TEXT: OPEN AT LORELAI'S HOUSE [Lorelai is coming down the stairs into the living room. She is zipping up the extra cardigan she's wearing on top of her pajamas] LORELAI: Cold, cold, cold, cold! Icy feet, stupid frozen-tundra house! Oh. [She picks up a shawl and wraps herself in it. She sees someone sleeping on the couch, bundled in blankets.] LORELAI: Honey, why are you sleeping in here? Your room is way warmer. [She turns up the thermostat and goes into the kitchen.] Okay, here's the question for today, kids. What the hell are the Eskimos thinking? I mean, yes, the hoods are cute, but it's always cold. Always! Plus you have to eat fish for breakfast and you have to eat whales and then polar bears and penguins and Santa Claus... [Comes back from the kitchen, towards the couch and sits on the sleeping figure] Okay, coffee's on, Pop-Tarts are pop-tarting! If you're just going to lie there, I'm going to have to sit here. I'm going to make myself very comfortable on a nice, warm Rory! [Rory comes out of her room] RORY: Why is it so cold in here? LORELAI: Ahh! RORY: Ahh! [Rory ties the belt of her cardigan and comes near the couch] LORELAI: I thought I was sitting on you! RORY: Oh, really? Good trick... LORELAI: Well, if you are there, then who is this? RORY: I don't know. LORELAI: We've got a stranger in our house. RORY: Robert Downey, Jr? LORELAI: Or a murderer. RORY:... who needed to take a nap before committing his crimes? [Lorelai lifts the blankets to see Lane sleeping on the couch.] LORELAI: I think this belongs to you. RORY: She must have followed me home from Yale. I told her she could
SUMMARY:
Jess' attempts to keep a low profile until Gypsy completes the repairs on his car are put to the test as he keeps bumping into Rory all over town. Taylor puts Kirk in charge of the annual Firelight Festival, and his managerial skills, or lack thereof, place a strain on the preparations. Lane follows Rory back to Stars Hollow and a place on the Gilmore couch for the weekend, but isn't quite ready to face her mother. Emily is in a dither about filling a table at a benefit and enlists the help of Lorelai and Jason, whom she encourages to pretend that they're a couple. Luke is less than impressed by Liz's latest business venture and newly-arrived boyfriend, which prompts Jess to give his uncle an earful about minding his own business. After Lorelai and Liz finally meet, Lorelai gets a renewed perspective on Luke. Liz's high school classmates descend upon her brother and reveal long-held crushes on him. Richard is suspicious when Jason's father greets his son at the benefit and doesn't inquire about the business. Lorelai fixes Luke's broken heart after his confrontation with Jess while Luke fixes Lorelai's broken window. Liz and T.J. end their visit to Stars Hollow, but not before T.J. has a few choice words for Luke. Jess makes a startling confession to Rory before he leaves town.