Episode Report Card Pamie: C- | 1 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT The Dangers of Danielworld
By Pamie | Season 2 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.15.2002
Michel walks in and drones that the "fellow" from the restaurant is on the phone. Lorelai's all, "Who?" as if she knows any other fellows from restaurants. Lorelai leaves to take her phone call, and Emily is again insulted that Lorelai doesn't want to watch her sip from a spoon. Lorelai runs off to talk with Luke. Emily asks Sookie if Lorelai's always so scattered. Sookie lies and says that Lorelai is the "stablest" person she knows. "That's very sad," Emily says. Heh. Emily approves the mushroom soup. She asks about Sookie's wedding. Sookie says she's just started planning, so she hasn't decided on much. Emily asks if she's at least decided on the location or the music. Sookie says she'll probably just use a CD. Emily makes a disapproving noise and tells Sookie that CDs are very unreliable. They could skip or break. The person in charge of pressing the "play" button could mess up and then the entire ceremony would be ruined. Sookie admits that she hadn't thought of that. Emily suggests live music with a "string ensemble." Sookie coos that a string ensemble sounds nice. Emily says she could recommend a couple of groups. Sookie says it wouldn't hurt to check them out. Emily sips the soup and says to nobody, "Mushroom soup." Sookie stares in the distance and says to nobody, "String quartet." I look at my shoes and mutter, "Getting sleepy."
Lorelai finally makes it to the phone. It's Luke. Lorelai asks how business is. Luke says he dropped a few eggs, which is a hazard of the business. He asks if he's catching Lorelai at a bad time. She says it's so slow that she and Michel were about to play tetherball. This sparks the "Why Do They Call It Tetherball?" debate. I think you can write it on your own. Lorelai asks if there's anything else he needs. Luke stammers that he needs a block of nine rooms. Lorelai punches on her iMac and finds out that they do indeed have nine rooms. I wonder how big this inn is. Luke says he has family coming in for a funeral. His Uncle Louie died last night, and he's arranging the funeral. Lorelai apologizes for babbling about tetherball. There's a phone ringing in the background. Lorelai tells Luke she's sorry. Luke says that Louie went peacefully, and that he was eighty-five years old. She asks if she can do anything else. Luke says the nine rooms are fine. Lorelai asks if he's sure, since she'd rather not have to deal with her mother anymore. Luke says he just needs the rooms. He says he has to go. She tells him to call if he needs anything. Luke tells her, "That French guy is a putz." Lorelai says that he already knows he is. They hang up.