Episode Report Card Pamie: B | 2 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Bells And Whistles
By Pamie | Season 4 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.26.2004
Lane's band plays a song that mostly goes "Yeah, yeah, yeah -- yeah-yeah!" Is this a cover? They usually do covers. Sebastian Bach compliments Lane's playing. Then he tells (my friend) Todd Lowe that he looks like Sebastian Bach's seven-year-old when she's all "grumpy-puss." Seriously, recapping all these episodes has been worth this moment when they made Sebastian Bach say "all grumpy-puss." (mf)TL says that the band is too on the beat and too in synch. He says that if the rest of the band is happy being on the beat, then they should just add a laser show and a flute and be prog rock. He says he doesn't want to sound fake and computerized and be *NSYNC. This is a band Sebastian Bach's never heard of. They explain that it's a boy band. Sebastian Bach says he's too rock and roll to listen to boy bands. (mf)TL says he read about them. Then he's teased for reading about boy bands. Sebastian Bach admits that his guilty pleasure is Simon and Garfunkel. Lane loves Fleetwood Mac. (mf)TL shakes and shouts that he's not into *NSYNC, he just reads a lot about music, and mostly just skims anyway. He asks that the band be a little more Stones and a little less Kraftwerk.
Sebastian Bach calls a break, and leaves. Lane tells (mf)TL that he's so mean to Sebastian Bach, who I'm fixing to call Gil because it's easier to type. They tell (mf)TL that Gil is so nice. He comes early and brings sandwiches from his shop. (mf)TL complains that Gil never brings the kind of sandwich that's his favorite. Lane asks if she can have the hard time instead of Gil. Gil comes back in and announces they're booked at CBGB's on Tuesday. Gil says "dude" a few times and explains he got in through the sound guy. It's at 1 in the morning, but Lane doesn't care. She gives a list of bands who got their start there, and then clutches Gil in happiness.
Rory and Lorelai walk through Stars Hollow in what appears to be the original teaser for the show, and which may have been bumped to this scene. They chat and walk through the snow. What starts as a happy reflection on the first snow of the season quickly dissolves into a discussion of all the different snowfalls that have already happened this year but that they were too busy to call each other and share. This is really the fourth or fifth snow of the year, but it's still pretty, they decide. The bells go off. "Aw, Stan," Rory says. Everyone in the entire town comes out of their homes and stands on the streets of Stars Hollow, looking up at the church bells in reflection. We can't actually join in, since the "la-la"s are so loud they are conflicting with the song. Everybody applauds and goes back to their business. Lorelai says that their walk in the first snow of the season wouldn't have had the bells. They part ways: Lorelai to Luke's for coffee, and Rory to Lane's for something. Lorelai says that the bells will go off again in half an hour. They might want to make that a once-a-day thing, like normal church bells. Rory tells Lorelai to order her a coffee, a muffin, and onion rings. Ew.