TEXT: OPEN IN DRAGONFLY INN [Camera follows a member of the kitchen staff through the door into the kitchen. Sookie cuts and preps food while she and Lorelai discuss Inn issues.] LORELAI: It's getting the word out to the business community that we're here -- that's the key. SOOKIE: We've got to draw them in with the things that they like -- amenities. [Lorelai pours coffee into her mug while Sookie prepares food portions] LORELAI: What does a businessman want when they travel? Booze, and hookers. Anything else? SOOKIE: [grins] I think that covers it. LORELAI: We got booze. How do we get hookers? SOOKIE: How about a banner up front that reads "Hoes up at the Dragonfly"? LORELAI: Or we tell them Bill Maher's here. SOOKIE: [ Gasps ] They'd come a-flocking. LORELAI: Maybe we're in too silly a mood to be discussing such serious stuff. SOOKIE: You think? [Jackson enters with a laden crate of vegetables. The only thing out of place is the business suit he is wearing] LORELAI: Oh hey Jackson, what would you do to lure more businessmen to the Dragonfly? Besides inviting Bill Maher. JACKSON: What do I look like, the Shell Answer Man? Everybody's gotta have a piece of Jackson. Well, he's got nothing left, I tell you, nothing. SOOKIE: [sympathetic] His town selectman duties are starting to wear on him. LORELAI: That's why the fancy duds? SOOKIE: He's got functions every day and meetings and hearings. JACKSON: I tried to work in a nice suicide, but my schedule wouldn't allow it. [ Cellphone rings ] Ugh, That sound's death to me. LORELAI: Don't answer it. JACKSON: Could be a customer. Hello? [strained patience] Yes
SUMMARY:
The demands of the electorate are beginning to get to Jackson. Lorelai and Rory delicately nudge Richard and Emily closer together. Lorelai decides that a double date with Rory and Dean is the way to smooth over the bumps in her relationship with Dean, but the evening goes awry when Luke can't get over feeling that Dean isn't good enough for Rory. Richard takes up a new hobby, and Emily buys a panic room. Failing to get a response from Zack about the declaration of her feelings, Lane rescinds them, which finally gets Zack talking. Lorelai introduces Luke to " Pippi Longstocking " as Kirk gets much better acquainted with Lulu during movie night at the Black & White & Read Bookstore.