Episode Report Card Pamie: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Love Bites
By Pamie | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.07.2001
Emily apologizes for taking so long. Chase says he had some time to explain what he does for a living to Richard. Richard is bored out of his mind. Chase asks Lorelai if he can fix her something to drink. Lorelai: "Mmm. Gin." Chase: "And?" Lorelai: "Gin." Richard says he'll have a drink as well. Lorelai asked what happened to his one-drink rule. Richard says that they have guests. "We're celebrating," he says, without a tone of celebration. He goes to help Chase with the drinks. Lorelai pats her own knees, catches the stink-eye from Emily, and then pouts back into the couch. Commercial.
Oh, and now there are cute babies sleeping in the commercials. How cute does this hour have to be?
CuteDean and Rory are at dinner. He asks if everything was fine. She says it was. He asks how the salad was. She loved it. She says everything was perfect. Even the soda. She says the soda was better here than she's ever had it. CuteDean asks at what point did she start making fun of him. She says she'd never make fun of him. "Especially since you ordered three different kinds of pasta for me just because I couldn't decide." CuteDean says that Rory shouldn't have to make any sort of decisions on this special evening. Rory says she's a big fan of the three-month anniversary. CuteDean says it isn't over yet. Rory sighs happily and says this is just like the Christmas she got a full set of illustrated encyclopedias. CuteDean stares until she tells him that she wanted it. The waiter brings over the Tiramisu and one meatball in a doggy bag. CuteDean asks about the meatball. Rory says it's a mother-daughter thing. He tells her, "Ladies first," and she tries the Tiramisu. She mentions again she loves the three-month anniversary. She says the Tiramisu is good enough to have saved the evening if it were sucking. She eats while CuteDean stares until she asks why he's smiling at her. He says she's cute. She says she's eating, and no one's cute while they're eating. "Well, you eat cute," he smiles. Oh, man. I love this boy. Even though he's sorta sexist and kinda dumb. I love this well meaning, backwards boy. CuteDean says it's time for Phase Two of the evening. Rory jokes that she'll need a space suit.
At the Gilmore dinner, Chase asks if Lorelai is a member of the DAR. "No, I'm not," she says. "D-A-R-N!" She laughs alone at her joke, and then has to explain it, which is getting to be an old joke for Lorelai. Richard is fuming, by the way. Emily asks Chase how he ended up moving back to Hartford. Chase sucks Richard's ass for a little while, but Richard's not interested. Chase blabs on about completely uninteresting things that I won't bother you with. He says things like, "I did at that." Richard grumps that he'd like more roast. Emily ignores him. Lorelai offers to get Richard more roast. Chase asks her to hurry back so he can hear the appeal of Stars Hollow. Blah. We hate him. Next scene.