Episode Report Card Pamie: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "No! Jess! What About PROM?!"
By Pamie | Season 3 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.28.2003
Max turns the corner. He bumps into Lorelai. She says he was supposed to leave. Their cars are parked near each other. They bicker. Max is wearing a tan sweater vest. This week's costume person needs to go.
Party. Rory walks around alone. She asks Jung Chu if he's seen Jess. He says he thinks he saw Jess go upstairs. He asks if she's seen Lane. She hasn't, and Jung Chu doesn't want to get up and lose the chair he's holding for her. Instead of suggesting that Jung Chu find another girl, Rory leaves to find Jess.
Lane is getting pretty drunk, filling her cup with more beer. Kyle is on the phone to his mother, lying that it's just him and Marshall. Pretty loud kitchen for just the two of you, Kyle. He hangs up. Lane asks if she can use the phone to make a local call. She calls her mom. "Hello, Mama? Hi. How are you doing tonight? It's Lane. Yeah, Lane. Nothing's wrong. In fact, I'm feeling pretty good right now. Had a beer and a half, nice cold beer, and I just thought I'd tell you I'm drumming in a band tonight at a party and we rocked. We were The Clash and Rage Against The Machine and Nirvana combined. And I'm in love with Dave Rygalski. He's my guy. Not Jung Chu. Jung Chu's a ship in the night, Mama." Cue Dave walking up behind Lane. "Not even a ship. He's a little tugboat tooting along and I'm not going to go to the Prom with him. Nuh uh. I'm going with Dave. Because we rock together, Mama. The charade is over!" Dave hangs up the phone and begs Lane to tell him that wasn't really her mother on the phone. Lane confesses her love for Dave and kisses him. "You're drunk," Dave says disappointedly. Lane asks if she's drunk. Dave says they're going on in five minutes. You know how Kyle hates to have his bands go on late. Are they getting paid for this gig? Lane says she can play, no problem. Dave runs off, and once again, Lane calls his name like in a bad '50s movie.
Rory goes upstairs, passing CuteDean and Lindsay in the process. I thought they left.
Rory finds Mr. Gloom alone in a dark room, pouting all by himself. She says she's been looking all over for him. He says he just got tired of everything "down there." Rory enters the room and shuts the door. She asks if they're allowed to be up there, since Kyle said not to. Jess says at a party you get what you get. "Sad boy," Rory says to Jess, caressing his face. "What's wrong?" She informs all of us that Jess was looking forward to this party once. "What happened?" she asks. She says she knows something must have happened. "Come on," she says. "Tell me." Instead of answering, Jess leans in and starts kissing Rory. "You're not tired of me, are ya?" Rory asks. He pulls her down to the bed and gets on top of her. He's kissing her and she pulls her face away, calling his name, asking him to wait, or to stop. He doesn't. I wonder if the key in Rory's belt is hurting him, because Jess starts jamming his hand down to the front of Rory's pants. She wiggles and protests, whining and asking him to stop. Jess gets all pissed off and frustrated as she kicks him off of her. "Jeez!" he groans. "Not here!" Rory says. "Not now!" "Fine!" Jess shouts back. Rory asks what's wrong with him. He says nothing's wrong with him. Rory says that someone could come walking in through the door. "And Santa Claus could come down the chimney," Jess sneers. "Whatever." Asshole. Rory, now in tears, says, "You did not think that it was going to happen like this, did you?" Jess: "I don't know what I think anymore." Rory: "Jess." Jess: "RORY, STOP! JUST STOP IT! I DID NOT INVITE YOU UP HERE! YOU CAME UP HERE ON YOUR OWN!" Rory cries and whimpers, "I don't know what I did." She runs out of the room. Jess sighs and says to himself, "You didn't do anything." He follows Rory, calling her name.