We start this episode off with Rory bringing some laundry home to Stars Hollow. Apparently the show forgot that her grandparents gifted her a Prius at graduation, because she’s not driving one here. We know because it’s missing the distinctive “stinkbug ass” of all first-gen Priuses.
More importantly, Rory cut her hair! And it’s cute!
Wow. That’s a sign of how little can happen in these cold opens – I’m excited over a haircut and trying to be witty when referring to a Prius.
It’s “Shopping Week” at Yale which sounds like a completely made up thing that only exists on television. I Googled – It’s not! It’s REAL!!
Rory’s picked over 50 classes to try out, which sounds ridiculous because according to that link, you have to keep up with the reading/homework for any of the classes you shop. (Also – what about prerequisites? Do those just exist for us poors?)
How much would it cost for textbooks for 50 Ivy League classes? With Lorelai buying Rory all the hip trendy things out of the Young & Hip catalogue, and Rory’s 8 trillion textbooks, it’s like the girls are rolling in money like 1980s Wall Street bankers.
MONEY FIGHT!!!!
Rory’s moving into her dorm room today and everything would be going smoothly IF…Lorelai knew how to drive a stick. Oops.
I have nothing snarky for this. I drove stick for YEARS and I don’t anymore. I love driving stick (automatics can suck it). Damn. Now I’m sad. Here’s some Botox Cry Face to illustrate my sadness:
This episode (the finale of season 3!!!!!! WOO!! I’ve made it so far!) begins with a closeup of the Troubadour I forgot about until right this second. Now I’m cranky. Stars Hollow has a population of about 45 people – being the town “plays music on the street for money” guy can’t pay in a town that small. Go visit Broody in Venice, at least you have more foot traffic than the one horse town of Stars Hollow.
We open this episode with the girls hanging out at Weston’s, a place they like now that they no longer have to look the old lady they stole from in the eye (see: Lorelai and Rory eating all the cake samples without having any intention of buying a cake.)
Lane enters with the brochures to her reeducation camp college and she’s wearing an amazing cardigan with a rooster on it:
Rooster sweater for president.
This episode begins the morning after the punchy punchy fight fight moment from last episode. Lorelai is SO HAPPY that her daughter was at a party where there was underage drinking and a literal fist fight. She asks for details and Rory is all, “idk, dudes and hitting, nothing to do with ME or the ridiculous idiots I’ve been romantically involved with.” And she almost gets away with it until Luke slouches into frame. Seriously, dude walks like a hunchback.
Last Ditch Effort 
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