Rory is tired of humoring her grandparents, so she gets Lorelai to agree to “divide and conquer.” Rory will have dinner with Richard on Friday while Lorelai spends the evening with Emily. Rory tries to talk to Richard and get him to realize the pool house is fun for now, but not a permanent home. Lorelai takes the straightforward approach and asks Emily if she and Richard will get back together. Emily says it’s clear to her the Richard has moved on, so she wants to start dating. Rory is horrified when she finds out. Some guy named Simon asks Emily out. She panics and calls Lorelai to demand she come over and help her get dressed. She has a lovely time on her date, but starts crying when she gets home.

Lorelai realizes Christopher never called her after the time she went over to help him with GG so she calls him to find out what’s going on. He’s weird at first, but then Lorelai invites him to come over to the Dragonfly for lunch on Saturday. She invites Rory, too, and Rory is not very happy to see him when she gets there. Lorelai steps away for a minute and Rory acts like a total bitch, accusing him of trying to ruin Lorelai’s relationship with Luke. Christopher is pissed and says Lorelai called him, not the other way around. Chris leaves and Lorelai asks Rory to explain why she and Chris seem so angry at each other. She’s a little annoyed that Rory went to Christopher and asked him to leave Lorelai alone, but Rory gets to her when she asks what Luke said when she told him she was having lunch with Chris. Because of course she didn’t tell him.

Lorelai talks to Sookie and claims she didn’t mean anything by not telling Luke about lunch, and she vows to tell him as soon as possible. He seems okay, but like two nights later, he makes a point of telling her he’s fine with it, which tells her he’s really not. Christopher leaves Lorelai a message later and she chooses not to return his call.

Lorelai: Who is this?

Emily: This is you in twenty years.

Also in this episode:

• Marty and Rory hang out and Rory says she and her boyfriend broke up. Marty tries to ask her about the boyfriend situation, but Rory falls asleep.
• TJ has messed up the bathroom at his and Liz’s new place and now the water isn’t working.
• Jackson is avoiding townspeople because they keep swarming him with selectman favors. He’s decided he’s not doing any town meetings, but Miss Patty tricks him into coming into the dance studio on meeting night.

• Original Air Date: November 16, 2004