Well the show sure opened with a bang. Once again Luke and Christopher just can’t seem to get along.
Lane and Zach are back from their honemoon, and we find out what we always thought - Zach is bad in bed. Oh yeah, Rory is going to be a godmother again. Hope she doesn’t screw this ceremony up too.
To be completely serious, I’m so glad that Rory called Lorelei on her behavior. It’s about time someone confronted L. about what she did, and not just support her unconditionally (I’m looking at you, Sookie.) I think there may be some life in this old nag yet.
See, I totally didn’t get Rory’s problem. The entire scene made no sense to me. It would be one thing to call Lorelei about her behavior (“You made a mistake.” or even “That was a shitty thing to do to Luke.”) It’s quite another to blow up to the extent and fashion in which Rory did (“what about meeeeeeeeeee? how could you do this to meeeeeeeeeeeee?” What about you? She didn’t make you sleep with Chris.)
& the Lane story could be seen from miles away and was stupid.
I’m almost wishing I’d watched Friday Night Lights.
For years Rory had a problem relating to her Dad. A lot of that was caused by his juvenile lifestyle, true, but there was always a problem between Lorelei and Christopher that contributed to that rift. After he got married to old whats-her-name things got better between them. Then, after he received that inheritance, it got better still. For the first time in her life, Christopher was her father in all respects.
Rory loves Luke. She has known him all of her life, and he did things for her growing up that Christopher should have done. Rory was really looking forward to having Luke as her step-father. But selfish, unthinking, “it’s all about me” Lorelei has screwed that up, possibly forever.
Now there is this incredible awkwardness between Lorelei and Christopher that can’t help but trickle down onto Rory and Christopher, and the awkwardness between Luke and Lorelei will also affect Rory and Luke’s relationship. For the first time in her life, Rory feels she has no father figure she can count on in her life. At least that’s how I read it.
I was amused that Lane is mother’s daughter when it comes to sex.
Rory’s reaction was fine even if it was so they could fit in her little epiphany when telling lane that mothers don’t have to be perfect.
Frankly, I think they broke them up the right way. They weren’t right for each other. Luke is too closed off to have such a close relationship and he never wanted to be married.
You know, I thought Lane hating sex was a little odd. I mean, she hated it because it was cold and sandy and there were crabs and some weird guy who stumbled upon them. Surely anyone would realize that it would get better in a more comfortable environment. Anything would be better in a more comfortable environment.
I thought the writers were using the “crabs on the beach” story because they couldn’t talk about why first-time sex is usually bad on prime-time network TV. If this were a cable show, Lane would’ve been able to talk about it hurting, the awkwardness of finding a comfortable position, more details, you know? Most of the stories I’ve heard about bad first-time sex have been a little explicit for this show.
Anyway, what surprised me most was that Zack hadn’t convinced her to do it more than once! (Even though he was sick.) I assume he wasn’t a virgin on their wedding night, and we don’t know that he has any hangups, so why isn’t he begging for more?
I figure it’s because first he was sick with the parasites, then she was sick, and because everything else about the trip was such a disaster. I don’t know if I’d want to do it with Pedro and his friends around talking in “code” either.
I enjoyed his little rant about how somebody should tell people not to drink the water in Mexico.
Maybe, but it still seemed very, very wrong to me.
But that also may be because I was already annoyed with Rory. Who was whining about not being in Asia (she’s got the summer, she’s got the money, she has the post it notes in the travel books. Go to Asia. Send Logan some postcards. Her moping about it also seemed rather stupid to me.)
I really am about fed up with this show. I watched til the end Tuesday night but seriously considered turning off the tv and going to sleep about halfway through.
I did love the thing with Lane and sex. So funny. Bemoaning how everything her mother told her about sex was true. I’d have loved it even more if she had been telling this to Mrs. Kim. Would that not have been a riot! I’m looking forward, meaning I hope they do something like this, to Mrs. Kim finding out about the pregnancy. Should be good.
Again, where are Emily and Richard! I miss 'em.
This whole Loreli/Luke/Christopher thing is just lame now. I say let Luke and Christopher get together and ignore Lorelei. Hmmm… Luke and Christopher… where was I? Last season I was saying that I thought Logan was good for Rory. I’m wondering if this is the beginning of the end for those two.
Oh and I still think TJ and Liz are the worst characters on the show.
The whole scene in “Kirk’s” was excellent, I laughed hard when I saw the ‘No Cell Phones’ sign. Other than that a fine episode, Lane working out the ‘conspiricy’ was good too.
Last season I was saying that I thought Logan was good for Rory. I’m wondering if this is the beginning of the end for those two.