Gilmore Girls (TV Series)

Written in the Stars (2004)

Lauren Graham: Lorelai Gilmore

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• Lorelai : I was just trying to remember the first time we met. It must have been at Luke's, right?

  Luke : It was at Luke's, it was at lunch, it was a very busy day. The place was packed. And this person...

  Lorelai : Oh, is it me? Is it me?

  Luke : This person comes tearing into the place, in a caffeine frenzy...

  Lorelai : Ooh, it's me!

  Luke : I'm with a customer, she interrupts me, wild-eyed, begging for coffee. So I tell her to wait her turn. Then she starts following me around, talking a mile a minute, saying God knows what. Finally I turn to her, and tell her she's being annoying. Sit down, shut up... and I'll get to her when I get to her.

  Lorelai : You know, I bet she took that very well, 'cause she sounds just delightful.

  Luke : She asked me my birthday. I wouldn't tell her, she wouldn't stop talking, finally I gave in. I told her my birthday. She went and got the newspaper, opened it up to the horoscopes page, wrote something down, tore it out, handed it to me. So I was looking at this piece of paper in my hand, and under Scorpio, she had written "You will meet an annoying woman. Give her coffee, and she'll go away". So I gave her coffee.

  Lorelai : But she didn't go away!

  Luke : She told me to hold onto that horoscope, put it in my wallet, and one day it would bring me luck.

  Lorelai : Boy, I will say anything for a cup of coffee! I can't believe you kept this. You kept this in your wallet? You kept this in your wallet...

  Luke : Eight years.

  Lorelai : Eight years...

• Lorelai : You gestured?

  Luke : Those jeans are really working for you.

  Lorelai : Yeah?

  Luke : They're working for me too.

  Lorelai : You're flirting with me.

  Luke : Something like that.

  Lorelai : Finally! Do it some more.

  Luke : Your shoes work great with that shirt.

  Lorelai : Gee, Carson, thanks.

• Lorelai : This has been a great first date.

  Luke : It only took us eight years to get here.

• Lorelai : What are we going to do?

  Luke : I've got some thoughts...

  Lorelai : Alright, but no taking me to an art museum after hours and then to an empty Hollywood Bowl where you'll give me a pair of diamond earrings that you bought with your college money when all the time you're really in love with your best friend the drummer who's posing as our driver for the evening.

  Luke : ...Okay, I'll think of something else...

• Lorelai : I can't believe you won't flirt with me in front of my own daughter. She's going to think something's wrong with me.

  Rory : Please, I got that confirmation letter a long time ago.

• Lorelai : [Luke and Lorelai just sat down in a booth reserved for them in a restaurant]  Aren't we supposed to let someone who works here seat us?

  Luke : Not necessary.

  Lorelai : Is this like a Mafia thing?

  Luke : Excuse me?

  Lorelai : The whole coming in, special table, "reserved" sign. Are we gonna have to whack someone before the soup course?

  Luke : No, I fulfilled my whacking quota for the week.

  [puts head down in embarrassment, then looks up at Lorelai] 

  Luke : Dirty?

  Lorelai : Extremely.

• Luke : [at a meeting where the town is debating the merits of Luke and Lorelai dating]  All right! That's it! This is my relationship.

  [points at various people] 

  Luke : Not yours! Not yours!

  [to Lorelai] 

  Luke : Yours...

  [to everyone else] 

  Luke : ... but not yours. Mine and hers but not...

  [looking pointedly at Taylor] 

  Luke : yours! There's not gonna be any more debating about whether or not it's a good idea if we're in a relationship, 'cause we're in a relationship!

  Lorelai Gilmore : Show them the horoscope!

  Taylor Doose : But in the event of a breakup...

  Luke : There's not going to be a breakup.

  Gypsy : Well, isn't he the optimistic fellow?

  Luke : Fine. In case of a breakup, I'll move. I'll close up Luke's Diner, I'll go far, far away, and that way you won't have to choose, okay? Every section in town can be pink.

  Taylor Doose : Can we have your word on that?

  Luke : You can have my word and a couple of middle fingers on that, Taylor.

• Luke : [bringing their plates to the table]  Hot plates.

  Lorelai Gilmore : [to Rory]  See? He called me 'Hot Plates.' He so likes me.

  Luke : [embarrassed]  Geez...

• Taylor Doose : All right, let's move on to the next order of business. Hmm. A very serious matter has been brought to our attention, and I would like to bring to the floor for discussion the possible negative ramifications of the inn owner and diner owner dating.

  Lorelai Gilmore : [Gasps]  That's us.

  Luke : They're talking about us.

  Taylor Doose : Now, as you all know, the relationship we have feared for some time has emerged, and we need to carefully consider whether or not we can support this.

  Lorelai Gilmore : Oh, my God.

  Luke : We're sitting right here!

  Taylor Doose : Yes, we see you, Luke, and, as a member of the town, you are welcome to voice your opinion.

• Taylor Doose : Luke's Diner is a staple in this town. Most of us eat there on a regular basis. The Dragonfly Inn, though newer than Luke's Diner, has also become very important in our community. The co-mingling of the owners of these two establishments can only set the stage for disaster.

  Luke : What the hell is he talking about?

  Lorelai Gilmore : Well he's not happy with our co-mingling.

  Taylor Doose : Think of the consequences. What will happen when the relationship goes sour, as, let's face it, most of Lorelai's relationships do?

  Lorelai Gilmore : Hey!

  Taylor Doose : We'll have to choose. Suddenly you'll either be a 'Luke' or a 'Lorelai', or, if you're Kirk and you can't make a decision to save your life, you'll be neither.

  Kirk Gleason : He's probably right.

• Taylor Doose : People, do I have to remind you about Fay Wellington and Art Brush, huh? Do I?

  [murmurs in the crowd] 

  Lorelai Gilmore : Uh, yeah.

  Babette Dell : Fay owned a flower shop, and Art owned a candy store, and they fell madly in love about 10 years ago; big romance.

  Taylor Doose : And for a while, it all worked very synergistically. Flowers and candy seemed like a perfect match...

  Miss Patty : Until Art met Margie.

  Gypsy : The fudge queen.

  Babette Dell : Ooh, that was bad.

  Taylor Doose : The whole town split right down the middle. Suddenly you could buy flowers or you could buy candy.

  Miss Patty : Valentine's Day was a nightmare.

  Taylor Doose : Eventually, the hostility forced Art to move.

  Babette Dell : Fay never married. She stopped making candy. It was very sad.

  Taylor Doose : And those storefronts were empty for a year. No one wanted to be there.

  Lorelai Gilmore : God, this sounds terrible. Maybe they have a point.

  Luke : No, they don't have a point.

  Lorelai Gilmore : Well, what if something happens?

  Luke : This is crazy. I don't believe that the breakup of Fay Wellington and Art Brush affected the economy of this town one bit.

  Taylor Doose : Well, lucky for you, I brought charts.

  Luke : You have charts concerning the romance of two people who used to live here 10 years ago?

• Richard Gilmore : His name is Robert.

  Lorelai Gilmore : I thought every butler's name was Jeeves.

  Richard Gilmore : He's not a butler. He's a valet.

  Lorelai Gilmore : So he parks your car?

  Richard Gilmore : No, he does not park my car. He does exactly what you see him doing.

  [Robert is currently making drinks] 

  Lorelai Gilmore : So he is a bartender.

  Richard Gilmore : He attends to my needs.

  Lorelai Gilmore : So he's a geisha.

  Richard Gilmore : You'll be quieter once you have a drink, I assume.

• Luke : [alarm goes off]  Sorry, I forgot to turn the alarm off.

  Lorelai : Bad alarm. Bad, bad alarm.

  [pause] 

  Lorelai : What time is it?

  Luke : Early.

  Lorelai : Hate early. Must kill early.

  [pause] 

  Lorelai : Okay, gotta get up.

  Luke : Why?

  Lorelai : Work. Inn. Buy shoes. Oh, my God, I can't move. I need coffee.

• Luke : Well, maybe no one noticed- I mean, you wear crazy outfits all the time.

  Lorelai : Yes, but, well, they usually include PANTS!

• Lorelai : [reading a story on the back of a menu]  Four hours later... Sniffy was dead. Sniffy was dead? Are you *serious*? Where's the happy ending?

  Luke : That's what happened.

  Lorelai : Well, people don't read the back of the menu to find out what *really* happened. They read the back of the menu to be *happy*. To be *uplifted*. That's why they read the back of the menu!

• Rory Gilmore : [Having moved into the pool house, Richard now has his own valet/butler, Robert]  Do you think he's happy?

  Lorelai Gilmore : I do. I think he's very happy out here with his books and his special friend, Robert.

  Rory Gilmore : Don't be gross.

  Lorelai Gilmore : What? I'm just saying two grown men out here alone with Hungarian cheese and swim trunks...

  Rory Gilmore : Oh, jeez.

  Lorelai Gilmore : Don't be so puritanical. After all, Heather has two mommies.

• Rory Gilmore : [on the phone]  Hello?

  Lorelai Gilmore : I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

  Rory Gilmore : Why?

  Emily Gilmore : [Emily enters the room behind her]  Rory!

  Rory Gilmore : Grandma!

  Lorelai Gilmore : I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

  Rory Gilmore : I have to hang up now.

  Lorelai Gilmore : Have I mentioned I'm sorry?

• Lorelai Gilmore : [Sexy smile]  Hi.

  Luke : I'm working.

  Lorelai Gilmore : Come on. This is the beginning of a relationship. You're supposed to act stupid.

  Luke : I'll do the chicken dance on my lunch break.

• Luke : I had Caesar open.

  Lorelai : And he did, with a floor show.