Episode Report Card Pamie: D | 11 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Pilot
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 10.04.2000
Out in the dining room, we are reminded that Rory can hear the kitchen conversation.
"Well, fine. You have your precious pride, and I have my weekly dinners. Isn't that nice? We both win." Emily leaves. Lorelai tries not to cry.
Rory sits at the table. Grandpa has fallen asleep.
Rory and Lorelai walk outside. Rory asks if she's okay. Lorelai asks if she looks shorter: "Because I feel shorter." Rory offers to buy coffee. Lorelai tells her she'll have to drive because she doesn't think her feet will reach the pedals. They walk to the car with their arms around each other.
As they walk into the diner, Rory tells Lorelai in their rapid-fire banter that she basically heard everything. She tells Lorelai that she thinks it was really brave of Lorelai to ask her mother for money. She asks how many meals it'll take to pay it all off. Lorelai cracks, "I think the deli spread at my funeral will be the last one." Lorelai realizes that this means Rory's going to Chilton. "Can't let a perfectly good plaid skirt go to waste," Rory deadpans. Mr. Nutrition walks over to take the order and is wearing a collared shirt and his hair is back. Lorelai smiles and says that he looks "nice. Really nice." Mr. Nutrition says he had to go to the bank: "They like collars." He says that she looks nice too. "I had a flagellation to go to," Lorelai says, and orders coffee. Rory orders coffee and chili fries. "It's quite a refined palate you've got there," opines Mr. Nutrition. Lorelai asks about CuteDean. Rory says that she really likes how in their relationship they both respect each other's boundaries and don't have to tell each other everything. "So, tell me about the guy." "Mom!" "Is he dreamy?" "Ugh, that's so Nick at Nite." Lorelai: "I'm gonna find out anyway." Rory: "How?" Lorelai: "Uh! I'll spy?" Mr. Nutritious brings over the food, but breaks down and yells at Rory that she shouldn't eat that. He says she doesn't want to grow up to be her mother. Rory smiles. "Too late," we all say together, as bluebirds fly in through my back window and circle my head with their sweet song. A rainbow sprouts from my Diet Coke. As we pan back outside the diner window, Lorelai is still asking Rory about CuteDean and Rory still isn't talking. There's so much cuteness in the air the entire room smells like the inside of the Gerber baby's diaper. I find some sludge stuck to the bottom of my tongue. It's sugar. And what's this feeling in my stomach? Is it homegrown love and warmth? Why, I do believe it is.