Episode Report Card Pamie: D | 11 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Pilot
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 10.04.2000
The hay-ride passes Rory and Lorelai. Lane is very mopey between her two dates. They stop by Miss Patty's as she instructs her child dancers. You may remember Miss Patty from The John Larroquette Show. Then again, you might not. ["I did!" -- Wing Chun] Miss Patty tells Rory that she might have found a job for her "male friend." She keeps talking about the job but Lorelai keeps interrupting to ask, "What male friend?" Miss Patty says that CuteDean is "cute" and that Rory has good taste. Rory starts to storm away, but Lorelai says, "You're gonna have to turn into friggin' Flo-Jo to get away from me."
Rory slams the door to the house as Lorelai says, "This is about a boy! Of course!" Rory says that she's going to bed. Lorelai keeps babbling on about how, "You're me." "I'm not you." Lorelai says she's going to throw away important things for a cute boy, which is just what she did. She asks if the cute boy has dark hair, dark eyes, and is just a little dangerous. Rory declares the conversation over. Lorelai keeps following and says that tattoos are good, too. Rory says she's already told her all of the reasons she doesn't want to go to Chilton, but if Lorelai doesn't believe her, that's fine. Rory slams her bedroom door as Lorelai asks, "Does he have a motorcycle? Because if you're going to throw your life away, he'd better have a motorcycle!"
Lorelai walks into Rory's room. "Well, I think that went pretty well, don't you?" Lorelai sighs. "Thanks for the knock," Rory mutters. Lorelai says that she wants to start the whole conversation over again and just hear about the boy, and she promises not to freak out. Rory won't talk to her, so Lorelai continues to babble. She says that she's a big fan of guys. She always has been: "You don't get knocked up at sixteen" if you're not a fan. She says that guys will always be there, though, so right now Rory has to make school more important. Rory pulls out her book and declares that she's going to sleep. Lorelai says she needs Rory to continue being the sensible one in the house. There are some catty remarks made back and forth as Lorelai tries to get Rory to talk to her. Rory asks to be left alone. Lorelai stands up and says there was always a democracy in the house before, but she's going to play the Mom Card and Rory's going to Chilton whether she wants to or not. "We'll see!" "Yeah, we will!" The door slams. Rory smacks on her radio, and Macy Gray's "I Try" starts playing.
Downstairs, Lorelai walks over to her radio, smacks it on and Macy Gray's "I Try" starts up. Hee. Lorelai pouts on the couch, as both girls wonder where the games, changes and fears will go from here and when do they stop. Commercial break.