Luke is surprisingly chipper one morning. It’s because he finally hired some help, a kid named Brendon. Brendon is awful and gross and stupid. Lorelai tries to tell Luke that he’s no good, but he doesn’t listen until he sees a line of people trying to get into Weston’s Bakery. They tell him they’re not eating at the diner anymore because of Brendon.

Jason is still sending Lorelai flowers and candy and trying to get her to go out with him. Rory says she should just go and see what happens, but Lorelai isn’t sure.

Richard comes to Yale and has lunch with Rory and Paris. Professor Asher Fleming comes by to say hello. He’s kind of a big deal and Paris is really excited to meet him. Richard and Emily are going to the Harvard-Yale football game and they invite Rory. Lorelai wants to go so she can hang out with Rory, so Emily and Richard have to disinvite someone. Lorelai shows up wearing red and her parents are horrified. Emily makes her put on her jacket and scarf. They all go and salute Dan, the original Yale mascot. Richard says it’s time to move on because they’re tailgating, which to the Gilmores consists of an RV with servants and bloody Marys.

Pennilyn Lott, the woman Richard was engaged to when Emily stole him away, comes by and says hello. Lorelai is retarded and calls her “my almost mommy.” She sees her again later outside the ladies room, and Pennilyn says she heard Lorelai was opening an inn. Emily overhears and then goes back to the RV and asks Richard how Pennilyn would know about the inn. Richard says he’s been having lunch with Pennilyn once a year for the last thirty-nine years. Emily yells and blames Lorelai because she spoke to Pennilyn. And instead of understanding that Emily is upset and maybe needs a minute to come to grips with the situation, she decides to get revenge: she calls Jason and says she’ll go out with him.

Jason takes Lorelai to a super fancy place where famous people go, and Lorelai is disappointed that Jason requested a private room where they can’t see all the famous people. He doesn’t know how to handle the situation, so he says they should just go. In the car, they realize they’re starving. Lorelai directs Jason to a drive-thru, but he says he doesn’t like Mexican food. They end up at a supermarket and eat at a table outside the store.

That night, Rory sees Paris making out with Asher Fleming.

Paris, to Richard: You are a honey-tongued devil, aren’t you, Dick?

• Original Air Date: November 18, 2003

Categories: Season 4
Tags: College, Digger, Paris-Asher, Richard-Emily problems

Posted on March 11, 2010