Episode Report Card Pamie: D | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Pilot
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2000.10.05
Another girl walks in and sits down as Joey walks off. "Hey, it's freezing," she says. And it takes too long before they say her name, so I'll just let you know that it's Rory, Lorelai's daughter [Pamie inserts the word "Lorelai" into her F6 button...]. Lorelai asks what Rory needs. "Hot tea? Coffee?" "Lip Gloss." Lorelai pulls out four different flavors ("Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and toasted marshmallow") and Rory asks if Lorelai has a flavor that isn't a breakfast cereal. Lorelai pulls out another giant makeup bag and says, "It has no smell, but it changes colors with your mood." Rory says that "RuPaul doesn't need this much makeup," but she puts the accent on "Ru" so I had to listen twice to know who she was talking about. Lorelai says that Rory is crabby. Rory apologizes and says that she lost her Macy Gray CD and she needs caffeine. Lorelai pulls Rory's CD out of her purse. "Thieve," Rory says. She uses the verb instead of the singular form of the word. Or she used the plural form and took off the plural part. I don't know. That's what she says. ["Maybe it's a little-known feminine version of the word?" -- Wing Chun] Lorelai apologizes and goes to get Rory some coffee. This starts up the banter about coffee again from the Meddling Diner Guy, who I will now call Mr. Nutrition. Lorelai instead calls him "Officer Krupke," which makes me smile. She promises it's for Rory. She turns around to find Joey now hitting on Rory. "He's got quite a pair, this guy," she says to no one, and walks back to the table. Lorelai tells Joey that he really likes her table. She introduces Rory as her daughter. "Are you my new daddy?" Rory asks, just like all of the promos have promised. Joey says that Lorelai doesn't look old enough to have a daughter and that Rory doesn't look like a daughter. "That's possibly very sweet of you," Lorelai deadpans. Joey mentions that he's travelling with a friend. "She's sixteen," Lorelai says. Joey and friend high-tail it out of the diner as the La's kick up again and Lorelai sits next to Rory and giggles. Fade to black.
I'm having to add every character name in this show to my computer's dictionary or the entire recap looks like I've written it in red font.
This isn't fair. The theme song. It's Carole King's "Where You Lead," which I LOVE. It's one of my favorite songs. I can't complain here. Man, this doesn't feel like a recap yet. I mean, I'm writing down what's happening, and I'm watching the tape in tiny spurts and I'm sitting on my futon and my cats are asleep, but...where's the burning? Where are the tears? Where is the exasperation? The screaming, the yelling, the burning of the flesh? It just doesn't feel like a recap. Saint Clare nudges my knee with her elbow. "I figure we owed it to ourselves. I added the song. Thought you'd like that."