Episode Report Card Pamie: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Speak Now and Forever, Forget the Peace
By Pamie | Season 2 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.20.2002
Luke's. Rory longingly watches CuteDean eat. This is not because she's fascinated with CuteDean or is aroused by the way he puts things in his mouth. It's because she wants his food. She makes him switch plates with her so that she can have pancakes while he has to eat her soggy, cold eggs. This girl has some nerve. CuteDean notes that Lorelai has just made her twelfth pass by Luke's window. Rory thinks she'll come in after two more passes. CuteDean says Lorelai's been walking back and forth out there for twenty minutes now, and she still hasn't come inside. Rory says that Lorelai's gotten much closer to the building. CuteDean thinks they should just take some food out to her. Rory says that Lorelai and Luke have been fighting for too long, so Lorelai has to do this. Has Rory told CuteDean how she ran off to New York yet? And why is she not grounded? Rory says she can tell that Lorelai's on her way inside because she has her "shoe sale face" on.
Lorelai sits down and beams that she made it inside. "Good girl," Rory says. Lorelai is upset to find out that CuteDean and Rory have eaten without her. They say it took her half an hour to get there. She says she's like cheese. Rory has to explain to CuteDean: "She gets better with time." Rory and CuteDean leave (without finishing their food or paying) to go off to school. ["I thought I saw CuteDean put a bill on the table on his way past Lorelai." -- Wing Chun] Rory tells Lorelai to finish her breakfast and to read the paper. Lorelai tries to get the kids to stay, even begging CuteDean to linger. Miraculously, CuteDean thinks for himself and doesn't do what a Gilmore girl tells him to. Rory rubs Lorelai's shoulder and tells her she'll be fine.
Lorelai huffs and looks over in Luke's direction. She gathers up some inner gumption and walks determinedly over to Luke. "Hey," she says. He says hello. She compliments his donut selection this morning. He walks away. She chatters on about what kind of donut she's in the mood for as Luke waits patiently on the other side of the counter. She asks for chocolate and a sprinkle when she realizes he's not biting her conversation bait. He puts her donuts on a plate. "So, this is how it's gonna be with us now, huh?" she asks. Luke says he has no idea what she's talking about. Lorelai says he's pulling a Mr. Freeze on her. He says he's not. He pours her some coffee. She apologizes for yelling at him that night, and asks if he got her note. He says he did, and that he read it. She says she apologized in the note as well. What's with these women writing letters instead of confronting people directly, and then getting upset when these notes don't win their recipients over completely? Lorelai says she's apologized a million times. Luke says she's only apologized four times, but he understands how she embellishes for dramatic effect. Now Lorelai's had enough of Luke and tells him to stop behaving like this. She tells him to be mad at her if he's mad at her. He says he's not mad. She says he's being unfair. "Rory was in the hospital," she says for literally the millionth time. Luke asks what exactly she wants him to do. He says he's listened to her, he's been polite, he's not mad at her, and he's still serving her food, so he doesn't know what more she wants from him. Lorelai pouts and says she wants Luke back. He says he's standing right there. "No, he's not," Lorelai says quietly, and leaves without paying for anything, including the two donuts and cup of coffee she made him prepare for her. Good for Luke, since Lorelai thought she'd just breeze right through this on charm and witty banter. If Luke had yelled at her and told her how to parent Rory, she would have burned his diner down. She's so dependent on him for food and conversation that she doesn't even know how to stop taking him for granted.