Episode Report Card Al Lowe: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Just Like Gwen And Gavin
By Al Lowe | Season 6 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.16.2006
He follows Lorelai over to the desk, where she welcomes the representative of the New England Maple Syrup Council, who is there to have a meeting. Kirk interrupts -- he's still hung up on Lorelai's booth idea -- to ask the guy if he, personally, would pay a whole dollar to get his fortune told by a dog. "A dog," he continues, "that has no previous experience telling fortunes." Clearly afraid, the guy says that he doesn't know, and Kirk finally leaves, declaring that he's been no help.
Things are strained at the offices of the Yale paper. Paris fusses at an editor who is using a posed, trite picture for a story, and tells her to get another picture. "But it's a team photo," the girl says, as Paris moves on to her next mark. "You like the Washington Post, do you?" she asks. The guy says he guesses he does. "Because they like to split their infinitives," she continues, "the Washington Post. But I don't." The guy goes to fix it as Paris moves on to Rory. She asks if she checked in via the new system -- a big magnetic board that contains colored magnets that represent where everyone is at any given time. "If they're at their desk," she says, "it's a green magnet." ["You'd think someone that anal about split infinitives wouldn't commit a noun-modifier-agreement misdemeanor like 'their desk.' Shut up, Paris." -- Sars] Rory points out that if someone is at their desk, Paris can just glance over and see them at their desk. "But I'd have to glance all around," Paris says. "This saves extraneous glancing." I used to work in an office exactly like this. When I say "used to," I mean six months ago. I can't quite describe the pain of having to endure such systems as a professional person who has surpassed the age of thirty. Rory, for her part, is finding it pretty insufferable now. She says she is headed for class, but can't escape before Paris makes her denote it on the board with an orange magnet.In the hallway, she is confronted with the coffee cart. She tries to excuse herself and go around him, but the guy explains. Logan has rented his services for the day, and he is to follow her around so as to be ready whenever she needs coffee. She tries to shoo him away, but the guy says he's already been paid "a lot."
Anna is sorting through pillows or something and calls out to April, who is in the other room, asking if she's watching TV. April says yes, and Anna asks if she's watching something stupid. April says yes. "You promise?" Anna laughs, and I am now convinced beyond any doubt that all these Anna/April scenes are just Lorelai/Rory scenes that got cut from early episodes and they found them lying around and decided hey, these are funny after all -- let's just put New Rory in glasses and make her a science nerd. And instead of having her run an Inn, we'll make New Lorelai, uh...she'll have some business where she somehow pays a mortgage and bills by selling, oh...goofy shit no one needs.