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Sentenced to 300 hours of community service (beginning with a term as a member of a road crew picking up trash), and informed of the engagement of her mother Lorelei (Lauren Graham) to Luke Danes (Scott Patterson), Rory (Alexis Bledel) feels more lonely and isolated than ever. Likewise suffering from a void in her life after her falling out with Rory, Lorelai adopts a dog from Miss Patty, naming the mutt Paul Anka. And while helping to fix up Lorelai's house (or, to be more precise, her shelves), Luke's boorish brother-in-law T.J. (Michael DeLuise) once again puts his foot in his mouth.