Jess holds up traffic when he pushes his car to Gypsy’s. Rory goes to Weston’s for some coffee and Jess is there. He runs out when Rory walks in. She sees him later in the bookstore and he runs out the door again.

Emily is losing her mind because she hasn’t found enough people to fill her table at some charity function. Lorelai already said she’d go, and now Emily is saying she has to bring someone. Lorelai brings Rory, which isn’t what Emily wanted. She makes Lorelai sit next to Jason and pretend to be his date. Jason’s father comes by the table to say hello, and Richard thinks the man is planning something.

Lorelai runs into Liz and they have a talk about how awesome Luke is. Luke comes back to the diner and finds Liz and her boyfriend, TJ, cooking dinner in the apartment. Luke doesn’t want to hang out with him, but Liz drags him to the table to sit down. Jess walks in because he forgot something, and Liz makes him stick around for a minute, too. Jess leaves and Luke steps into the hallway to talk about what they’re going to do about TJ. Jess says he doesn’t care and Luke tries to convince him he should. Jess tells him to stop trying to fix everyone’s problems all the time.

Lorelai has broken a window in the living room and the whole house is freezing. She puts up some plastic wrap with Barbie Band-Aids. Luke, upset about what Jess said, gets drunk and comes over to fix it. Lorelai isn’t home and the door is locked, so he climbs a tree and comes in through her bedroom window. Luke cuts his hand and Lorelai comes home in time to put a Barbie Band-Aid on his hand. He tells her what Jess said, so Lorelai finds Jess at Gypsy’s and starts yelling at him for being mean to Luke.

Stars Hollow is having their Founders Firelight Festival. Luke goes and overhears TJ talking about how great Liz’s earrings are and how much people love them. Luke goes to TJ and tells him he approves of him. TJ says Luke is a dick. Liz gives Luke some earrings to give to his wife – or Lorelai. Luke gives the earrings to Lorelai.

Rory and Jess see each other and Rory says it’s her turn to run away. Jess chases her around town for a minute. She finally stops and says she wants to know what he has to say to her. He says he loves her and then gets in his car and drives away.

Emily: It’s a complete disaster!

Lorelai: My existence?

Luke: Got a handful of Barbie.

• Original Air Date: February 10, 2004
• Where Kirk Works: Kirk is in charge of setting up for the Firelight Festival.

Categories: Season 4
Tags: Digger, Jess, Liz, Luke-Lorelai, TJ

Posted on March 17, 2010