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By Pamie | Season 5 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.27.2004
Someone put Sookie in a really, really ugly dress. It looks like...well, I can't tell you what it looks like because these recaps fall on the PG side, but it's Georgia O'Keefe's favorite dress in the world, okay? Lorelai and Sookie are walking through town, taking a break from the inn for an entire day. "What a relief," they say. "It all falls away." They immediately stop and talk about the inn for fifteen seconds, making sure one person did this or told someone to do that. ["Heh. That's me and Sars. 'Let's not talk about the site. Except I forgot to tell you...' Four hours later, we're still continuing the same conversation over dinner." -- Wing Chun] Once it's all squared away, the girls feel like they can actually continue on with their day. The women have wandered over to Dean's townhouse, where Lindsay is screaming from their bedroom (where the window's wide open) that she hates him. She is tossing CuteDean's clothes out the window onto the lawn. Man, CuteDean's townhouse must be expensive. CuteDean asks if they can talk. Lindsay throws a hockey stick out the window and tells him she doesn't want him there. CuteDean apologizes and says it'll never happen again. Lindsay tells him to get out. Sookie's amazed, but Lorelai feels terrible, since she knows exactly what's happening. Sookie uncharacteristically chimes, "Well, that's what happens when you get married too young!" Really? Shut up, Sookie. Lorelai says that must be what happened. "Juicy," Sookie smiles as Lindsay cries that there was a lot CuteDean could have done (presumably to prevent this from happening), and that he didn't. Sookie giggles and says she normally only gets to hear about these things, but never gets to see them. Maybe if Taylor had these lines they'd make sense, or maybe even Miss Patty, but coming from Sookie, it's all wrong. CuteDean is begging Lindsay for something to do to fix this. Lindsay screams that it's too late. Lorelai pulls Sookie away from the carnage. One more time, as we fade to black, we hear Lindsay shout, "I hate you, Dean!"
Lorelai's kitchen. Sookie's on the phone with someone, telling him how to prepare a meal. In close-up, the dress isn't as ugly, but that's mostly because Melissa McCarthy is so darn pretty. Rory comes home to the most unenthusiastic "Kitchen!" shout from Lorelai. These girls have celebrated Rory coming home from the store with more zeal. Rory runs in (love the shirt; love the cardigan), and hugs Lorelai, saying she missed her. Sookie and Rory hug without too much emotion. Emily arrives, and Lorelai tries to hug her, too. Emily tells her not to, since she smells like airplane. ["Ah, but she flew First Class. She probably smells like a meadow." -- Wing Chun] Rory mentions that she should go get her bags, but once again Emily tells her granddaughter that they hire people for such lugging purposes. Emily says that Rory will fill Sookie and Lorelai in on their trip, but that the European men, young or old, were quite doting: "We were like magnets. Such high libidos." Lorelai asks if Emily was wearing her "Hot and Wealthy" sandwich board in public. Rory: "She was very popular." Rory tries to hug Emily goodbye, but the airplane thing stops them again. Rory says she can take it, and hugs her grandmother. There's an awkward chuckle as the three women walk over to the kitchen table to begin the next page of dialogue. Instead of talking about Europe, true to form, Lorelai begins talking about herself. Sookie goes on and on about how great the inn is doing, that they're booked to 90% capacity every night (might want to get that up), and that they're having to turn people away at the restaurant. She then gives Rory the skinny on the huge public fight CuteDean and Lindsay had. Lorelai tries to get Sookie to shut up, but the damage has been done. Another strangely uncharacteristic move on Sookie's part, to gloat to Rory that her ex-boyfriend's having issues with his wife. Rory's pouting, so Lorelai tells Sookie that she should probably go so Rory can eat something. Sookie leaves, clueless. Rory and Lorelai follow, presumably on their way to Luke's.