And now for the last two episodes of Season 4...
Episode 4-21 Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Relationships, relationships, relationships.
Rory and her roommates say their goodbyes as the school year winds
down. And Lorelai tries and fails to get Emily to admit to the
separation from Richard.
Liz and T.J. get married. With some assistance from Lorelai, who
fixes a rip in Liz's dress. The wedding was fun to watch. And
T.J., whatever his quirks, is a good match for Liz.
We also get a start of a reconciliation between Lane and her
mother. Mrs. Kim first freaks out at learning that Lane's roomates
are male, then calms down after talking to Lorelai.
(Another example of Mrs. Kim not being as inflexible as her
reputation suggests. As Rory reminded Lane once, Mrs. Kim is often
quite reasonable once she finishes yelling.)
Luke and Lorelai edge closer to their own relationship. They
attend the wedding together, dance at the reception, then Luke
walks Lorelai home and asks her out. Although there is a brief
glitch as Luke gets defensive at Lorelai making fun of the self-
help book she saw in Jess's bag (not knowing Jess got it from
Luke). And Lorelai still isn't certain that it's a date date that
Luke asked her on...
Meanwhile Rory and Dean continue heading toward an affair, although
probably neither of them is consciously aware of this. Rory calls
Dean for rescue after her date doesn't work out and gives him a
brief tour of a deserted Yale.
Ending in front of her dorm suite where Jess is waiting to try to
convince Rory to come away with him. Rory, of course, turns him
down.
(Jess's application of the self-help lessons not quite as
successful as Luke's.)
And we are set up for the season finale...
Episode 4-22 Raincoats and Recipes
Lorelai prepares for a "dry run" for the inn (which nearly as I
could determine is the day before Sookie's wedding anniversary).
She gets flustered upon learning that Luke is attending the dry
run. And keeps getting flustered when she's around Luke. Or
talking about him. Etc. She tells Rory that she's not sure
whether she's dating Luke, but her reactions suggest that she
realizes she is. Or at least that she wants to be.
Richard and Emily are both at Friday night dinner. Still not
admitting to the separation. Emily invites Rory to visit Europe
with her. And Lorelai corners Emily and Richard with an invitation
to the dry run "unless there's some specific reason" they can't
attend.
(They do finally admit to the separation, but not until after they
come to the dry run and find that Lorelai has placed them in the
bungalow. And even then not immediately.)
Dry run goes generally well. Although there are a few glitches,
such as the doors not arriving until the same time as the guests.
Jason shows up makes one last attempt at getting Lorelai back. In
the process telling Luke that he's back together with Lorelai.
Which leads to a Luke-rant over the misunderstanding. And to the
first Luke-Lorelai kiss after Lorelai reassures Luke that she does
want a relationship with him. Which kiss is quickly interrupted by
Kirk having a "night terror" and running screaming between them.
(Although, note to Luke. It's fine to let your actions speak, as
your self-help book said, but sometimes you also need to let your
words speak.)
And Rory's affair with Dean goes from potential to actual. They
almost kiss at the Inn. And then when Rory is sent home to get
some CDs, Dean "drops by" the house, and tells Rory that his
marriage isn't working. Which leads to Dean and Rory sleeping
together.
(Which is presumably what Dean had in mind when he "dropped by".
At any rate he knew Rory was there, and knew she'd be there alone.)
Lorelai rushes home to tell Rory about recent events and finds Rory
and Dean there. Dean leaves, Lorelai and Rory get into an argument
and Rory storms out the door.
And we close on Rory calling Dean's cell, hearing Lindsay answer,
and then breaking down crying on the doorstep.
To be continued next season...
--
Michael Ikeda mmikeda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Telling a statistician not to use sampling is like telling an
astronomer they can't say there is a moon and stars"
Lynne Billard, past president American Statistical Association
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