Episode Report Card Pamie: B- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT But What About The Mattress?!
By Pamie | Season 4 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.29.2003
As they walk to the dorm room, Rory can't stop fretting over the fact that Lorelai didn't really get anyone to come and take the old mattress, and therefore she really shouldn't be allowed to have the new mattress. This is something I would have fret over as well. I always got nervous when the rules weren't being followed the way that they said they should be followed. It wasn't until much later that I developed a more Lorelai-like attitude of "What do they care, as long as the mattress is gone?" By the end of this episode, the mattress will be a part of the opening credits. I love that Rory's dorm room is the first dorm room when you walk into this outdoor corridor. That looks so safe -- one tiny wooden door separating you and the outside world. That'll be fun when they have to walk down the hall to their community showers, clad in only a robe or a towel, holding a shower caddy. Lorelai unlocks the door and walks in.
Holy crap. Rory has the best dorm room of all time. It's the size of Felicity's apartment. Rory is worried about where the fire exit is, but Lorelai is too busy warming her hands by the fire. Whatever! I hate Rory and I hate Yale. And there are like, two couches. Even if this is supposed to be some kind of common room for the two suites that are attached, this is insane. It's a room you normally see for upperclassmen who are advisers. Rory complains that a piece of her campus map ripped off. Lorelai finds Rory's room while Rory complains that she's missing half of the old campus now. Lorelai opens the door. ANOTHER FIREPLACE. The fury! Lorelai says that this is the place where Rory will be thinking all of those impressive thoughts. Rory's too busy looking for fire escapes, maps, and rules to follow. She can't find the phone jack. Like this apartment isn't already wired for Ethernet, and has a cordless phone. Rory finds, in her handbook, a place to get replacement maps. But it's on the old campus. Lorelai grabs Rory and pushes her back out of the mansion, saying that Rory missed everything about seeing her dorm room for the first time. She calls a do-over. Rory whines that they need to unload. Lorelai threatens to rip up the map if Rory doesn't get in the moment. Rory swears she's here and she'll try to be all here. Lorelai opens the door. "Wow," Rory says. "It is cool. My own space." Lorelai reads the initials on all of the doors and admits that it's also the space of "P.G.s, J.B.s, and T.S.es." (Keep that in mind, those of you who know the rest of this episode. Now we know the fourth suitemate can't be Louisa or Fraulein or Lane.) Rory finally sees the fireplace. Rory opens her bedroom door and agrees that they need air freshener. She hugs Lorelai and thanks her for making her get in the moment. Lorelai thanks Rory for pretending that she's in the moment and not freaking out about her phone jack, her map and finding the old campus. Rory says it's her gift to Lorelai. Lorelai tells her to unload so that they can get her a new map. Rory runs off. Lorelai looks around the empty room. She leaves, her camera still on the desk.