Episode Report Card Pamie: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sniffles, Part Two
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.20.2000
Grampa is wheeled out, and Luke and Lorelai join the orderly's side and start asking questions. The orderly says that Grampa is a little groggy right now. Lorelai asks what they found out from the tests. The orderly says she'll have to ask the doctor about that, and says that she can go into the room with Grampa and wait for the doctor. Lorelai stops herself at the door. Luke tells her to go in. Lorelai says she's going to wait outside for Emily and Rory. Luke says he'll tell them. "That's okay," Lorelai says uncomfortably. She bumps right into Emily. Emily tells her to come into Grampa's room with her, but Lorelai says she's going to hang back and wait for Rory. Emily goes into the hospital room. Luke offers to find Rory, but Lorelai says she can do it. "I thought so," Luke says. Rory immediately shows up in the hall. "Hey, look! It's Rory!" Luke says. Rory says that the coffee machine was jammed, so she brought them chicken soup and some Pez. Lorelai says that Grampa is in his room. Rory says, "Well, come on!" Lorelai says she needs to make a phone call, and that she'll meet her in there. Rory goes into the room, and Luke asks who Lorelai is going to find now. Lorelai tells Luke to stop teasing her. Luke tells her she can't avoid going in that room forever. Lorelai says she's not avoiding anything, but that she's going to find some coffee. Luke reminds her that the coffee machine is jammed. Lorelai says she's sure there's a working machine on a different floor. "Admit you're afraid," Luke says. Lorelai continues to walk backwards and says that Luke has no idea what he's talking about. She gets him off her back by pointing out a patient with a screwdriver jammed into his head. Luke is repulsed, and Lorelai is gone as we fade to commercial.
There's really nothing snarky to say about this episode. Again, maybe if I knew something about medicine. ["That seldom helps. Take it from me." -- Wing Chun]
Rory is reading the financial paper to Grampa. Emily walks in with new pillows and excuses Rory from the room. Rory leans in to Grampa and smiles. "If I hug you, is it going to hurt?" Grampa tells her that "pain is a part of life." She hugs him and kisses his cheek. Emily puts her arm around Rory and says to Grampa, "This little girl likes you." Grampa says that Rory has good taste.
Luke is sitting in the hallway with his head between his knees. Rory asks him where Lorelai is. He tells her that she's looking for coffee. She asks what he's doing. "Staring at my shoes," he tells her. Rory: "Okay. Carry on." She walks carefully past Luke. Luke starts to look up at Rory, sees a patient in a wheelchair and lowers his head back into his hands.