Emily immediately picks up on the attraction between Lorelai and Luke, and is the first person in the show to openly verbalise it. Lorelai doesn’t think her mother knows her, but Emily at least recognises when a man is attracted to her daughter. That Emily knows all about lap dances and can talk about her daughter giving one shows a raunchy side to her character we have not seen before – it’s eyebrow-raising.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 