Episode Report Card Pamie: B | 125 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT One Down, Two to Go
By Pamie | Season 4 | Episode 16 | Aired on 2004.03.02
Lorelai loud-talks to the minister, who doesn't remember any of these people. When Lorelai introduces herself, he asks if he didn't just bury her. Marilyn floats in and says that the Lorelai the minister buried was this woman's grandmother. She holds her arms up to Lorelai and says, "This is the reigning Lorelai!" The minister asks Marilyn who she is. She says he'd remember her from when she was younger: he married her to one of her husbands. As Marilyn ushers the minister away, she tells him this would all go much better if he pretended to know everybody.
Lorelai joins Emily on the couch. She asks how Emily's holding up. Emily says that her feet are killing her. The rest of her is fine. Lorelai says that Gran wrote that letter, but that Richard picked Emily. Emily: "I can't believe you wore those shoes to a funeral." Lorelai leaves to get a stuffed mushroom.
Emily joins Richard, who says he's doing well, since she made sure he had a constant stream of food. Emily straightens his tie. Richard says he's been thinking about it, and that he's not so sure the mantle is the best place for Gran's ashes. He thinks burying her with his father seems right. He asks if Emily agrees. "Whatever you want, Richard," says Emily. Richard kisses her hand.
As Lorelai is near Marilyn, who is telling another Gran story, she watches her parents sharing an embrace in the other room. The strummy-strummy-la-la continues as Lorelai finds Rory alone at a table in the back.
Lorelai asks Rory if she ditched the cousin. Rory says they ran into a sister, and that she couldn't compete. Rory says she's feeling sadder about Gran, which makes her feel less guilty, so things are looking up. Lorelai informs Rory that Lorelai is now the reigning Lorelai, which is a lot of responsibility, what with the declaring of knighthoods and the opening of supermarkets. She tells Rory that someday Rory will be the reigning Lorelai. Rory doesn't like thinking of that, even though she'll get a cape, because it means her mom will be gone. Lorelai promises she won't be gone, and that she'll have only stepped down. Rory is intrigued again, what with the promise of the cape and all.
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