TEXT: 2.13 - A-Tisket, A-Tasket OPEN IN STARS HOLLOW [We see several signs near the gazebo promoting the upcoming Stars Hollow "Bid on a Basket" Fundraiser before we see Lorelai and Rory inside Doose's Market looking at baskets.] LORELAI: So I've decided I'm saving myself for William Holden. RORY: Wow, it's nice out here in left field. LORELAI: Hey, I'm sorry. Sunset Boulevard was on last night, and I don't know I've known him for years <unk> Sabrina, Stalag 17 <unk> and yet last night something snapped. RORY: I'll say. LORELAI: I think it was the monkey scene. RORY: You know he's dead, don't you? LORELAI: The monkey? RORY: William Holden! LORELAI: Ugh, every great relationship has its obstacles. You'd know that if you weren't dating Andy Hardy. RORY: This one? LORELAI: Hm, no. RORY: Why? LORELAI: It's too big, it raises expectations. RORY: Like there's actually a home-cooked lunch in there? LORELAI: Instead of whatever is leftover in our refrigerator - exactly. RORY: Okay, going back on the pile now. LORELAI: Oh, it's quaint, isn't it? The women get to make a nice lunch basket, the men get to bid on it, and the world rotates backwards on its axis. RORY: I think it's fun. LORELAI: That's because you have a pretty boy to bid on your basket. RORY: Yes I do. LORELAI: Did you tell him to eat lunch first? RORY: Hi, I love him, of course. Hey, I'm gonna look in the back. LORELAI: All right, I'll hit the front. [walks up front] Hey Patty. Shopping for baskets? MISS PATTY: Oh please,
SUMMARY:
The annual Stars Hollow charity picnic basket lunch auction sparks controversies among couples throughout town; Jess outbids Dean for Rory's basket, causing Dean and Rory to quarrel when Rory abides by tradition and shares the lunch with Jess; Jackson refuses to bid on Sookie's basket after she leads him to believe that she doesn't want to move in together; Luke comes to Lorelai's rescue, bids on her basket, and feeds them both at the diner after Miss Patty sets Lorelai up with a trio of unsuitable bidders; Henry tires of the end runs around Mrs. Kim, and calls it quits with Lane; Rory and Jess hit it off at lunch and Jess leaves with a secret souvenir -- the bracelet that Dean gave Rory, which he picks it up and holds on to after Rory drops it; Sookie and Jackson work things out so well that he proposes and she accepts; Lorelai and Rory quarrel when Rory finds out that her mother lent a sympathetic ear to Dean's concerns about Jess; after Emily agrees with her daughter's distrust of Jess, Lorelai realizes that they're both wrong, and apologizes to her daughter.