Episode Report Card Pamie: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Love Bites
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.07.2001
Emily enters and asks if they are having "a nice chat." Lorelai looks up: "Yeah, we're having a great conversation, here, me and Morrie." Hee. Lorelai thanks Emily for letting Rory get out of the Friday dinner. Emily says that Rory should be out celebrating. She says that the three-month mark is a milestone for someone at her age. She adds, "Or at any age, for some people." Lorelai goes to make herself a drink.
The doorbell rings. Emily goes to answer it. Lorelai asks if Richard needs another drink. He says that one drink before dinner is fine enough. Emily walks back into the room, beaming, with a young man under her arm. They're talking about something being so close, and Emily says it's a "small world." Richard doesn't look pleased to see this gentleman caller. Emily introduces him as Chase Bradford, but I wish his name were Tom so he could call her Blue Roses and then dance her back into that small table and break the horn off the glass unicorn. Emily says that Chase grew up just around the corner from them. Lorelai knows the house and says they had Dobermans. Chase says that they did. "Leopold and Loeb." Chase adds that the dogs have passed on by now. Lorelai jokes that the postmen must have gotten organized. This isn't funny to anyone else. Emily introduces Chase to Richard. They sit. Richard says he didn't know they were having company for dinner. Emily says it was a "spur-of-the-moment" kind of thing. She's in DAR with Chase's mother and since he just moved back to town, she thought it'd be nice to have him for dinner. Lorelai smiles strongly and says it's very nice. Chase and Richard rich-snobby-talk about what kind of Scotch Chase would like to drink. Chase tells Lorelai that he's heard so much about her. He says he wishes Rory could have been here. He adds that he just adores children. Lorelai asks if she can talk to Emily for a moment. Emily says they have company. She says that it'll only take a moment and it'll be fun. She excuses them from Chase for a "spur-of-the-moment conversation."
Lorelai pushes Emily into the hallway and asks if this was a setup. Emily reluctantly confesses. She says she thought it was a good opportunity. Lorelai thanks her and says she can get her own men. Emily giggles and says she must disagree. "You must?" Emily says that Chase is a nice man, from a nice family and makes a good living. Lorelai says he's not her type. Emily asks if that's because she likes him. Lorelai says she's not sure which one, but she knows there's a game show out there with Emily's name on it. Emily says that Lorelai hasn't even said two words to Chase so she can't possibly know already that she hates him. Lorelai says that Emily would be very good at Whack-A-Mole. Emily says that she knows Chase isn't as "controversial" as Lorelai's typical boyfriend, but she's only asking that Lorelai think for a second about how Rory is on her three-month anniversary date. She asks Lorelai when was the last time she celebrated that mark in a relationship. Lorelai's smile fades. Emily lifts a finger and smiles. "I thought so." She walks away. Lorelai pouts and follows Emily back into the room.