Episode Report Card Pamie: A | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Papa Don't Preach
By Pamie | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2002.01.29
Back at home, Lorelai runs into her house shouting that they're home. "Next time, stop the car before you get out," Richard says. "Rory! For the love of God! Be home!" Rory walks out into the foyer, apologizing that she was on the phone. Lorelai pulls Rory into a death-grip hug, confessing her true adoration for her daughter. Rory pleads for Lorelai to loosen her grip, claiming that her internal organs and bones are getting crushed. "Yeah, well, love hurts," says Lorelai. Rory asks Richard how his day was. Richard says it was pleasant, and that he got to see Lorelai in action. "She's great, isn't she?" Rory asks. Richard chooses his words carefully and finally settles on the word "spirited." Rory tells Lorelai that "spirited" is good. Rory decides they'll get Chinese food. Richard says he'll eat it if it's cooked correctly. Lorelai tells Rory to go entertain her grandfather while she orders the food. Rory ushers Richard into her bedroom. Lorelai offers Rory twenty bucks to lock Richard in there. "Thirty if you chill," Rory says to her.
Richard is looking through Rory's book collection. He's writing down the books he's noticing are missing. Rory says that's not her entire collection. She lifts up the blankets on her bed. Books are stacked up to her box spring. She opens one of her bedroom drawers. More books. My roommate coos, "Oh, look! She's a tiny Pamie." It's true. I currently have books in drawers and stacked on the floor. I don't have enough bookshelves. I don't have curtains in my room that properly cover the window. I'm terrified that people can see me naked and can also see my books all stacked like I'm moving in or out. Richard notes that he should look into buying Rory a new bookshelf. I hope he notes that I need one as well. Rory says she likes her current book system. Richard says he's glad he doesn't see any "death rockers" on her wall. Rory asks where Richard heard that phrase. Richard says he's not totally unfamiliar with Rory's music world. Rory confesses that she doesn't live in an "death rocker" world, but she promises to send a card if she moves there. Rory has a much easier banter with Richard that's not unlike the way he and Emily talk to each other. It's a sharp contrast to the way Lorelai gets awkward and stilted whenever she's in the room. Richard sees the "obsession board" of Harvard on her bedroom wall. Rory brags that they started it this year; after their trip to Harvard, she says, things spiraled out of control into a full obsession. It's just a bulletin board covered in Harvard paraphernalia. Lorelai shows Rory the list of food she's planning on ordering. Richard is shocked at the amount of food. Rory adds a bit more to it. Richard says there's no way they're going to be able to eat it all. Rory says she's starved.