Episode Report Card Pamie: B+ | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Ye Olde Plote
By Pamie | Season 2 | Episode 10 | Aired on 2001.12.11
Back in the lobby, Lorelai sees Emily and Richard arrive. She immediately runs over to Rory and announces "The Joyless Luck Club." NO! Richard and Emily are beaming as they walk up and tell the girls they look lovely. Richard admires how the air is crisper up in Stars Hollow. Lorelai asks if Richard picked the wrong medicine bottle this morning. Emily tells Richard that Lorelai is joking. Richard beams up to his bedroom. Lorelai and Rory ask Emily why Richard's so happy. She says she doesn't know why, but he's been like this for two days now so she's going to take the credit. Emily leaves. Lorelai moans and says a hostess's job is never done. She walks off as if she hates whomever it is that just arrived. Rory turns around to see Jess staring at her. She turns back around and pants as we fade to commercial.
Rune is playing the recorder, for some reason, as the party is going in full force. Lorelai stops the party to make an announcement. She thanks everyone for coming to the dinner. Sookie looks nervous. Lorelai thanks the people that funded this party for getting snowed in so she could have a free party that other people paid tons of cash for. She's all "Me" and "my party" and "my friends" while Sookie stands next to her, as usual. Lorelai then announces the line of horse-drawn sleighs outside for everyone to get a ride. Jess and Luke are unhappy about the joyousness of sleigh rides. They wear matching pouty shirts. Even Paris is happy, standing near her soulmate, Cardigan Man. Lorelai tells everyone that it's two per sleigh. Jess tells Luke he's going to wait for the clog dancing.
CuteDean's sister is pushing CuteDean out of the hotel, whining that all of the "good horses" are going to be taken. CuteDean acts like he only gets to ride the sleigh once and now Rory doesn't get to ride it with him. I don't know. Whatever gets Jess in Rory's sleigh, I guess. We're just going to go with it. Rory tells CuteDean to go ride with his sister as Jess listens evilly.
Bootsy and Luke make stupid small talk I refuse to recap because my Stars Hollow doesn't have Bootsy in it. Lorelai tells Luke to get in her sleigh with her. Luke tries to decline, but Lorelai says that they can pull a Ben-Hur and take down Cardigan Man's sleigh. She then wins him over by saying she can't be "all school-marm-y" and ride by herself. Luke gets in her sleigh as strummy music plays. They discuss the horse's ass. They really do. Lorelai says the town looks beautiful. Luke says it's the same as always. Lorelai says it's magical this time of year. Luke points out the magical plumbing store where he bought a magical part for his wondrous toilet recently. He sees the magical diner he owns where Jess left all of the "stinkin'" lights on. Lorelai asks how the "Jess thing" is going. Luke says it's going well now, and that it was hard and seemed impossible at first, but now that it's not an interesting storyline and we don't really like Jess it seems silly to dwell on his tertiary characterness and we're just going to hope something interesting happens between him and Rory. Or something like that. Luke says that last week he discovered the secret of parenting. "When last week? Last Tuesday?" Lorelai asks. Hee. Luke admits he doesn't know the exact date or time. He says the secret is visualizing the reality you want and then lie if necessary to bring it about. Lorelai can't believe Luke is a liar. She says she'd just lie to Rory when she was little to protect her from getting hurt. Luke says he did something similar. Jess's mother didn't call to see him during winter break. He told Jess that he didn't let him go see his mother and that she was upset. Lorelai says that Jess knows Luke's lying to him. Luke says he did. "He knows," Lorelai says for no reason other than meddling again.