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He's like my 3 year old daughter. One poke and she'll be like whatever. But the second poke sets her off immediately. Both could use work on their tempers.

Someone please help me not put my head through a wall...omg...this season! The clues are so easy and the contestants are so very, very bad...

I mean blow him off like just laugh or roll his eyes at Christopher. Put him in his place by total non-reaction. He looks weak because he lets them get under his skin and stalks off all upset. But you know, at the end of the day...Luke is a pretty insecure dude.

Sure. But I think we all aspire to be more mature and react better than Lorelai Gilmore. The April situation started the second Luke yelled and berated Lorelai for "secrets" and then turned around and hid April for MONTHS. Asinine. As for the party, if I had been pining for some chick for 8 years and some stupid idiot like Christopher sounded off, I would have blown his ass off. Reacting like Luke did was weak.

It's so interesting to see everyone's favorites. Especially the episodes. Some people's favorites are ones I skip bc I find them boring (like the spring break one or the Harvard trip one or the pushkin one). Some I totally agree with (Fights/Tights, Bracebridge, Tick, Tick, Tick Boom, Raincoats and Recipes, Living Art). I prefer the pre-Yale seasons, though I do like Season 4 after the first few episodes. In fact, any Rory-heavy storyline tends to bore me (I like the town stuff way more). I have no favorite characters. Just characters that make me less stabby than others.

Luke. I always like him until I realized that TJ was right (in that scene where Luke is like, "Yeah, it's ok with me if you move to SH" and TJ is like, "Didn't know I needed your permission.") He is kind of a dick. And then all that nonsense at the vow renewal (nut up, dude!), acting like a loon re: Christopher, and, worst of all, the whole April thing. Jeez.

Yeah, the cottage...described as the room with a separate entrance.

Someone is obsessed with aneurysms bc they come up casually way too often.

I haven't gotten there yet, but what the heck is with the people who wrote this show not seeming to understand how pregnancy works? The timeline, symptoms, when tests will be positive...no way Lane knew as soon as she did ,and even the 'doctor' gave the wrong info when Lorelai ate an apple. So the Dragonfly has 10 rooms...but Richard and Emily get put in room 12? Huh?

In season 5, Luke said the first time they met was 8 years ago (how long he had the horoscope). That would make Rory 12 when they met. Since Rory said that she had not missed a Starlight Festival since she was 1, that means they lived in SH 11 years without ever hitting a major town institution like Luke's? Huge continuity issue in my book.

Cool! What kind of snake? More repeat stuff: poor mail delivery, making fun of Star Trek, golf "spoiling a good walk," etc. Rory goes golfing bc she is supposed to pick a sport to play at Chilton. Then the next season, Emily asks her if they do any kind of P.E. at school. Lorelai is the best and brightest of her class but doesn't know how to use the word "ubiquitous" in her mid-30s. Rory at Yale (or Harvard). Problematic in many ways as she is not nearly as accomplished as many people I know who went to those schools or even some who were not offered a place. And then she can't handle 5 courses (but then later finishes 4 years' work in 3.5 while being super-involved with the paper, having a boyfriend, etc). In Tick, Tick..., Lorelai cannot leave the disaster dinner party bc her car is blocked in. But Digger's parents and Rory (the only 2 who could have arrived after her) have already left. At the end of TTTB, Richard hits a drive all of 30 yards, and Lloyd tells him he hit a great shot. ?

Hence...nonsense. I respected Alex enough without all this extra implausible silliness.

Yes. The average is based on all schools, including religious schools who tend to have lower tuition. Elite privates in the Dallas area go over $30k a year for high school. There are cheaper private schools here, but they are not any better (and often inferior) to the excellent local public schools. Katy makes a good point about it being 15 years ago, dropping that number to ~$20k. Even if she had all $75k, though, given she could not even get a loan for $15k to fix her house, I don't get how she swung the dilapidated inn. Based on Kirk's math on the polling for Taylor vs Jackson, the population of Stars Hollow is 6666.7.

Which would put her, without all the DEO training, firmly in her mid thirties by season 3. MD/PhD with outside research work and residency training would take 10 years after college. If she was in her 40s, I'd buy all this nonsense way more.

Yes. The average is based on all schools, including religious schools who tend to have lower tuition. Elite privates in the Dallas area go over $30k a year for high school. There are cheaper private schools here, but they are not any better (and often inferior) to the excellent local public schools. Katy makes a good point about it being 15 years ago, dropping that number to ~$20k. Even if she had all $75k, though, given she could not even get a loan for $15k to fix her house, I don't get how she swung the dilapidated inn.

I assumed so, as well, when they mentioned their plan was to break even in one year. That it included the loan for the inn and renovations. Still, high school at an elite private would eat that $75k with room to spare, and since she could not even afford a deposit for Chilton, I assume Lorelai wasn't counting on adding money from savings. Another nitpick...Luke talks about finally getting some help around the diner, but we see other folks working there prior to this announcement. In S2E2, 12:58, I feel bad for the actor who will likely only be remembered for the giant sweat stain (was this intentional?)...we see this prominently in the 3 seconds he is seen wiping down the tables in the diner.

I really don't think they were mispronouncing SIrius. I think she was being sarcastic because Cyrus is so not a typical dog name.

Ok. Chilton. Elite private, but those moron friends of Paris... No, but no way Rory and Lorelai hadn't already been there, as they conduct student and family interviews, and usually have kids who are coming in non-expansion years do a shadow day with another student. By the time my son was admitted to his elite private, we had been to the school 4 times (3 separate interviews), met tons of people, and knew our way around. Also, how was it a surprise to Emily if the headmaster was such a good friend? Who had just been at her house inhaling lobster puffs? Also, have you noticed repeat little things? Swan attacks, chow dogs, lacrosse, surly/snooty musicians, everyone sucking at golf...there are several more that I don't remember, but I have noticed over and over as I plow through the seasons.

This is revival nitpicking and I don't know if anyone has said anything about it yet, but that is NOT how the DAR works. You don't apply like that Serena chick was doing. You don't get bounced bc a bunch of hens are envious of your youth. You have to have a relative that you can DOCUMENT was in the RW. My wife's a member. Says the whole depiction of it is asinine. But I guess all they cared about was showing Emily swearing or whatever.

I really wouldn't care about continuity errors (and maybe in the end really don't) except for the fact that...don't they actually PAY someone to monitor and ensure continuity?! That's an actual job.

This show makes me laugh out loud like no other show on right now. I mean, things are funny and you smile or are amused *internally*, but my wife had to look up at one point during our plane ride and say, "What on earth are you laughing at so much?!!!!"

She should have told Raj, but I don't see why he had a responsibility (or even any inkling) to ask. Once he KNEW, though, I think he should have broke it off.

Yup. The questions are certainly not any harder. The betting is lousy. They are leaving questions on the board almost every single game (both J and DJ). There doesn't seem to be any coherent strategy going on. The questions, if anything, are easier.

Oh, yeah...and btw, even fully booked 365 days a year, there's no way that 10 rooms would pay for that many employees. That always got me. Bell boys and valets for a 10 room inn? Yeeeaahhh...no.

Did anyone mention the ~$75k Lorelai gets from Richard when her 'investment' is sold? Seriously? $75k is enough to pay off 3 years of private school AND buy an inn? Really?! That wouldn't even pay for 3 years private school here in Dallas...forget the northeast.