SOOKIE: Yeah, Francie, eventually, we’re all gonna take the same long vacation.
We’re now up to three characters named Francine, Francie or Fran – Rory’s paternal grandmother, the head of the Puffs at Chilton, and the baker who owns the Dragonfly. None of them are particularly helpful to the Gilmore girls, despite their outwardly inoffensive or friendly demeanour.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 