Episode Report Card Pamie: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Poor Rory
By Pamie | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.17.2003
Why is one of the old biddies wearing a clown neck ruffle? They're grilling Richard for getting home so late. He says that's one of the pitfalls of staring your own business. Gran says that if Emily could serve her meals on time, Richard would have more of a reason to come home early. "I saw her kissing a man in a track suit!" Emily shouts. One by one the room gives a shocked, heart-stopping reaction. The clown lady almost chokes on her tongue.
Kirk wraps up the hockey game. Stars Hollow lost 5-1. As the crowd empties out, Kirk gives the hopeful wish that in another forty years, Stars Hollow might have another shot at victory. He then realizes that he'll be very old then, and most of the people in the room will be dead: "Taylor, you'll be dead. Babette. Miss Patty."
Rory tells Lane that she can't run home with her because of the cheese in her stomach. Lane leaves so that Rory can have a moment alone with Dean, who doesn't seem to have his girlfriend around very often. Lindsay and Jess are perhaps cut from the same cloth. Rory stammers quite a bit, unable to figure out what you say to someone after they lose a big game. This raises an interesting point. Dean obviously plays sports, and I'm sure he plays basketball. How come Rory's never had to go to one of his games and deal with girls swooning all over him? Rory says she liked all the eating and Kirk's babbling. Dean says she could probably get rid of the sports part of it and still have a great time. They get all weird when Rory brings up Lindsay, and Dean apologizes for not having told Rory about her sooner. Rory says she's a great girl: "She's cute and smart and really nice." CuteDean says he knows. Rory turns his girlfriend into a story about herself. Rory pats his shoulder and tells him he did a good job. Dean asks how Jess is. Rory stammers that he's good, but this kind of thing isn't his thing. Dean says he's got to go change and then he's going out with Lindsay. He leaves.
Rory runs straight to a pay phone and calls Jess's answering machine. She says she wants him to know this is the last weekend she sits around like an idiot, hoping he'll call. She says she's not going to be that girl. From now on, they'll make plans, and they'll stick to them. She's tired of hearing "Let's hook up later." She can't set her watch to "later." "Later" doesn't "cut it" anymore: "And, yeah, you know, maybe I am spoiled. But guess what? I like being spoiled. I plan to go on being spoiled. And if that doesn't sound like something that you can or want to do, then fine. I'm sure you'll find another girl who doesn't mind sitting around cleaning her keyboard on a Friday night." (Dirty!) She slams down the phone. Got that, Ross? Rachel is over you. ["And that is what we call...closure." -- Wing Chun]