i loveeee this final ten episode run of season 2 so much - from a-tisket a-tasket to the finale everything is ELITE. i can’t wait to hear rachel’s thoughts on all of it!
I recently rewatched this and all I could think was if I were Lorelai the thing I would be mad about is a relatively random teen boy I hired for yard work being caught in my daughters room. I too would come down on Jess like a hammer. But also I would be like “Rory why are you so afraid of the consequences of losing a bracelet? Teen dating should not be so stressful” but she constantly enables Dean and Rory to be weirdly toxic.
You guys are making this bracelet thing more complicated than it needs to be. I'm an excellent liar so I'll help you. All he had to say was 'Hey, I found this near the walk while I was I was moving the trash or raking leaves', or some shit like that. Even if Lorelai clocked him, because that's a massive coincidence, there's enough plausible deniability for him to just skate by. No need to ninja sneak it in the corner of the bed or in the bathroom or bookcase or whatever, just make like she dropped it on the porch or something.