Episode Report Card Sara M: A- | 135 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT A Poolhouse Is Rory's New Home
By Sara M | Season 5 | Episode 22 | Aired on 2005.05.17
Lorelai meets Rory at the Weston Bakery. Rory says her final went "well" and that she'll be home for summer soon. Lorelai thinks that today is the day they'll actually make it through all twelve layers of the German chocolate layer cake, saying that the bikers have provided her with the inspiration to challenge herself. Rory says she needs to be serious for a second. Lorelai points out that Weston's seems to be the place where they always have their bad conversations. As bikers whiz by in the background (don't they have, like, an entire state to race through? They've been hanging around Stars Hollow for days now!), Rory says that she's made the decision to leave Yale because she isn't sure if it's the right place for her now that she doesn't know what she's going to do with the rest of her life. I'll bet the majority of Yale's undergrads have no idea what they're going to with the rest of their lives either, but they manage to remain enrolled. Rory lies that this has nothing to do with what Mitch said to her. Lorelai points out that Mitch might have had an ulterior motive for that performance evaluation, like the fact that he doesn't want Rory to date his son. Rory says that while certain members of the Rich family were very vocal about their disapproval of the union, Mitch wasn't one of them. And even though her sudden decision to drop her career plans has nothing to do with him, Rory says that if Mitch says she doesn't have what it takes to be a reporter, than she must not have what it takes to be a reporter. Rory adds that Richie seemed to agree with Mitch, since he never said that Rory was a good journalist when she told him what his father said. Because if you aren't showering Rory with praise all the damn time, then you must be against her.
Rory adds that taking a break from "college" is normal and that students do it all the time, something her mother -- having been too busy RAISING HER DAUGHTER to attend college -- wouldn't understand. Little snot. Lorelai accuses Rory of acting "incredibly immature," and when Lorelai accuses you of being immature like that's a bad thing, it's a big deal. She says that if Rory leaves college, she'll "lose momentum" and never go back. Rory says there's no momentum to lose, since she doesn't know what she's working toward anymore. Lorelai tells her to do what every other college student does, and to take some classes and find out what she does want to do. Rory says that Yale is too expensive to attend without knowing exactly why you're there. Lorelai points out that Rory isn't the one footing the bill, and asks Rory what her plan is, just like she asked her at the end of the last season. Rory doesn't know yet. Lorelai isn't hungry anymore.