Episode Report Card Pamie: B+ | 129 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Two, Two, Two Dates in One!
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2001.01.18
Lorelai enters the antique shop and sees MamaLane telling a customer that since he broke a lamp, he has to buy it. The customer says that the lamp was placed precariously in the hallway, and he couldn't help bumping into it. MamaLane asks him if he has eyes and if they function and if they send messages to his brain that says, "Lamp in the way" and tell him to move. She says that if all of those things work, then he broke the lamp and he has to pay for it. He hands her the money and walks away. "We appreciate your business," she says sweetly, and he leaves. Lorelai asks if she can talk to her quickly. They walk to a back room. Lorelai apologizes for the other night and says that Rory hasn't ever lied to her before. She says she didn't want MamaLane to feel like she couldn't send Lane over to the house anymore, because she keeps watch on them when they're over. MamaLane says Lane won't be coming over to the house because she's grounded. Lorelai says that Lane has to be let out sometime. "Lane lied to me and she must be punished," MamaLane says. Lorelai agrees, and says that Lane is a really good kid. She says she doesn't know a kid that respects her parents more than Lane respects her. "Lying is not showing respect," MamaLane says. Lorelai says that Lane is sixteen and she had a crush on a boy. MamaLane says that Lane isn't allowed to see boys and she knows that and she broke the rules. Lorelai says she agrees, but that teenagers sometimes make mistakes. MamaLane says she doesn't care what teenagers do, she only cares what Lane does. Wow, that's a Mom line if I've ever heard one. My mom was famous for that sentence. Lorelai says that it doesn't always work to just lock a kid up and throw away the key. MamaLane says they didn't throw the key away, and that it's in the kitchen. This throws Lorelai back for a second, and then Lorelai begins the Young Mother Monologue again, about how since her parents were strict, she got pregnant. MamaLane scoffs that she blames her parents for getting pregnant. Lorelai says she doesn't blame them, but if she had more space it might not have happened. But she says she got lucky, because Rory is the best thing in her life. She says she doesn't want Rory to turn out like her. "I don't want Lane to turn out like you, either," MamaLane says. Lorelai is happy they've found something the both agree on. They say they just want their daughters to be safe. Lorelai says she's going to leave, but she wants to tell MamaLane that she thinks she's doing a great job with Lane. As she leaves, she knocks something in the walkway, breaks it and pays for it.