TEXT: OPEN AT LORELAI'S HOUSE [Lorelai is sitting out front on the grass when Rory pulls up] RORY: Hey. LORELAI: Hi. RORY: What are you doing? LORELAI: Well, I'm gardening. RORY: What are you doing? LORELAI: I'm gardening. RORY: What are you doing? LORELAI: Why don't you come over here and see, honey, since you seem so confused? RORY: Oh, my God. You are gardening. LORELAI: Yeah. Hello. I am gardening. RORY: Why? LORELAI: Because Babette bought me a bag of bulbs. RORY: Why would she do that? LORELAI: She thought that cultivating new life would help distract me from my current emptiness and sense of loss. RORY: Huh. Well, that's weirdly sweet of her. LORELAI: Yes, it was. Anyhow, I forgot about the bulbs 'til Babette brought them up this morning, so I dug them out of the garage. RORY: Ew! LORELAI: Where they've developed some sort of mold. RORY: This is the planet of the mold. LORELAI: Help me. RORY: Mom, I'm no botanist, but I don't think anything's gonna grow from this piece of tar. LORELAI: Just put it in the hole and cover it up. RORY: Why didn't you just throw them out? LORELAI: There are eyes everywhere, my dear. BABETTE: [calls from her front porch] Hey, doll, how you doing? LORELAI: Great, Babette. Just tending my bulbs. BABETTE: Makes you feel better, doesn't it? LORELAI: Absolutely - much better. BABETTE: You need any help? LORELAI: Oh, no. I got Rory helping me. RORY: Hi, Babette. BABETTE: Hi, sugar. Don't worry, I'm looking out for your mom. RORY: I'm glad to hear that. BAB
SUMMARY:
Rory accepts a classmate's invitation to go out on her first date since breaking up with Jess, while her roommates engage in a war of wills. Meanwhile, Lorelai invites Luke over to share the traditional Gilmore movie night she used to have with Rory, although she is somewhat disturbed after discovering that the designer she just hired to decorate the inn used to work for Emily.