TEXT: 2.17 - Dead Uncles and Vegetables OPEN AT LORELAI'S HOUSE [The phone is ringing. Lorelai rushes down the steps to answer it, but the machine picks up before she can get it.] LORELAI: [on answering machine] Hey, we're not in, so <unk> ah, bashed my thumb! Leave a message. EMILY: I am so tired of this ridiculous machine. I get it every time I call... LORELAI: Oh, that was close. EMILY: You are Rory are always out. What is it that you do? Is your house that awful you can't be in it? It's too much excitement, if you ask me... LORELAI: Well, what isn't in Emily's rules of conduct? EMILY: I don't want to talk to a machine, I'll just call you later. [hangs up] LORELAI: If you had your way, Mother, you'd lock us up like veal. That's what she wants, veal children. [phone rings again] LORELAI: [on answering machine] Hey, we're not in, so <unk> ah, bashed my thumb! Leave a message. EMILY: It's me again. Listen... LORELAI: You're talking into the machine. EMILY: Don't forget that my DAR meeting is on Tuesday. Please... LORELAI: It's burned into my brain. It's there forever. EMILY:... it's at three o'clock and all the women are all extremely punctual. LORELAI: When I'm senile and ga-ga and drooling into a cup, and yet I can't remember my name, I'll still remember that your DAR meeting is that Tuesday. EMILY:... this Tuesday. I'll talk to you about some other things later. [hangs up] LORELAI: I'm gonna have to
SUMMARY:
Lorelai and Rory pitch in at the diner while Luke plans his Uncle Louie's funeral; Taylor is unhinged when a farmer's market opens in the town square and puts a damper on his business; Emily goes completely overboard in helping Sookie plan her wedding; Rory prods Jess into being more of a help; Luke is upset when family and friends cite Louie's unpleasant personality as a reason for not attending his funeral, but is comforted when Stars Hollow comes through for both him and his uncle in the end.