Episode Report Card Pamie: B- | 207 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Thanks, But No Thanks
By Pamie | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2002.11.26
Inside Doose's Market, Lorelai runs into Kirk, who is buying a basket full of first aid supplies. It seems CatKirk has a bit of a temper, and when Kirk doesn't announce himself before he enters a room, he ends up with a few scratches. Or gouges, actually -- one on his hand, and a nasty one on the back of his neck, from when Kirk put CatKirk's food bowl down in front of him. CatKirk doesn't like that. But Kirk turns the wrong way to show the neck scratch, and we can barely see it. In fact, I needed TiVo's slow-motion feature to catch it, on the far right side of his neck. HumanKirk then admits he doesn't know if CatKirk is a boy or a girl, yet. The cat hasn't exposed his or her underside yet. Lorelai hopes that the cat exposes itself to Kirk soon.
Kirk leaves, and CuteDean overplays the "Looks Nervous" stage direction he was given. Lorelai walks up to him and asks about his Thanksgiving shift. CuteDean says he gets time and a half, and tries to get back to work. Lorelai says that Stars Hollow is a small hamlet, and that it's difficult to avoid someone there, so she'd really like not to avoid him, and vice versa. There's a very strange head-on angle they shoot this shot in, and it's really jarring from the scene, the way they're suddenly facing us while they talk, as if we are CuteDean. We are inside CuteDean. Finally! Lorelai says that she really likes Dean and he's a pal and the best first boyfriend Rory could ever have (note "first," since there's already a "second"), and even though Rory broke up with him, it doesn't mean Dean and Lorelai broke up, too. Dean seems to like that, and smiles. He says that's good to hear. He sighs and Lorelai wishes him a Happy Thanksgiving. Lorelai leaves without paying.
Rory has her hands filled with flowers, and comments they had a really good selection this year. Lorelai shows Rory the chocolate turkeys she bought in the market. Rory asks Lorelai whether Dean was inside. Lorelai says that he was, and that he's fine, and getting time and a half today. Rory seems relieved. They decide to go "eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat."