Episode Report Card Pamie: B | 2 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Bells And Whistles
By Pamie | Season 4 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.26.2004
Yale. 4 in the morning. Rory opens her door to find Lane, who's freaking out. Scarf count: 24. She asks Rory what to do: she snuck out of the house and didn't give MamaLane an excuse. She just left after MamaLane went to bed. Hey, best friend Rory, thanks for not coming to my CBGB's show, since it got cancelled because of NOBODY SHOWING UP. Rory immediately calls Lorelai and wakes her up. Lorelai says she'll call MamaLane immediately and tell her. Rory tries to protest, but Lorelai says that this is what she'd want to happen if she woke up and found out that Rory was gone. I can't believe Lorelai doesn't panic when the phone rings at that hour. Anyway, Lorelai immediately calls MamaLane.
MamaLane not only has the fire department there, she's also got a prayer group with lit candles, standing in a circle. MamaLane gets the address of Yale. Lorelai and I have the same B-52's shirt, but they've scraped the words "B-52's" off Lorelai's version of it.
Stars Hollow street. MamaLane pulls up to Luke's and gets out of her car. She tells him that Lane won't be making it in to work today. Luke says he knows, because Lane called him twice to tell him: "That is one responsible kid." MamaLane is upset. "She called you. She called you, she called Lorelai." Crestfallen MamaLane bumps the scarf count to 25. Luke asks if everything is okay. Man, did Luke get one hour of sleep, or what? MamaLane says that everything is fine, and that she's going home. She gets in her car, turns it on, and leaves. ["Isn't their house, like, across the rather small park from Luke's?" -- Wing Chun] Luke watches her drive away as the strummy-strummy-la-la makes us think the episode is over, but no. Just commercials.
Yale. Morning. Scarf count: 27. Rory and Lane have gotten coffee. What time is it? Lane says that the floor was fine, but that getting her face stepped on by Paris was a bit uncomfortable. Rory doesn't want to talk about why Paris is coming home so late in the mornings. Lane wishes she lived in a dorm. She hasn't called MamaLane yet. She can't believe MamaLane didn't show up in the middle of the night, kick down the door, and douse the place in holy water. Rory suggests that MamaLane is cooling off. Lane says that MamaLane doesn't cool off, Lorelai does (ha!), and that MamaLane is more of the kicker and the douser. Lane says that her mother's sending her a message by not coming to get Lane; she's saying that Lane messed up, and that she'll have to find her own ride home because the Mrs. Kim shuttle van service is closed for business. Rory remarks that the message is wordy. Let's watch again for an accurate scarf count from extras: 30. Lane's scarf is my favorite, second to Rory's lace-doily thing from earlier. Anyway, Lane tells Rory that she's jealous of Rory's life: Rory gets to do whatever she wants. Rory points out that Lane has a band and a boyfriend, and that school is only temporary; Lane's life is good, too. Lane says she's weak and has no spine. She leaves to go take care of her weak, lame life.