Episode Report Card Pamie: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Rory's Sudden Freak-Out
By Pamie | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.07.2002
Town Hall Meeting. Rory and Lorelai show up late. Cardigan Man points out the two seats in the back they saved in anticipation of their tardiness. Lorelai opts for prime seats toward the front of the room. Cardigan Man brings up the final point of business: his old-fashioned soda shoppe. Luke's instantly pissed, saying this is a private matter that was already settled. Cardigan Man says that this is a town matter because the town is in need of a particular business, so the town should band together. Cardigan Man has made a model of the soda shoppe, and he has Kirk wheel it in at this point. Kirk couldn't find an appropriate sheet to cover the model, and had to use a sheet from his hamper. The model is of a few storefronts, with a gigantic horse and buggy on the street. The buggy and the building both say "Stars Hollow Olde Fashioned Soda Shoppe." Miss Patty says it's cute. Cardigan Man says this is a professionally manufactured diorama of the proposed business. Jackson recognizes himself among the little diorama people. Cardigan Man says that the horse-drawn carriage would be parked outside the building. "The horse is taller than the front door," Babette warbles. Luke asks if Taylor's breeding giant horses. Cardigan Man admits that the horse is slightly out of scale. Everyone starts teasing the diorama for having a gigantic horse and such little people. Cardigan Man says they're missing the big picture. He says that the business belongs in the town. If a three-fourths majority votes to use a space for a specific function, then the land-owner must concede. Luke says that rule was created with the intent of taking over houses in the event of a war. He says that if Cardigan Man wants to turn the place into a Civil War hospital, that's fine with Luke. Cardigan Man says some would argue that the comforts a soda shoppe offers are compatible to the care that a hospital would provide. Lorelai shouts for them to stop fighting. Luke tries to get everyone on his side, but Lorelai and Rory think a burger from Luke's followed by an ice cream soda would be perfect. Cardigan Man calls a vote, and the town wants the soda shoppe. "Be ready to pay through the nose," Luke threatens Cardigan Man. Kirk asks Cardigan Man about management opportunities. Lorelai tells Luke that being Cardigan Man's landlord will be fun. Luke thanks Lorelai for her lack of help.
Outside, Lane asks how the Harvard lunch went. Lorelai says that Darren makes a killer chicken when he sticks a lemon up its butt. A cute boy walks up to Lane and shakes her hand. He's the guy that called on Lorelai's machine earlier. His name is Dave. He knew it was Lane because of her Dead Kennedys t-shirt. They bemoan the departure of Jello Biafra from the band and mock the kid from The Courtship of Eddie's Father. "What's next: Urkel joining the Wu-Tang Clan?" Lane wonders. Dave: "Or maybe Malcolm in the Middle fronting the Butthole Surfers." Lane asks about Dave's band. He says that, statistically, its influences are thirty-eight of the forty-three bands Lane listed. He is about to play her a demo they recorded a couple of weeks ago, which launches into an annoying audiophile monologue that I'm too lazy to look up to spell correctly. It's, like, amps and hook-ups and plug-ins and stuff nobody in high school could probably afford anyway. Lane accidentally tells Dave that she loves him. They go to a bench somewhere. Rory tells Lorelai that she thinks a love song's in their future. "With lots of lyrics about snogging," Lorelai says in an accent. Somehow, Rory's never heard of snogging. To prove it, she plants chaste kisses on CuteDean when he arrives at that moment. "That's snogging," Lorelai says. "Got it," Rory says. In all her books, she never read Bridget Jones's Diary? I don't believe it. Lorelai excuses herself.