Episode Report Card Kim: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Happy Birthday, Baby!
By Kim | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.21.2003
Rory goes to the bakery and arranges to have Fran make a four-foot chocolate cake with individual vanilla cupcakes on top. Also, it's going to say "Happy Sixteenth Birthday, Lorelai." Rory wants both butter cream and whipped cream frosting, which the Fran thinks is too much. Rory says she and Lorelai once tried to make an entire cake out of just frosting. Hey, who hasn't? Rory says that Miss Patty will pick up the cake at 5 PM. Lane walks in and announces that there is a glitch, because the world's largest pizza was a hundred twenty-two feet and eight inches wide. Rory says they'll have to make Connecticut's largest pizza then, and Lane says that would be ninety-eight feet wide. Rory says they can only do twelve feet. Lane wonders if they could make the world's biggest taco instead, but Rory thinks that would be too hard to serve. As opposed to the pizza, which will be a snap. Rory thinks they should lie and just say it's the world's biggest pizza. Rory asks Lane about the music selection, and Lane says she's picking one song from each year of Lorelai's life, but she's having trouble with 1974.
They exit the bakery, and Rory asks Lane to hide some favors and stuff at her house. Lane thinks it's ironic that Rory is hiding things at Lane's house, for once. They run into Jess, who has just rented Almost Famous. Rory complains and they banter over the choice of movie and the choice of food. Lane says they're like "a really sweet, old agoraphobic couple." Lane takes off. Jess asks Rory if she's still going to Yale. Rory says it has all the classes she wants, and great teachers, and it's close to Stars Hollow. Jess says it's 22.8 miles. Rory thinks it's sweet that he looked it up. Jess tries to pretend it's not a big deal, because God forbid he let his girlfriend know that he cares about her at all.
At Luke's Diner, Taylor and Nicole discuss a contract with a candy supplier. Taylor wants to make the contract's wording harsher. Luke refills their coffee and suggests that Taylor have some Oompa Loompas sent over to beat up the candy maker. Taylor asks Nicole why she's still dating Luke, and says he can fix her up with his nephew, who just got back from "a three-year stint in a biosphere in Arizona." Is it Pauly Shore? Taylor leaves. Luke asks Nicole if she's up for a movie after he kills Taylor. She is, and asks Luke to have a seat for a second. Luke asks if they're going to have "The Conversation." Nicole doesn't know what he's talking about, or pretends not to, and Luke sits. Nicole says that her parents are coming into town, and she thought Luke might want to meet them at lunch. Luke says he hasn't "met any parents in a long time." Nicole says he doesn't have to, and that she's just giving him the option, although she's clearly disappointed. Jess walks over and tells Luke to meet the parents already, and it doesn't matter if they hate Luke, because he's been there before. No, Jess, you've been there before. Also, shut up. Also, why don't you go work at Wal-Mart or something. Nicole apologizes for putting Luke on the spot. Luke stammers for a while and then says he'll go to the lunch. Nicole leaves.