Episode Report Card Sara M: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "My Boyfriend's a Kleptomaniac! Cute!"
By Sara M | Season 5 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.02.2005
Emily doesn't even try to hide her disappointment when she sees Lorelai at the door instead of Rory and Richie. She orders Beatrice to take Lorelai's things, and walks into the dining room. When Lorelai follows, Emily asks Richard to come in and "sit with Lorelai." Lorelai says she is perfectly capable of sitting by herself, since "[she's] been sitting without any help since [she] was two and a half." But Richard brings Lorelai into the sitting room anyway. He asks her if she talked to that client, and Lorelai says they have a meeting set up for the next day. Wait -- isn't tomorrow Saturday? I could have sworn they said the dinner was Friday. Emily calls Richard back into the dining room. Lorelai promises not to stick her fingers in any sockets while she is without supervision.
Richie and Rory arrive. Richie chivalrously opens the car door for Rory, and shows off the gifts he bought for the elder Gilmores. "Well played, Huntzberger," says Rory, and the thought that she didn't give anyone any gifts when she ate at the Huntzberger house never crosses her mind. Sounding worried, Richie asks Rory if her mother will be cool. Rory says Lorelai is the coolest person ever, and rings the doorbell. As they wait for it to be answered, Richie shows off the presents he brought: chocolates for Emily, cigars for Richard, and some old rich lady's silver lighter for later. Before Rory can find out what the lighter is for, Emily and Richard answer the door and usher the couple inside. Emily pronounces them "perfect," and Richard agrees. Richie says he has bad split ends, so he's not perfect. Could be gay, though. I'm just saying. Emily and Richard laugh loud and hard at Richie's witticism, and adore his gifts to them.
The four make their way into the living room, where Lorelai sits, not bothering to stand up and say hi. To be fair, it's not easy for her to get a word in, what with Richard and Emily fawning all over the lapels on Richie's jacket. ["They don't comment on his pleated slacks, but my sister and I sure as hell do. There's a little evidence for his not being gay, anyway." -- Wing Chun] Finally, Rory greets her mother, and Emily jumps in to introduce Lorelai and Richie to each other, even though Lorelai points out that they've already met. Emily takes drink orders. Richie asks for a neat scotch, and of course, Emily "loves a man who drinks his scotch neat." Lorelai gives Rory a look that I believe is meant to express how exasperated she is at Emily's sucking up, not disapproval over Richie's alcoholic drink choice. Rory requests a club soda. Emily says that Rory is "so demure." Richie agrees that Rory is "the demurest." Richard scampers off to get the drinks, and Emily asks Lorelai if she'll be having her usual sidecar. Lorelai says that her drink is a martini, not a sidecar. I did a search through the recaps to see if this was true, and the only mention of "sidecar" I could find was about the ones that go on motorcycles, which, by the way, I believe are underused in today's society. Emily doesn't believe Lorelai, but Lorelai says that every time she's had a drink at the Gilmore abode, it's been a martini. "I could've sworn you were a sidecar girl," says Emily, like, what the hell is a "sidecar girl," and what is Emily's deal with the damn sidecars?