Episode Report Card Pamie: A | 16 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Adultery, Theft, and Lies
By Pamie | Season 2 | Episode 16 | Aired on 2002.04.09
At the coat check, Lorelai asks what's wrong. Emily says they're leaving. "I shouldn't have been doing this," she says. She shouldn't have been fraternizing and flirting with a member of the opposite sex. Emily is upset as she waits for her coat. "I practically cheated on your father," she says. Lorelai says that Emily has danced with other men before. "Not like that," Emily says. Lorelai says it was just a dance, and that Emily was having fun. Emily says, "I don't know why I let you take me to this chophouse in the first place. I don't go to chophouses." She adds that only hookers eat at bars. She says that Lorelai knew the entire evening was making Emily uncomfortable, but Lorelai kept pushing. Lorelai says that she was trying to let go and have a good time with her mom, and that until Emily freaked out, they were having a very good time. Lorelai says that Emily manipulated Lorelai into taking this trip (not true). Emily says that Lorelai practically forced her to engage in inappropriate behavior. "You let me get sixty-fortied!" Emily shouts. Heh. Lorelai says that Emily's crazy: "We were having dinner, Mom. A nice dinner. Hell, we were having fun!" She says that Emily can't complain about their relationship if she's unwilling to let her guard down for three minutes to have a pleasant evening with Lorelai. Emily says that there's a certain way a mother should behave in front of her daughter. Emily leaves, coat over her shoulder. Lorelai walks back to the bar. Barney Miller gives a shrug that reads, "Was my erection against her leg too much?"
Lorelai packs her suitcase, so I guess she is capable of doing it without Rory. Emily knocks. She says she called the bellman to pick up their bags. He'll be there in ten minutes. She thanks Lorelai for agreeing to leave early. What a waste of thousands of dollars. "I guess this whole thing was a silly idea anyway," Emily says. They can't be together for a simple meal, so how would they last an entire weekend? Lorelai says that it was a nice thought. Emily says it's the thought that counts. Lorelai offers to take their bags down herself so that they don't have to wait for the bellman. Emily says that sounds fine. "Why can't we have what you and Rory have?" Emily asks. Lorelai says that she and Rory are different. They are best friends first and mother-daughter second. She says that she and Emily are mother-daughter always. Emily says she wasn't taught to be best friends with her daughter. Lorelai says she knows that. Emily says she was taught to be a role model for her daughter. Lorelai says she knows that, too. Emily says she did what she thought was right, and what it took to protect Lorelai, and now because of that, they have no relationship. Lorelai says they have a relationship. Emily asks what it is. Lorelai stammers, and Emily says, "Exactly." Lorelai says that an intense weekend might have been too much to start off with, and that they should do something simpler. Emily asks whether they should have just taken a brisk walk around the block instead. Lorelai spits that she hates exercise. Emily says she's glad Lorelai finds this amusing.