- Lorelai Gilmore: Kirk? Turn off the TV and come have your breakfast.
- Kirk: In a minute.
- Lorelai Gilmore: Now.
- Paris Geller: How old is he?
- Rory Gilmore: You'd have to cut him open and count the rings.
- Rory Gilmore: Why doesn't he like me, why won't he call me, what did I do? Mom...
- Lorelai Gilmore: Shh.
- Taylor Doose: Look at these clamoring crowds, partner!
- Luke: Yeah, people seem to be having a good time.
- Taylor Doose: It was a rush job, but spectacular. It's more than I thought it would be.
- Luke: Oh, way more.
- Taylor Doose: I'm seriously considering going permanent with this.
- Luke: What?
- Taylor Doose: Well, I think we've got something here. Something big. A two-month run isn't enough! We've at least got to hold it over through the summer!
- Luke: Taylor...
- Taylor Doose: I'm thinking we should keep it open for at least a year. Even if it doesn't make money. At that point, we've got the publicity. We've made the guidebooks. My God! We'll have a Cooperstown-type attraction on our hands!
- Luke: Taylor, no!
- Taylor Doose: What?
- Luke: Are you blind? This place is a piece of crap!
- Taylor Doose: What? A piece of...
- Luke: Look at it! The old man's stuff -- it's not even historical! It's all a bunch of stuff that may have belonged to people who may have been distantly related to people who may have been historically meaningful!
- Taylor Doose: Luke, I don't get it. You helped build this! You were so co-operative! Why are you turning on it like this? Turning on me?
- Luke: I want the house.
- Taylor Doose: What?
- Luke: I want this house, Taylor. All my life I've loved this house. They don't build them like this anymore. I mean, you saw the banisters, right?
- Taylor Doose: Well, yeah, but...
- Luke: No. I've always said to myself if you're going to have a family and buy a house, then it's got to be this house.
- Taylor Doose: Oh.
- Luke: It's why I volunteered, okay? I got involved in this whole thing to stay close to the house and keep on your good side. You had the control.
- Taylor Doose: I should have known that you were doing this for selfish reasons.
- Luke: Taylor, look. I know you don't like me, I can't change that. But I've got to be honest here. This museum is not going to make it. This property, these expenses, the taxes, the upkeep. I mean, the floor broke through from just the cannonball. It's going to take money. Do you want to keep a money loser on the books? Do you want that to be your legacy in Stars Hollow? Because that's what this is, Taylor. It's a money pit.
- Taylor Doose: Well, I don't want a money pit on the books.
- Luke: Just keep it open for the two months, then sell it to me. I'll give you the best price, I swear.
- Taylor Doose: A family. You mean, you and Lorelai?
- Luke: Me and... whoever. Yeah.
- Taylor Doose: Huh. Well, I'll think about it.
- Luke: Good morning, Taylor!
- Taylor Doose: Luke? What're you doing here?
- Luke: [nods] I volunteered.
- Taylor Doose: I don't get the joke.
- Luke: There is no joke. I'm at your disposal.
- Taylor Doose: Now, we're gonna need a nice flash stage, perhaps over there because there is no space out front.
- Luke: [pointing to a side of the grass] What about right here?
- Taylor Doose: My office is going here.
- Taylor Doose: Your office? Why do you need an office?
- Taylor Doose: So you came here to complain?
- Luke: No, I was just...
- Taylor Doose: I'm organizing. I'm working. I need an office.
- Luke: Okay, fine, sorry, carry on.
- Taylor Doose: Come on, everybody! Let's hold the people inside and start hanging some fines.
- [turns around]
- Taylor Doose: Where are you going?
- Luke: [pointing] Inside.
- Taylor Doose: Why?
- Luke: [aggravatingly] I'm a volunteer!
- Kyle: Hey Luke.
- Luke: Hey Kyle.
- Kyle: Starting land ahead.
- Luke: Good one.
- Taylor Doose: Is this everybody?
- Gypsy: What the hell are you doing here?
- Luke: I can't keep answering this question.
- Taylor Doose: [tugs Luke's hand] I'd like a moment with you, Luke.
- Luke: Time to let go there, Taylor!
- Taylor Doose: I want it straight skinny from you.
- Luke: Oh, really? Let go of my hand.
- Taylor Doose: Not until you tell me what you're doing.
- Luke: I'm really just trying to get my hand away from you!
- Taylor Doose: Why are you here? Why did you volunteer?
- Luke: Because I wanted to!
- Taylor Doose: Luke, you hated Old Man Twikenham. I knew that for a fact you said despicable things about him through your life.
- Luke: [sighs] Ok, well if you must know, Lorelai asked me.
- Taylor Doose: Lorelai?
- Luke: That's right. You know, we've been through a rough patch...
- Taylor Doose: Yeah... .
- Luke: So I wanted to make things off to a good news start. She wanted me to get involved in community things so I'm doing it for her.
- Taylor Doose: Well, I think that's very nice.
- Luke: So I'm here for you, Taylor, 100%.
- Taylor Doose: Good, because you are not really untalented.
- Luke: Thank you.