Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Good Days: Chapter 24 Summary & Analysis

The chapter begins with a tweet from @johnnieLrocks informing his followers of a “Farewell Pilgrim Pioneers gig.” He claims it’s going to be the #gigofthecentury. Eleanor sees the tweet and, later on, a poster with the musician’s face on it posted in the window of a record shop. Remembering her mistake with The Cuttings gig, she immediately buys two tickets to this so-called “gig of the century” and sets about preparing for the event to make sure everything goes smoothly. She decides to invite Raymond to a different gig at the venue in order to scope out the vibe of the place in advance of the musician’s gig.

Eleanor selects a random show and emails Raymond to invite him to see “Agents of Insanity” at Rank Dan’s with her tomorrow. Raymond is surprised, as he didn’t think Eleanor was into this type of music, but he agrees to go along. The next day, Raymond shows up wearing all black and a sweatshirt with a skull plastered across it—he tells her he’s trying to “look the part.” Eleanor doesn’t know what he’s talking about, but it becomes blatantly obvious as the band starts to play. It’s a grindcore show, and the band that performs emits a noise Eleanor compares to “the cacophonous din of hell.” Eleanor can’t stand the band or the thrashing audience that surrounds her and runs upstairs to escape. Raymond has a good laugh. After Eleanor finally calms down, she also sees the amusement in her oversight.  

Eleanor realizes that she doesn’t know very much about music and asks Raymond what he thinks of Johnnie Lomond and the Pilgrim Pioneers. She passes him her phone and opens a link to Johnnie’s website. Raymond takes out his headphones and listens for a bit before asserting, with a smirk, that the musician sounds like “shit” and seems like a phony. Eleanor decides she doesn’t know enough to judge whether or not Raymond’s opinion is correct and says nothing. They walk toward a pub and Eleanor asks Raymond to tell her more about music.