Episode Report Card Pamie: D | 16 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Pilot
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 10.04.2000
Even the commercials are wholesome. AOL and Applebees? What is happening to the WB?
Rory gets her things out of her locker as she's bragging about her private school to Lane. She's bragging about dressing alike and not being judged for your clothing. Lane says it sounds just a bit "Amish." Lane says her mother's pretty happy that Rory is changing schools; she's throwing a party on Friday. She's off to a pre-hay-ride cup of tea with the future doctor. "How do I look? Korean?" "Spitting image." "Good."
Rory squats down to pick up a few things that have fallen out of her box. She startles when she realizes someone is standing next to her. "God! You're like Ruth Gordon just standing there with the Tannis root. Make a noise!" "Rosemary's Baby," the boy says to her. She looks up as she stands very slowly and says, "Yeah." "Well, that's a great movie," the boy says. He's the boy from earlier, who was staring. He's got that teen boy hair that every boy I ever had a crush on had, where the front of the hair hangs down too low and he's got to tuck the ends behind his ears, but whenever he leans towards you his hair falls forward and he has to brush it back. Oh, God, y'all. This show is making me fifteen. What am I, like, totally going to do now? Gah. He asks her if she's moving. She says her books are. He says he just moved from Chicago. "Chicago," Rory says. "Windy. Oprah." Hee. He introduces himself as Dean. "Hi," she says. CuteDean looks back and waits for her to say her name. "Oh, Rory. Me. That's, that's me." "Rory," he says, in some strange Ricky Martin moment. Rory explains that her name is actually Lorelai, because when her mom was in labor she thought about how men name their kids after themselves all of the time, so women should do that too, and that Rory is named Lorelai in some sort of feminist gesture, but Rory thinks that Demerol probably had something to do with it. Rory's talking all fast because CuteDean is cute. "I never talk this much," she finishes. Dean says he has to go. "I gotta go look for a job." "Okay, good," Rory says. As he walks off she suggests he go talk to Miss Patty, who works at the dance studio and used to dance on Broadway. He says he's not much of a dancer. She knows what's going on in town and could tell him if someone's looking. He thanks her and asks what she's doing now. "Nothing...much...I should throw this away at some point." He asks if she can show him where Miss Patty works. She stops herself from stammering to walk him out the door. Man, that scene was cute.