Friday Night Dinner. Lorelai and Rory are debating whether Ashlee Simpson looks better as a blonde or brunette. Emily is clearly befuddled by the conversation: “Every time we have spaghetti and meatballs, you fight! Spaghetti and meatballs is just too much excitement.” Even Richard agrees. Emily insists they change the subject, and then she’s off: announcing she’s having laser surgery on her eyes, that she and Richard had lunch with Christopher the other day, and that they’ve decided to donate the money they’re nor spending on Rory’s college tuition towards a building at Yale…in Rory’s name, of course…
Rory’s way overdoing the personal nurse routine with Logan, asking Dr. Schultz every stupid question under the sun as she’s wheeling Logan out of the hospital. She’s still carrying that guilt.
Logan: Doctor, can I come home to your house? I think I’d have much more fun there
Michel is in a tizzy when he realizes he’s been drinking 2% milk in his coffee for the last two weeks. The horror! Luke catches Lorelai during this wonderful moment, saying they seem to be missing each other a lot lately. Lorelai says things have been really crazy at the Dragonfly, and Rory’s got finals, etc. In other words, she’s lying and avoiding Luke again. I thought they had turned some sort of corner last episode. Guess not. Then Jackson (haven’t seen much of him this season) comes rushing in to inform Sookie that there’s a giant field of pot in their backyard.
Jackson: It looks like Harrison Ford’s backyard!
And the code word for marijuana is pickles…
At the diner, Kirk announces to Luke that he’s growing a beard. And it might take just as long for him to order his lunch. Liz pops in, and has some big news: she’s pregnant! Oh, and T.J.’s flown the coup.
Rory has Paris and Doyle watching over Logan while she’s busy with the newspaper. After talking to Logan, she agrees to loosen the leash a bit – and let him go to the bathroom on his own vs. Paris’ Tupperware bedpan alternative. Then a staffer shows Rory a Wall St. Journal article that grabs her undivided attention.
Back at the Dragonfly, Lorelai is bombarded with calls from both parents, and the mission is clear: she’s going to be Emily’s personal servant following her eye surgery. Richard is stuck in South Dakota on business. And just for the record, I wouldn’t be very happy if I was from South Dakota right now…
Sookie and Jackson have many big bags full of pot in their house, as they try to decide how to dispose of it.
Remember that Wall St. Journal article? In it, Mitchum Huntzberger takes credit for giving Rory Gilmore, senior editor of the Yale Daily News, her first break. Very sneaky…
Lorelai rushes over to her mother’s house who, of course, is acting like she’s on her death bed. She’s also fired her whole army of staff. So Lorelai’s lucky enough to have the pleasure of Emily’s company as she drives her around to do errands.
Luke pays T.J. a visit at a local watering hole to punch his lights out for abandoning Liz and the baby, but finds out Liz threw T.J. out in a panic. So he calmly sits T.J. down to share his vast knowledge of women and what they say and what they mean. Oh, boy. I found myself praying for a guardian angel to magically appear between them, order a Guinness, and tell them how clueless they both are…
Lorelai’s joy ride with Emily continues. Along the way, Emily does the equivalent of taking a needle and gently poking Lorelai from the back seat by casually bringing up Christopher again: How much they enjoyed lunch. How lonely he seems. She really is quite amazing. But what’s equally unsettling is seeing her get under Lorelai’s skin.
Luke confronts Liz, who is in the middle of a Single Parent meeting, and tells her to go home with T.J. – who’s waiting outside the diner.
At the end of Driving Miss Gilmore, Emily drags Lorelai to a real estate office – and Lorelai’s beyond confused. What slowly becomes clear is that her parents are actually doing something nice for once: they’re buying a home right outside of Stars Hollow for Lorelai and Luke. Side-thought: What the hell was the purpose of the Christopher prodding then? While Emily goes on-and-on about a man needing his own space, if (and when) they have kids, etc. – Lorelai is slowly breaking down inside. She quietly tells her mother that it’s not happening, she and Luke aren’t getting married. What also kills me here is that Lorelai’s parents can be completely cruel 85% of the time, but still have
the power to reel her in with one kind gesture (money). Suddenly, Luke is the evil one, instead of just the slightly misguided one…
