Episode Report Card Sara M: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "My Boyfriend's a Kleptomaniac! Cute!"
By Sara M | Season 5 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.02.2005
Friday Night Dinner! Emily and Richard talk about tennis, and how the sight of Emily in her "fetching tennis costume" makes Richard randy. Emily tells Richard not to talk like this in front of Rory, but Rory says she's "fairly worldly now." "Fairly worldly now" = not a virgin. Richard adds that Emily has always been a very competitive athlete, going back to her days on the Smith field hockey team, when she was known to elbow opponents in the neck -- after the game was finished. Emily changes the subject to Rory's internship. Emily and Richard are very excited about it, and that Mitch Rich offered it to Rory personally. "Your reputation precedes you!" Richard says. Her reputation as Richie's girlfriend? Yes. Her reputation as a journalist? Probably not. Emily and Richard are alarmed to hear that Rory had dinner at the Rich Mansion, and that a week has passed without their returning the favor. They rush off to get their datebooks, and order Rory to call Richie immediately.
Poor Richie is trying to relax at home. Rory calls and tells him that her grandparents insist that he have dinner at their place. She says that her grandparents are "flipping out" and "losing it." That's quite a ringing endorsement! Who wouldn't want to share a meal with crazy people? Rory says she doesn't want to put any pressure on Richie, and that she's sorry. Richie asks if it's possible to get out of dinner. It isn't. He says he'll go, then.
Luke serves Lorelai a delicious-looking diner cheeseburger. She says that Rory's in town to see Lane's band play at 3 in the morning, and that Lorelai is not looking forward to having to wake her up at 2 in the morning. There's a noise outside, and Lorelai looks out the window to see some guys carrying a mannequin through the streets. "Aw, are the guys in town unusually lonely these days?" Lorelai asks. Ha! Luke says that the museum is closed. Lorelai is very sad, saying she wanted to go back to the museum "just as soon as the nightmares about the 'I love Jesus!' mannequin subsided." Ha ha! That's two really funny lines.
Luke wanders off as Rory enters the diner. She has Lorelai's sweater, and says she had to endure verbal abuse at the hands of a saleswoman to get it, so Lorelai had better appreciate it. Lorelai does not appreciate it; she thought the sweater was a lighter blue. Luke serves Rory a slice of lemon meringue pie, and Rory says he's the only person she likes around here. "Right back at ya," Luke says. Wow, Lorelai and Luke's relationship is really heating up. Lorelai asks Rory for the latest news, and Rory tells her that she and Richie have to go to dinner at Emily and Richard's. She promises to take notes and pictures for Lorelai. "Do that," Lorelai says.