Episode Report Card Al Lowe: B | 149 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Lost And Found
By Al Lowe | Season 7 | Episode 18 | Aired on 2007.04.17
She hopes, she says, that her suit is smart enough to do all the talking in her interview today, because she's so nervous that she keeps thinking of questions they might ask, and her mind continually goes blank. "It's like 'Rory, what journalists do you admire?' Ah, hmm, what journalists do I admire? And...nothing. It's a blank. It's like a snowstorm in here! It's all white and empty." Logan and Doyle assure her she's going to do great. "Or," Paris adds, "you'll choke." They all look at Paris in horror, but she "explains" that she was just saying, you know, that Rory might panic and freak out and choke. It could happen. "Just don't panic," Paris says, "if you panic." Rory: "Ah. That's so sweet, Paris."
Doyle asks Rory which paper she's interviewing with. "The Providence Journal-Bulletin," she says with a nervous smile. "Ah, the ProJo!" Doyle says encouragingly. He tells her it's a great paper with a top staff, but that they work their cub reporters very hard. "And," he adds with mild contempt, "they do have a comics section." Logan asks what's wrong with that -- though you'd think he'd know, considering his alleged family knowledge of the newspaper industry. "Let's just say," Doyle answers, "The New York Times does not have a comics section." Yeah, but they did have Jayson Blair, and he was fairly comical, right?
While Doyle collects his attaché case (hee!) and Rory picks out the right coat for her interview, trying to strike the right balance between All the President's Men and His Girl Friday (my God, why would she ever shy away from the latter?), Paris goes in for the kill with Logan. "I'm just going to cut to the chase," she asks him. "Why are you here?" Logan: "You're not talking metaphysically, are you?" Paris says that he's used to living in places with doormen and Danish furniture and "refrigerators so fancy that magnets won't stick to them," and thus, she wonders why he's now living in their off-campus crap hole. Logan says that when he quit his job with his dad's company, the company was no longer too keen on paying his fancy-place rent. "Plus," Paris adds, "you're broke." He tries to insist that he isn't, but he's interrupted by Doyle headed for the door, complaining about his Corn Flakes really doing a number on him. Heeeee! Rory rushes out in her best That Girl coat, followed by Paris and Doyle, who are off to start their days. "Logan," Paris says, sticking her head back in for one final command, "after you finish with all your 'work,' it'd be great if you could..." Logan: "Pick up some 2%, I'm on it." Paris: "'Do the dishes,' I was going to say." HA!