Gilmore Girls (TV Series)

Luke Can See Her Face (2004)

Scott Patterson: Luke Danes

Quotes 

• Guy on tape : Whose phone calls or visits are never unwanted or too long? Do you see her face? Who would you most like to have in your life to ward off moments of loneliness? Do you see her face? When you travel, who would make your travels more enjoyable? Do you see her face? When you're in pain, who would you most like to comfort you? Do you see her face? When something wonderful happens in your life, a promotion at work, a successful refinancing, who do you want to share the news with? Do you see her face? Whose face appears to you, my friend? Whose face?

  Luke : Wow.

• Luke : Maybe if you drank a little less coffee, you would make a little less lists.

  Lorelai : Oh, I can't stop drinking the coffee. I stop drinking the coffee, I stop doing the standing, walking, and words putting into sentence doing.

  Luke : I'll make you some coffee.

• Guy on tape : Complete this sentence: "I feel angry because..."

  Luke : I am listening to this tape.

  Guy on tape : "I feel hopeful because..."

  Luke : This tape must end eventually.

  Guy on tape : "I feel helpless because..."

  Luke : I wonder if anyone's ever kicked an audiotape's ass.

• Lorelai : Maybe I can't handle it. Do you think I can handle it?

  Luke : I already told you I think you can handle it.

  Lorelai : When?

  Luke : Quite awhile ago.

  Lorelai : Did I believe you?

  Luke : Apparently, you didn't even listen to me.

• Luke : What are you doing?

  Lorelai : I need coffee.

  Luke : It's 5 in the morning, make coffee at your own house.

  Lorelai : I did, I drank it all.

  Luke : You drank all the coffee in your house before 5 in the morning?

  Lorelai : Big gulps, lots of sugar.

  Luke : Alright get up.

  Lorelai : [laughing]  ... and just a little bit of cream cuz it makes it cold.

• Luke : [walking into Jess' run down apartment]  Hey neighbor! The guys next door just ran out of crack to sell so they sent me over to borrow a cup.

• Luke : Oh, Jess, come on. You did this completely wrong. Open two-way communication is the foundation of love, and you cut that off. I had this friend -- let's call him Phillip -- who thought expressing intimacy was a favor to his partner, but expressions of intimacy should be given freely and frequently. He loved Judy, but he used his love as a bargaining tool.

  Jess Mariano : Who the hell is Judy?

  Luke : Phillip's wife. We call her Judy.

  Jess Mariano : I wasn't bargaining.

  Luke : You were bargaining. You had expectations out of line with what you deserved. You don't nurture.

  Jess Mariano : Where are you getting this junk?

  Luke : Life. I've lived.

  Jess Mariano : What, in a Bette Midler movie?

• Luke : Let's get down to it. Liz told me you weren't coming to the wedding.

  Jess Mariano : No way you're here about that.

  Luke : I am here about that.

  Jess Mariano : Why?

  Luke : Why? Your mother's getting married, and you're not coming.

  Jess Mariano : No biggie. I'll just catch the next one.

• Lorelai : Oh, man, I'm so completely stressed. I can't remember what I'm doing from one moment to the next. It's never gonna get done.

  Luke : It will get done.

  Lorelai : No, it won't get done, and the inn won't open, and then I'll go broke. How do you do it?

  Luke : Do what? Go broke?

  Lorelai : No -- run this place, handle all the stress?

  Luke : The place isn't stressful.

  Lorelai : It's not?

  Luke : Well, actually, at this moment, it is a little.

• Luke : [to Jess]  But you know what? Tonight was good. Tonight something happened to me. I achieved this great sense of calm. No more anger, no more frustration. Live and let live. You are who you are. I cannot change that, and I'm gonna stop trying. I wish I'd felt this earlier. Then I wouldn't have dragged you down here. I apologize for that.

• Luke : Wow. The staircase is beautiful. Hey, Tom.

  Tom : Luke.

  Luke : Yeah, nice work here. But you used glue. I thought with a banister...

  Tom : Oh, are you gonna kibitz?

  Luke : What?

  Tom : Guys who know a little about construction -- they build a birdbath, install a towel bar -- makes them think they know something, so they come in, they kibitz, offer a lot of free advice on things they don't know anything about. I got a low tolerance for that right now.

  Luke : I'm not gonna kibitz.

  Tom : Okay. And stop touching my banister.