Episode Report Card Pamie: C | 14 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT The Dangers of Danielworld
By Pamie | Season 2 | Episode 17 | Aired on 2002.04.16
The funeral. Luke and Lorelai are dressed up. I guess maybe Cesar's vacation is over, or Rory's now just quit Chilton and is in charge of the restaurant now. Luke and Lorelai are the only ones in attendance, and as the minister tries to deliver the eulogy, Luke heckles every word about how shitty his uncle was. Lorelai tells Luke to stop, and apologizes to the minister, calling him "Father." The casket is lowered to the ground (not a very large casket). Lorelai says the service was "intimate." Luke says that everybody deserves something in the end. He thanks her for coming. She says she wouldn't have missed it. Luke asks if that's him in there -- if he's just like Louie. He says he knows he's getting crankier. Lorelai says that Louie wouldn't build someone a Chupah or fix things around the house without being asked. Louie wouldn't raise his sister's kid. Lorelai says that Luke's different. There's the sound of approaching drums. Luke and Lorelai look up and see the war re-enactors march up in full gear to give Louie his proper war send-off. Lorelai is all tears as Luke thanks her. She says it was what his dad wanted. Luke watches and shakes his head. He says that Louie would have hated this. "It's just a fringe benefit," Lorelai says. The bugle player plays the worst bugle ever. That's not me being snarky; it really is just some bad bugle playing. Is it even a bugle? I don't know. Luke recoils in horror as Lorelai watches stoically.