Episode Report Card Al Lowe: A | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Sidekick In The Pants
By Al Lowe | Season 6 | Episode 19 | Aired on April 17, 2006
Rory shoves her parents off to the side, where they wait for the ceremony to begin. In due time, soft Asian music begins, and the Mrs. Kims enter the room, dressed in their native finery, and sit by the altar. Zach comes in, dressed in a Korean silk robe, and waits for Lane, who makes her entrance, also fully decked out in Korean wedding clothes. She looks beautiful, and the bride and groom smile at each other as the officiant begins the ceremony.
Something, however, does not sit well with GMamaKim. Who knows what sets her off -- maybe that Zach is not Korean? -- but partway through the wedding, she leaps up and storms out, followed by Mrs. Kim. They proceed to have a shouted argument offstage, while the wedding proceeds. The officiant yells out his lines as the fight rages on. "The universal sounds of family," Lorelai whispers to Chris. Moments later, the front door bursts open, and GMamaKim comes out, looking pinched, with Mrs. Kim scurrying behind. GMamaKim says what sounds like a few sour words to MamaKim, hops in a cab, and, while Mrs. Kim bows and scrapes, rides off into the sunset.
In silence, Mrs. Kim watches the cab, as it turns the corner, and then, with one swift movement, turns to the crowd of wedding guests and, with her fist in the air, shouts "GO!" Instantly, dozens of people pour out of the house in a rush. "What the hell is happening?" Chris shouts, and Lorelai wonders whether they are being trampled by bulls. "We would have heard the china breaking!" Chris says, as they are nearly knocked down from all sides. Rory comes out, asking why they aren't running. "Why should we be running?" Lorelai asks. "To get to the church," Rory says, "for the wedding!" Chris says he thought they were just at the wedding. "This was the grandmother's wedding," Rory tells them as more and more people pour out. "Now we do the mother's wedding!" Lorelai agrees, but asks why they have to run. "Because," Rory insists, "there's fifty-eight seats and sixty-two Koreans!" Lorelai, seeing the urgency of the situation, grabs Chris's arm and starts running. They pass Sookie and Jackson, also part of the sprint, and have some jogging small talk. "Why are we running?" Sookie finally asks. "Fifty-eight seats!" Lorelai explains. "Sixty-two Koreans!" Sookie gets it, telling Jackson to fight for her. "I'm on it!" he says, and they enter the church in a panic. They spy Miss Patty, who has four seats reserved, just in case. She's been there all night: "Fifty-eight seats and sixty-two Koreans. Please."