Episode Report Card Pamie: B | 1 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Bells And Whistles
By Pamie | Season 4 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.26.2004
Nosy Parker asks Luke what he's doing with paint chips. He says he's doing some painting. He got an apartment with Nicole. Three weeks ago. In Litchfield. Lorelai is flabbergasted that Luke didn't tell her he was moving or that he moved. She asks what would have happened if she sent a fruit basket upstairs. He says it's not that big a deal, and that it's not like they tell each other everything. At least not this season. Luke says that nothing's changed. Lorelai says he doesn't live here anymore, and that she doesn't have his phone number or know what he lives in. He says it's a townhouse. She says she totally thinks "common driveway" when she sees him. He says she'll see it eventually. "Will I?" Lorelai shrieks. Suggesting that she'll come over to see the townhouse implies that they are friends, and she doesn't feel like he's treating her as a friend. The bells are ringing as Lorelai shouts that friends tell each other the most basic of things, and that she thought she and Luke were friends, but apparently they aren't. She says she can't stay, and leaves. Luke shouts, "Lorelai!" a clip I can't believe they didn't milk in every preview this season. Then he shouts, "Damn bells!" Fade to commercial.
Yale. Some common area somewhere. Lunchroom, I guess. Rory is talking to two girls we don't know. They go through the one girl's lame care package. That girl is wearing a very ugly top with a huge white zipper that goes down the front, just off the side. They gossip about the cute guy we barely know, and how his name is William and he has a so-funny story about this girl who threw herself at him after meeting him in the laundry room, and how she's like this stalker. Rory -- who is genetically predisposed to think all things are about her -- assumes that William is talking smack about her. She looks down, shameful, as her catty friends wonder which girl in the dorm is the "psycho."
On the other side of Freaking Out About A Man Who Isn't Dating You, Lorelai pouts to Sookie about Luke's moving in with his wife. Sookie is looking at sconces that Lorelai hates. Lorelai can't believe Luke thinks everything's fine even though everything is horrible, horrible, horrible! He'll go from grumpy route to commuter route. Sookie thinks that Luke with road rage is a bad combo. Then there's a lame, lame, lame CIA joke. I'll skip it. Lorelai says she might be insane, and that just because she goes in for coffee every day, maybe they're just coffee friends, like dogs and liver treats. Sookie asks if Lorelai is the dog or the liver treat. Lorelai says she thought she was the liver treat. And maybe a collar and cute leash. Sookie admits that Lorelai has lost her. Davey starts crying. Turns out he hates the bells, and knows when they're coming. Sookie picks up a 2X4 in a blanket and rocks it. The bells start ringing, and Davey starts screaming. Lorelai sees Luke outside, shoveling her walk. Lorelai is happy, because a man's doing something for her again. She goes outside to tell him that he's forgiven.