Episode Report Card Kim: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Happy Birthday, Baby!
By Kim | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.21.2003
Strummy la la. Rory walks into the pizza shop and finds Jon Polito, Kirk (with bandaged hands) and a white guy with an Afro. That sounds like the setup to a bad joke. Jon Polito says they have a plan, and Rory says she has a check. Jon Polito says they've solved that transportation problem, and that instead of doing one huge pizza, they are going to do a hundred little pizzas all sitting next to each other. Rory doesn't want that. Afro Guy suggests they put the little pizza together and put pepperoni over the open spots. Jon Polito says it'll look like one big pizza. Afro Guy says they could also put cheese over the holes, and Kirk tells him not to say "the C word." Rory says it won't work and orders them to make a "crazy large" pizza, per the original concept. She draws a comparison between Gangs of New York with Cameron Diaz versus Gangs of New York as it was originally supposed to be made, with Meryl Streep. It was? I totally missed that story. ["She means, when Scorsese originally planned to make the movie, in the '70s, who he would cast. Like, I think De Niro was supposed to be Bill the Butcher." -- Wing Chun] I'm also totally distracted by the fact that Rory is all hunched over and I don't know if Alexis Bledel just has really bad posture or if her backpack is too heavy. Rory says that tonight is her mother's birthday party and that everyone expects a huge pizza, so they just have to do it. She runs out. Kirk says he can't picture Meryl Streep with Leonardo DiCaprio.
Luke's Diner. Luke apologizes to Nicole on the phone. She seems somewhat amused. Luke explains that Jess was driving him crazy. Nicole knows and explained it to her parents. Luke promises to make it up to them on their next visit. Nicole says it may not be for a few months. Jess walks by and says he's going to school, so Luke is distracted and tells Nicole he'll do it then. Nicole totally takes this as a sign that Luke wants a serious relationship, and Luke clearly doesn't know what he just signed up for. Because it would be too hard for her to just ask him where he sees their relationship heading. Jess walks back in and says he needs to use the phone because someone stole his car. Of course, he treats Luke like a piece of garbage while explaining what happened, because God forbid he be nice his own uncle, a man who is providing him with food and shelter, and who recently offered just to give him money. Asshole. Jess is disgusted that the police department has an answering machine. Jess wonders who would steal his car, since it was a piece of junk. Luke tells Jess to go to school, and he'll talk to the cops and take care of it. Jess reluctantly agrees. Luke smiles, because he totally moved the car.