Episode Report Card Pamie: C+ | 1 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Thanks, But No Thanks
By Pamie | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.25.2002
Lorelai asks Rory whether she noticed how Luke looked. "Disappointed," Rory notes. They didn't think it was possible to disappoint Luke. Rory says they never knew, in all these years, that he liked their company. They make a few Cindy-Lou Who jokes and then decide to tell Luke that they'll grace him with their company after all. Lorelai pretends to get off her cell phone, even though she's not supposed to use it in the restaurant. She lies to Luke that she cleared everything with her mother, and now they'll have time to have dinner at his place. Luke says he already stopped prepping their turkey (they get their own turkey?), and he doesn't want them to feel like they have to come. "This is tiring," Lorelai says, folding into herself with exhaustion. Rory offers to kneel behind Luke while Lorelai pushes him over. Luke asks if it's going to be a hassle. Lorelai promises that it won't. She says they're coming. She shoos him away. "That was very nice," Rory says. I guess. Lorelai says she hates disappointing people. Rory asks how they're going to eat four Thanksgiving meals. Oh, it's so hard being popular, isn't it? Why not skip Lane's Thanksgiving? She's got family. Anyway, Lorelai asks, "What are we, if we are not champion eaters?" She says they've been training their whole lives for this, and that this will be their finest hour, and many other such things as well. She says they'll receive the gold medal in eating, and that they aren't "Michelle Kwan-ing this." They decide to skip the rolls. Rory asks if they should fast today so that they're ready for tomorrow. "Unnecessary," Lorelai decides. Slow fade to commercial.
Thanksgiving morning. Lorelai and Rory walk toward the market, discussing the things they need to buy. They need flowers for everyone they're visiting, and cranberry sauce for the Kims. Rory says they might need Tums as well. "You mean, Amateur Pills?" Lorelai asks. Rory says she'll get the flowers, if Lorelai goes inside the market, where Dean is. Jess walks right up (I guess Lorelai didn't see him?) and grabs Rory. They start kissing, right there. This does not make Rory happy, since she's probably right in Dean's sightline, so she breaks away with a couple upset "Stop!"s and pulls Jess over to a corner for more kissing. He doesn't like being shunned, nor being Rory's "secret friend," and wants to know when they might be able to show their affection in public. He says she wasn't that way with Dean. But she was, really. She never mugged in public. Quick kisses, yes, but no real pelvis-touching action. Rory says she doesn't want to flaunt their relationship, but Jess says he does. She begs him and promises that they can eventually kiss around people. Jess suggests that they wear Three Stooges masks so nobody knows who they are -- Jess is Mo and Rory's Curly. Rory promises that this will get better with time. She asks them to play it cool. "Hey, I'm Frank at the Sands," Jess says. "That's cool," Rory says, kissing him near his mouth as she walks away. Jess leaves in the other direction. Where's he going? Where? Why? Doesn't matter. Guess his mom doesn't want him around for the holidays. ["Would you?" -- Wing Chun]