Guys, sorry, sorry, sorry, I was running to get to my computer as fast as I could after watching this week’s ep, and I dropped all my notes.
No, Rory, I’ve got it. There was A LOT of new stuff in this episode, I swear. Let’s see… as if this week in VR couldn’t get any more exciting, it’s movie night!
Whoops, sorry about that… I do have my notes, I swear! Just so I don’t get lost again, let’s do a quick recap of the past few days: Monday, kid in a sink hole.
Tuesday: murder case without witnesses. Wednesday: exoneration!
Then yesterday, it was finally time for VR’s royal couple to take their place in the pantheon and be celebrated by the commoners with a bachelor/bachelorette party.
Uh, sorry… I just need to pause here and point out was on a THURSDAY NIGHT. A Thursday. Because nothing says let’s get wild like a Thursday. But, it was nuts! How nuts, you say? Welllllllll, one person got really smashed at the party and called their ex!
Oh, sorry… wrong ex.
Now it’s Friday (TGIF!) and it’s movie night in Stars Hollow VR! But there’s a problem. (No, not another sinkhole!)
Hope has to go and petition the person in charge to change it.
Sorry, wrong guy.
But, look, there are only so many options for a town movie night.
Gah — again! Why does this keep happening?
Anyway, while this movie night drama is playing out, everyone who was invited to the Thursday night bachelor(ette) parties (sorry, Lizzie) has to go to work.
BAHAHAHAAHA! I never get sick of Brie going to “work.” Also, don’t you get time off after single-handedly winning a massive case? (I’m asking for a friend.)
Anyway, Brie’s gotta get back in the saddle (see what I did there, cowboy?) and go down to the prison for [checks notes] plot point. And she sees something truly unsettling.
It’s Lark and that one guy!
But also, Kaia has to get up and go to work. And, it’s that one guy!
Boy, these two #girlbosses have a lot to deal with today. And, eye-roll, because if I’d been out dancing the night before, am I seriously dealing with casual workplace sexual harassment today?
Oh wait [checks notes], there was no dancing — it was karaoke and ax-throwing.
Dang, sorry… wrong show AGAIN.
Also, how old are these women, because I’m extremely tired if I stay up past 10 PM writing these recaps, so it’s hard to imagine how they would be functioning normally today.
Anyway, Preacher is off from chef duty today (I guess the restaurant is just closed 🤷🏾♀️) because he has community service.
Oops, sorry… hang on!
How great is it that the DA not only sentenced Preacher to community service, but they found a way for him to volunteer with his ride or die!
This is awesome because this way he doesn’t have to interact with a bunch of other convicted felons the way Lark does.
Well, my point is Thursday night is a strange night to have a wild party, and now everyone just has to drag themselves out of bed and back to work/community service. Except for Mel and Jack, who have unlimited PTO. So, the royals are having lunch with Jack’s incredibly supportive father.
(It’s nice that Jack’s dad took him to a Men’s Warehouse on a boat to buy this suit.)
And Mel’s new dad comes along for the fun.
Between you and me, I think Everett is right: this is a lot. He’s known this woman for twelve weeks, and she’s all “Walk me down the aisle”; “Meet my sister on my wedding day”; “Play that song you wrote for my mom”; “Come hiking with me”; “Let me keep you alive.” Seriously, Mel, back off a little.
Anyway, Mel and Jack deal with their daddy issues, Kaia and Brie handle some business closer to home.
Kaia puts Roy in his place. (I’m sorry, is there NO HR in this town?)
While Brie tells Brady the awful truth about his romance with Lark.
Now, before we talk about what happens next, I’m begging: could someone please explain to me what “this entire time” is? Like, when did this rouse begin???
Let’s look at the timeline, shall we? (Since the weather rarely changes in California, I’ll have to use some of the events to denote the passage of time.)
Outdoor (backyard) movie/boat explosion season
Brady is dating Brie. Then they break up because he’s an unofficial undercover informant for the, er, um, undisclosed law enforcement group with whom he does not seem to have a contract.
Hero season
A “devastating” fire breaks out, and Brady saves a little girl named Hazel from the pot camp.
Remember this hot action?
And then Brady ends up housing Lark at the local fentanyl suites glamping site, which is then seized by the FBI. (Question: What’s the FBI’s process for reimbursing landowners when the land is purchased using an investment from a drug lady and her brother/the former town mayor who no one liked?)
Post wildfires, pre-Christmas
Lark makes her move!
Two-part Christmas special/paternity reveal season
Brie and Brady have both moved on. Lark makes a suspicious phone call.
TIME JUMP!!!! / sinkhole season
Brady + Lark = 4eva… maybe.
Brady gets a nice little insurance check because he owned (?) the lumberyard (again: JUSTICE FOR JEB!!) and he has pretty good renter’s insurance I guess.
Yesterday / bachelor party season
Lark’s mum is sick; Brady starts to think something is suss.
Today / outdoor movie season
Brady learns his relationship is just insurance fraud.
By my calculation, given its outdoor movie season AGAIN, this has been a year in the making, which begs a few questions:
At what point did the scam start?
Did Lark “lose” Hazel in the fire just to ensnare Brady?
Why did Lark’s baby daddy have her go after Brady?
How did Lark know who Brady even was? (I know his hero status is town-wide, but do they have photos of him on billboards or something??)
Why didn’t anybody throw Hazel a birthday party? Like, something small with just her & maybe Christopher & sinkhole kid? That would have been nice.
How on earth did Lark and her prison paramour know Brady would get insurance money?
Guys, just a theory, but I THINK LARK STARTED THE FIRE!
Cue the music…
J/K, VR would NEVER pay for the rights to such expensive music.
But you know what they will pay for? Elbow patches on a sweater!
Okay, this is a great look with the yellowing tree in the background. Great work, set design and costume people. Chef’s kiss all around! But also, isn’t it April… so, why is this tree changing colors?
And this conveniently brings us to the climax of this episode.
Brie tells Brady that he’s worthy of love, and also, she never really liked Mike because we all know he’s the Max Medina of the show.
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