Episode Report Card Pamie: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Love Bites
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.07.2001
At the front desk, Michel is cooing Frenchly to his girlfriend on the phone. He's going to see her soon. He's very excited. It's very endearing. He tells her he promises the wait will be worth it. He giggles at something she says and gets off the phone. "How's Mom?" Lorelai asks. Michel says he refuses to get into any sort of spiteful banter with her today because he's in a very good mood and nothing is going to get to him. He says he has a date for Saturday night. "Your turn?" he asks. Lorelai slams something on the counter and says that right now she needs "lots and lots of coffee." Michel sips from his mug.
Lorelai walks through the middle of the town, where preparations are still underway. Someone shouts a "heads up" to her and a giant star falls from the sky, narrowly missing her head. A townie runs over to ask if she's okay. She says she's fine. "That's never happened before!" he says in amazement. Lorelai sighs, says, "How 'bout that?" and walks away.
Inside Luke's, Lorelai tells Luke that she was almost killed by a papier-mâché star. She asks how his day is going. He says it's going much better now. She orders a cup of coffee "with a shot of cynicism." He asks why she's so grumpy. She says there's no real reason. She tries to pick a fight with him but is quickly drowned out by Cardigan Man and Miss Patty behind her arguing about the legend of the Firelight Festival. Cardigan Man says the young couple built the fire so they could throw themselves on it when their parents found out. Miss Patty says the fire was to keep them warm their first night in Stars Hollow. They continue arguing until Lorelai huffs that she wishes someone in this town would talk about anything other than "this stupid festival." It gets real quiet in the diner. "That came out a lot louder than it was supposed to, didn't it?" Lorelai asks. Luke agrees. Cardigan Man reminds Lorelai that this festival commemorates the founding of Stars Hollow. Lorelai apologizes. Luke makes an excuse for her, saying that she's bi-polar. "Really?" Miss Patty asks. "But you're so young!" Lorelai tells Luke she doesn't know why she's so upset about this festival, and that she shouldn't let it get to her. Luke grumps that the festival is for a stupid story about two lunatics that probably didn't even exists. Lorelai smiles and wiggles, happy to have found another killjoy in the town. Luke says the town Stars Hollow probably got its name "from the local dance hall prostitute." Lorelai: "You are full of hate and loathing and I gotta tell you that I love it." Luke says it's nice to have someone to commiserate with. As Luke refills Lorelai's coffee, she tells him that tomorrow she's planning on despising anyone that says, "Hey, how's it going?" if he'd like to join her. He says she's on. A woman enters the diner. "Hey, how's it going?" she asks. Lorelai smiles and says that it shouldn't be that easy. But it isn't. Luke is silent, staring at the woman. "Rachel," he finally says. "Rachel?" Lorelai asks. "Your Rachel?" She turns to the woman. "You're Rachel?" The woman nods and says she is. Lorelai and Luke stare silently until the commercial break.