(Gilmore Girls fan site)In the episode “A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving,” in reference to West Side Story.
DEAN: Nothing to say?
JESS: Guess not.
DEAN: That’s funny. You usually have something to say.
JESS: Guess I’m all talked out.
DEAN: (pursuing) What’s the matter, Jess? Why you walking away?
JESS: It’s getting a little West Side Story here, Dean, and I gotta warn you, my dancing skills are not up to snuff.
It’s Thanksgiving, just after Dean dumped Rory so she could go be with Jess. Jess is taking out the trash, and he encounters Dean on the sidewalk. Jess doesn’t want to talk to him, but Dean challenges him. Once, twice, three times.
Then Jess says, “It’s getting a little West Side Story here, Dean, and I gotta warn you, my dancing skills are not up to snuff.”
West Side Story is a musical about gang rivalry. Being a musical, it has singing and dancing, hence Jess’s comment about dancing skills.
What Jess is saying he doesn’t want to fight. But Dean persists, until finally:
JESS: I’m not gonna fight you, Dean.
DEAN: Why?
JESS: ’Cause if I fight you, Rory’s gonna think it’s my fault. So just forget it, okay? Just forget it. Go home. Let it rest.
DEAN: So Rory’s got a nice little hold on you now, huh?
JESS: Geez. Don’t do that.
DEAN: How does it feel?
JESS: It feels like I’m with Rory and you’re not.
DEAN: You know, when all this happened with you and me and Rory, I figured I’d just stay out of everyone’s way, that that would be easiest. But now, I’m looking at you and I’m thinking, I’m gonna run from him? The Glad Man. This is my town, I’m not hiding. And I don’t have to be remotely calm around you anymore, and I like that feeling. I like it a lot. Happy Thanksgiving, Jess.
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