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
Luke and Lorelai are in Luke's truck. Lorelai is complaining that Luke is driving too slowly. Luke says that the roads are very icy and dangerous and he's just trying to get them there safely. Lorelai keeps listening to her voicemail over and over again: "Grampa's in the hospital. Please come." She complains that Rory didn't leave any details or any information. Luke says he's sure Rory was in a hurry when she left the message. Lorelai says that there are many simple questions that need to be answered when you leave a message like that. Luke says that they'll be there very soon, and then Lorelai can find out everything she needs to know. "What if he's dead?" she asks. "He's not dead," Luke assures her. Lorelai snaps that Luke can't possibly know unless he's now getting psychic visions as he drives at "twenty miles an hour in the oldest truck known to man." She stops for a second and then apologizes for yelling at him when he's being nice to her: "I feel like this is one of those moments where I should be remembering all of those great times I had with my dad," Lorelai says. "You know? The time he took me shopping for a Barbie, or to the circus or fishing, and my mind is a complete blank." Luke says he's sure those things happened. Lorelai corrects him: "No. It didn't. We never did any of that. He went to work, he came home, he read the paper, he went to bed, I snuck out the window. Simple. He was a very by-the-numbers guy. I was never very good with numbers." "I'm sure he loves you," Luke says. Lorelai: "You know, my dad is not a bad guy. He lived his life the way he thought he was supposed to. He followed the rules taught to him by his non-fishing-non-Barbie-buying dad. He worked hard. He bought a nice house. He provided for my mom. All he asked in return was for his daughter to wear white dresses and go to cotillion and...and want the same life that he had. What a disappointment it must have been for him to get me." Luke says he can't imagine anyone being disappointed by Lorelai. Lorelai says that Luke will make a great dad. Luke says that Lorelai makes a great mom. "Yeah. It's just the, uh, daughter part...I don't have down yet," Lorelai falters. Luke decides to drive faster. What a great scene.
At the hospital, a nurse tells Emily that the doctor is running some tests on Grampa. Emily asks to meet the doctor. The nurse tells Emily that she will. Emily says that she wants to see the room they're putting Grampa in. "You will," the nurse says again. Emily keeps barking requests until the nurse takes a breath and says, "Ma'am? Please wait here." She leaves through the double doors. Rory walks up to Emily and asks whether she found out anything. "Please. They run this place like the CIA," Emily says. Then Joshua shows up. I'm assuming he's their private doctor. He takes Emily's hands and asks if she's filled out the forms yet. Emily says she doesn't care about the forms, she just wants to know what's happening to Grampa. "Is she being obstinate?" Joshua asks Rory. "Very," Rory says. Joshua says he's going to see what's going on, and then they'll take it from there. He leaves through the double doors. Rory says that she should call Lorelai again. Emily says that Lorelai is clearly too busy. "That's not true," Rory starts, but Emily interrupts her and tells her to go buy a newspaper for Grampa. Rory asks whether Emily needs anything. Emily says she's fine, and Rory leaves to buy the paper.