Episode Report Card Pamie: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Know When to Hold 'Em
By Pamie | Season 5 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.04.2004
Luke gets serious with Lorelai and lets her know that in "this thing [they're] doing," he's all in: "I am all in." This show's catering to that elusive young male demographic by using their vocabulary. all-in: When a player bets all his or her chips. This means Luke's banking everything on this hand, this lady, this heartbreaker in Jimmy Choos. If there was a sound to go with what Lorelai does upon hearing this revelation, it goes something like this: "Uh-GULP!" Luke asks Lorelai if this scares her. Lorelai takes a second to force her face into a smile (someone play some music in this place!), and remembers the old adage, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." She smiles hard enough that the strummy-strummy-la-la starts up...
...and concludes in Luke's bed. Clothes are strewn about, including a flannel, which makes me wonder if Luke changed into a flannel after their date and took it off as they went to bed. And the bottle of champagne is now at their bedside, which is also rather strange. Who drank the bottle, if Luke doesn't like it? Lorelai rests on Luke's chest, and tells him she can't believe he kept that horoscope. Luke says she's lucky he never cleans out his wallet. Lorelai says he can't take it back now: "You've exposed yourself. You've been pining for me." Because this is apparently news to her. Whatever, Lorelai. Luke asks to get something out of the way right now. Man, he's serious. Next you'll be meeting his mother. Careful, Lorelai, this guy is getting clingy. You hate that. Luke grabs a notebook out of his nightstand and asks Lorelai to tell him what CDs he needs to get so she won't complain. Luke's got some weird Chili Peppers-looking tattoo. Lorelai is so happy she has to sniff Luke's underarm. They kiss, but Lorelai would rather make her CD shopping list, so she does.
The alarm clock says it's 6, which is way too early to get up if you had a late date the night before. Luke apologizes to Lorelai, saying he forgot to turn the alarm off. Luke has no pillows; Lorelai has four, which is really more than Luke would have normally had. It looks like Luke went shopping in anticipation of having Lorelai spend the night, since he's got sheets and pillows and all kinds of things he didn't have when Jess lived there. Lorelai curls onto Luke's side and says she hates Early. He kisses her head. Lorelai says she needs to get up and go to work and the inn and buy shoes. She says she needs coffee. Luke says the coffee is all downstairs, but I remember him having a coffee maker in his kitchen. Lorelai kisses Luke's chest a few times and then hides behind sheets, pillows, clothes, her arms, a screen, a wall, and Kryptonite so that we can't see an inch of her naked flesh. Luke asks her where she's going. You live in a one-room efficiency over a diner where you told her the coffee was located. Where do you think she's going?