Kill Me Now - Season 1, Episode 3

We open with Friday night dinner at the Gilmore estate.  Glad to have Richard and Emily back!  We don’t see a lot of new characters, but a little more development in Rory and Lorelei. We do get to visit the country club and meet some other odious characters (Not just Gloria…).

Characters

All the usual’s Lorelei, Rory, Richard, Emily, Michel, Sookie, Jackson, Drella, Luke, Ms. Patty, Babette, and Maury.  

Drella is a riot as usual, so snarky! I think I wish I could be her. 

We are introduced to some tertiary characters; the twins mother and some men and women from the country club.  I do find the mother of the twins interesting, how can one person be so miserable?

The men from the country club remind me instantly of the old bankers in Mary Poppins! The laughs and comments. Someone start singing “I Love to Laugh.”

Fashion

It appears we are seeing Emily dress a bit different. This time with a brown sweater and tan shirt.  The tan undershirt is still very proper and uncomfortable looking. Interesting choice with the starfish broach, if you know the legend of the starfish.

Rory is still a bit of a mess. The tan pants she wears golfing are just awkward and ill-fitting.  And that hat! Oh, that hat… 

Ms. Patty and Babette both have weird messy hair styles in this episode.  Very curly and fuzzy.  Perhaps it was humid during filming? Maybe curly was a theme because I love, love, love Rory’s hair at the wedding. Wavy and pinned back at the sides.  Very neat and sweet for her.

Sets

We are introduced to a new set in this episode, the Country Club.  Very nice, well kept golfing grounds.  I have to say, I grew up on the west coast and the course looks an awful lot like a southern California course and less like it belongs in Connecticut.  Do they have oak trees in Connecticut?

There is a wedding at the Inn and we really get to see more of the pretty grounds of the Inn.  Love the stone pathway and the set-up for the wedding tent! Very pretty.

Pop Culture

There were more pop culture references that I caught in the episode!

Some take me back to watching TV with my grandparents and some more current… still great, though! I love these inserts; they make us think.

• Bob Barker
• Lion-Head Woman (Joselyn Wildenstein)
• Antonio Banderas
• Tiger Woods
• Merger of Forscape and DSS
• Golf – A good walk spoiled (Mark Twain)
• Polaroid
• Post-It
• N’Sync
• Pepe Le Pew
• Peyton Place
• Menken’s Chrestomathy
• Steinway

Quotes

The fast dialog continues to keep me fascinated in this show! It keeps my attention and I don’t want to look away for fear of missing something hilarious!  Here are some of my favorite quotes:

“Is there a crazy team? Cause I think they’d make you captain!” -Lorelei

“This is my favorite place in the whole world” – The Twins Mother.  Yes, yes it is… ours too.

“There are no rights and wrongs in the learning process” – Richard

“Hey, the world was flat until someone took a boat trip.” -Jackson

“Did you know golf courses are an environmental blight because of the chemicals the use to keep the grass green?” -Luke

“Quite? What’s with the quite?” -Lorelei

“You brought us used dessert?” Emily

Miscellaneous Comments:

At the beginning, they are discussing Lorelei the first, our Lorelei’s name-sake.  They talk as though she has passed. Seems like a fun, well-rounded lady!

We really get to see the start of the chaos that is the Gilmore hired-help situation.  In the first episode, we see only one maid. We don’t have a chance to talk about it in episode two, but here we learn we are on maid/cook number 6! Heidi, Trina, Sophia, Anton and now Sarah (Mira). Best of luck to you Mira, you’re gonna need it!

The look on Michel’s face when the twin grooms walk in! HYSTERICAL!

Luke – is he just and angry hippy, forced to work in the diner? He obviously own’s it, but why? What is making him so angry?

Mick is back in this episode, only instead of installing DSL, he is delivering swans. He still a dry personality and comes across angry about the swans.

Is the living room in the Gilmore Estate different in the second dinner than it was in the first?  The placement of the bar and the couch seems off. Aren’t there supposed to be chairs across from the couch?

Final Thoughts

Maid Count: Bumper crop! We are up to 6! (5 new maids/cook’s since episode one.)

Overall I would give this a 3 out of 5 Rasta Cap’s.

During the first Friday dinner, I find myself rooting for Emily to win the argument about golf.  Which she does and Lorelei’s reaction sets the mood for the rest of the episode.  Throughout we see Lorelei’s tough struggle with anything to do with her parents.  It’s obvious that Rory fits in and Lorelei’s immaturity shows. 

Rory’s character changes a little in this episode. She is less angry teenager and more like a sweet girl with typical teen tendencies.  She’s so sweet and honest towards her grandfather and then frustrating with her mother. 

Sookie has another crazy moment when she steps out into the street and makes the bicyclist crash. The humor of Lorelei talking about obsessing to Sookie! Then the street chase after Jackson!? Will you two make out already!

I liked the episode, but Lorelei seems ridiculous.  Totally over-reacts about the sweater and the boob fight! Who’s the grownup here?

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