Episode Report Card Al Lowe: A | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT And I Think It's Gonna Be A Long, Long Time
By Al Lowe | Season 7 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2006.09.26
Lorelai's jaw drops and she is happy when Rory gleefully says that this is the most romantic gift she's ever been given, and that she is going to call Logan and go to London. "Yay!" Lorelai says, and she insists that it's okay that Rory go, even while she stays behind to deal with this Luke stuff.
Rory immediately calls Logan, who is just starting his new job. "I just got in to the office," he says. Rory: "On a dare?" Good one, Ace. She excitedly asks him silly questions about his office and whether or not he has a secretary named Moneypenny. "My secretary's name is Steven," he laughs. Rory: "Steven Moneypenny?" Cute. She says that she's calling to thank him for the rocket, again, because she wants him to know much she really, really loves it. "I'm glad," he answers, flatly. She says that she can't wait to come see him and is thrilled when he says he already got her a ticket and is FedExing it tomorrow. "Oh, my God!" she trills, obviously thinking it's a ticket to leave immediately. But...no. "So, tell your mom you're not going to be home for Christmas," he says. Aw, man. Poor Rory. She covers her heartbreak and listens to him excitedly plan their two-week holiday vacation. When he has to cut the call short to go to a staff meeting, she hangs up, dejected.
In the morning, Lorelai wakes up to hear Luke pulling into her driveway. She sighs and goes outside, looking at him blankly. He is desperate and begging. Y'all, my hate of Luke is over. I can't be mad at him now. He is teary and babbling, saying he doesn't care about the whole diner crash, and that nothing matters to him without her in his life. She listens, unaffected, as he goes on and on about how he's ready to elope to anywhere she wants. He won't stop talking. "You were right," he says. "I need to be faster; I need to move faster; I need to think faster. So, well...here I am!" Firmly, she repeats that it's over. "No," he says, breathless. "You can't just say that it's over. It's not over. You can't just decide that it's over; I'm in this, too! And, I'm not going to let it be over." Again, he says they can go right now and get married. Right now. Kudos to Scott Patterson, who shows more real emotion here than I have ever seen him show, especially when Lorelai says the only thing she can say to make him stop: "I slept with Christopher." And, quicker than he came in, he's gone.