And this is how I feel.
Gilmore Girls spoilers for this week’s episode below. Beware!
TV Guide dated October 30-November 5, 2006.
Seriously. TV Guide. What the heck? That was two weeks ago, and . . . SPOILER. You are so on my bad list.
I was going to say bad things about this episode, but then . . . Marty was in the previouslys. And I kid you not, I got up and jumped around like a crazy woman. For at least a minute. That is not an exaggeration. Two episodes ago, even before I found out about the plotline that must not be named, I said to Mike, “I am not sure I want to watch the show much more. The Return of Marty is probably the only thing that could keep me watching.” I thought I was chasing a pipe dream, but NO! MARTY IS BACK! I am so happy. I spent the whole episode waiting for him to appear, but Mike figured out he was Boyfriend before I did. Nice. I don’t care HOW Marty returns . . . I am just glad to have him back.
Also, I love Mrs. Kim and I missed her. So much. When she congratulated Lane and Zach, I actually got a little teary.
And, finally, the plotline that must not be named . . . I think Lorelai’s face at the end was a very good sign of what’s to come. (Also, need I mention that, yet again this season, Christopher plowed right on through with his own agenda without listening to her or considering her feelings? I don’t need to mention that, right? You noticed it yourself.)
All in all, I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I was going to, given that I knew they were eloping (although I told Mike that if I rolled my eyes any more they were going to roll out of my head). I like Rory’s friends even though they are slightly ditzy. It’s nice to see her cutting loose and having fun without it being all drunken parties, which is what it was when Logan was around. I related to her senior year crisis (hello, that’s how I ended up in grad school) and it was nice to see her doing things that weren’t paper-related. I liked Lane and Zach’s scenes. I liked Luke being sweet and also slightly afraid of Lane. And the look on Lorelai’s face at the end . . . makes me want to know what’s going to happen next. (Hey, remember when Luke got drunk and got married on vacation? But it ended up not being an obstacle to him and Lorelai getting together? Yeah, me, too. I don’t even care if we’ve done it before, if it gets rid of Christopher.)
November 14th, 2006 at
Ok, so I said I wouldn’t comment this evening, but I couldn’t help it.
The Paris adventure. . .annoying,
Boyfriend being Marty. . .great fun,
Lorelai’s face at the end much resembling the face she made after she realized that she had slept with Christopher AND broken up with Luke. . .priceless!!!!!
I love that face when it is connected to Christopher!!! She’s coming out of it - my hope has been restored. She is going to realize that Christopher manipulates her. She is also going to find herself again and start being that strong, sassy, funny, kinda cheesy lady. It’s an exciting time in the show!
Rory having the hair dying melt down. . .I admit, I loved. Sometimes it is just great to have those moments when you just can’t hide what you are really feeling anymore. It is even better when they happen in front of people who respond well.
Well, I just have to reiterate that the best thing about the whole episode, next to Marty being back (so I don’t get flogged or anything), is the face at the end of the episode. I’m looking forward to next week - which hasn’t been the case in a LONG time. So, good job new producer man, whose name I don’t know, I appreciated you.
November 14th, 2006 at
HAHA! PRICELESS. Love it. Thank you for making the connection that it was the same sad face as the finale. Christopher = Sad Face.
I was involved in a debate about whether Christopher did the wrong thing in the finale (HE DID), but I do think the sad face leads us to that parallel. She says no, he cajoles, she caves . . . and then does something she’s not sure she ever really wanted to do. And it piles up and up and now she’s in WAY over her head.
November 15th, 2006 at
I was so happy for you when I saw Marty. I was like NO WAY!!! KARI IS GONNA BE SO HAPPY.
I needed a bucket to throw up into with the L&C stuff. Blech.
November 15th, 2006 at
It’s the Grahammy Sad Face.
So, they all-but-said the pretext of Lorelai thinking that Christopher is a good thing this week: it’s that dating him takes her back to the childhood that she didn’t finish getting to have because she got pregnant. The whole Paris trip? What they would have done as kids if they’d had a lot more of their parents’ money.
Lorelai lets Christopher manipulate her because he kowtows to her every need. But he never really leads in their relationship. Sure, he may be a knight in shining armor, but … is that going to last? Life with Christopher would be the meaningless life that Emily leads—not that said life has no meaning, but it has no meaning to Lorelai.
And yes, Kari, I immediately thought of Luke’s drunken elopement.
And … YAAAAY, Marty.
November 15th, 2006 at
There was a WHOLE lot of, “Back when we were 16 . . .” and at one point Lorelai said, “Nothing has changed.” And that made me sad. She has definitely changed as a person since then (though I don’t think Christopher has all that much). It’s nostalgia for an “easier” time, but . . . she’s a better person now. Too bad she doesn’t realize that.
November 15th, 2006 at
Yeah — I saw that on a TV Guide a couple of weeks ago, and I was PISSED.
Who does TV Guide think they are?
November 15th, 2006 at
So, I guess we view this through the mid-life crisis lens? I mean, Lorelai is pushing 40; she was 16 when she had now-graduating-college Rory. I mean, 38 isn’t old—crap, I’ll be there in a decade—but … yeah.