Episode Report Card Pamie: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Sniffles, Part Two
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 2000.12.21
More townie humor, this time in the form of a group of bell ringers. Someone is not playing the right bell at the right time. Then the others realize that no one is playing the right bell at the right time. If I knew anything about the process of getting together in a group and ringing bells in the right order to play songs, I might be able to recap this in a way that makes the scene sound understandable. All I can do is say there are a bunch of people ringing bells and no one knows when they are supposed to ring their bell. Now, you give me a group of comics trying to be funny, I could tell you what's going wrong. Fortunately, this show doesn't have that problem.
Lorelai walks into Luke's and takes a seat at the counter. Luke fills Lorelai's coffee and asks if Rory's coming. Lorelai says she isn't. "Is she on a date?" he asks. Lorelai: "No." Luke: "Good. So you forbid her to see the bag boy." Lorelai says that she doesn't want to talk about it, but that she didn't forbid Rory to see "the bag boy." Luke says that Lorelai is crazy. Lorelai says that CuteDean might be moved up to produce soon, so he's "quite a catch." Luke says that CuteDean is nothing but trouble and that he thought so the first time he saw him. Lorelai reminds Luke that the first time they saw CuteDean she's the one who thought he was trouble and Luke said she was overreacting. Lorelai: "He is not trouble. He's six foot two, he's beautiful, and he's completely in love with my daughter." Luke: "Trouble." Lorelai: "Big time." Luke leaves to get Lorelai a burger. Lorelai asks to get a menu instead; she says she's in the mood for something different this time. He hands her a menu. Lorelai stares for a while. She asks if Luke has some holiday specials or something festive. "I just got some Grey Poupon. It's French," he replies. Lorelai tells Luke that she got uninvited to Emily's Christmas party this year, and that it's the only holiday she enjoys celebrating there. Luke asks why anyone would celebrate Christmas two weeks early. She asks whether he even heard her say that she was uninvited. Luke: "To your parents' fake Christmas party?" Lorelai: "Yes." Luke: "I did hear that." Lorelai: "Do you even care?" Luke: "Obviously, you do." Lorelai: "Yes, I do. And I don't know why." Luke then does that thing that he does where he tells Lorelai exactly what she's thinking and why she's having issues dealing with her emotions. He says that Rory's at this party that she's not and she and Rory aren't getting along right now at a time usually shared with people you love. "Wow," Lorelai says. "Did I mention you come here every damn day?" Luke asks. Lorelai orders a burger.