Episode Report Card Al Lowe: A | 2 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Bunch Of Turkeys
By Al Lowe | Season 6 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.21.2005
As Sookie's attack continues, Michel walks through the door, and before he can stop himself, he cheerfully cries out, very excited to see Rory. "Oh, hi..." Rory says, shocked. "Wow, Michel." He immediately goes back to his sour self, as Lorelai comments that his reaction was weird. "She just surprised me, that's all," Michel says, still smiling in spite of himself. "It's kind of okay that you are here." Rory says it's kind of okay for her, too, and Sookie screams that she's going to make a special lunch of kabobs and pot-stickers for Rory. Lorelai and Rory escape and, I suppose, go somewhere and purge the huge breakfast they just ate at Luke's.
At Lane's, the band is coming up with a set list for their showcase. Thus far, they are opening with "Melissa" and closing with "Dear Maureen." (As many pop-culture references as this show flogs, no mention of "Melissa" also being the name of one of the most famous songs by my beloved Allman Brothers? Disappointed!) Gil says he wishes they had one more ballad, and pfTL reveals that he has been working on one, but that it's not ready. It's called "Stella," is quite catchy. "It's got a nice Fountains of Wayne meets The Shins crossed with Odyssey-era Zombies and a mix of early-Who and mid- to late-era Replacements vibe to it," says Gil, and Chris and I throw our arms up at the awesomeness that is Sebastian Bach. "Well," pfTL deadpans. "That's what I was going for." He goes on to say that he's "still hunting for that middle 8, you know?" and I smack my head laughing at mention of the classic guitar-dude dilemma. I don't think I can express how many times I have heard that sentiment from this bunch of fools, myself included. Lane is looking kind of sad that pfTL has written another song using a girl's name. "If he was [sic] singing about dudes," Gil says, "I'd be out the door before you could say 'see ya.'" pfTL gets kind of touchy: "You know how I write. I think about people that I've known and I draw inspiration from that." Lane's all shruggy: "Have you ever thought to write one about, I don't know, a girl named Lane?" Aw. She argues that he's already got a song called "Lorraine," which is pretty much the same thing. He said he would, but that nothing rhymes with "Lane." She disagrees, saying that a million things rhyme with "Lane." pfTL goes for the condescending vibe: "Yeah, 'rain,' 'pain.' All cliché stuff. You're not a writer." Duuuuuuuuude. Why Lane does not kick pfTL in the balls and wrap those guitar strings around his face right here, I don't know. Shot down, Lane kind of sighs, while Brian tries to interrupt to say he thinks someone could come up with non-cliché stuff to rhyme with "Lane." pfTL digs in a bit more, saying maybe he could write one about Lane's Korean name. "Hyung-gyong?" Lane says (and I am sorry if I spelled that incorrectly). Strike two, pfTL drones, saying it's not Lane's fault that her name sucks so bad. She's still sad as the guys continue to work out the list.