Stars Hollow smells and nobody knows why. Kirk tells Taylor (who has a horrible new toupee) that the smell is coming from eggs hidden in the town square for Easter, which was a week ago. He was supposed to have made a map pointing out the locations of all the eggs, but he didn’t and now there are fifty-nine rotting eggs somewhere in the square. Kirk goes insane trying to find the eggs and make Taylor happy, but there are still twelve left. He doesn’t sleep for days. Luke finds the eggs for him and gives them to Kirk so he can tell Taylor he was the one who found them.

Jason and Richard acquire another company and go golfing to seal the deal. Jason’s father, Floyd, shows up on the golf course. He tells Richard he’d like to have dinner on Friday night. This is some big deal and Emily starts making preparations. Since it’s going to be on Friday, Lorelai and Rory will be there, too.

Lorelai sends Dean to Rory’s dorm with a bookshelf that doesn’t fit in at the Dragonfly. Dean says he’s taking time off from school so he can make money because Lindsay wants a townhouse. Rory can’t help but tell him what a bad idea she thinks it is and they have a big fight. Rory goes to the market with Lane and starts talking about how selfish Lindsay is for not working and making Dean drop out of college. Then she turns a corner and Lindsay is in the next aisle. She heard everything.

Lorelai is nervous about meeting Jason’s parents even though they don’t know she and Jason are dating. Things seem pleasant enough at first, and Rory leaves early because she has a paper to study for. After dinner, the girls go to the living room for drinks while the men go to the study for cigars. Floyd tells Richard he’s suing his company because Jason signed a no-compete clause. The men start yelling at each other and they take the argument into the living room, and that’s where Floyd announces that his private investigator told him Jason and Lorelai are dating. He and Jason’s mother leave, and Jason and Richard go back into study. Jason says he’ll fix things with his father.

Rory is driving home from dinner when Dean runs in front of her car and says he wants to talk to her. He drags her into an alley and tells her he’s sorry about their fight. He says Lindsay doesn’t want him to talk to Rory anymore, but he doesn’t want that to happen.

Richard’s business can’t afford a legal battle with Floyd, so the two of them go golfing together to make a deal. They decide Richard will come back to Floyd’s firm and have his own company under Floyd’s company’s banner. Jason is out.

Michel: I am not standing funny. This is how you stand in these pants.

Jason, about Emily and Richard: They keep moving everything back and forth. The cart, the heater, me. I used to be over there.

• Original Air Date: April 20, 2004

Categories: Season 4
Tags: Dean, Digger, Taylor

Posted on March 24, 2010