Episode Report Card Al Lowe: A | 53 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Bunch Of Turkeys
By Al Lowe | Season 6 | Episode 10 | Aired on 2005.11.22
At the Dragonfly, Thanksgiving is in full-on, crazy swing. Sookie has made a ton of beautiful food, which is plenty, Lorelai tells her, "even for the extra guests." Ah, yes. Liz's renaissance people are there to eat, probably not even realizing what a ptomaine-shaped food bullet they have dodged. One of the guys is doing a knife trick at the table while Luke looks on in what looks suspiciously like a hairpiece and don't think I didn't notice. He's all sweater-y and wearing slacks and I think I've mentioned how much I hate that, so we'll say no more about it. Lorelai asks Luke to come into the kitchen to help carve and, while she has him alone, tells him that she met up with Christopher and offers all the details of the Yale-payment plan. She's very nervous about it, acting like she's going to catch hell, but Luke just shrugs: "I think that's great. He's doing what a dad is supposed to do; he's taking care of his kid." Oooo, Luke's feeling like a deadbeat, it seems. He and Lorelai share an awkward kiss ["do they ever share any other kind?" -- Wing Chun], and he heads out to carve the turkey.
Rory takes a call on her cell. It's Honor Huntzberger, calling from outside her parents' house where she has been banished while she smokes a cigarette. I guess they didn't give her time to get fully dressed, because girl is wearing my grandmother's slip. Honor just wanted to call, she says, because she was upset to hear that Rory and Logan had broken up. Whoa. Rory is surprised to hear this, as well. "At first," Honor rattles on, "young Seacrest hemmed and hawed, which wasn't sufficient, but then he finally told me." Rory is upset, but hides it, saying she'd be happy to go shopping with Honor any time. How much do I love the Seacrest reference? A hundred thousand ways.
In the kitchen, Sookie's control issues finally push her over the edge and she has to banish Luke from carving. He nervously goes into the pantry and, after thinking about it, calls Information to get a listing for Anna Nardini. He connects to their line and gets the machine. Instead of leaving a message, he slams down the phone and goes back out to the table to flank Lorelai, along with Rory on the other side, who's got a lot on her mind, as well. Poor ol' Lorelai, thinking everything is all right with the people she loves. Sadly, even though they've got a lot to be thankful for, it ain't.