Hello Robert 
Good evening ladies 
Hello girls 
Hi grandpa 
Hi Dad 
You come together tonight
Oh no just a lucky coincidence 
Well hello mom 
Hello girls 
Hi grandma 
Just go about your drinks. I'm just here to sit with the dog. 
The dog 
Oh he's cute 
When did you get a dog 
She's not our dog 
I'm no less confused 
And it's a he 
The dog 
The dog is a boy 
I thought you said it was a girl 
I got another peek it was rolling around on its back and it was painfully obvious 
They're so hairy down there 
This one especially 
It's going from weird to weirder 
The usual beverage for everybody 
So he's not your dog 
It just showed up in our yard yesterday morning we have no idea how it got here where it came from it has no tags 
It is a very big mystery this dog 
Oh now i'm monopolizing things and i'm not even here please go about your drinks 
No no i'm having Robert make one up for you as well 
Are you sure because i'm not officially here 
Absolutely 
Thank you richard 
So how long are you gonna keep him 
As long as it takes to find the owners 
Richard had to miss a half day of work yesterday 
But emily has agreed to write a note excusing my absence so it should be okay 
Okay now pretend i'm not here you girls and i can chat later 
Okay well um rory oh my god did i tell you about the horrendous thing that mom did she can be such a witch with a b 
Lorelai 
Oh geez mom i forgot you were there my pretending is that good 
We can't really pretend you're not here grandma 
That's true emily you have a presence that cannot be ignored 
Oh well fine i can leave 
No no the dog likes you there join in the conversation if you wish 
Well i am curious to know when you girls got the bad news today 
What bad news 
Christopher's news 
What about him 
You haven't heard 
Nothing 
Lorelai 
Same here 
Well that's odd 
I would have thought he would have called them right away 
One of them at least 
Guys what news you're making me nervous here 
Strobe died 
Christopher's father died 
This morning 
Oh my god how 
Well he'd been sick 
Very badly he'd been diagnosed just a month ago but it had already spread 
He was the picture of health so it caught poor francine completely off guard that poor woman 
I can't believe chris didn't tell us 
He may not have been in any shape to think straight 
Did you check all your voicemails 
Yeah yeah i did 
It's terrible having more than one answering service that's the way you miss things 
Well i mean we should send something right for the funeral does he want us to go 
He was very quiet on the phone he was only good for the headlines 
Well you can't blame him 
He had a very tortured relationship with that man but none of that matters at the end 
We should send them a card or, or flowers 
We should send flowers 
Everything sounds so lame 
Well whatever it is send it to francine christopher and the baby are staying with her until all of this is behind them i'll give you the address before you go 
We'll send something together emily 
I've already signed your name to some flowers oh he moved is it supposed to do that 
Oh emily let me show you how he likes his blanket arranged he's a bit picky 
I'd appreciate your help 
Poor chris i mean it's so sudden 
Yeah 
Did you even know his dad was sick 
Well kind of 
You knew 
Dad told me 
When did he tell you 
He didn't make it sound like it was a big thing like he was that sick 
And with sherie gone and the baby, yikes 
Like this the bump acts as a kind of pillow 
Very clever 
There's a dog hair in your drink i'll have robert make you another one 
Oh oh that's okay 
No no no i insist robert we need dog hair removal from a drink