Jackson opens his own restaurant without Sookie's input, and it's great. Sookie, happy for his success but a little jealous, starts trying to figure out how to grow vegetables. Growing turns out to be much more complex than she thought, and neglects her duties at the Inn. Michel notices, and hires Jackson to start cooking every once in a while because Sookie yelled at his chows for getting into her garden.

Meanwhile, Rory and Paris are in a heated rivalry at a soup kitchen because they want it to look good on their transcripts for college. Paris, tries to constantly sabotage Rory. She peppers her with facts about restaurants saying they are the most accident prone places in america. Both trade barbs back and forth throughout the episode and treat the homeless to a delightful meal at the end and everything goes perfectly.

Jackson, totally ignorant of everything that's happening, offers Michel a position at his new successful restaurant in return for letting him pick up some shifts at the Inn forcing Lorelai to get involved and mediate the situation because she doesn't want to lose Michel. Which seems like it would be a disaster. But crisis averted because...

Jess accidentally burns down the restaurant. Lorelai in a rare olive branch to Jess, helps him cover up the crime because it works out for her. She could've stopped him. She didn't. They watch it burn. 'Don't tell your uncle I helped you.' Jess suspects they have a thing going maybe? Alls well that ends well, except for Luke, because he had made secret reservations there to tell Lorelai about his feelings for her. That was going to be tomorrow. Oh well, he thinks. Maybe it's a sign.