Episode Report Card Al Lowe: A | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Sidekick In The Pants
By Al Lowe | Season 6 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.17.2006
Christopher is still in search of the bar when Jackson and Sookie come back from calling the baby-sitter. They quiz Rory on the location of the booze. "Shh," Rory says. "Don't say that so loud." Lorelai is appalled, but when the servers open the buffet, she says that they at least can get some food. "That food isn't for you," Rory starts to explain, but they all watch in shock as the Korean wedding guests practically sprint down the buffet, filling to-go boxes, pausing only to drop an envelope of money into a bag Lane is holding. Tires screech as they all nearly break their necks getting out of there. Lane is amazed by all the Korean craziness. "I can't believe your friends gave me all this money," she says to her mom, who nods as the last of her guests drive away. "Nice haul," MamaKim says, looking into the bag. "Lester Chin probably stiffed you." Lane says that's okay. Mrs. Kim thanks her for doing two ceremonies, saying that it was very important to her grandmother. "It was fun," Lane says. "Made my wedding seem a little more special." Mrs. Kim says it's good that she sees it that way. She smiles, saying that now that all her guests have gone, she's going to go home and go straight to bed: "I'm going to wear earplugs tonight, so I won't be able to hear anything that might be going on out in the street 'til all hours of the night." Lane throws her arms around her mother, thanking her. Pointing to Zach, who is now modeling his wedding robe for his friends, shesays, "Look at it this way -- you're not losing a daughter, you're gaining a son...who likes to wear a dress." Mrs. Kim throws up her hands. Back to her old curmudgeonly self, she tells Lane, "Don't let him take pictures in that thing." Lane waits until her mom is safely out of sight before giving the thumbs up to Kirk, who is waiting on the corner next to a huge truck. Kirk slaps a magnetic sign reading "Yummy Bartenders" on the side, and opens the door to release the booze and music. Lane and Zach meet in the middle of the street and are about to share a kiss, when Lorelai interrupts them: "Excuse me, there's something wrong with your dress!" Pulling away the long skirt, she reveals a short one underneath. "Yes!" Zach says. "My wife's got legs! So, let's get this party started."
Back from commercial, the party is in full swing. We see a close-up shot of the wedding cake, a gorgeous takeoff of this White Stripes album cover, with Lane and Zach in the same pose. Could not be more awesome. All kinds of crazy partying is going on -- Brian and Kyon get down to Blondie -- and people are drinking and living it up. After being quizzed by Kirk on the relative yumminess of his bartenders, Rory delivers a drink to Lorelai at her table, where she is calling Jackson and Sookie's baby-sitter on their behalf. "She didn't sound drunk at all," says Lorelai. "But," Jackson says, "she sounded like there was a guy there, right?" Lorelai says no. "What about a pimp?" he asks. "Was there was a pimp?" Lorelai shrugs: "Yes, I heard a pimp, but he sounded like he had a heart of gold." Lane and Zach boozily stop by the table, thanking them for everything, and Rory takes a picture of all at the table with the bride and groom. Lorelai asks to see it, but Rory tries to refuse, saying that her mom erases every picture Rory ever takes of her. "No," Lorelai says, "only the ones where I look like Rhoda." Rory insists that Lorelai never looks like Rhoda, but shows her the picture anyway, as well as the other pictures stored on her camera. Lorelai sees one, and asks Rory who's in it. "Oh, uh," Rory winces, no doubt kicking herself. "That's me, with April." If there were a needle, and if that needle were on a record, here's the place where it would come screeching off. Lorelai tries not to look upset, but can't pull it off. When Rory attempts to explain that she went to see Jess in Philadelphia, and Luke arrived there at the same time with April, Lorelai is even more upset. She hadn't even known Rory had gone to Philly. "It was a total fluke," Rory says, but it doesn't do much to assuage Lorelai. "You met April," Lorelai says, "and took a picture together...like you're pals." Rory tries again: "It was a crazy coincidence. It's not like Luke was trying to introduce her to me; I walked in and they were there." She says that she didn't tell Lorelai because she felt weird about it. Lorelai says that it's fine, though she is clearly lying, and goes to get another drink. Meanwhile, on the bandstand, the newly reunited Hep Alien are preparing to rock out. Zach, in his robe, says a few words to the crowd, goes back to kiss Lane at the drum set, and kicks off a fine cover of "I'm A Believer." Sweet.