Episode Report Card Pamie: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT And I Say: It's All Right
By Pamie | Season 3 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.12.2003
Sasha and Jess are chatting it up as they walk through Santa Monica. Sasha admits that the girl in the cupboard -- Lily -- is her daughter and not Neverwood's. This is a pretty annoying scene that establishes Sasha as this town mother, knowing everyone's business, everyone loves her, she's chatty and finds people's keys...just the kind of thing Jess fled Stars Hollow over. Everybody loves Sasha and Sasha loves everybody. Sasha's been with Neverwood over five years. She says that Lily has submitted a written request for a brother by the end of the year, but Sasha thinks she and Neverwood should be married before they have any kids. Sasha can't believe that Jess didn't know Neverwood wasn't married to her. Jess admits that he and Neverwood didn't really chat much back in Stars Hollow.
Neverwood's hot dog shack. There's pickle humor, here, which I'm skipping. Besides the enormous A rating the shack has received, I can't help but stare at the hot dog menu, which boasts wieners for fifteen cents. Sasha walks up and presents Jess like Rizzo handing Sandy to Danny. Neverwood's all, "Well, that's cool, baby. I mean, you know how it is, rockin' and rollin' and whatnot." Sasha assumes that Jess will be staying for dinner. Neverwood says he will. Sasha excuses herself, but not before giving Neverwood the stink-eye. Jess apologizes for not calling. "Hey, life's about the spontaneous, right?" Neverwood asks.
Neverwood takes a break and joins Jess on the other side of the counter. He asks if this is Jess's first time on the west coast. It is. Neverwood points out the sights: the ocean, the sand, the sky, and the boardwalk. As Neverwood babbles, we learn more about his neighbor Stan than we know about either Jess or Neverwood. He's Dutch. This will be funnier when you read the email at the end of the recap. Neverwood tells Jess that they're currently in Santa Monica, but that they live in Venice. Then there's more L.A. beach-naming, interesting only to people who live in L.A. or miss living in L.A. I hate Neverwood's hat. Neverwood says that there are other parts of L.A., but as far as he's concerned he'd marry the beach if he was allowed to mate it. Ew. He says he's lived in many cities, but nothing compares to this. Jess asks Sinéad where else he's lived. Neverwood names some cities, but calls Biloxi "Bill-OX-ee," which anyone who's lived in Mississippi never says. It's "Bill-UCKS-ee." Then Neverwood names off some states beginning with the word "New," until Jess reminds him that he once lived in New York. Neverwood stammers. Jess tells Neverwood he's not there to bust Neverwood's balls. They call Neverwood back to work. Jess says he'll hang out and read a book. Nerd!