Episode Report Card Pamie: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Responsibility's For Suckers!
By Pamie | Season 2 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.22.2001
U.C.L.A. "I don't believe it!" Rory shouts. Me neither. "Harvard University," Rory says. No, U.C.L.A. "Looks just like the pictures," Rory says. Of U.C.L.A. Lorelai says they're there to behold Rory's future. "It's big," Rory says. "I can't believe it. I'm actually standing outside of Harvard," she says. Or U.C.L.A. Lorelai pulls Rory toward the campus. Rory says they can't go in there. Lorelai points out that there isn't a forcefield. "This is Harvard," Rory says. U.C.L.A. "I know," Lorelai says. "This is Harvard," Rory repeats. This is U.C.L.A., I repeat. Lorelai says that they can and will go inside. She asks whether Rory wants to see where she'll develop naïve world views that will come crashing down the minute she graduates. "Harvard," Rory says again as they walk towards an entryway. Two men in the Official Harvard Sweatshirt walk past them. The Official Harvard Sweatshirt is maroon and says the word "Harvard" boldly across it. Let's count them, okay? There's two. I'll rewind and see if there were any more at the beginning of this scene. One. Two (and that's a little kid). Not enough backpacks. Lots of cars. Okay, so four so far just before commercial here.
Five. Nice white pants and collared shirt under the Official Harvard Sweatshirt, by the way, extra. Lorelai reads from a guide and wows that Harvard is three hundred years old. A guy awkwardly rides his bike (with a basket) right behind the girls and just next to some stairs. Six. Seven. Wait. That's white pants girl. She just went to get another bike with a basket. Yikes! White pants girl is suddenly right behind them! Run, girls! As you can see, the extras in this scene are much more interesting than Lorelai droning on fun facts about Harvard. I didn't go. I don't care. White Pants girl is now stalking Lorelai and Rory, animatedly talking to someone off-camera. She finally walks away as Lorelai points out that Fred Gwynne went to Harvard. Herman Munster. Shout-out to their own Grampa, who also played Herman Munster. Seven. They stop at a coffee kiosk. Rory goes to get coffee. Lorelai reads from the kiosk about people who need roommates. Somehow Rory can still hear her even though she's a good eight feet away. Rory walks back and says that it'll be two years before she goes to Harvard. Lorelai says she is going to need a place to stay so that she can come visit. She says that she's going to visit every other day, and asks whether that's too much. Lorelai is standing next to a flyer that reads, "GET PAID TO WATCH PORN!" Sign me up. Official Harvard Sweatshirt Eight walks over with every ounce of obvious in his body and stands next to Lorelai. He then gives her the over-obvious once-over. This kid's not a subtle actor by any means. He might as well have his jaw drop to the floor, and have his eyes bug out as steam shoots from his ears and we hear, "A-OOOOOOGAH!" He starts flirting with Lorelai and she flirts back. Rory listens from the coffee kiosk, and it has to be a gross feeling to watch your mom flirt with boys almost your age. Lorelai pretends she's in class with Harvard Eight. Flirt, flirt, flirt. He says he might see her at the party that night, and walks off. Rory brings Lorelai her coffee without going, "Here, Mommy!" like I would have. Lorelai beams that she's going to like college, and says how happy she is she finally got to use the word "existentialist" in a sentence.