Thoughts While Watching Gilmore Girls, 3x9, A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving, Part IV
I just realized the winter carnival episode is next and tbh I'm pretty stoked about that one.
Ugh, someone left Gilmores on my front porch. Fetch me my broom. Shoo! Shoo!
At Thanksgiving number one, we find out Lane is spinning yet another tangled web of lies to ensnare Soggy Rygalski (my new pet name for him, don't ask). Mrs Kim thinks Soggy is actually in a Christian band that Lane discovered through church and not a sinful rock band. Mrs Kim serves Tofurky and I feel as if our little vegetarian diner rat would have enjoyed that.
Dang.
When Rory sees how people like her mother and Luke and Mrs Kim treat their employees, it's no wonder she doesn't want to get a job!
Bad dum tssssh. Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all night.
Why did I remember that scene as being a lot longer than it was? It lasted less than three minutes. Weird!
Onward, from Soggy to Sookie.
"According to the National Fire Protection Association: deep fryer fires cause an average of 5 deaths, 60 injuries and more than $15 million in property damage each year. Deep-frying turkeys has become increasingly popular, but the new tradition is a recipe for holiday tragedy."
Men, eh? One minute they're lying about turkey preparation and the next they're lying about having a vasectomy.
Rory looking gravely concerned or lost in thought as usual. Thinking deep thoughts about frying. Asked Sookie not once but twice "What do you use the oil for"?
Granny creakily rising from her lawn chair to join the hordes of Jackson's screaming white trash relatives has to be one of my favorite bits in this episode (maybe the season?) so far.
Gather round, white trash young and old. Your king has arrived.
This whole scene is top notch. I tip my hat to you, Miss AmyShermanPalladino.
After departing the white trash jubilee, it's time to circle back to Lukes.
I know small business owners are hard working people who don't always have the luxury of shutting down and taking a break, but do you think he ever closes the diner? For anything? Christmas Day?
Yeah, I'm sure ya'll can name a few times on the show where he closes up shop (would actually be interested to hear what they were). It wouldn't matter. He'd try to close on Christmas Day and the Gilmores would show up anyway and demand to be served instead of drinking eggnog in their own home.
For Christmas, Lorelai should buy Luke a massage. (A LEGITIMATE MASSAGE. You filthy readers).
Mommy Daddy please stop fighting
*smashes Jess and Rory together like I'm 9 years old forcing two Barbie dolls to make out*
Alarming to see Lorelai treat Jess this nicely because I worry she may be ill. Or possibly delirious from hunger (she didn't eat at Sookie's or Lane's, she threw out Mrs Kim's tofurky and just gawked at Sookie's house).
It looks like Luke was nice enough to give Jess the day off, but Walmart (and its Hunger Games-style Black Friday festivities) may still be calling.
Is this the first real, hot, home made, lovingly prepared holiday meal anyone had ever served him in his entire life? (I'll give partial credit to The Bracebridge Dinner). No street wieners for Jess Mariano this Thanksgiving!
Jess says he's starving, but Luke told him not to eat until the Gilmores arrived first. That's some grade a bullshit.
All he wants this Thanksgiving is for his fellow white people to Check Their Privilege. Good luck with that, Lucas.
Serving lewks.
Luke has just served the table four heaping plates of hot food and upon hearing that the Gilmores will be trotting off to the McMansion next, presumably to eat way fancier, he says they can just throw everything the fuck out and drink soda if they want. Kay...
Jess: Please, Uncle Lucas, don't take away my hot meal. I'm ever so hungry.
A screen shot of Milo eating makes a great gift or any holiday or special occasion.
How DARE you Lucas. You are not going to make my poor tired boy serve coffee to the Gilmores on Thanksgiving Day! Lorelai's your ball and chain, you do it.
Yeah, what a pity that not everyone can kiss like Dean.
"You and Jess are a couple of chickens pecking each other."
Yooo, it's about time you pick a lane, Lorelai. You're confusing the poor girl. The last time an adult got wind that Jess and Rory were about to peck like chickens The Incredible HulkLuke smashed down the door and put those two chickens out to pasture.
Rory: Mind your own business.
Lorelai:????????
I assure you she does not know the meaning of the phrase.
R: I'm not good with public displays.
L: You didn't have that problem with Dean
Me: Trying fruitlessly to remember any scene where Dean and Rory passionately made out in public or showed any sort of affection with each other anywhere that Lorelai could see it
R: I don't know how this first second boyfriend thing is supposed to go.
L: Well he's your first second boyfriend so give it time.
R: The whole town got used to me with Dean.
L: It'll get easier, you'll have hundreds of men. Well maybe not hundreds. A couple. Three more.
Dean again, Logan, then Logan again.
L:They'll adjust to seeing with you Jess!
R: What do I do about Dean?
L: Well he'll move on too.
All this sensible advice coming from Lorelai? It is truly the Thanksgiving of Miracles.
God bless you, Babette. God bless you.
The next scene, a Friday (Thursday) Night Gilmores Showdown at the McMansion goes on for around 8 minutes which is going to feel like more than an hour in Salty Time. I'm going to wilt.
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