Episode Report Card Pamie: B- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Oh, Boy!
By Pamie | Season 3 | Episode 10 | Aired on 01.13.2003
Independence Inn. Richard tells Gran that his business is doing well now. Gran says that Richard's a go-getter, just like Lorelai. Sookie comes up to see how dinner's coming along. Gran compliments Sookie, and then asks why her uniform has a large cut down the middle of her back. Sookie does a very funny physical re-enactment of something that was heavy and something that fell and things that were sharp and craziness and wackiness. Hee. She's so funny. Sookie excuses herself since she's got such a tight schedule to follow. Richard asks whom Gran's planning to move into her house. "Me," she answers. She says her health isn't too good, since she's getting older, and she wants to live closer to her family, so she's tying up a few loose ends in London and then moving back to Hartford. Richard's pleased. Emily is not. Lorelai pouts. Richard promises to send Gran to the finest doctors. He says that he and Emily will look after her day and night. Gran says it's time for the next course. Emily says she's not done eating. Gran says that Emily had twelve minutes. Emily insists that she's not done. She slowly eats from her plate as they wait. Gran rolls her eyes. "That'll do, pig," Lorelai says. "That'll do." Yeah, no. Not exactly sure what that means in this context, and it's a few years too late.
CuteDean pretends to read in a darkened hallway created especially for boyfriend face-offs. Jess stands on some stairs so he doesn't look so pathetically sized next to CuteDean. Jess asks if CuteDean needs some help with the big words. CuteDean invites him to come over to where he is so he can show him which ones are giving him a hard time. Jess laughs and says that CuteDean's getting a little pathetic with the "friends" routine: "Rory's taken pity on you. That's why the sudden interest in being your friend." CuteDean says that Jess likes to hear himself talk. Jess says the saddest thing is that CuteDean thinks that by being Rory's friend he can get her back. CuteDean says they're just friends, just like Jess and Rory used to be just friends: "And hey, look how it turned out for you." Clara comes out of the "lavatory" and says she's ready for popcorn. She says goodbye to Jess. Clara asks CuteDean if Rory would like some popcorn. "I don't know," he says. "Let's go ask her." CuteDean turns back to look Jess in the eye. They leave and we watch Jess stand still for a while.
Outside Lorelai's house, Rory and Lorelai sit in the snow. Rory eats leftovers and calls the food impressive. Lorelai says it wasn't as impressive as Emily making four green beans last an hour and a half. She cut the last bean into six pieces. "The student surpasses the master," Rory says. Lorelai says she was bummed she missed the carnival, and Rory tells her there's a snow cone in the freezer for her. Lorelai asks how it ended with "Cheech and Chong." "Jess knows I'm friends with Dean. Dean knows I'm dating Jess and they both seem fine with it," says Rory. Lorelai smiles and says, "I just like that once in a while you still seem like a little kid." Hee. Rory says they really do seem fine with it. Lorelai says they should just watch the snow. Fade to black.