(Gilmore Girls fan site)Episode 305
Lorelai and Rory have a new neighbor, Dwight, who ropes Lorelai into watering his lawn while he’s away on a business trip. (He’s moved into Beenie Morrison’s old place and named it “The Oasis.” He has a creepy clock that chimes on each hour a variation of the tune “Midnight at the Oasis” by David Nichtern, hence the title of the episode.) Lorelai in turn ropes Rory into watering the lawn one afternoon. But when Rory tries to turn off the system, the valve gets stuck, and the sprinklers drench her. Desperately, she text-messages Dean to come help her. But when she runs into Jess, she doesn’t want any help from him. She’s still upset that he’s seeing Shane. Still, he gets her to tell him what the problem is, and he runs over to Dwight’s house and fixes it, just before Rory gets a message from Dean. Dean is coming to assist.
Emily invites Lorelai to an antique auction. Michel overhears and begs Lorelai to bring him. At the auction, while Michel is bidding for the Inn, Lorelai goes to the bar and meets a cute, witty guy. But she doesn’t get his name, only his paddle number. She reluctantly, with much prodding from her daughter, asks her mother for his name, Peyton, and phone number. Peyton asks her out to a David Bowie concert the following week. But since that’s so far away, he asks to take her to dinner this week. Unfortunately, Peyton turns out to be self-absorbed and boring. So Lorelai cancels going to the concert. This freaks out Emily, who has been following their activities via her association with Peyton’s mother. She asks Richard to step in, who schedules golf with Peyton’s father to determine whether a “simple apology” will be enough. It seems Lorelai by cancelling has broken a social rule. All this sounds plain crazy to Lorelai, and unacceptably intrusive, until she understands how important it is to her mother to be in the good graces of her social circle.
Episode guide: “Eight O'clock at the Oasis” at crazy-internet-people.
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