The Gilmore girls go walking around town handing out Lorelai’s thousand yellow daisies. Rory tries to talk about wedding stuff, but Lorelai is predictably reluctant to discuss it. The whole town starts following them because they can’t wait to see how Luke will react to the news that Max has proposed to Lorelai. Luke seems okay with it at first, but he tries to freak Lorelai out by asking her where she and Max will live and whether or not she’ll work after she’s married. Lorelai seems bummed that Luke isn’t more upset by the news.

Emily is super excited on Friday night because Rory has finished the year in the top three percent of her class. She also seems surprised that Rory and Lorelai already know this. She tells Rory that the following Friday will be a special night and she should invite a friend and there will be presents and Twinkies and all kinds of good stuff. At some point during this conversation, Lorelai decides to accept Max’s proposal. She goes outside and calls him to say yes. Then she goes into the dining room and nods at Rory. They start jumping up and down and screaming, confusing Emily and Richard. And at no point, of course, does Lorelai think to tell her parents what she’s so excited about.

Dean comes over for his first post-breakup movie night and Rory invites him to her special night at the grandparents’ house. Emily is not happy to see him on Friday night, but Lorelai makes her warm up by reminding her it’s Rory’s night. Richard is a jerkface all night. At dinner, he starts interrogating Dean about what he plans to do with his life. He makes it clear he doesn’t think Dean is good enough for Rory. Rory yells at him and they all leave. Lorelai convinces her to let it go because she figures Richard saw Rory bring a boy home and just had a terrible Lorelai flashback. Later that night, Sookie calls Emily to invite her to Lorelai’s wedding shower. Emily tells Richard to apologize to Rory because “when Rory decides to get married, I’d like her to tell us.”

Lane’s parents are sending her to Korea for the summer and they won’t tell her when she’s coming home. Her suitcase is as big as she is.

Rory: How did you do that?

Lorelai: Oh, you know, with a flourish and a big ending.

Sookie: Michel thinks he’s gonna live forever.

Lorelai: Like on Fame?

• Original Air Date: October 9, 2001

Categories: Season 2
Tags: Dean, Lane, Mother-Daughter Miscommunication, Premiere

Posted on December 28, 2009