Episode Report Card Pamie: C- | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Inappropriate!
By Pamie | Season 3 | Episode 6 | Aired on 11.04.2002
Cardigan Man says there's one more issue. The "weird, taciturn fellow who's always walking around town with his backpack" has put in a request to stage a protest in the Town Square. "The Town Loner?" Lorelai asks, adding yet another townie to our plate, even though we already said we were full. Luke asks if he lives around here. Babette says he lives somewhere in the hills. Luke: "Thought he was long gone." Stranger Townie: "No, he came to the bookstore a couple times last month. Never said a word." Oh, that's right. He's the guy who works the bookstore, one of the six jobs in Stars Hollow that Kirk doesn't have. Miss Patty says the Town Loner is a bit creepy. Cardigan Man adds that he's really creepy. Lorelai rants that he's their Boo Radley, and how much the town needs a Boo Radley: "Unless you count the Troubadour, or Pete the Pizza Guy, or the guy who talks to mailboxes." Okay, Daniel Palladino is just showing off here. Miss Patty asks what the Town Loner is protesting. Cardigan Man says he doesn't know, but that it doesn't matter, since protesting isn't allowed it Town Square: "Period. It's un-American." Luke brings up the Revolutionary War. Babette warbles Rosa Parks's name. That extra in the back is still chattering away to her friend. Fire that lady. Cardigan Man says that those two things were against the British and buses, and that nobody likes the British or buses. Jesus busts back in, saying he thought he heard his name. Patty explains that Cardigan Man said "Buses" and not "Jesus." Two words that look similar on paper, but don't really sound the same at all. Cardigan Man asks if this meeting could be any more disruptive. Lorelai offers to do a softshoe. Rory adds that she could pound out a beat on the bongos. Babette wiggles with glee at the upcoming performance. Miss Patty says she has bongos in the back. Cardigan Man adjourns the meeting, since everyone's got "gnat-like" attention spans. He says he's refusing the Town Loner's request to protest. Luke says they got nothing of substance done at this meeting. "And the tradition stands," Lorelai smiles.
Outside Miss Patty's (doesn't she need to lock up?), Lorelai asks Luke what he knows about the Town Loner. Oh, I thought she was the one who knew so much. Luke says that he's just this guy who skulks around, wearing a backpack and never smiles. Lorelai asks if he also makes cheeseburgers and secretly harbors a desire to wear a backwards baseball cap. She sings the Patty Duke Show theme song. "Well," Lorelai says, bitchily, as everyone sees Jess drive by in a car. It's a beat-up, piece-of-crap car, but it's still a car. Lorelai: "Look who's back behind the wheel. Lovely." Hey, Lorelai, remember how the last time you made comments about Jess and cars you ended up in a silent fight with Luke for an entire summer hiatus? Rory excuses herself to go study. Lorelai asks Luke when Jess got a car. Luke stammers an answer, and Lorelai calls him on not knowing that Jess had a car. "Way to have a handle on things, Luke," Lorelai says. You know, it's not like all of these writers write in a vacuum, is it? Don’t they watch the other episodes? Can't one of them point out, "You know, it's kind of a dangerous subject, having Lorelai snark on Luke's parenting skills. And that whole Jess crashing Rory's car thing is really touchy." Lorelai goes on and on about how Jess shouldn't be driving until Luke tells her that he knows and he's not thrilled. Lorelai offers to butt out now, but then she never does. Luke wonders where Jess got the money to buy the car. Lorelai says it might be a gift from someone who doesn't know that it's gone yet.