Episode Report Card Pamie: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Bully For You
By Pamie | Season 3 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.30.2002
Emily invites Rora and Lorelai in for a drink. Emily's tense, stressed, and in no mood for jokes. Rory asks for soda. Emily sees that the liquor cart is empty, and offers Rory water instead. When the girls ask if Emily's tense, Emily barks that she's not. She takes a seat, asking Rory about school. Rory says that school is good. Small talk, small talk, small talk. Emily asks Rory if she's taking any kind of physical education, and whether she has plans to do so in the future. Lorelai promises to tell Emily if Rory ever decides to chase a ball and take a public shower. "Dinner's ready," Sarah announces. Emily reminds Sarah that dinner isn't until y PM, and that it's only 6:30. Confused, Sarah says, "But food's ready now." Emily says that it's fine and that they'll just eat now. "We're eating," Emily says, standing up. Lorelai and Rory get up, priceless looks of shock on their faces, as they all walk to the dining room together. "Let's go!" Emily says. "It's fine. It's better! Then we can all be in bed by nine." Lorelai asks what's up with Emily and the new maid. Emily says Sarah's new, and that she's only been there three days, so she's still getting the hang of things. Lorelai says, "Mom, you've had maids deported that were better than her." Emily confesses that Richard teased her about not being able to keep a maid. Emily says that is a gross exaggeration, and that although she's had maids who haven't worked out, she's also had maids she's loved. Lorelai tells her to name one. After some thought, Emily remembers Deah. She took Lorelai shopping once. Lorelai asks how old she was at the time. "I don't know," Emily says. Lorelai tells her to make a guess. "Four, five." Lorelai is outraged that Emily hasn't liked a maid since Lorelai was five. Emily says she's liked plenty of maids, but Lorelai asked Emily to name one she loved. Lorelai asks what happened to Deah. Emily has no idea, of course, but she did love that maid. Sarah enters with the salad. Just as she's about to place it on the table the doorbell rings. "Oops! Big bell!" she says and takes off with the salads to answer the door. "Pass the wine, Lorelai," Emily says. Lorelai asks if she'd like a straw. "You're enjoying this?" Emily asks. Lorelai admits that she is.
It's Christopher. He demands to talk to Lorelai, who accuses Emily of setting this up. Emily insists that she had nothing to do with this. Christopher says he knew Lorelai would be here, and that since Lorelai wasn't returning his calls, he had no choice but to show up. Emily repeats that she did not do this. Lorelai gets up and pushes Christopher into the other room, telling him that he has to leave. He says he won't go until she talks to him. Emily tells them to come back into the dining room. Rory listens, a fretful look on her face.