Lorelai: Mom, please, let me take Rory with me.
Emily: No. Tonight is my night with Rory.
Lorelai: You're keeping her from me on purpose.
Emily: If Rory wants to leave, she can ask to leave. She's not a four-year old.
Lorelai: Well, she's not gonna hurt your feelings by asking to leave.
Emily: Why should she? She knows you'll be along any second to do it for her.
Lorelai: Mom, why do you always make everything so hard? Don't you understand, this is my last night with my daughter! She goes off to college tomorrow!
Emily: I know, which is why I was so surprised you didn't want to spend the evening with her.
Lorelai: I do!
Emily: Then you should've come!
Lorelai: I couldn't!
Emily: You wouldn't!
Lorelai: I swear to God!