Episode Report Card Al Lowe: A | 231 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Goodbye, My Albatross
By Al Lowe | Season 7 | Episode 14 | Aired on 2007.02.13
Lorelai's at the front desk when Rory calls on her way to class, asking for help to get into an economic mood. "Uh, supply and demand! Profit margin! Pork bellies!" Lorelai attempts, but Rory is still dreading the class, which she only signed up for because Richard was teaching it: "I'm not naturally Econ-crazy." Lorelai asks whether anyone really is. "Oh, yeah," says Rory. "First thing I learned last semester. People find the Gross National Product endlessly fascinating." Lorelai agrees that this is weird. Rory asks if there's been any word from Christopher, causing Lorelai to go into immediate placation mode, saying that he came by and that they argued again, but that everything will be fine. Rory, however, has somehow matured into an actual adult in the span of two days, and will not let Chris off the hook. She insists that she is on Lorelai's side -- not just because Lorelai's in the right and Christopher is completely overreacting to the Luke character reference, but because she always will be on her mom's side, not matter what. "Even if I cut off your hair while you were sleeping?" asks Lorelai. "Would you be on my side then?" Rory says she would, no matter what, and asks how Lorelai is really feeling. "Oh, uh, good. Fine," says Lorelai. "You know, medium. Rare. Medium rare. Well, rare. More like sashimi." Aw. Lorelai says it's tough, because Christopher tends to avoid conflict when things get complicated. (I'll spare you my "pffft! Pot! Kettle! Black!" rant about conflict-avoidance in this couple.) Rory tells Lorelai to call if she needs anything. "I will," says Lorelai. "I've got you on speed dial." Rory is amazed: "You programmed your speed dial?" "Oh, no," Lorelai assures her. "That's metaphorically speaking. I can dial really fast, though." Cute.