Episode Report Card Pamie: B+ | 7 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Sniff!
By Pamie | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.11.2002
5 AM. Six couples remaining. Rory and Lorelai have their heads together, quietly swaying to the music, mostly asleep. "In the Mood" plays in the background. One man falls back, asleep. His dance partner drags him away by his feet. Taylor is now "punch-drunk" and is talking about magic stories. "Hey, you ever levitated a rottweiler?" he asks Patty. "No," she quickly answers. "Not easy," Taylor says. Taylor falls asleep on the podium and Patty tries to take the megaphone out from his grasp. It makes him wake up and scold Patty for trying to take away his megaphone. Patty says she just didn't want him to drop it. Taylor calls for guards to take Patty away. Patty starts repeatedly poking the megaphone with her finger. "Take that," she says.
Rory and Lorelai are arm in arm. Lorelai tells Rory to tell a joke. "Knock, knock," Rory says, and Lorelai bursts into giggles. Suddenly, the heel off her shoe breaks. She moans that the shoes were brand-new. Rory points out that they're vintage and are over sixty years old, adding that Lorelai probably shouldn't have worn vintage shoes to a dance contest. Lorelai is very upset, and for some reason can't dance for half an hour in a broken shoe and says she needs to use her emergency card. Rory says that if Lorelai leaves, there's no way Rory will be able to stand up on her own. Lorelai calls over CuteDean -- who looks fresh as a daisy for 5 in the morning -- and tells him to hold Rory up while she dances. "I need you, Dean!" Lorelai says, and it's the first time any Gilmore has ever told him that. Or anyone named Lorelai, for that matter. I'm sure this is a violation, but it's nice that Dean gets to hold Rory one last time. Rory falls into his arms, apologizing, her head tucked under his neck. Dean smiles and says that it's not bad at all. Oh, CuteDean. You deserved so much more. I'm so sorry for the way they treated you.
Pan over to where Probawhore's asleep and Jess is still staring like a stalker. I hope Paris's date went well.
Luke declares one passed-out dancer "a goner." Lorelai runs up and tells him that her shoe broke and she needs him to fix it. "Do I look like a cobbler to you?" he asks. "If I say yes, will you fix it?" she asks. Lorelai: incapable of doing anything on her own. Luke says he'll go get some glue from the diner, which I guess is just next door to the high school. Lorelai turns around to see Rory and CuteDean still dancing. Sookie asks Lorelai if she's out. Lorelai says she's just on a ten-minute break because her shoe broke. Sookie says she feels terrible about what happened. She says that Jackson calmed down after they got home. Sookie says that they talked and now Jackson understands and is "totally open" to anything she wants. Lorelai says that's great. "Now, tell me what I want," Sookie says. Lorelai says she's not getting involved here, and that Sookie should just flip a coin if she needs guidance. "You're my best friend," Sookie accuses. Lorelai says she can only remain Sookie's best friend if Jackson doesn't kill her: "He's a produce man. They'll never find the body, but the squash will be especially chatty that year." Lorelai tells Sookie to take her time: "That's all I have to say."