Lorelai: So, you're actually bringing Jess to dinner on Friday?
Rory: It's as good a time as any. There'll only be one grandparent to contend with.
Lorelai: Man, that was some stealthy little maneuver she pulled there, huh? Applying the guilt over not knowing about the Dean breakup and making you all weak, and then using that to get Jess to come to dinner on Friday. Oh, she's like Lyndon Johnson with the Senate, effortless.