Episode Report Card Kim: B | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Happy Birthday, Baby!
By Kim | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on April 21, 2003
Lorelai answers the knock at her door, but not before noticing that Rory spelled out "Happy Birthday Lorelai" in Mallomars on the kitchen table. It's Luke and his toolbox. That's not a euphemism. Although it could be. Lorelai asks where his French maid outfit is, and Luke says he's got it on under the plaid. Lorelai asks, "What else is new?" Luke notices the cookies on the table, as Lorelai eats one. Lorelai hands him his fix-it list, and the first item is the garbage disposal. Luke pulls a spoon out of it and asks why she couldn't just pull the spoon out herself. Lorelai ignores him and asks if he wants to start upstairs or down, while at the same time she opens a box of cookies and replaces the one from the table that she ate earlier. Luke is confounded by her methods, and wonders why she didn't just eat a cookie out of the box in the first place. Lorelai has a convoluted explanation, which drives Luke crazy as usual, so he just looks at his list and reveals a startling familiarity with the layout of Lorelai's house. Luke says he can't put up the towel rack until later, because he didn't bring his drill. Lorelai chuckles and Luke says, "Dirty. Yes, I know." Lorelai says she'll be around tomorrow, but Luke says he's having lunch with Nicole's parents. Lorelai is all, "Really," with about ten shades of meaning. Luke tries to play it off as no big deal, since he and Nicole have "been seeing each other fairly regular." Lorelai thinks it's great and so does Luke. He gets up to start his task list, but pauses to tell Lorelai she was right about Jess skipping school. Luke explains that he followed Jess to Wal-Mart that morning. Lorelai asks what Luke is going to do, and Luke says he'll remind Jess about their agreement whereby Jess could stay there as long as he went to school and graduated. Couldn't Luke just kick Jess out? That would make me a lot happier. And it's all about my needs. After Luke leaves, Lorelai eats another cookie from the table.
Rory wheels a giant dolly stacked high with soda down the street. Jackson interrupts to ask what she's doing. Rory explains that it's the soda for the party. Jackson tells Rory that she's thoughtless, and that she hurt Sookie's feelings. Rory is clueless, so Jackson explains that Rory never consulted Sookie about the giant pizza. Rory says that Sookie is an artist and pizza didn't seem to be her thing. Jackson says that Sookie is at home sobbing, which isn't unusual given her current hormonal state. Rory apologizes, and Jackson brings up the fact that she also didn't ask him to provide the vegetables for the pizza. Wouldn't that be Jon Polito's choice? And how many produce suppliers are there in Stars Hollow? You'd think Jackson would already be supplying the vegetables. Whatever. Jackson storms off in a huff, as Rory yells an apology. And that's about it for that storyline, which came out of nowhere and then ended up going nowhere.