Episode Report Card Pamie: A | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT A Christmas Rory
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2000.12.20
Lorelai sits reads a magazine and yells for Rory to hurry up. Rory says she's primping. "You're sixteen and have skin like a baby's ass! There's no need to primp!" Rory walks in and twirls. "Wow," Lorelai says, "Somebody hit you with the pretty stick," but unfortunately we don't get the shot of her we got in the commercials for this episode where you can see the awe in Lauren Graham's face. Lorelai says that Rory looks beautiful and Rory says Lorelai outdid herself. Lorelai fixes a stray hair on Rory and for a second Rory looks just like my little sister. Great. That's all I need. More emotional ties to this damn show. I'm a wreck already, people. Lorelai says the shoes are her favorite. Rory says they hurt so she's just going to put them on right before she leaves. Lorelai says that Rory should put them on right now so her feet can get really numb. Rory leaves to get hairspray as the doorbell rings. Lorelai shouts that it's open. It's Sookie with tacos and burritos for later when Lorelai gets hungry. Lorelai says that Sookie takes such good care of her. Rory runs in to have Sookie look at her and Sookie gushes and says that Rory looks like a movie star. Sookie says something about Rory having to walk down staircases because movie stars always walk down staircases. Lorelai offers to spray Rory's hair but Sookie says Lorelai should stay still. Sookie then immediately sprays the hairspray into her eye. Sookie starts to walk off to find something to wash her face with, since her eyelashes are all stuck together. Lorelai tells Rory to put the tacos away (which I admire-- most writers wouldn't have thought of that) and she sprays Rory's hair. Sookie calls from the other room asking if the liquid she just used in the bathroom was soap. It wasn't, and Rory runs in to help as the doorbell rings again. It's Emily, and she's ready to see Rory. She gets her camera out and stands ready to snap as she calls Rory back into the room. Rory has a towel hanging out of the front of her dress and she's eating a taco. The picture moment is ruined. "She has lived with you too long," Emily drones to Lorelai. Lorelai tells Rory to get ready for the "pretty picture." Sookie walks out with a towel to her face and says she's going to walk home. She does the blind jokes where you stare at nothing and talk or you look at the wrong person while you speak. You know how that goes. Lorelai says she should call in fifteen minutes or she'll send out a search party. Sookie says that she should call her if she needs any help getting up the stairs. Lorelai darts a look at Emily and says she'll be fine. Sookie leaves and Emily asks why she'd need help up the stairs. Lorelai says there's no reason and yells at Rory to hurry up. Emily notices that Lorelai hasn't moved. She asks if she's hurt. Lorelai says she has a little back spasm but that it's no big deal. Emily asks what kind of back spasm, and Lorelai answers, "I don't know, Mom. Just a normal one." Emily says that if they were normal they wouldn't be called "spasms." Rory walks out and Emily starts snapping pictures like a photo shoot. She tells Lorelai she's happy that she decided to buy her a dress instead. Lorelai winks at Rory.