Shippy Moment of the Day: "I Read the Entire Bible Cover to Cover" (Gilmore Girls)

Dave Reads the Bible in One Night for Lane
"Say Goodnight, Gracie" from Gilmore Girls Season 3

Recap: Dave asks Mrs. Kim for permission to take Lane to prom. She responds with "Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done." Dave decides to look it up in the Bible to find out if it's a yes or a no.

The Moment:




Dave: I stayed up all night. I read the entire Bible cover to cover. I don't know what it means.

Poor Dave. He's so tired and frazzled, but still so cute!

Mrs. Kim: David.
Dave: You have to tell me what it means. Is it a yes, is it a no? I can't feel my right elbow anymore. I don't know why, but I can't.
Mrs. Kim: David.
Dave: Please, just tell me. I'm so tired.

And we get the unexpected twist...

Mrs. Kim: It's not from the Bible.
Dave: What?
Mrs. Kim: It's Shakespeare. Henry VI. I like to goof off now and then too, you know.

He just can't believe it. *glomps Adam Brody*

Dave: Shakespeare.
Mrs. Kim: That is a very difficult thing to do, reading the Bible in one night. I myself have only done it three times. You need great determination and excellent light. I'm very impressed. All right.
Dave: All right what?
Mrs. Kim: You can go to the prom, but you cannot get married.
Dave: That seems fair to me.

I love how Lane has been in the stairwell the entire time.

Lane: And me! The person who is going upstairs to think about what she's done!

Mrs. Kim: Lane is grounded until prom and for two months after. You may call her on the phone every other day for ten minutes and that is all. Understand?
Dave: Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Mrs. Kim.

YAYAYAYAY!

Mrs. Kim: Lane!
Lane: Thinking about what I've done!


Thoughts: I love Dave/Lane because he's a Ted Mosby: he makes huge gestures in order to win a girl (in this case, the girl's mother) over. Their relationship arc is basically showing how Dave is the ultimate guy because he is relentless in getting on Lane's mom's good side. This scene and this episode is so good for Dave and Lane because he finally wins Mrs. Kim over completely. Unfortunately, Adam Brody got a job on The O.C. immediately after this season of Gilmore Girls so the writers were forced to break up the perfect, most adorable couple ever inexplicably without Adam ever coming onscreen to do it properly.

Of course, this episode also has Dean telling Rory about his engagement, so it's not all good. But the Dave/Lane prom subplot makes it worth it.

Shippy Moment of the Day: "Because I Love You, You Idiot!" (Gilmore Girls)

Rory Finally Tells Dean How She Feels
"Love, Daisies, and Troubadours" from Gilmore Girls Season 1

Recap: Dean broke up with Rory because he's convinced she doesn't love him as much as he loves her. Rory has been spending the past few episodes either stalking Dean, breaking down emotionally before the whole town, or trying to ignore the flirtations of Tristan. During this episode in particular, she embraces her Dean box, gives a subtext-laden speech about how song-writing can give you the ability to say what you feel but don't know how to say and mildly traumatizes Dean's sister by creepily stopping by. As she walks out of Chilton, Tristan steals her books in order to convince her to go out with him.

The Moment:

Oh, Chad Michael Murray. So cute. Seriously, the Proto-Jess,
only one that I didn't hate with a passion.

Rory: You're pathetic, Tristan. Keep the books. I'm leaving.

OMG! Jared looks SOOO young here!

I love that Dean drove to Chilton to see her. He could have visited her at home
or called her, but he willingly goes onto the unfamiliar turf of Chilton where
he's previous dealt with a certain amount of animosity (from Tristan in particular)
because he needs to know if Rory actually loves him.

Rory: Dean? Dean. What are you doing here?
Dean: I'm leaving.

If we know one thing about Dean, he's one for a quick escape. He'd rather cut out
his heart and sacrifice himself than be with a girl who doesn't love him.

Rory: Don't go.
Dean: I shouldn't have come.
Rory: No, wait.
Dean: I feel like an idiot.
Rory: Why?
Dean: 'Cause I come all the way out here to see you with him. That's just great.
Rory: No, Tristan was just--
Dean: I don't care.
Rory: No, listen!
Dean: He's got your books, Rory.

TRIANGLE!

Rory: But he took them and wouldn't give them back. Please just tell me why you're here.
Dean: I just don't even know.
Rory: Yes, you do.
Dean: 'Cause I thought you--Forget it.
Rory: No, say it.

I love how Alexis switches between playing coy and being completely desperate.
She knows why Dean is here. She knows that this could be the moment where they
can get back together. But, in true Gilmore Girl fashion, she talks around it instead of at it.

Dean: I thought you were trying to talk to me.
Rory: Oh.
Dean: I mean, you came to my house.
Rory: That wasn't me.
Dean: It was you.
Rory: It must've been someone that looked like me.
Dean: My sister recognized you from the pictures in my box.
Rory: In what box?
Dean: The box of stuff I have of us. Pictures and letters and everything from you.
Rory: You have a Rory box?

Dean is so open. That's one of the reasons I liked him so much. He didn't have much
crap to drag around. Maybe he wasn't literary or rich or snarky, but he openly loved
Rory. He's the Aiden to Rory's Carrie. The best guy, but, perhaps, not the best guy for
her (although I would argue against that, but I think that's the general consensus).

Dean: And what was going on at the town meeting, all that stuff about writing a song?
Rory: I don't know what I was talking about.
Dean: That had nothing to do with me? Well, I must have imagined it all then. Your boyfriend's waiting.
Rory: He's not my boyfriend. I hate him.
Dean: Whatever.

Angsty!Back.

Rory: Dean.
Dean: What?
Rory: Stop.
Dean: Why?
Rory: Because I love you, you idiot!

Best. Line. Ever.

I watched the first season of Gilmore Girls live, and I cannot tell you how
gratifying this moment was after weeks of moping and angsting.

And Tristan is a gentleman. Dean has won, so he drops Rory's books
off to the side and removes himself.

They're so happy!

Thoughts: This entire episode is just PERFECT. Rory and Dean finally get back together with the appropriate amount of craziness. Max proposes with a thousand yellow daisies. Like, seriously. SO MUCH CUTENESS.

Dean got horribly shafted in the Gilmore Girls world, which annoys me to no end. They traded him and Tristan (what wonderful foils of hotness!) for Jess, who just ended up being a total loser because they counted their spin-off chickens before they were hatched and wrote him out and blah blah blah. One thing that does truly upset me about Gilmore Girls/The WB is that they are so desperate to build up their established actors so that they can put them in new shows so that those new shows don't fail that they end up ripping up relationships without much regard to plot or motivation. Dean, Tristan, and Jess all suffered from this, resulting in hasty exits that their characters did not deserve and leaving Logan as a last resort (although, apparently he got better).

More on topic, though, the ending of this episode is just one of the best SQUEE! moments that I can pick from all of my fandoms. Both protagonists are happy and I'm estatic. Just a wonderful, wonderful episode that never fails to make me laugh/put me in a good mood.

A Thought on Graduation

My dad asked me today why I don't graduate after the end of junior year if I have enough credits. I explained to him the whole "three majors with a minor" thing and he still didn't seem to get it. Whatever. My parents said I could go anywhere and promised to pay for undergraduate. So I'm staying for the whole four years, goshdarnit.

But, despite my inner family financial angst, the talk made me think about graduation.

Sometimes I think about how I'm going to graduate in a purple robe and I die a little inside. Sometimes I remember graduating in a red flimsy gown of cheapness and I cringe. Here's a little dedication to the graduation attire of our favorite teen shows.

All graduations are high school unless noted.

Also, I've cataloged where their tassels are in respect to their status as graduates, since we all know there's no consensus on that little detail.

Red

Felicity (High School)

To pull a Topanga or not pull a Topanga...that it the question.
Graduated: Left

Buffy: The Vampire Slayer

I remember Buffy's diploma being a little more scorched
in canon. Love Willow's shoes.
Graduated: Left

Roswell

I didn't watch this show. I probably should at some point
since it's right up my alley (romantic angst + aliens). But I
remembered that their robes were red and they were!
Graduated: Right

Smallville

Chloe: Where's Lana?
Clark: Probably hiding in Lex's mansion after killing her boyfriend's mom.
Chloe: At least she won't outshine me in the graduation photos.
Not Graduated: Left

Blue

Dawson's Creek

Katie! Before she popped out her dress-like-me Barbie.
Not Graduated: Left

Felicity (College)

Oh, Felicity. With the rarely-seen college graduation.

Graduated: Left (Good in-show continuity!)

One Tree Hill

And then Haley has her baby! NALEY 4-EVA.
Not Graduated/Graduated: Right (They didn't move their tassels.)

Black

Gilmore Girls (High School)

Chilton's colors were blue and white, but they're classy
and college-prep, so they have cool black robes.
Not Graduated: Left

Gilmore Girls (College)
Wow. I guess despite where I left off with Rory as a petty
criminal living in her grandparents' boathouse,
she did manage to graduate.
Graduated: Left (BAD in-show continuity!)

Green

Veronica Mars

Oh, my sassy little detective. Our only grad in green.
Graduated: Left

Random Crap

The O.C.

If I were forced to wear a lei to my graduation...there would
be blood. Notable also for the different colors for each gender.
Not Graduated: Right

Really just makes you think if they bought some of these robes in bulk and handed them off to multiple shows, especially the red. Although it's interesting to see how their graduation bling differs, with medals and stoles, etc. At my school, you could have an NHS tassel or a Maine Scholar stole and that was it. How rocking would it be to have a fricking medal?

Also, this study further proves how ridiculous the whole tassel thing is and how no one can get it right.

According to the Academic Costume Code and Ceremony Guide, there is no regulation on how to wear your tassel. However, they also state that typically, the tassel is worn to the right until the degree is received; then the tassel is switched to the left. Some say it started for ceremonial reasons; another, more practical reason for it being on the right is because the tassel won't be in front of the graduate's face during photos (as graduates usually cross the stage from house right to house left). That means every one of our graduates is a-okay, even the self-contradicting Gilmore Girls, since it can be assumed that Chilton and Yale have different tassel procedures (but why Chilton would purposefully differ from the Ivies is a far more pertinent question).

So...what color do you want to wear?