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
Emily rounds a hallway and ducks behind a wall. She pulls out her cell phone. She dials Lorelai's house. The answering machine picks up; Emily hangs up and walks back down the hall. The nurse stops her and says, "Ms. Gilmore, I need you to fill out --" but Emily corrects her by saying her name is "Mrs. Gilmore" and not "Ms." The nurse says, "I know this is difficult for you, but if you don't fill out these forms --" Emily interrupts her again to ask what she's threatening will happen if Emily doesn't fill out the forms, and goes through a list of possible punishments. The nurse is being quite patient, but clearly is tired of dealing with Emily.
Luke and Lorelai are lost inside the hospital, attempting to follow the blue line that should take them to the lobby. Unfortunately the blue line splits at one point, and they stop walking. "Where's the scarecrow when you need him?" Lorelai shouts. Lorelai says that somewhere in that hospital are her parents, and even though she doesn't get along with them, there should be some sort of intuition or blood bond that will lead her to them. At that point, she can hear Emily arguing with the nurse. They walk over to Emily, who is now screaming at the nurse. "What's going on? How is he?" Lorelai asks Emily. "You came!" Emily says. "Of course I came," Lorelai says. Emily starts complaining about the nurse, who tells Lorelai that she needs to get this information. Emily tells the nurse that she needs to take sensitivity training. Lorelai says that if the nurse will go back and find out some information on Grampa, Lorelai will get Emily to fill out the form; otherwise, the nurse should expect to stick around and argue with Emily all day. The nurse leaves. Emily is shocked that Lorelai got the nurse to do what she's been trying to get her to do since she got there. Lorelai asks Emily what happened. Emily says she doesn't know what happened. She starts to recount the events, but just as she gets to the part we don't know, she notices that Luke is standing there. She asks if Lorelai was on a date. "No, it's Luke, Mom," says Lorelai. Luke: "Which is her way of saying we weren't on a date." Emily says it's not that far-fetched an idea to assume that Lorelai was on a date since it was Friday night (there are like, six Fridays in a Gilmore week, right?), and since she arrived at the hospital with a man. Lorelai asserts that it is just Luke and, therefore, ridiculous to assume that she'd be on a date with him. Luke makes the "and I'm chopped liver" face. Emily says that Joshua hasn't come back yet, and that everyone disappears through those double doors and never comes back. "Well, come on. Let's go," says Lorelai, walking through the doors. "I didn't know you could do that," Emily says, and grabs her purse. Luke says he'll just stay in the lobby and wait for Rory.