Episode Report Card Pamie: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Snotty Girls Need Love Too
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.10.2001
Max's Chilton class. He's quoting Emily Dickinson and walking around the side of the room. We pan around to see Paris and Rory in class. Max is discussing how Emily Dickinson wrote about passion and the world even though she lived as a recluse. Max finishes his monologue just a few uncomfortable seconds before the Foley artist adds the bell ringing, but they keep it anyway. Rory listens to Fraulein and Louisa discuss how dreamy Mustang Max is. Fraulein wonders if he's dating anyone. Fraulein thinks that maybe he's dating another teacher. Louisa reminds Fraulein that teachers aren't sexy. Fraulein says she bets Max's girlfriend is pretty. Louisa is pretty sure that Max's girlfriend is dumb. "Dumb girls crave smart men," Louisa lisps. "It's the whole Marilyn Monroe / Arthur Miller syndrome." They join up with Paris as Fraulein says that Max's girlfriend is lucky. Paris, always happy to be the killjoy, interrupts with, "Whoever he's dating is a loser who doesn't care that he's a teacher in this ridiculous school making a ridiculous teacher's salary." She storms off but stops to ask Rory, "What are you looking at?" Fraulein and Louisa walk closer to Rory to fill in the gossip gaps. Paris' parents are having a divorce and the messy details are getting printed all over business papers. Rory stops at her locker. Before Louisa and Fraulein walk away they both stop and give a friendly hello to Rory. She gives a hesitant one back. Fraulein stops to ask Louisa if Paris' mother really had the entire back of her body surgically reconstructed. Louisa responds with, "Well, it doesn't match the front, now, does it?"
If there's food out, it must be Friday night. Emily fishes for compliments on the food. She gets them. Lorelai asks why Emily is wearing a strange smile. Emily pretends she has no idea what strange smile she could possibly be wearing. Lorelai says it's Emily's, "I've got something on Lorelai," smile. "Rory, your mother must be very tired," Emily says. "She works a lot," Rory offers. Lorelai says she knows that smile. Emily fakes changing the subject, but Lorelai keeps on about the smile. Emily asks Rory about Parents Day. Lorelai has no idea about Parents Day. This is because the Chilton Newsletter came out today, which Lorelai hasn't read yet and Emily has, thus the source of Emily's smug smile. Emily gently teases Lorelai about not having read the newsletter. It's slightly endearing. Emily asks if Lorelai is going to Parents Day. Lorelai says she'd rather talk about it next Friday, after she's read the paper. Emily says that would be counter-productive, as Parents Day is this coming Wednesday, and by next Friday the discussion shouldn't be if Lorelai is going to Parents Day, but rather, what happened when she went. Lorelai is a bit thrown by how close Parents Day is, and Rory tells her she doesn't have to come. Lorelai says she wants to come. Rory says she knows that Lorelai has work at the Inn. Emily says she can go. "What?" Lorelai asks. "Why not? You have to work. I, as you have insinuated, have no life. Therefore, I will go sit with Rory at Parents Day." Lorelai decides that she's going to Parents Day. There's a three-way, "Fine!" and they all go back to their dinners. Emily smugly asks if Lorelai read on page two about the Mother-Daughter talent show. Lorelai snarfs into her food. Rory smiles and asks if she's okay. This show still has some quiet scene-enders.