Episode Report Card Sara M: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Reversal Of Fortune
By Sara M | Season 5 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.25.2005
Honor turns to Rory, and Logan introduces her as his "girlfriend," although he has some trouble getting the word out. Rory laughs and asks if Logan needs some water or a time machine. I really don't get why she is so cool with Logan not wanting to be with her. Honor is impressed anyway, saying that Logan has never had a girlfriend before. She invites Rory to the family dinner, saying that Rory's presence will make things more "festive. And distracting." Rory says she'll go, and Honor hugs Logan yet again and runs out the door. "I like her," Rory says. Good thing, too, because I have a feeling that Logan spends a lot of time with her. Seriously, they're the most affectionate brother and sister I've ever seen. Except for the ones that occasionally pop up on Jerry Springer because they are SLEEPING TOGETHER. Rory says that if Logan doesn't want her at the dinner, she can stay home, no problem. Ugh, she's so excited about having a relationship with this guy that she just keeps giving him permission to treat her like shit. Fortunately for Rory, Logan does not treat her like shit. Yet. He says he wants her at the dinner.
Lorelai gives Luke a very fast tour of the kitchen, being sure to point out "tongs guy" and "check-his-trunk-before-he-leaves guy." Check His Trunk Before He Leaves Guy doesn't seem to mind his new title, but he could be making a mental map of his Revenge Route, which will first take him to the knives, where he will select his weapons, and then to each member of the kitchen staff, killing them before they even realize what is going on, and then onto the rest of the hotel. It looks not unlike one of those stupid Little Billy's Sunday stroll around the neighborhood Family Circus panels, except that there is no ladder with an open paint can precariously balanced on top just waiting to be knocked over. Luke assures Lorelai that he can cook and the dinner will turn out fine.
Paris enters her bedroom with a strange woman in tow. She introduces her as Nanny, and says that Nanny will be taking care of Doyle while he is sick. And she only speaks Portuguese. Nanny says something in Portuguese and rips Doyle's shirt off, thus revealing more of Doyle than I ever wanted to see. ["Just a sidebar about seeing Doyle: I spotted him at the Paramount Theatre in Toronto on Friday, and seriously, Danny Strong is shorter than I am. And I am not tall." -- Wing Chun] Then Nanny opens a jar and begins smearing its contents on Doyle's chest. "She's got salve! She's got salve!" he whines. Paris assures Doyle that Nanny's salve works, and that Nanny has taken care of sick Paris for years. Doyle whines that he was hoping Paris would take care of him, not Paris's Random Nanny. Who exactly is paying for Nanny right now, with Paris's parents, their possessions taken by the IRS, both hiding out somewhere overseas? Your guess is as good as mine. Paris says she can't take care of Doyle because sick people freak her out. "You're pre-med!" says Doyle. Nanny Portugueses. Paris runs away, presumably to research which medical fields she can pursue that will keep her well away from sick people. There are always openings in the exciting field of forensic pathology, Paris. And their patients never whine.