Episode Report Card Al Lowe: B+ | 160 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Ladies' Night
By Al Lowe | Season 7 | Episode 17 | Aired on 2007.03.06
For example, the girls do indeed take Emily's car, but are forced to ride along with her at the wheel, driving 40 miles per hour down the interstate. "Mom," says Lorelai, "if you're going to go this slowly, you should really put your hazards on. By the time we get there, North Carolina will be under a sea of floating ice caps." Not only must they endure her slow driving and self-centered demands, but Emily apparently also has no qualms about bashing Mia -- even going so far as to snidely deride Mia's fiancé, Howard, for having what she describes as "not a noble name." Probably contemplating throwing herself onto the highway, Lorelai cracks the window, only to be admonished by Emily. They get into a classic window battle, which Emily ultimately wins by putting on the child locks. Rory simply smirks to herself in the back seat, whereas I would have already killed them both. Emily avoids this fate by asking Rory what she plans to do after graduation. Rory gives her the rundown of the three papers she previously mentioned in the dressing rooms. "Well, I'm not sure about the Seattle paper," Emily says, raising her eyebrows, "and the Chronicle is dreadful, but the Detroit paper is quite reputable." Yes, I'm sure Emily spends a great deal of time reading about the goings-on in Detroit. Whatev. Lorelai has a brainwave: "You know else are reputable papers? The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Hartford Courant!" Rory smirks further, agreeing that those are all great, PLUS they're just a short drive each from Stars Hollow. "Oh, well," Lorelai laughs, "that never occurred to me, but now that you mention it, yeah..." RUN, RORY. Go all the way to The London Times if you can figure out how to do it -- just get away from these fools for a while. Let Emily and Lorelai have their inevitable Matrix-like showdown and get out of the way. Lorelai, still working on a poem for the toast she's to give at Mia's wedding, suddenly remembers The Skirf! Her first sewing project, a skirt for Rory, was such a disaster that Mia had to make her feel better about it by putting it on Rory's head and calling it a whole new invention -- a skirf. Emily bites her tongue to try and hid her jealousy, failing miserably. She gets her revenge by cranking up some Oklahoma!.