TEXT: 2.06 - Presenting Lorelai Gilmore OPEN AT ELDER GILMORE RESIDENCE [The doorbell rings, the maid answers it; Lorelai and Rory are standing there.] MAID: Yes? LORELAI: Hey. MAID: Hello. LORELAI: You're new. MAID: Uh, I started yesterday. LORELAI: What's your name? MAID: Liesl. LORELAI: Okay, Liesl. I'm Brigitta, this is Gretl. And, uh, Emily and Richard are expecting us. LIESL: Oh, I'm sorry. Please come in. [Lorelai and Rory walk inside; they hear Emily and Richard arguing upstairs.] LIESL: Uh, can I, uh, get you a drink? LORELAI: You know what, that's okay. I can get it. Why don't you go hide in the kitchen? LIESL: Really? Thank you. [walks away] RORY: What is going on? LORELAI: I don't know. I think George and Martha are joining us for dinner. [Lorelai and Rory watch Emily and Richard fighting on the steps.] RICHARD: I didn't know that my every conversation needed to be reported to you. I stand corrected. EMILY: I have been the co-chair of the Starlight Foundation for the last eight years. RICHARD: I know this, Emily. EMILY: And the Black and White Ball is the main fundraising event of the season. RICHARD: It's one year. EMILY: The co-chair cannot miss the main fundraising event. RICHARD: Why? Won't the chair be there? EMILY: Is this a joke to you? RICHARD: Emily, I have too many things to take care of at work. I don't have time for frivolous parties. EMILY: Frivolous parties? Friv....[walks up the steps] RICHARD: Well, where are you going? Oh, come back here. [follows her] RORY:
SUMMARY:
At the urging of her friends, Emily decides that Rory's making her debut at a society ball will be just the thing to get Richard back into the social swing. To Lorelai's amazement, Rory willingly agrees and Emily goes into high gear shopping in preparation. Christopher agrees to escort Rory and Lorelai becomes entranced by his new responsible side, but gets a shock when she learns about his new relationship.