TEXT: OPEN IN LUKE'S DINER [Lorelai enters with a laptop in her arms.] LORELAI: Hey. LUKE: Hey! LORELAI: [chuckles and reaches for food on plates he is serving] Ow! LUKE: Don't. LORELAI: Ohh. [feigns disappointed] LUKE: You okay? LORELAI: Well, you hurt my feelings just now. LUKE: No, I mean you doing okay with everything? LORELAI: You're referring to my meltdown in the park. LUKE: It wasn't a meltdown. LORELAI: Oh, it was a meltdown. They're making it into a movie -- "Meltdown in the Park." Don't worry, it's just a working title. Baz Luhrmann's directing. And the movie Luke wears tights and sings. LUKE: But you're okay? LORELAI: Thanks to my knight in shining armor. LUKE: Ah, well... LORELAI: I just hope Alec Baldwin captures your rare essence. LUKE: And slims down a little for the role. I should deliver these. LORELAI: Can I work on my laptop? LUKE: Does it make noise? LORELAI: No, but I sometimes do. LUKE: You always do. LORELAI: Thanks. [Kirk enters the diner with a pink bag under his arm.] LUKE: Kirk. KIRK: Luke. LUKE: What's with the - KIRK: It's not a purse! LUKE: I wasn't gonna say "purse." KIRK: Oh... Sorry. LUKE: What's with the gay bag? KIRK: It's a dog carrier. My girlfriend's gone out of town with some friends, and I'm watching Buster for her. And they're girlfriends, not guys. I called the hotel she booked and verified that it's a girl's name on the register with her. Not that I don't
SUMMARY:
Kirk branches out from dog sitting for Lulu into a new canine-centered career; Paris goes into germ-phobic overdrive when Rory gets a cold; Lane gets an apartment with Zach and Brian and faces a frigid reception from her aunt and mother, and an overly-eager, non-stop-talking cousin when she packs up her things and moves out; when they realize that their relationship is increasingly being conducted over email and the phone, Lorelai and Rory decide to play hooky and go window shopping in the mall, where they run into Emily in the middle of a shopping binge meltdown; Luke lends Lorelai the thirty thousand dollars she needs to finish construction on the Inn; after Emily confesses that the shopping binge and bickering with Richard stems from her anger at being ignored, neglected, and made to feel useless by her husband, Lorelai reassures her of how much she's accomplished and urges her to talk to Richard, but Emily can't seem to make the connection with her husband she so desperately desires; Rory and Luke get a peek into Dean's life as a married man, and Luke gets an inkling that something is amiss when he catches Dean's wistful looks towards Rory as Dean unsuccessfully tries to paint a happy picture of life with Lindsay and her parents.