Gilmore Girls - Friday Nights Alright ... - 1/31/06

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I thought that the pacing to be kinda slow and uneven up until dinner at Richard & Emily’s. And then, well, WOW!

But a few other things first.
Lorelei is growing more distant from Luke, and he’s pretty much clueless about it. Yeah, he knows she was being evasive, but not why. Lorelei really needs to talk to Luke about how she’s feeling. Not to Suki, or Rory, or anyone else. But it had only been a day (at the beginning of the episode) since she found out about April, so I guess she’s still in shock.

What was that Suki and Lorelei were saying in the Flower Mart about Michel? Something about him turning the barn into a sauna?

I caught Miss Patty’s laugh off camera when Babette yelled to her about the facelift. I didn’t think we’d see her, but then she walked up to the table. That whole little scene really caught my attention. Because, you know, in real life, there are times when you hear someone coming before you see them. It’s just you never see that happening on television.

Paris has the ultimate meltdown at the paper, Rory comes in and saves the day (with Logan’s help at the end.) Anyone else think that the paper is going to have a new editor soon? And I’m really liking how they’ve taken the playboy out of Logan. He’s definitely the best boyfriend for Rory, at least from everyone we’ve seen her with (sorry Marty, but you really needed to be more assertive. There was no way Ms. Gilmore was going to pick you over anyone.) He was helpful without being arrogant, and pulling the dinner (with wine) out of the drawer was a perfect touch for him.
Logan’s great line: “So that’s hard work? Apparently I’ve been avoiding it for a reason.”

And then we get to the Friday night dinner. Great googly-moogly! I loved it - Lorelei taking charge at the beginning, then the wild montage, a roller-coaster ride of arguments, laughter, and eating. Or a triple-espresso (this is GG, afterall.) I can’t think of one part of the last five minutes that I didn’t like. Emily and Richard screaming at each other off camera about the airplane was priceless.

And then there was the preview of the next episode: I’m thinking Lorelei is going to be a grandmother, but that’s just too obvious a guess.

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The Friday night dinner sequence at the end was great. While watching it, I briefly thought “wait, is this the series finale? They’re talking about everything!”

I thought the newspaper sequence would have been a little better if the staff had shown a little initial resistance to Rory; she basically came in and started barking orders at them like a less crazy version of Paris, and, in spite of their earlier suspicion of Rory being Editor’s pet, they all fell right in line. Does she have magic powers or something?

As to the preview, I’m hoping that’s some misdirection.

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Okay, here’s my guess:
Paris is fired as editor, and the paper puts Rory in charge. Logan’s dad Mitch hears about it, and profusely apologizes to Rory, publically. He tells her that she does have “it.” This makes here feel better about being part of the Huntsberger family, so her and Logan get engaged.

Luke, meanwhile, realizes that he’s being an ass, gets his act together, and tells Lorelei to stop cancelling things, that June 3rd they will get married.

The last show of the season is a double Gilmore girl wedding (in part to make up for Lorelei and Rory missing out on her 21st birthday celebration in Atlantic City. This also becomes the last Gilmore Girls show, because the audience for this show is the wrong demographic for the new combined WB/UPN network.

But that’s just my guess.

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I heard they were going to combine it with a UPN show to make Gilmore Girlfriends. Stars Hollow needs some fine looking black women! :smiley:

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I don’t think the show will end this year because most of the promos for the upcoming CW network have featured “The Gilmore Girls”.

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Gilmore Girls is the highest rated show on the WB or UPN. It will be back. And since the CW’s demographic is going to be young adults… There’s no chance it is going away.

This was the best episode of the season… probably of the last 2 seasons easily. Sadly no lines for April Nardini though. Good development. Good lines.

I think Rory being preggers is a little early considering that the soonest she will have slept with Logan would have been that night and they hadn’t been together for months. Unless the next episode is a jump forward in time. I bet engagement.

Actually think the NOT cancelling everything may come back to haunt Lorelai. An errant call from the DJ or the church that Luke picks up…he may flip out.
I can’t wait for Lorelai to meet April’s mom. Since she appears to be another version of Lorelai (Amy-Shermin apparently only thinks one kid of woman is intereresting…a version of herself) I hope Lorelai confronts Luke with the possibility that his love for Lorelai over the years is actually misdirected pining for April’s mom.

Next season will probably be the last. We’ll see Luke and Lorelai raisiing April with Rory and Logan settling in Stars Hollow.

threeorange- About the paper.
I think Rory was able to get it done because she took charge without being a bitch. The jewfro-ed dude with glasses got the worst because he wasn’t doing anything to help. And remember Rory called up the second stringers to replace the “sick” staff people. I’m sure they were just pleased to get the assignments.

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Hey, I was only kidding about this being the last season. But as things are going now, I can’t see how they can plausibly continue it too much longer. Gilmore Girlfriends is a good one, though. I wonder if we’ll see it ripped off from here and show up on SNL?

I forgot a quote that’s even better than Logan’s avoiding work one.

Emily: She’s lucky I didn’t call her a cocktail waitress.
Lorelei: That’s my mother’s version of the “c” word.

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Did anyone lese notice how affronted Rory looked when Lorelai was re-enacting for Richard and Emily her plea for help in “bringing Rory to her senses”? I bet Rory will get angry that Lorelai tried to recruit Richard and Emily. Did she know that before?

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I don’t think Rory knew previously. I also noticed her glare at Lorelai, and was expecting her to say something. I was sort of surprised that the ending montage didn’t include some Rory/Lorelai sparring, as they have not yet (at least on-camera) resolved all of the issues that came between them for the first half of the season.

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Sorry I’m a bit late to jump in on this but we tivo’d it and didn’t watch till tonight. Moving right along!

Those last few minutes with the scene jumps were fantastic. My dad commented that the way Richard, Emily and Rory were posed when Lorelai made them stop walking away was “very theatrical”…and then the whole rollercoaster began. There did seem to be a certain set-up to that pose and I think it was wonderfully executed.

threeorange, I agree there should have been a section including Lorelai and Rory fighting just to round things out. As far as the newspaper staff, I think they didn’t resist Rory’s orders because they *like *her and aren’t offended by her taking charge.

I also hope that it’s an engagement and not a pregnancy. I don’t see a reason for the writers to make Rory pregnant. She’s back at Yale and has a job and an apartment and her life is getting back on track. Why throw all that storyline away with a pregnancy, or hey, an abortion? Seems a bit heady.

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Ah, I forgot one last thought about the newspaper. It looks like Rory will get promoted to editor…which means Paris getting ousted (as she needs to be)…and they’re currently roommates. I doubt they’ll be able to live together if that change happens, so then the issue comes up of where will Rory live if that all happens?

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It’s been hinted at, buc could someone spoil the “next time” stuff that makes you think Rory is getting hitched or knocked up? I missed it.

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Paris was ousted by the board over the paper as editor, but Rory gave her advance notice so that Paris could resign before being ousted. After no resolution as to who would be editor, the staff decided on Rory, who reluctantly accepted. She came to her Apt to find her stuff outside as Paris is now convinced that Rory staged a coup & has thrown her out. Rory can’t find a new place so semi-reluctantly moves in with Logan.

I DID IT! I SUCCESSFULLY DID A SPOLER BOX!

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The promos for Rory’s “big reveal” were completely misleading. Lorelai’s “When did this happen?!” wasn’t even in response to something Rory said. Knowing the WB and their stupid overhyped promos, I wasn’t expecting a baby or an engagement but something far less shocking. Those developments just wouldn’t work with the show, and I’m suspicious any time a commercial screams at me that I’ll be “shocked, just shocked, I say!”

That said, pretty good episode. Everyone felt a lot more “on” last night than they have in months. Rory’s promotion felt more natural than her “rise to leadership” last week–the scene where she first “snapped into action and saved the paper” was just horrible.

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I didn’t realize that Rory and Logan had 100% reconciled-- I thought she had just softened, and he was going to have to put in more effort to get back into his place as the official boyfriend.

That said, I liked the 2/7 episode, and I’m glad they didn’t let the “You didn’t tell me about moving in with Logan!” become a blown-out-of-proportion wedge between Rory and Lorelai.

I also liked Christopher and Logan’s little moment of bonding. I’d never noticed the (now obvious) parallels between Logan and Christopher before. Interesting-- Rory and Lorelai are drawn to the same type of guy…

I was a little annoyed that there was no further resolution of the June 3 vs. Delay plot.