Episode Report Card Pamie: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Sniffles, Part Two
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 2000.12.21
Walking home from the studio, Lorelai asks Rory whether she found the arm. Rory hasn't. Lorelai sighs, and they walk away. A dog walks by. He, of course, has the Baby Jesus's arm in his mouth. Wah-wah-wah-waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh.
All is forgiven with the sound of Carole King's singing. I miss my mommy.
Ooh, and the Verve MasterCard commercial. All is forgiven two times.
Lane runs up to Rory and asks why Rory didn't meet her at Luke's. Rory apologizes for spacing. They sit on a porch swing and talk. Lane asks whether Rory and Lorelai are still fighting. Rory says that things are still very "Miracle Worker" at her house. Rory wonders how all of this happened. Lane recaps the last ten minutes of the last episode for her. Rory moans that her life used to be so good with everything going so well, and now everything's terrible with everyone fighting and not talking. You can do both at the same time, by the way. Lorelai has started calling CuteDean "Narcolepsy Boy," which is really quite funny. Lane asks how CuteDean is handling all of this. Rory still hasn't spoken to him since she ran away that morning; she told him to leave her alone. Lane asks whether he's doing that. Rory smiles and says, "No." "Good boy," Lane says. Rory asks to change the subject. Lane asks what Rory bought while she was shopping. She bought a cow-shaped timer for Sookie, some cardio-salsa tapes for Michel, and a book for CuteDean. Lane scoffs at the idea of buying your boyfriend a book. She bought him The Metamorphosis. Lane doesn't find that very romantic at all. Rory thinks it is romantic. Lane smiles and says, "I know I've always dreamed that some day a guy would get me a really confusing Czechoslovakian novel." Lane says that a book sends the wrong message. She tells Lane that you have to look at what a gift means to the other person, and not to yourself: "Remember two years ago, I got my mom that perfume? To me, that said, 'Hey, Mom. You work hard. You deserve something fancy.' Now, to my mother, that said, 'Hey, Mom. Here's some smelly sex juice -- the kind I use to lure boys with." Lane says Rory should consider what it would be like if she gave CuteDean something really romantic, and he gave her a football; Lane explains that the book is a "Czechoslovakian football." Lane says she should find out what CuteDean is giving her and then get him something equally romantic and pricey. Rory thinks that's going to take all of the fun out of it. "Gift-giving is serious business," Lane reminds her.