TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] LORELAI'S HOUSE [At the front door, Lorelai is receiving her mail from the mailman.] LORELAI: Thanks, Skip! Love that you're back in shorts. Missed those stems of yours, baby. [She closes the door and sorts through her mail.] Now, come on. [She picks up the phone and dials. Rory answers.] RORY: Hello? LORELAI: Yeah, we've got to talk mail. RORY: Not again. LORELAI: It's all for you. Every piece. How can that be? You only half live here. [Scene cuts between Rory's dorm and Lorelai's living room.] RORY: This mail envy of yours is not pretty. LORELAI: Catalogues, business solicitations, credit card offers, oh! And for me, some more stupid Greenpeace return address labels. RORY: Well, you are the environmental philanthropist in the family. LORELAI: Well, I feel very badly for the planet right now. RORY: Hey, you called my cell. LORELAI: I know. RORY: Well, I told you to call my land line. My cell phone bill is astronomical. LORELAI: But a conversation with me, priceless. [She continues sorting the mail, then holds up a postcard.] Oh, joy. RORY: What? LORELAI: Well, I did get a piece of mail. The temple of Apollo. RORY: Grandma still hitting you with the postcards, huh? LORELAI: As if nothing even remotely unpleasant happened between us. How does she do that? Compartmentalize like that? It's weird. She's the serial killer who goes to work and talks about a funny Seinfeld he saw and then goes home and cooks himself a man-flesh sandwich. RORY: Ew. LORELAI: Let's see how her trip has been since the last card. [Pretends to read] Dear Lorelai, kicked a
SUMMARY:
When Richard and Emily return from their second honeymoon, Rory attends Friday night dinner without Lorelai, who refuses to speak to her mother or see her, and plans a girls' night out with Sookie instead. Richard and Emily then give a 100-year-old Greek book to Rory and have yet another maid. Rory surprises everyone with a rare outburst at her grandmother for interfering in Lorelai's love life. Meanwhile, Luke, who's miserable without Lorelai, takes his anger out on his customers and his dark mood causes him to burn the food and when one customer wants his omelet redone, he throws him out of the diner. When a meter maid is writing a ticket to put on Luke's boat (that is parked in front of the diner) Lorelai comes in time to put some quarters in the meter. Emily goes to the diner to talk to Luke. Meanwhile, Lane has a horrific realization about her mother's influence.