Episode Report Card Pamie: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Math Is Hard
By Pamie | Season 4 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.16.2004
Rory is dressed just like Delia, so it's a bit jarring at first when Glenn holds out his food card and says that if she's going to ignore him, he could just go hang out with his ex-girlfriend. Rory takes Glenn's card, apologizes, and then swipes it. Glenn says that everybody will be sorry someday. He repeats it, storming off, and Rory suggests that he stop watching Taxi Driver. Rory is studying as she works, and soon students are swiping their own cards as she sits there. Since she's officially not working at all, she takes a cell-phone call. It's CuteDean. Rory thought it would be Lorelai, but Lorelai doesn't speak in a "resonant basso profundo." They make CuteDean play the Neanderthal, all, "Does that mean 'cars'? I like potatoes. Me tall!" And Rory's all, "Silly community college boy. I'll tell you later, by drawing you a picture. Can I borrow your crayons?" Anyway, "Grumpypuss" Tom offered CuteDean a job on the crew working at the Dragonfly, and CuteDean didn't want to take the job if Rory would be uncomfortable. See? That's the difference in CuteDean and Jess. CuteDean calls Rory and asks if it's okay if he works at a place where Rory doesn't even live anymore, whereas Jess would kill Desdemona and Cletus, steal Sookie's baby, and then blame it all on Rory for not being whatever enough. Rory gives CuteDean permission to take the job. CuteDean says he didn't know where they stood after his wedding, since the girls didn't go. They haven't spoken since? Rory apologizes for not going, makes another joke at CuteDean's expense, and then chats with him about school. Then for no reason I can see, CuteDean and Rory give a little advertisement for cell phones, because CuteDean has one now. Rory hangs up and sees the line of pouty students waiting to get their cards swiped. In the last scene before this one, Rory was complaining about having to go through a training process for this job, and here she is, ten minutes in, screwing up.
Lorelai and Digger are in negligee and robe, both on separate cell phones, still discussing work, arguing points about semicolons and tile. They get off the phone and back into bed. Digger asks if Lorelai is ready for "round two." How romantic. Lorelai asks whatever happened to the cigarette after sex. They might have avoided this problem if they turned off their phones when they got into bed. Have they learned nothing? Lorelai and Digger kiss. Lorelai says they're the all-business corporate couple. She gets another call. It's not Rory this time; it's Emily. I think Lorelai would make a sound investment by getting Caller ID on her cell.