Episode Report Card Pamie: A | 16 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Adultery, Theft, and Lies
By Pamie | Season 2 | Episode 16 | Aired on 2002.04.09
Emily and Lorelai are chowing down on their steaks. Emily loves her steak. She tells Lorelai she can handle her meat. Ew. TMI. Emily waxes nostalgic about hot chilis and skinny-dipping. Lorelai begs Emily to stop talking about skinny-dipping with Richard. Marty and Elaine start up a Frank Sinatra song on the dance floor. Lorelai tells Emily that the Silver Fox who's not hitting on her is currently headed their way. Hey, hey, it's Barney Miller. He tells Emily and Lorelai that he's noticed they're having the most fun at the bar. He introduces himself. He's shocked to find out that Lorelai and Emily are mother and daughter. I'm not sure why Lorelai tells Barney she doesn't want to hear it. They chat about where they live. Barney says he lives pretty much at the bar. Lorelai keeps flirting with Barney as Barney keeps eyeing Emily. The song changes, and Emily comments that she loves this song. Barney asks Lorelai to help him out. Lorelai tells Emily that Barney's asking her to dance. Emily says she couldn't. "Rumor has it you love this song," he says. Emily says she can't dance, and that she shouldn't leave her daughter alone. Lorelai practically pushes her mom into this man's arms. He says the song's almost over, and that she'll have to spend hardly any time with him. They take the dance floor. Emily appears to be having a great time. The bartender, for some random reason, tells Lorelai that her mother "looks good out there." Lorelai smiles and agrees. The song ends, everyone claps, and a slow song starts up. Emily starts to walk back to the bar, but Barney pulls her back in and slow-dances. Emily is nervous, frightened, elated, horrified, intrigued, excited, guilty, and flattered. She finally breaks away and says that she has to go home immediately. She grabs her purse from the bar and runs off. Lorelai follows, and I wonder who paid the bill.