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
The contractor comes up and says he has to show Lorelai something. She asks if it's bad, and he sarcastically says that it's so good that she'll be turning cartwheels. Lorelai excuses herself. Tobin follows Lorelai and says that he knows her birthday is coming up on Friday, and he got her a gift. She opens the bag to find a cappuccino-scented candle, which she loves. Tobin says that he's proud to be the night manager, but that he'd be happy to help out during the day. Lorelai says she may take him up on that, and walks away. Michel is stunned at Tobin's audacity. Tobin turns and stares at Michel, then slowly bites into a bagel. Ha! I love that Tobin's brown-nosing is all an act. It makes it less annoying. Plus, anything that pisses Michel off is funny.
Lorelai and Rory walk around their house as Lorelai notes all of the items that need fixing. Rory expositions that Luke has given Lorelai five hours of handyman work for her birthday for the past five years, and Lorelai has grossly exploited it. Rory adds that "the spirit of giving is lost on [Lorelai]," and Lorelai answers that "the spirit of getting is alive and well." Kind of sums up her character, doesn't it? Lorelai also wants Luke to do her laundry. Rory wants Luke to build her another bookshelf. Lorelai is proud, so Rory adds that Luke must paint little flowers on it.
The phone rings, and Rory answers it to find Paris on the other end, complaining about the schoolwork she's been doing. Rory asks Paris when she's coming back to school. Paris says that her parents will be back tomorrow, and explains that her mother might have a new face, thanks to some doctor in France who injects gel into your head and molds it. So Mrs. Gellar needs to sleep on her back for a month or her face will flatten like a crepe. Rory comments that it's like Brazil, and Paris says she'll go back to school when her parents get home. She asks if people are still talking about her meltdown speech. Rory lies that they aren't, and Paris knows Rory is lying, so Paris asks for more homework to keep her mind off things. Rory says there is no more, and suggests that Paris go out and do something fun. Paris keeps asking what she should do, and Rory says she should do something fun with no thinking involved. They hang up.