Luke heads directly from Lorelai’s front door to Christophe’s, and pops him one.
Two observations:
1. How does he know where Christopher lives?
2. Christopher isn’t to blame”¦
Rory’s back home with mom, trying to be a grownup about the long-distance Logan situation. She mentions their bust trip to Asia, and pulls out her library of research which is now rendered useless. This gives Lorelai a crazy idea. With her current situation, she’s not going to be giving Rory much breathing room.
As Luke begins repair on Luke’s, T.J. informs him that his temporarily-closed diner has competition – in the form of Kirk’s. It’s a blatant rip-off, of course, right down to the awesome No Cell Phones sign. Did I mention I love that sign? I love that sign. Luke confronts Kirk, who counters that Luke was not the first person to name a diner after himself. Now this is the Stars Hollow I know and love”¦
At the Inn, Sookie prepares popular sushi rolls for Lorelai such as PB&J, Fried Chicken and Meatloaf. Sookie also informs her she’s lost her mind for telling Luke about Christopher.
Rory heads over to Lane & Zac’s to welcome them home. Apparently, their honeymoon in Mexico was anything but paradise…even though they stayed at a guy’s apartment fronting as Pedro’s Paradise. They both got sick, and dined on authentic Mexican cuisine: saltines and ginger ale. Zach is in fine cynical form. Lane then drags Rory to the gazebo in town to tell her how sex is horrible and overrated. Later, we find out why Lane wasn’t feeling so hot: she’s pregnant. Talk about repercussions.
As Luke and T.J. are finishing up the diner repair, Luke informs him that he and Lorelai have split up, which warrants an immediate bear hug and invitation to T.J. and Liz’s for White Russians. As they suggest to Luke that space continuums and Battlestar Gallactica could be to blame for the breakup, he gamely attempts to refute this argument — but to no avail.
Remember those sushi rolls? Lorelai has turned her house into Crazy Asia, to cheer Rory up for the trip that might have been. The girls are having a great time (even if Rory doesn’t quite get Bruce Lee) until an extremely spelled out answering machine message from Christopher/Dad brings them back to Stars Hollow, Connecticut in a hurry. Rory is not pleased with the latest developments, and lets her know it. Lorelai has no suitable explanation for her daughter.
And the reason for this mess? Luke and Lorelai, of course. The estranged couple have two brief encounters. The first, a very ungrownup conversation in which Luke aims a little too low. The second, a very well-written scene in the frozen aisle section — in which Luke concedes that he’s hurt. Makin’ Whoopee ends with a very cold and lonely Lorelai on her couch, being consoled by Rory…
