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1. No. This political figure was not seen in person or on a television screen within an episode. 2. His face is not too small for his head, i.e. this is not George W. Bush. 3. Yes. Lorelai does mention this person. 4. No. This person is not Italian. Sorry Mussolini! 5. No. This person is not Russian. Sorry Stalin! Lenin! Trotsky! 6. Yes. This person is male. 7. No. This person is not Ari Fleischer. 8. Yes. This person is mentioned during a Friday night dinner scene (I don't believe it was during the actual dinner.)

1. No. This political figure was not seen in person or on a television screen within an episode. 2. His face is not too small for his head, i.e. this is not George W. Bush. 3. Yes. Lorelai does mention this person. 4. No. This person is not Italian. Sorry Mussolini! 5. No. This person is not Russian. Sorry Stalin! Lenin! Trotsky! 6. Yes. This person is male. 7. No. This person is not Ari Fleischer.

1. No. This political figure was not seen in person or on a television screen within an episode. 2. His face is not too small for his head, i.e. this is not George W. Bush. 3. Yes. Lorelai does mention this person. 4. No. This person is not Italian. Sorry Mussolini! 5. No. This person is not Russian. Sorry Stalin! Lenin! Trotsky! 6. Yes. This person is male.

1. No. This political figure was not seen in person or on a television screen within an episode. 2. His face is not too small for his head, i.e. this is not George W. Bush. 3. Yes. Lorelai does mention this person. 4. No. This person is not Italian. Sorry Mussolini! 5. No. This person is not Russian. Sorry Stalin! Lenin! Trotsky!

1. No. This political figure was not seen in person or on a television screen within an episode. 2. His face is not too small for his head, i.e. this is not George W. Bush. 3. Yes. Lorelai does mention this person.

1. No. This political figure was not seen in person or on a television screen within an episode. 2. His face is not too small for his head, i.e. this is not George W. Bush.

All right, I'm thinking of a controversial political figure. (I've never played, but judging from the rules and how others have started, this appears to be enough info to start. If you need more to start, just let me know.)

It's a lighter! Am I right? Do I get start a new question?

I don't think it really has anything to do with those things. Obviously, the Huntzbergers appeared to be much wealthier than the Gilmores. However, when you get to a certain level these relationships are rarely about a tit for tat measure of various assets against one another. It's why you still hear about con artists who try to pass themselves off as being a Rockefeller or Dupont, not because every member of those families is wealthy, but because the name itself has cachet. Emily viewed them as peers because they socialized in the same circles, attended the same events, apparently they were close enough in that Shira mentioned attending Emily and Richard's vow renewal, and things such as that. The Gilmore name was enough to open the door, even if the Gilmores' didn't have the same kind of money.

In fairness, from the termite situation, it seemed as if Lorelai simply didn't have the means to really have been able to put away anything for a potential Inn. I mean, if Luke or Emily hadn't been able to rescue Lorelai, she would never have been able to get a loan on her own to fix her home. As for the Independence, Lorelai had worked there for years in a management position. I'm guessing she knew the value of the place, which seemed much larger than the Dragonfly, and appeared to be well established with a good reputation, and realized even if Mia could offer a deal, it would still cost too much to be practicable. I think this basically is right. Lorelai really reacted badly to things she viewed as being within her parents' "world." I thought she viewed Chilton as a necessary evil, and tried to stay as far away from those people as much as she could. This probably got stronger for Lorelai as Emily made clear she was going to be very involved in Chilton and was on personal terms with the headmaster.

I'm not sure I follow this. That's a Rhode Island Supreme Court case. It isn't binding on a case in California. I also want to say that the court in that case did allow some of the evidence in from the search, but excluded some due to problems in the chain of custody and later actions by the police. My understanding of the law would be that so long as Marisol wasn't acting as an agent of the police, how she finds the evidence is more of a side issue. Also, there would probably a question of whether Nick would even have standing to challenge the search, since it would have been Opal's rights that were violated, not Nick's. Though I am in complete agreement that I don't understand why Marisol didn't just walk away once it became clear that Nick wouldn't be honest with her. It's like she's needlessly putting herself into a dangerous situation for no real reason. Yes, a person died (or at least that is what has been suggested), but Marisol's connection to all this is pretty weak.

I don't know if I would say she was "controlling" so much as she was just acting like a parent of a teenager. Both are pretty big gifts, so I think Lorelai was within her rights to refuse them on behalf of Rory when they were initially offered. If Lorelai had kept the act up after Rory was in high school, then I would agree that her actions were more along the lines of controlling. I agree totally as to Lorelai's control over knowing what was going on with Rory. I did kind of love when Emily would occasionally know about something going on at Chilton from reading the newsletter, and Lorelai would be immediately flustered by the idea that Emily knew something that Lorelai did not, even if it was some nothing event.

I agree. I hated when Emily and Richard would vanish for episodes at a time. Granted, often it felt like the Emily/Lorelai/Richard relationship would just get stuck in a rut, as if the writers had no clue what do with the three unless they were in some kind of opposition to each other. I am with you. She seemed best in a management type position, rather than being the reporter. I honestly have no idea why she kept talking about wanting to be like Christiane Amanpour. Rory never seemed like someone who could handle a particularly volatile situation, much less do basic reporting in a war zone. And that's nothing against Rory, I doubt I could do that either.

I agree. The show was much more about telling us that Rory was supposed to be a journalist rather than showing us why she would make a good journalist. Though, I thought as the show went on, Rory became a less relevant character and it felt like the writers struggled to justify her continued presence. But I will admit, I thought the Emily/Lorelai relationship was much more interesting than the Rory/Lorelai one. Though that may have been because I thought Kelly Bishop and Lauren Graham were much stronger actresses than Alexis Bledel.

I think Rory actually worked for the Stamford paper during the sixth and seventh seasons. But more to the point, my understanding is the Yale Daily News publishes five days a week during the school year, and operates as any regular newspaper would do so, with real deadlines, editors, fact checkers, budgets, ad sales, etc. I'm not sure why that would be seen as something less than a "real world" newspaper. I can certainly agree that a diversity of experiences is helpful, but it did seem as if Rory had the necessary background to get the internship, if a paper like the Providence Journal was willing to hire her in a full time, paid position.

I appreciated that Opal left a helpful news article in the safe deposit box, so as to explain exactly why the bloody sock or whatever that was, was important. Otherwise, poor stupid Marisol would never have gotten it.

I want to say a comment was made about making the check out to "cash." But yeah, a deposit in that amount would probably be something you actually have to do with a teller.

I think what amazed me most was it seemed like Tony was going to try to cash a $100,000.00 check at an ATM. I don't think that is possible, or even vaguely believable. And yes, Marisol's stupidity knows no bounds. This is actually something that really pissed me off. Are you going to tell me after all she went through last season, she was going to confront Opal entirely alone, even though she knew what was at stake for Opal? And then, even after she's nearly murdered, she still leaves the gun where Opal can easily get to it! I mean, if any character deserved to get shot at that point, it was Marisol.

Farewell Drop Dead Diva, I will miss your lawsuits that apparently could be filed and tried the same day, along with Jane's often bizarre and totally unprofessional courtroom demeanor! I can't say I understand the choices the writers made this season. I can only guess that Grayson was switched out and Teri went away for a good portion of the season due to budget issues. I mean, I will say the actor playing Ian was much better than Grayson, but storywise it was dumb. I agree with the idea that they were hoping for some kind of last minute reprieve. It's the only way jamming conclusions for most of the characters into the final episode makes sense.

If the officer has reasonable cause to detain Valentina, he can detain Valentina. He's seen three things to give him that cause: erratic driving, an upset driver and a backseat that appears to be covered in blood. Now it can turn out that what he has would not be enough to keep Valentina detained, but the idea he can't detain her based on what he has seen is not correct.

I don't think it would be crazy to assume that he would know the basics of something like wound care and stitches given his experience in Africa.

I saw an interview today with Melissa McCarthy on CBS Sunday Morning. It was a little strange. They referred to her current CBS show, Mike and Molly, as her "first big success," and no mention was made of Gilmore Girls, even though she was a co-star on that show for what, seven years? I mean, I can certainly agree that she's a much bigger star now than she ever was on Gilmore Girls, but it was strange for them to act as though she hadn't already had a successful career on television prior to her current show.

I'm conflicted because the way it was written, it seemed like at the beginning June Squibb took pleasure in doing and saying things to purposefully embarrass her daughter. Then it takes a turn and you get the sob story about how she was a single mom and had to be "tough," and her daughter doesn't understand that or respect her. And I agree that given Zoila seems to know about Genevieve's background (she didn't seem surprised at anything June Squibb said), her doomed romance with Henri doesn't make much sense, for reasons others mentioned. I think the problem is that there is really nothing at stake in that storyline. So Reggie gets all the money, so what? I mean, yes, dishonesty is bad, but I don't think any of Rosie's employers are developed enough as characters for me to care one way or the other. My guess would be Ethan will ask her to get Remy to help him.

I don't know if they are all that similar, except for the general concept of people "returning" from heaven. In that movie, they were "reborn," as babies and had to grow up to find each other, as opposed to here where Deb and Grayson jumped into the bodies of people who happened to die at the exact moment they pushed the return button. You might be thinking of "Chances Are" with Robert Downey Jr., and Cybill Shepperd. In that movie, the guy dies, but desperately wants to return to his old life. It turns out that you get a "shot" in heaven before you are reborn so you don't remember your past life, but he doesn't get his. By coincidence, his "new self" meets his old wife and friend, and he suddenly remembers everything, and he starts up a romance with his former wife. I agree. The only positive is that the new Grayson appears to be a better actor. I'd almost say the writers simply ran out of ideas, but I think that happened two or three seasons ago.

Given he appeared in the episode and I think the series only has two episodes left before its series finale, I would doubt he was fired this late in the game. It seems the switch is entirely for storyline purposes.