Episode Report Card Pamie: B | 1 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Bells And Whistles
By Pamie | Season 4 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.26.2004
Lorelai asks why Luke's keeping his toolbox at his old place, when moving requires lots of tools for hanging and assembling. Luke says that Nicole hired a professional picture-hanger (what kind of degree does that require?), and that they didn't have anything to put together. He asks for a screwdriver. Lorelai asks Phillips or flathead. Luke gives her a look. "I know things," Lorelai responds. "Phillips," says the impressed Luke. Lorelai asks Luke why he told her that he moved. Luke says he did move. Lorelai says he might have moved, but that none of his things did. She says she was there and saw that his apartment is exactly the same, and that it's weird to pretend to move when the bed is the same, the dishes are in the sink, and there's a mega-man powder on the counter. Luke says he moved, and he lives in Litchfield with Nicole. He didn't stay last night because of an early delivery, and the day before Nicole was getting a sore throat, so he went back to his place so that he didn't get sick. Lorelai pounces on his choice of words for "my place," and says he doesn't live with Nicole. He visits Nicole and has dinner with her, watches television, and leaves a dirty duffel bag. He's basically a shitty boyfriend. "Husband," he corrects. "Whole other discussion," Lorelai says.
Luke tells Lorelai that she's passing judgment on his relationship with Nicole. Lorelai says she isn't. Luke says she's doing it on the marriage, the divorce, and their living together. Lorelai says he's passing judgment by not living with his wife. Luke says he was tipsy on the cruise ship, but doesn't remember anyone pronouncing them husband, wife, and Lorelai. Lorelai says they might as well have, since she spends as much time with Nicole as Luke does. "And the judgment's back!" Luke declares. Lorelai says she could move in with Nicole and he wouldn't even know. Luke says that this isn't her business. Lorelai says it's "absolutely" her business, because she wasted a week of her life adjusting to the fact that he had moved, only to find out that he hadn't moved at all. Really? A week passed? But Lane's band practices on Sunday, and the gig was Tuesday, which is tonight, which means that only two days passed from when she found out that he moved, and they had the fight about his moving today because she's wearing the same outfit as when he was shoveling the walk and...where's Emily to straighten this all out? Luke says that nothing has changed. He still sees Lorelai, cooks her food, and serves her coffee: "What do you care?" Lorelai: "I care." Luke: "Why?" Lorelai: "Because I don't want you to move." Luke: "Why? Why don't you want me to move?" SAY IT, LORELAI! Dammit, Reverend Skinner! He comes in and stops the conversation. He sees Luke and Lorelai with their tools and goes, "Oh, thank God. Carry on." He leaves.