Rory: So what's the plan?
Lane: We'll go in and ask if I can go to a play tomorrow night with you and Lorelai.
Rory: A play?
Lane: I think that's the safest word. "Show" or "concert" would be very bad.
Rory: What about saying it's a movie?
Lane: Too far from the truth, almost a lie.
Rory: But a play's not a lie?
Lane: Well, it's far enough from the truth that it might work but close enough to the truth that I think I could negotiate a purgatory stint, if forced to.
Rory: Play it is.
Lane: Okay. We're going in.