Gilmore Girls

Now that she's getting married, Lorelai has to start planning her wedding. At Chilton, Rory bumps into Henry, the Korean boy who has the hots for Lane. He's called Lane's house, a lot, but Mrs. Kim always answers the phone. To fix this problem, Rory promises to give Lane Henry's number so that she can call him.

At the Friday night dinner, Rory wants to know when Lorelai is going to tell Emily and Richard about the engagement, threatening she will personally let the cat out of the bag. Emily is in a very bad mood over the whole not-being-informed-about-the-wedding thing. Emily insists on rushing everyone through dinner, but Richard interrupts everything so he can speak privately with Rory. Emily won't say a word and Lorelai has no idea why. When Lorelai decides to tell her mom the truth, Emily has little to say about the wedding news. In Stars Hollow, Rory tries to make her mom feel better, but it's no use. Lorelai regrets not telling her mom right away.

In the morning, Rory heads off to help volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, but not before Lorelai gives her a homemade hammer that has pink feathers and rhinestones on it. Before Rory can leave, Lane arrives to give Rory her precious belongings for safekeeping until Lane comes back from Korea. As Rory heads off to volunteer, Dean comes by and is disappointed that he can't spend the day with her. She promises to make it up to him that night.

At the job site, Rory brings out her pretty pink hammer and gets an eyeful from the construction man. As she starts hammering, Paris comes to tell Rory to vamoose to the cement section. The house building deal is one of the things that will get Paris into Harvard, long with all the other extra-curricular activities that have consumed her life since the age of nine.

Paris's speech gives Rory a panic attack. When she gets home and Dean wants to have some fun, Rory refuses. She's got a lot to do and she's got to start now. This doesn't sit well with Dean. He's upset that his girlfriend doesn't want to spend time with him. Rory is upset that Dean doesn't understand how important Harvard is to her.

Back at home Rory is having a breakdown because she doesn't have the skills to be a camp counselor. Lorelai tries to fix the situation and offers to stay home instead of going out with Max, but Rory insists that she's got to figure this out alone.

At dinner with Max, Lorelai doesn't have much of an appetite because there's so much stuff to think about for the wedding. Max tells her about how excited his folks were about the news. This just makes Lorelai feel even worse about her own parents. On the way home, Max apologizes for bringing up the whole parents thing. Lorelai is on a mission and she directs Max to her parents' house. When he understands what she's doing, he tries desperately to stop her.

When Emily answers the door, Lorelai demands to know why Emily isn't more enthusiastic about her wedding. She bursts into tears, but Emily isn't falling for it. This is because Emily had to find out about the wedding from a complete stranger. Upon hearing this, Lorelai doesn't have much to say and just silently walks out. Max tells Emily that his parents would like to have dinner with her and Richard sometime, and that it was nice to finally meet her.

Lorelai arrives at the inn only to find Sookie has created a veritable feast for her surprise-wedding shower. Suddenly, Lorelai understands just how Emily found out about the wedding, and she feels bad about it.

Max and Lorelai open their gifts and discuss the unfortunate fact that Max will be spending some time in Toronto for a job. Dean arrives at the shower and apologizes to Rory. She's sorry too, and they make up.

Lorelai leaves Max and heads to Luke's diner. It would mean a lot to her if Luke would make an appearance. It's a big night for Lorelai and she feels like Luke should be there. The party ends as Rory sits in Dean's arms and waves goodbye to Lane as she drives off to the airport, while Lorelai and Max slow dance as Luke sits and watches from the sideline.

The next day, Lorelai stops by Emily's house to get some advice on the kind of veil she should wear. Emily won't budge until Lorelai apologizes. Lorelai is afraid to tell Emily things because she doesn't always know how her mom will react. Lorelai didn't want to feel bad about this decision, so she waited to reveal it. Emily finally thaws and suggests that Lorelai skip the whole veil thing and go for a tiara. After all, it's what Emily wore to her own wedding.