I tuned in to watch Gilmore Girls last night, but there was some other show on instead.
One story arc was about a woman who was so impressed with her boyfriend’s ability to throw his money around while on a weekend trip to Europe that she married him (even though they disagreed about how long they had been dating. She said a few weeks, he said 25 years. I guess time really is subjective.) I had somehow gotten the impression that this woman had spent her entire life rejecting her rich parent’s lifestyle, so this surprised me a bit.
And there was another story arc in there about a whiny college girl with one of the best educations money could buy, along with a great resume, was worried that she wasn’t going to be able to continue after graduating and losing her job (term limit, not for cause) as the editor of the school paper. She cried because she didn’t know what to do with her life now. Her airhead friends talked her down from the ledge, but she still cried some more.
Since I had already cleared my schedule for GG, I thought I’d give it a watch. I probably won’t watch whatever this show was anymore.
I wonder if there will ever be another Gilmore Girls show on again? I hope this was just a one-show mid-season drop-in the CW network, and not the replacement for what has been one of my favorite shows.
It might get interesting again as Lorelai and Rory deal with the issue of Lorelai getting married and not doing so with her daughter there.
You know, this show was much better when Lorelai and Rory actually lived together. Their interaction was what made it so great. Now that they’re separate (were they even together once this episode?) it’s not nearly as good.
Watched this show for the first time ever last night w/ my teen daughter.
Was most definitely underwhelmed.
Glad to hear the ep was not representative.
The episodes when Rory was in highschool are much better, Dinsdale. Rory and Lorelai play off of eachother very well, when they’re actually able to interact.
I have a very good friend who has a life similar to Lorelei. Single mother of a daughter, comes from a wealthy family but estranged herself after high school from it to live her own life. Her and her daughter have identified with the Gilmores since episode #1. She is as annoyed about the direction this show has gone as I am, and feels a little betrayed.
Dinsdale if you have cable, check out ABC Family. They are showing reruns of the series, and are about halfway through the first season right now. You can catch up without too much work.
Hey there was one good thing about this episode… the return of Marty. I knew as soon as they established that Rory hadn’t met “boyfriend” yet it would be him. He really is the one boy on the show ever that seemed right for Rory.
I think Rory’s plot was pretty typical for a college student regardless of Ivy league satus or not. You know that subconsciously Rory isn’t making plans for her future because she thinks Logan is a meal ticket. Why go to journalism school when her husband is going to own any paper she’ll want to work for? Why think about graduate school when she’s going to end up planning DAR functions in just a few years?
The last two seasons had been pretty good about setting up “Isn’t being rich wonderful?” scenarios and then turning them into “Rich people are fucking horrible.” payoffs.
I don’t know if the new show runner is going to keep that up.
I recently began watching Veronica Mars w/ my kid, and last night I was in a veg mood so she got me to watch GG as well. I don’t really need to get into another show, and VM and Supernatural seem to satisfy my post-Buffy pop-TV fix.
There was something about the dialogue last night that struck me as a little too clever. Lorelei kinda blathered on at times, and Rory’s friends riffed a little too much. But that was just one ep, and a mild impediment to my really getting into the characters. I found it a little interesting, because I generally like that kind of witty banter, but this struck me as just a tad too…
Are the pregnant couple and the Korean mom major characters?
And who was “boyfriend” and what was his history with Rory?
I don’t remember a Marty. Granted, I’ve watched the show sporadically, when I can- can anyone fill me in? Last night was the first time I remember seeing him.
Marty was introduced when Rory first went to Yale. I believe her first interaction with him was finding him passed out naked on the floor of her dorm. IIRC she loans him a shirt for the chilly walk back to his dorm. He would pop up from time to time as a boy Rory was maybe interested in or maybe just friends with. They then established that they were hanging out a lot and that Marty liked Rory but hadn’t said anything. Then this asshat Logan shows up and provides just enough rich boy excitement to get Rory interested. Marty and Rory are having a Marx brothers night when Logan and Life and Death Brigade show up. Rory drags Marty out with Logan and his rich friends where they proceed to rack up a several hundred dollar bill at a Chinese restaurant which they intend to split evenly among everyone.
Marty bows out quickly to find an ATM (which illicts a “an ATM? How quaint.” from one of Logan’s fellow asshats). Rory goes after him and finds him standing on the street corner. He reveals that even if he found an ATM all it would do is tell him he has no money in the account. Rory covers him. Rory and Marty end up back at her place and he tells her he likes her. Her response “I like…… Logan.”
And Marty disappears from the show until last night.
Oh and to answer Dinsdale’s question.
Lane- the young Korean girl is Rory’s friend from childhood. Her boyfriend Zach was introduced a few years ago as a member of Lane’s band (which includes a character played by Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach). Lane started off dating the lead singer but he ended up on the “OC” as the nerdy cool kid. Lane and Zach courted for awhile, broke up, got back together and then got married. Lane got pregnant on their honeymoon…which is also when she lost her virginity. This is apparently a family trait (her mother got pregnant with her during her first time)
Mrs Kim is Lane’s mom. She is a strict Christian. STRICT. Lane had to hide her music collection under floor boards. She’s loosened up a tiny bit after Lane moved out.
In order to prove that he would be a worthy husband for Lane, Zach had to write a hit song for Mrs. Kim. Her reasoning was pretty sound- ‘I accept that you want to be a musician but you need to prove you are going to be able to make a living at it.’
The Lane and the band stories have been some of the high points of the series the last few seasons.
I take a sleeping pill and fall asleep a little over halfway into the episode and Lorelei and Christopher get married? I wonder how long that will last.
Actually I had just about decided I wasn’t going to watch GG anymore cause this season has been less than spectacular and last season wasn’t all that great either. However… I just have to see how this marriage is going to play out. Star’s Hollow will be all atitter! Miss Patty and Babbett are plotzing!
Her religious beliefs were the impetus for Lane and Zach’s wedding. Since the Kim family (aside from Lane and her Mom) are strict Buddhists, there had to be two weddings, the 2nd one hidden from all the Korean relatives. That was a good episode.
And Mrs. Kim’s specific flavor of Christianity is Seventh Day Activist. She set up the tour for Lane and Zach’s band a couple of seasons ago.
Agreed. I was sorry to seem him go when Little Lord Faunteroy started courting Rory.
That seems to be the new Rory, but this never was the old Rory. I think she still wants an identity of her own. She pretty much rejected her grandmother’s life (DAR, etc) when she moved back in with Lorelei and started back to school after the arrest. I blame her growing emotional dependence on the absent Logan and Paris’ pep talk (caused by writers who aren’t familiar with the character) on her semi-breakdown. The old Rory would have had concerns on her future, but not to this extent.
This show is really on the verge with me. I used to love the witty dialogue but I’m sick and tired of EVERY SINGLE LINE trying to be witty. They seem to be trying a bit too hard lately. One of these days I’m going to sit down and really figure out if this has changed over the years or maybe I’m just getting tired of it, who knows.
Regarding Lorelai getting married; it might be an interesting point of contention between Rory and Lorelai. That also sort of makes me wonder WHY SHE WASN"T INVITED BY HER MOM. They have a great relationship and Lorelai is marrying her biological father, one would think they would want her to be there. They are rich for fuck’s sake, fly her to paris.
I’m also having a bit of trouble with Chris. Right now they are painting him as this truly great guy who made a mistake (of not being around for ANY of Rory’s upbringing). Maybe this is intentional by the writers in that they are hilighting the beginning of a new relationship where you gloss over the other one’s problems, but I’m not so sure that’s it. I think they want to change Chris much the same way they would change Ross Gellar just to suit the storyline.
It’s becoming infuriating…and my favorite character is hardly on the show anymore (Logan) which isn’t helping. I’ll give it 4 more episodes and if it hasn’t improved, I’m done.
Well, that actually made sense to me. It was an elopment. You don’t invite people when you elope, you just do it and deal with the consequences later. Now, why Lorelei hasn’t called Rory yet - that’s a better question.
I think they left them at the end of last season in a very bad place, and didn’t give any clue how to get out of it. This is as good as any other solution. It’s the final season, and I’ve watched way worse final seasons just to see how it all ends.
Plus, I hate Logan, so I haven’t missed him in the slightest. (But bringing back Marty is not a good idea).
oh, i get that it was an elopement and it is a spur of the moment thing but my parents eloped and they invited their best friends at the time as the witnesses. The thing is, Lorelai is closer with Rory than she is with anyone else in the world. It’s just inconceivable that she wouldn’t think of Rory before she got married. If it’s true that she didn’t (and I did fastforward part of it so maybe she was mentioned), Rory had BETTER be pissed about it. I’m just not sure she will be at least not appropriately so (yes, I saw the scenes from next weeks episode). There is so much more to this than any regular elopement…
I can’t imagine anyone being upset that they weren’t invited to the quicky wedding in Paris.
I think anyone would assume that they will have a proper wedding once they get settled back from their trip.
Loralei seems to have issues getting from engagement to wedding. (See Max and Luke.) Perhaps this was the only way she actually would ever have married. A spur-of-the-moment thing prevents nerves from getting in the way as much.
I never got the impression that she was impressed with his money. She’s just been enjoying his attitude and companionship. My sense is that the writers consider the wedding a mistake on Lorelei and Chris’ part. It’s something he could only do with the crutch of money. She didn’t want to do it but felt that if she didn’t she would spoil their great relationship.
There is nothing unusual about a “college girl with one of the best educations money could buy, along with a great resume” going through a crisis about what to do after college. It wasn’t out of character.
I wonder how long that will last.