Episode Report Card Al Lowe: A | 231 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Goodbye, My Albatross
By Al Lowe | Season 7 | Episode 14 | Aired on 2007.02.13
Back at the Inn, Michel has called a memorial-service planning meeting with Lorelai and Sookie. They, naturally, have not had a chance to plan anything yet, and have to think on the fly as Michel sits before them with his binder, getting more and more hysterical. "Well," Lorelai hedges, "first of all, we thought we would put him in a box...a bag?" Michel nearly strokes out, and Lorelai has to admit that animal disposal is not really an area of her expertise. Which explains why Christopher is still living in her house! Ba dum bump! HA! Sorry, yes. That was low(e). Look, I'm desperate, here. Nothing's funny about a dog funeral. Just ask Lorelai and Sookie, who are getting shot down at every turn, as everything they suggest is deemed wrong by Michel. Finally, it is determined that the service will start at twilight. Michel suggests gerbera daisies in reds, oranges, and yellows, to complement Chin Chin's fur. He goes on to discuss the programs. Lorelai: "The...programs..." Sookie, squinting: "You want programs?" Michel is, again, offended: "Do you think when the Princess of Wales died and was interred at Althorpe, the Spencer family was asked whether or not they wanted programs?" Lorelai cringes that no, they probably weren't. "You know what?" Michel shrills, getting fed up. "Why don't we just use fax paper and hey, why not print them out on the computer. After all, it's just a dog!" Lorelai calmly assures Michel that they will make the programs and the service nice, and he is placated enough to discuss the menus, at which point Lorelai abandons Sookie to Michel's lunacy. Now is a good time to mention the rather unfortunate and totally rare wardrobe malfunction going on with Lorelai's dress and hosiery in this episode. Something ain't right. The dress looks exactly like one I wore to a dance in ninth grade (although, fine, I'll stipulate that mine had a bubble skirt), and the mauve hose are identical to the ones I wore with that ensemble as well. Let's hold off on bringing back hosiery that makes us look chronically bruised, okay? Please.