Episode Report Card Pamie: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Season Fi-wha?
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.09.2001
Thirty-second bit of Miss Patty talking her young ballet class through Swan Lake. Lorelai walks by and says hello. Rachel walks up to Lorelai and asks whether she's seen Luke. Lorelai says that he's probably at the diner. Rachel says that he isn't. I don't know why Lorelai would be all, "He's probably at work, where he lives, with you," and be shocked that Rachel's like, "No, I just came from there. Where I work and live. With Luke." It's a strange awkward exchange, there. Rachel says that they were supposed to meet for lunch, but that Luke didn't show. Again. Lorelai makes a series of painful interjections while Rachel talks. Rachel says that Luke usually takes a break between lunch and dinner to come upstairs and see her, but that recently he's just been at Lorelai's house. Lorelai says that he's just fixing some things. Rachel says that he's been telling her. She asks Lorelai to tell him she's looking for him if she sees him. Lorelai says that she will. They awkwardly take off in different directions. Lorelai takes a glance at Troubadour Grant Lee Buffalo Stance and walks away. He's singing and then stops when he hears whistling. Across the street there's a Hippie Troubadour. ["He's played by Dave 'Gruber' Allen, who played Mr. Rosso on Freaks & Geeks." -- Wing Chun] He's playing the guitar and whistling. Grant Lee Whyfallo pouts and watches. Suddenly some girl runs by in jeans and a tutu, running to catch up with the Blind Melon video. There's whistling, strumming, and strange things on my screen, here. I'm moving on because I'm scared.
Lorelai walks into her house and hears a noise from upstairs. She calls out and then grabs an umbrella. She's about to attack, but of course it's Luke. He explains that he came over to fix the back-door lock. He had noticed that it was the kind of lock that's easily busted, and he wanted to replace it. He proved that it was the kind of lock that's easily busted by busting it to get into the house to replace it. Lorelai is not amused, and basically calls him a crazy person for breaking into her house and breaking her lock. She sits him down at the kitchen table and wants to know why he's avoiding Rachel. He says he's not hiding from her. Lorelai says that she didn't say he was. Luke gets all defensive, and they bicker back and forth for a while about whether or not he's hiding from Rachel. Luke admits that he's avoiding her. He says that it's weird having her at his place all the time. He's used to being alone and he's not used to having to be accounted for. He's used to putting the milk somewhere and finding it in the same spot later. Lorelai says that most people want this kind of relationship. Luke calls himself a loner. Lorelai says that she doesn't want to hear about the romance of being a loner. He says that some guys just like being alone. Lorelai says that they are sad guys. Lonely guys. "Lee Harvey Oswald," Lorelai offers. "John Muir," Luke retorts. "The Unabomber," Lorelai says. "Henry David Thoreau," Luke says. Lorelai concludes that all of those men were sad and lonely. Luke says that living with Rachel isn't what he thought it'd be like; it's not the fantasy he'd expected. Lorelai says that maybe he has to lower his expectations just a bit. Luke asks whether she means he has to settle for whatever comes along. "Wow. You think having Rachel is settling?" Lorelai asks. Luke says he doesn't mean that, and that Rachel's great. Lorelai says that Rachel's great, and that if her worst trait is that she's a milk whore, he's got it pretty good. She says that he needs to give the situation a fair chance. Luke says that he knows. Lorelai says that he can't work on the house anymore. Luke thanks her.