Episode Report Card Pamie: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT His Girl Friday
By Pamie | Season 2 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.06.2002
Lorelai and Rory are in their Jeep, getting food from a restaurant with a walk-up window. Rory says there will be food at the cocktail party. Now it's Friday. Lorelai says she doesn't want that tiny, balled-up, snooty finger food. She needs hearty peasant food with special sauces. "Oh, my God! Just eat the burger already!" Rory shouts. Lorelai calls her crabby. She asks if Rory's arm hurts. Rory says she's tired. Lorelai says that they won't stay too long -- just long enough for four or five withering stares from Richard and a few notches from Emily. Lorelai hates the cheeseburger and tosses it back into the bag. She says that Luke had better come back before she starves to death. Rory apologizes for Luke being gone. Lorelai says that it's not Rory's fault -- it's Jess's fault. Rory asks why everyone in Stars Hollow thinks it's Jess's fault. Lorelai says that everyone in town loves Rory and knows that she's not the type to get into an accident. Rory says she knows this and appreciates it. Lorelai tells Rory to stop beating herself up over this: "It's over. Jess is gone." The more they say it, the more I know it's not true. Lorelai asks for the cheeseburger again: "That burger may be a disgusting burger, but at least it considers me its equal." Oh, the snooty food. I thought for a second she was talking about Luke. Or Richard. Hey, that red light is back next to Luke's. Pretty sneaky, Sis.
Richard's office party. Many, many people are packed into that two-room office. Lorelai says it's worse than clowns in a Volkswagen. She asks Rory if she'd like something to drink, since they're probably three martinis behind everybody else. Rory says she'd just like water. Lorelai leaves, thinking aloud that she should leave some breadcrumbs. Lorelai finds Emily by the bar. Emily tells Lorelai that she's late. Lorelai says that the beer bash was scheduled during rush hour. Emily says that everybody's trying to get out of Hartford, so there shouldn't be traffic. Lorelai says that when Emily's having a party, everyone's going into Hartford. Emily says it's wonderful that everyone showed up for Richard. Lorelai asks if Emily thought about scaling back a bit. Emily says she cut down two appetizers, cancelled the champagne fountain, and reduced the serving staff to six, not counting the pointman. Lorelai: "Well, you can't not have a pointman, because then...what's the point?" Emily says that if you make it look cheap, people will think you're unsuccessful. Lorelai says it's probably better to deprive them of oxygen this way so they don't think at all. Emily says it is rather warm. Lorelai offers to get the air going, but Emily says that Karen knows how to do it. Lorelai is thrilled that Richard went with Karen. Emily says that Karen is wonderful -- very professional.