While Lorelai shows Rune his room, Rory and Emily arrive, and Emily is totally impressed with the place.
When Rune walks in announcing that he now works at the inn, Michel is absolutely horrified. A sale is made, and Emily is starting to love her sneakers. The paranoia is setting in, and Rory tries her best to squash it. She explores, leaving the girls to discuss Lane's latest problem, that it has been a week since the party and Henry has not called. When they get to Lane's parents' antique store, Emily balks at first but then falls in love with the place. She is convinced that everyone is looking at her. With sneakers on her feet, Emily says she feels like a horse. Now that is a real surprise and one that does not sit well with Lorelai at all. Lorelai and Rachel talk about what they want to do with their lives Lorelai admits that she and Sookie would love to run their own inn, while Rachel admits she is ready to settle down, with Luke. And when Rory suggests they walk though town, it takes some convincing to loosen up Grandma. Of course, she is horrified to find an empty refrigerator and Charlie's Angel dishes in the cupboard. Later, Emily arrives for her tour of Stars Hollow. Lorelai reluctantly agrees to give him a handy man job and let him stay in the potting shed, but only for Sookie's sake. What? Lorelai has not been informed, unbeknownst to Jackson, of the favor that Sookie and Jackson desperately need, namely that Lorelai give Rune a job, and some board, at the inn. Then, horror of horrors, Jackson comes in with "thank you jam". (Rune is Jackson's cousin who was unbelievably rude to Lorelai on a past date.) While the guy was just supposed to stay one weekend, he never left and Jackson does not have the balls to throw him out. He even spills coffee all over the table.Īt the Independence Inn, Lorelai gets really annoyed when she spies Rune in the lobby. When Luke sees that the two women in his life might be hanging together, he is totally weirded out. Rory bails when Lane pages with 911, leaving Rachel to drag Lorelai out to see Dragonfly. This leads Lorelai to think about buying it, renovating it, and running it herself. Another photo of interest is an old abandoned inn called Dragonfly. When Rachel points out how darn beautiful Lorelai's eyes are, Luke just stutters and stumbles over his words, then walks away. One of the most memorable photos in the bunch is a shot of Luke and Lorelai. Suddenly, Rachel approaches the table carrying photos from the Firelight Festival, thinking there might be a book in there somewhere, i.e. Even if she was free, and she probably really is, Lorelai would not choose to have lunch with her mom, Friday night dinner is enough. When Rory tries to get Lorelai to take a break at noon for lunch, it is a no go. Over at Luke's, Lorelai and Rory grab some chow before Emily and Rory hang out. Lorelai, of course, will have to miss this little outing. Rory suggests that Emily checks out Lane's parents' store in Stars Hollow, which then turns into an invitation for Rory to show her grandma around town on Saturday. Lorelai insists on changing the subject, so Emily starts ranting and raving about how difficult it is to find good antiques. It was so big that it affected her balance, or so Emily says. And it is because as a child, Lorelai had an unusually large head. Lorelai does not want to give up any embarrassing goods in fact, when she was 7, she burned all of her baby pictures. In the middle of the Friday night dinner (from which Richard has been mysteriously absent, lately), Rory announces that she needs baby pictures of Emily and Richard, and Lorelai, for a school project about family history.