Episode Report Card Pamie: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT She Bop, He Bop a-We Bop
By Pamie | Season 5 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.18.2004
I wish they'd just let Rory be single and have school things or Paris things or even Stars Hollow things. Actually, I think what happened is that we outgrew Rory. She's fine. We don't need her anymore. She never had a bad streak; she never decided to break out of her mold. She didn't question anything or take on any kind of challenges outside of a really thick book. Has Rory changed one thing about her personality in four years? I really don't think so. Characters have to grow and change. Even Lorelai has gone through some emotional changes since the show began, in her dealings with her parents and how she views romantic entanglements. She's made big changes in her career and her friendships. But Rory has always been Rory, and that's why we don't truly care who she dates, because we've been through these two relationships with her over and over again for four years. You guys, Paris has had more character development. Even Dean has had more development, and he hasn't even done anything.
Luke asks Lorelai if she's okay with this "Dean thing." Lorelai deflates and moans that she just needs this to work. What to work? And why? Luke calms down, realizing that he's upsetting everyone he cares about. You know who else has done that? Rory. So go get her, Luke. Make her apologize to someone, or at least figure out what she wants from all of this. Luke and Lorelai hug and decide to drink beers. They plop down on the couch. "Maybe if I had brought out the Twister," Lorelai wonders.
Emily is writing when Richard enters, dressed in suit and tie. He says he hopes this isn't a bad time. Emily says she was catching up on some correspondence. Richard tells her he's contesting their property tax bill, and he wanted to let her know in case they call. "Oh, and I've joined a barbershop quartet," he adds on his way out. "We do it upright," he says, making me wonder how many other positions the quartet could take. He says they wear silly vests and have performed a couple of times at charity events. "Very good," says Emily. Richard stops when he sees the panic room. "I bought a panic room," she tells him. "Very good," he responds, and then leaves.
Rory and her damn Prius. She stops on the street corner, where Dean apparently hangs out often. The sound editing in this scene is so weird. They must have looped in the dialogue later, but it is really distracting. Dean says the night was a bust, but that he still wants Rory to thank Lorelai for him. Rory says that it was fun for a while, though. Dean says that the movie was fun. "Like the old days," they agree. Dean says he'd invite Rory up, but that Kyle's entertaining "some buddies." Rory says she should go. She offers Dean a ride, but he says he's almost there. Again, these two are so bad at being in love. A chance to be alone in a car in the dark? No. A quick kiss on his way down the street? Sure. Boring! Ooh. What if Dean's seeing Lindsay on the side, and that's why he doesn't want Rory to drive him home? I love it. That's what I'll pretend so that something is going on in this episode. Rory drives away and we watch the entire thing, because there are all these extra minutes in this episode they forgot to fill with stuff happening, so we keep having to watch entrances and exits.