Lorelai and Rory are both busy and they keep missing each other. Lorelai spends the night at Jason’s and they both end up making business calls in the bedroom. Then Emily calls and Lorelai gets out of bed and puts on clothes because she doesn’t want to be half naked while talking to her mother. Emily says Gran is coming to town and Lorelai has to have lunch with them. She also insists Lorelai get her hair cut before lunch, so Lorelai goes crazy trying to get the salon to work her in.

Paris is annoyed that Janet’s boyfriend is getting too comfortable around the suite. Lane overhears them arguing and Janet makes fun of Paris for being a lonely spinster. She tells Paris she should just tell Janet about Asher. Paris, who thought Rory was the only one who knew about Asher, goes to Rory and says Lane needs to get the hell out. Rory asks Janet and Tana what they think, and they say it’s weird that Lane is staying there. Lane knows what’s coming and she says it’s time to move on. Rory leaves a message for Lorelai asking if Lane can stay with her. Lane goes to the diner and asks for her job back. Then she runs into her mom. She tells her she’s staying with Lorelai, but Mrs. Kim doesn’t seem to want to talk to her.

While Lorelai is in the middle of getting her hair shampooed, a delivery guy calls and says there’s nobody at the inn to sign for the sink. Sookie is supposed to be there, but she’s not answering her phone. Lorelai rushes over there with wet hair, but the sink guy is gone. Then she goes to Sookie’s and yells at her. Sookie doesn’t really seem to grasp the severity of the situation and they have a fight.

Dean calls Rory and says he’s been offered a job with the contractor on the Dragonfly and he wants to know if that’s going to be awkward for her. She says it’s fine with her. Tom the contractor comes to Lorelai and Sookie and asks if the checks are getting lost in the mail. Lorelai has apparently not been paying him. They’re having money issues and Lorelai asks Luke to dinner so she can ask him for a loan.

Of course Gran notices that Lorelai hasn’t had her hair cut. Richard introduces Jason to Gran and she makes him feel awkward when he gives her a present. Gran makes Lorelai admit that she’s in financial trouble. She yells at Emily and Richard for not helping their daughter. Richard starts yelling at his mother and Emily looks smug.

Rory talks to a professor about a paper she wrote. He tells her it seems like she’s overloaded her schedule and should maybe drop a class or two. He’s very nice about it and tries to tell her it’s not a big deal, but she of course takes it badly. She goes to the Dragonfly to find Lorelai, but Lorelai isn’t there so she ends up talking to Dean and crying on his shoulder about how she needs to talk to her mommy.

While that’s going on, Lorelai goes to Luke and says she needs to postpone their dinner because she’s just so stressed out. She ends up crying to him about all her troubles.

Lane: I’m staying at Lorelai’s.

Mrs. Kim: Wear socks.

Gran: Shall we all take turns guessing how long it will be before lunch is served?

Other notes:

• Richard is growing a mustache and Emily hates it.
• The Dragonfly gets its first reservation.
• This episode is like two days long, but that’s all the time it takes for the Gilmore Girls to have withdrawals from each other.

• Original Air Date: February 17, 2004

Categories: Season 4
Tags: Dean, Dragonfly, Gran, Luke-Lorelai, Mother-Daughter Codependency, Sookie

Posted on March 18, 2010