TEXT: GILMORE MANSION [Lorelai and Rory have just arrived in the jeep, it's night time.] LORELAI: Hey, punch me in the stomach. RORY: What? LORELAI: Real quick -- jab, jab. Not too hard. Just enough to cause internal bleeding. RORY: That sounds pretty hard. LORELAI: Yeah, true, plus, internal bleeding is internal, which means it can't be proven. And unless my mother sees blood, there's no way she's gonna let you take me to the hospital. You're right you're gonna have to punch me in the face. Real quick -- jab, jab. RORY: I am not going to punch you in the fAce. LORELAI: Why? I'll heal. I'd much rather spend the night in the emergency room getting 8 to 10 stitches than go in there for dinner. Plus, it'll give me a groovy scar. I've always wanted a groovy scar. RORY: Mom. LORELAI: It'd be such a great conversation piece. "Where did you get that groovy scar?" "Oh, my daughter dropkicked me for no apparent reason." She's totally psycho. RORY: Oh, so now I'm dropkicking you? LORELAI: Give me and few options you didn't like the whole jab, jab thing. RORY: We haven't had dinner with them in three weeks. Suck it up. We're going in. LORELAI: Hey you didn't make it through the last dinner, which means technically you've had four weeks, which means you owe me one. RORY: I stayed for cocktail hour. LORELAI: That's the best part. RORY: I can't help that it's at the beginning. LORELAI: Okay, fine, then you stay through dessert, and I'll leave early to go spend time with Logan. RORY: Oh, I miss Logan. LORELAI: Yeah, me too. Let's talk about him for four or five hours. RORY: We
SUMMARY:
When Richard and Emily have no real reaction to the news of her break up, Lorelai suddenly realizes that most of her emotional life has been based on doing and feeling the opposite of whatever her parents want. Later, when Michel forces Lorelai to attend Emily's cotillion dance, Lorelai discovers that some things her parents wanted for her weren't really that terrible. Meanwhile, Rory has a tough time making her long-distance relationship work.