ooh! [Sees a car pull up in the drive way. Runs down stairs to the front door shouting] LORELAI'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM LORELAI: The redcoats are coming! The redcoats are coming! GIGI: The redcoats are coming! CHRISTOPHER: Whoa, whoa. Hold on there, missy. Got to put on your jacket first, okay? [Lorelai runs outside] LORELAI'S HOUSE - EXTERIOR LORELAI: Hi! RORY: Hi! LORELAI: I'm so mad at you! RORY: What kind of greeting is that? LORELAI: What kind of daughter doesn't let her mother pick her up at the airport? RORY: The kind who parks her car at the airport car park. LORELAI: But I'm the kind of mother who picks her daughter up at the airport, you know with flowers and coffee and a fake chauffeur's sign. Why would you mess with my sense of self? ORY: My car was parked at the airport car park. LORELAI: So what, I could have driven to the airport, picked you up, brought you back. Then we both could have driven to pick up your car and come here. RORY: Yeah 'cause that wouldn't be a waste of gas or anything. LORELAI: [picking up a bag] Oh, god. Did you pack Big Ben? I still think it was kind of risky. RORY: What's risky? LORELAI: Well you've spent a lot of time across the pond. You might get confused and forget which side of the road to drive on. RORY: Yeah it was a near escape. CHRISTOPHER: Hey! Welcome home! GIGI: The redcoat is here! RORY: Hi, dad! CHRISTOPHER: How are you doing? RORY
SUMMARY:
Lorelai and Christopher decide to put their Christmas holidays on hold while Rory is in London over the holidays, Once Rory returns to Stars Hollow, they decorate several Christmas trees, do their shopping and even bake Christmas cookies for the first time as a family. Turning up unexpectedly at the inn, Luke asks Lorelai to write a character recommendation letter for his custody battle over April. Lorelai struggles to write the letter until she and Rory run into Luke and April at the mall and Lorelai suddenly remembers how important Luke has always been in Rory's life. Inspired, Lorelai writes the letter and mails it to Luke's attorney. Rory decides she will write an apology letter to her friend Lucy, explaining why she and Marty kept their past friendship a secret.