WB Summary: The annual Stars Hollow Picnic Basket Auction runs into romantic complications when Jess outbids Dean to win a picnic lunch date with Rory, leading to a fight between Rory and Dean and an even bigger fight between Rory and Lorelai over whether Rory should be hanging out with Jess.
Elise’s Comment: “A tisket, a tasket, I dropped my yellow basket…” Like the old song, this episode is very funny. However, it doesn’t feature the best Dean performance. I find him to be jealous and controling. Who is he to tell Rory what to do? Not that I’m a big Jess/Rory fan, but the way Dean acted made me realize how he might not be right for Rory. Returning to the actual auction, its a cute concept. How stressed Lorelai looks when those “mystery men” are bidding on her basket and when she rushes to get Luke… And how cute Sookie and Jackson are while eating their yummy lunch (basket included) – I can’t believe they’re engaged! I’m glad Rory found someone (Jess) with whom she shares this love for reading. Are the writers really interested in creating a relationship there? Favourite scene: when Rory calls Jess @ the end. [Written by Elise in 2002]
Luke: You’re Miss Flexibility over here?
Lorelai: Hey, I can be flexible.
Luke: Please.
Lorelai: I can. As long as everything is exactly the way I want it, I’m totally flexible.
Jess: You know, Ernest only has lovely things to say about you.
Jess to Dean: “Oh jeeze man, she’s not shipping off to ‘nam’.
“Also pathetic. But that is a pathetic I can live with, where that pathetic is a truly pathetic pathetic, and only you can save me from the double pathetic! Please!” -Lorelai to Luke
“I’m not taking sides. I’m Swiss baby!” -Lorelai to Rory
This is one of my favorite episodes! I absolutely love Jess