Sir Prize, I probably wouldn’t notice these things on any other show, but this is Lorelei and Rory Gilmore. For six years we watched as they established themselves to be independent and competent women. They have their weaknesses and their faults, but it looks to me like they have wandered far away from how they would have reacted in the same situations. Rory would have doubts, yes, but she would put on a brave front in front of everyone except her mother. And Lorelei wouldn’t have thought it was “cool” that Christopher could get a restaurant to open up at five A.M. (let alone know who to call to get it done - the concierge treated them very rudely), and she would never have married her daughter’s father and flew back across the Atlantic Ocean without even a phone call to her daughter. Even a sheepish one, saying something like, “Well, it seemed a good idea at the time.” Lorelei did offer up a token “But what about Rory” line of resistance, but it was quickly discarded.
And yes, she did say “Cool” to Christopher about getting the restaurant opened.
I firmly believe that the marriage is a solution to the major problem at hand.
Luke and Lorelei got derailed last season, and this show has become a train wreck. The obvious ending to the series is Luke and Lorelei back together living happily ever after. We just have the relationship with Chris to deal with first. Marriage has been a great solution to Lorelei’s past boyfriends, so why not this one as well? She will have second thoughts soon when she sees Emily’s reaction (positive) and Rory’s (negative) and will drop Chris like third period French*.
Luke is on a more obvious path back to Lorelei. After the unsuccessful date with the swimming instructor, I beileve Luke was thinking about that self help tape from season 4… “Can you see her face?” No doubt Luke will be just as upset about Lorelei’s eloping as Lorelei was about Luke’s similar deal on the cruise from season 3). Plus…seems as though Luke will be kicking the crap out of Chris next week.
*I could have sworn that was a Gilmore refrence, turns out it was Ocean’s Eleven. That was a good movie, so I am leaving it in.
Nope. My dad did exactly that. No problem. And you’d kind of think it would bother us, since we are a bunch of control freaks, but I guess not nearly as much as Rory and Lorelei.
A little late in coming into this thread, but I’ve been busy all week and just had a chance to sit down an enjoy my message board discussions!
Anyway, I thought this week’s episode wasn’t that bad. Most of the episode dealt with Rory being a brat (no surprise there) and Lorelai not standing up for herself. Did she not learn that agreeing to something that she doesn’t want to do only leads to disaster??? A thirty eight year old woman who still don’t learn from her mistakes? Sometimes, it feels like the drama is being more and more obvious, and situations where the is no need for it are manipulated so that there is some story line to tell. I’m at least semi-happy that the plot line is moving forward, and not the usual “Lorelai is happy dating Chris” dreck that was the episodes since the season started.
I think the old Rory (before she met Logan and turned into a huge ass brat) would have understood her parents getting married in Paris without telling her. However, the new Rory is all “Me me me me me ME! LOOK AT ME!!!” and therefore is just thinking “You two got married without ME there?” Hardly a surprise that she would be mad.