Episode Report Card Al Lowe: A | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Sidekick In The Pants
By Al Lowe | Season 6 | Episode 19 | Aired on April 17, 2006
Speaking of needing to eat something, Lorelai sure could use some brownies right now, because after knocking back several shots, she decides to give a toast. Chris looks worried, and he is right to do so. It...doesn't go well. Clanging past the drums and banging into the mic, Lorelai begins her downward spiral: "Some of you know me as Lorelai Gilmore, and some of you know me as Cher." She says she's so happy for Lane, so happy that this twenty-two-year-old girl has gotten married, because it's amazing and really hard to get married: "Believe me, I should know. Because, Lane's married, and next thing it'll be my daughter and...then, my granddaughter, but not me. I'm not getting married. No, it ain't for me; it's not in the cards." Everybody is starting to look sad and worried, but Lorelai just goes on and on, asking whether the crowd wants to know WHEN she's not getting married. "June 3rd!" she says. "Do not save the date. Do whatever you want on June 3rd, because there's nothing at all happening on that day." She rambles on and on to the total silence of the crowd, finally congratulating Lane and Zach, and blessedly being rescued by Chris and Rory, who come up and ask whether she wants some coffee. Despite this snag in their night, Zach looks dreamily over at Lane and sighs. "Totally perfect wedding," he says, and she nods, kissing him.
Chris carries Lorelai into her house, while Rory goes to make coffee. "Just prop her up," Rory calls to her dad, who has put Lorelai on the couch. "She hates to get pillow face." Rory is interrupted from her coffee wrangling by a phone call from Colin. Logan's been badly hurt, and is being airlifted to a hospital in New York. Chris tells her to go, saying that he'll take care of Lorelai. "All right, Calamity Jane," he says, lifting her over his shoulder and weirdly referencing the other show I recap for this site, "let's get you to bed." Lorelai protests, but Chris drags her up anyway...
...and in the next scene, we see a sleeping Lorelai rouse herself in the very early morning hours to take a call from Luke. She mumbles, trying to get her bearings, and pulls up short when she sees Christopher there. He's slept in a chair by her bed all night. "Yeah," Lorelai tells Luke, giving Chris a sad little wave as he leaves. "The wedding was great; she looked beautiful."