Kill Me Now originally aired on October 19, 2000. It was written by Joanne Waters and was directed by Adam Nimoy.
In Kill Me Now, Rory takes up golf as part of a school athletic requirement. She grows fond of her grandfather, much to Lorelei’s dismay, during a trip to the country club he is a part of. The staff of The Independence Inn get ready for a double wedding involving 2 sets of identical twins.
We open up with a previously on…segment. Which is weird, considering this is the third episode. But we then move on to Friday night dinner, where they talk about all the maids Emily has had. Get used to that, because it becomes a running joke during the series.
We see the wedding preparations and the brides and grooms. Well, more like seeing more of the brides than the grooms, because everyone knows wedding are all about the brides (and that the grooms are just there). Anyway, I loved seeing Michel freak out over swans.
Rory golfing was amusing, and Richard’s expression was also amusing. From there, we go to Jackson and Sookie at the Independence Inn. Of course, they’re fighting over produce, and how Sookie wants to see the strawberries that Jackson didn’t bring. I wish there were that many options for P.E. when I was in school. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more. Actually, probably not, because I’d rather watch sports than actually play them.
The mom of the brides was hilarious…and how she didn’t care for her daughters was a little sad. But also a little funny. Distance just seems to be the best thing for them. And the conversation about all the twins getting married and who’s who and what would be considered cheating is so Lorelei, Sookie and Michel.
Lorelei watching Rory talk to Richard on the phone after the golfing trip was interesting. I never noticed it before…it’s not that she’s upset or really happy that they’re talking. But there’s something about her expression that’s interesting.
What I thought was really interesting was Lorelei’s reaction to Rory liking the day she spent golfing with Richard. It’s not the life Lorelei wanted and it never occured to her that Rory might want it.
Pop culture references include the twins from the doublemint commercial and Madonna’s marriage to Sean Penn.
Favorite lines and scenes: Lorelei: “How do you mix up Anton and Sophia?”
Richard: “What do you mean?”
Lorelei: “One’s a man and one’s a woman.”
Final thoughts: I thought this episode was just okay. I think this is the episode where Rory starts to become closer to her grandparents but it’s not the most memorable episode in the season (or the series for that matter).
It gets a 2.5 out of 5 mugs.
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