Episode Report Card Pamie: B+ | 129 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Two, Two, Two Dates in One!
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2001.01.18
Lorelai answers the door. It's Jackson and -- hey, it's Max Perlich! You may know him from Homicide, but he's the boy of my Eighties Movies Heart. People, he was in both Lost Angels AND Gleaming the Cube. He's sorta like Scott Coffey, but not quite, because Scott Coffey got to do the bigger movies, like Shag and Some Kind of Wonderful, but Max Perlich got to be in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and got to say, "Here!" all pissed off and then huff around in the same class as Buffy. Not the new Buffy, but the original Buffy. Because Max Perlich is the original Scott Coffey. But Scott Coffey was busier in the eighties and early ninties, since he was in the TV series The Outsiders and Wayne's World 2 and Tank Girl. But the IMDb says that both Max and Scott played Economics students in Ferris Bueller's Day Off so that means either the IMDB can't tell them apart, or they're both in that scene, which I don't think I ever noticed before. ["Isn't Scott Coffey the guy sleeping on his desk?" -- Wing Chun] Brilliant. Anyway, the recap. Back to it. Sookie walks over to Lorelai as Jackson's apologizing for being late. Sookie and Jackson exchange about sixteen "Hi"s. Lorelai invites Jackson and Max Perlich inside. Jackson introduces Max to Lorelai. His name is Rune. Lorelai extends her hand for a shake, but Rune just stares open-mouthed. He leans over to Jackson and asks if he can talk to him alone for a moment. They dart outside.
Jackson asks Rune what he's doing. Rune can't believe that's Lorelai. "Did you see how tall she is?" Rune asks. Jackson says he hadn't noticed. Rune says he can't believe Jackson wouldn't notice, since Lorelai "is like a basketball player." We see Sookie and Lorelai listening at the door as Jackson tells Rune that Lorelai, "is a very nice lady." Rune says he'd never go out with someone that tall. "What? Was the bearded lady busy tonight, or something?" he asks Jackson. Lorelai is slightly shocked by that comment. Sookie shakes her head. We watch Lorelai and Sookie listen as Rune goes on about how he thought that Lorelai must have been Sookie's East German maid or something, and couldn't possibly be his date. Jackson says she's not that tall. "She's tall enough," Rune says. Jackson asks him to keep it down since she's just within hearing range and that she'll hear him. "With those big ears, I bet she can," Rune says. Jackson tells Rune that since he just dropped into town unannounced, ate all of his food, and crashed on his couch, the least he could do was go out for one night. Jackson says that Rune might even have a good time. Rune asks why they can't just go out alone. Jackson begs Rune. They go back to the door. Sookie and Jackson walk off together. Lorelai and Rune stare at each other. Rune walks away alone. Lorelai walks through the door, shuts it, stands there, and then walks away. Lorelai! You forgot to lock your door! Oh, well. It's Stars Hollow. They don't have room for theives.