Gilmore girls

Cinnamon's wake

"So where'd you say dad was?" Lorelai asked Emily as they ate dinner.

"Away on business." Emily say taking a bite of mash potatoes. 

"Location's top-secret?"

"Oh, Germany."

"Germany. Is dad's firm insuring Nazis now?" Lorelai asked.

"Your father doesn't know any Nazis." Emily cleaned her mouth.

"I know, mom. It was just--" Lorelai shook her head not finishing.

"What?"

"Joking-- She was joking." Harper told her swallowing her carrots.

"Oh. Hard to tell."

"Yeah, well.."

"Oh, I'm afraid I have some bad news-- Claudia died." 

"Who?" Lorelai gave her a confused look.

"Claudia, your cousin, Claudia. Claudia!" Emily said again after Lorelai's look didn't change.

"I'm hearing the name. I have no idea who that is."

"Claudia's your cousin, for all intents and purposes."

"Oh, now we're getting to it."

"She was your father's grandmother's sister's girl. So to you, that would make her--"

"Nothing?"

"Regardless, the funeral's on Thursday. I thought we'd all go together."

"Two problems. One, impossible to get away from the Inn on Thursday. Two, I've never met this woman."

"You certainly have."

"When?"

"Several times."

"I'll take one. "

"We went to her house to see the first moon landing. She'd just gotten a new Philco." 

"I have no memory of this whatsoever."

"Correct me if I'm wrong, men have walked on the moon regardless of whether your mother remembers or not." Emily looked at Rory and Harper.

"That's the rumor." Rory told her.

"I know that. I just don't know Claudia."

"So you're not going?"

"Not this time."

"I don't think Claudia's planning to die a second time." Emily said making Rory and Harper chuckle.

"Mom, I couldn't go if I wanted to."

"Fine."

"Oh, wait-- Rudolph Got freed." Emily said after a moment of silence."

"Another cousin?" 

"No, A Nazi we knew. I'd forgotten. We stayed with him once in Munich. Nice old man-- interesting stories." Emily said and Lorelai's mouth dropped.

"Mom, you socialized with a known Nazi? That's despicable! That's Heinous!" Lorelai told her.

"No, dear, that was a joke." Emily said as Rory and Harper chuckled