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
Dear Evolution: Any movie where a character crosses his eyes and screams in shock is a movie I'll avoid at all costs. Oh, and kill the ska music in the trailer. It is the year 2001. Just a reminder. And give us back our Julianne Moore. You're hurting her. Love, Pamie.
Independence Inn. The front desk phone is ringing. Michel is leaning on the desk with his head in his hands. Lorelai walks by and asks him to answer the phone. "I cannot," he mopes. Lorelai walks back to the desk and says that they've already discussed that one of his duties in answering the phone. He says that he wants to answer the phone, but that today he can't because today he is suffering from ennui: "Severe ennui." He asks whether she knows what ennui is. Lorelai then gives the Webster's definition as "a lazy, soon-to- be-out- of-work concierge who won't answer the phone." Michel says that everyone who calls the inn is "a notch above brain-dead." He says that although he usually gets paid the minimum amount of money required for him to face these people without physical violence, today he's got too much ennui to do it. Lorelai says that he's sleepy. Michel says that he's suffering from a metaphysical angst. "So, you wanna go beddy-bye?" Lorelai teases. Michel says that teasing makes it worse. Lorelai says that he needs some coffee, and pushes him into the kitchen.
Predictably, in the kitchen, Sookie sits with her head in her hands. She's caught Michel's ennui. Lorelai says that Sookie has the tendency to think she's caught whatever diseases her friends get. Sookie says that's not true. Lorelai reminds her that she had to convince Sookie the other day that Sookie does not, in fact, have a prostate. Lorelai gives Michel a cup of coffee. Lorelai's cell phone rings. Lorelai has one of those almost annoying rings with the running of the scales. It's Max. He asks if it's a bad time. Lorelai says that it is for the hotel industry, but not for him. Max says that he just wanted to say hi and to thank her for last night. Lorelai agrees that it was a good night. He says that there will be books written about it. Hey, that guy stole my line. Lorelai says that they should do it again, and that next time, she'll be the Gypsy Queen. Max says that the more he sees her, the more he wants to see her. She agrees. He says it's a vicious circle. She says it's an achy feeling. He says he's having withdrawal pains. She says it's awful. He says it's wonderful, and then that he has to go. "No, don't!" Lorelai whines. "Okay," Max says. Beat. Lorelai: "I gotta go." Max: "No, don't!" From three different areas in my apartment, me, my roommate and Stee all make the same noise at the same time. It sounds like a combination of a sigh and the words "so gay!" Max says this is an example of their vicious circle. Lorelai says that they should go. Max agrees that they should. They then do the "you hang up!" "no, you hang up!" argument until my throat swells. ["Yeah, that was gross, especially for this show." -- Wing Chun] As Lorelai hangs up, Sookie jumps in behind her and says, "You look happy." Lorelai wasn't even looking at her. She wasn't even facing her. Sookie's supposed to be in a sad stupor. Oh, forget it. Lorelai asks for the opposite of ennui. The closed captioning totally blows the joke here by spelling it "on-wee." Sookie thinks for a second, offers "off-wee?" and then bursts into giggles. She announces that she's cured. Hee. Me too. Such a lame joke. Still made me giggle. That's totally because of Melissa McCarthy, though.