TEXT: OPEN ON FRONT GROUNDS OF DRAGONFLY INN [Lorelai and Sookie stand near a woman holding two docile horses.] LORELAI: Oh, I love them. [petting the horses' noses] SOOKIE: Ooh, I love them, too. [also petting their noses] LORELAI: With an unbridled passion. Good one, huh? SOOKIE: I love horse humor. [giggles] WOMAN: These guys are the best I've got 'cause they're so sweet. LORELAI: Hey, Michel, come on over. Meet our two new employees. MICHEL: [standing far away] You know that I do not care for the animal kingdom. WOMAN: Do you want me to hold them for you? 'Cause I've got a couple of others interested. LORELAI: Oh, yes, definitely hold them. [dials number on cell phone] RORY'S VOICEMAIL MESSAGE: It's Rory, Talk please [beep] LORELAI: Hi, Rory, it's me. How's school? You learning stuff? Listen, we have the horses, Desdemona and Cletus, and the first two rides have to be me and you. And hopefully, you're over the time that I took you for the pony ride, and the pony was old and just sort of stopped and laid down, and you sort of rolled off into the ditch. It's really not likely to happen again. I promise. So, call me, call me. [puts phone away as Tom walks by] Hey, Tom, how do you like our new horses? TOM: Very fragrant. Follow me. LORELAI: [to horse] He's very busy. Don't judge him too harshly. CUT TO INTERIOR OF DRAGONFLY MID-CONSTRUCTION [Tom enters and catches workers standing idle.] TOM: Hey, guys, how's National Goof-off day going? That's what I thought. [Lorelai, Sookie and Michel join Tom] Now, we
SUMMARY:
When Trix returns to town and berates Lorelai and Richard for being financial failures, Richard angrily sets his mother straight, to Emily's delight; Lorelai and Sookie explore ways to ease their financial crunch and raise money to pay their construction crew, one of whom is now Dean; Janet and Paris go head-to-head over the constant presence of Janet's boyfriend in the suite; Lorelai and Rory play an increasingly frustrating game of telephone tag; after Paris, Tanna, and Janet complain about close quarters in the suite, Lane moves out of the dorm and in with Lorelai, and gets her job back at Luke's; Lorelai and Sookie have a heated discussion about sharing the responsibilities of opening their inn; Rory is distraught when one of her professors tells her to drop a class because she can't handle her course load; Lane runs into her mother and receives a frosty reception; at the end of a very long, hard day, Lorelai and Rory still can't manage to connect, and end up taking solace in the arms of the married men in their lives, Luke for Lorelai, and Dean for Rory.