Luke is pleased when Lorelai tells him she turned down the offer of a date from Ian Jack (Nick Chinlund), a divorced father she ran into at Chilton. This is the first time we see that Luke is relieved whenever Lorelai rejects someone else, and that Lorelai rather enjoys that. With Lorelai now attracting two random guys in the first two episodes, it’s clear she’s something of a man-magnet.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 