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In The Third Lorelai episode, Emily defends her re-gifting the coat rack by saying that it was never used and it was still in the crate. However, when Rory and Lorelai bring the rack into the house, Emily frets about its placement, trying to remember where it used to be and remarking that she should have marked the spot with tape.

Exactly. I thought she was concerned. Kind of lightly joking about it.

But that could also mean that she asked for a certain budget for housing and it would only cover that kind of apartment. It's all very vague, but I have a hard time believing that she didn't include living expenses in "paying for Yale." I always saw it as either ASP basically forgetting about the whole financial thing like she normally does, or Lorelai telling Rory to ask Chris for more money for a better apartment.

She didn't live in the apartment before she quit Yale. She moved into it second semester 3rd year. Right around the time Chris offered to pay for Yale.

Except that she knew she was going for pregnancy ASAP. Remember? She was even looking into having the kids by herself.

I think the biggest issue is not their incompetence but the very short time they're given to do this. If the baking time is 20 minutes, 45 minutes to find supplies, mix, bake, decorate, etc, is a bit ambitious.

I agree about the peer group being important in school. The principal said tutor, but I don't think he knew Jess was flaking more than not grasping the subject matter. Luke asked Rory to get him through the next couple of tests so the school could see he could do the work. Both approaches don't come near addressing the real issue. Jess was checked out and did not care.

It's hard to just run off to another country with livestock, but maybe she did take the dog to Paris. Lol...

"ASP thinks we're stupid, has no follow through, and doesn't care" can address pretty much any subject on this thread. Lol. I was watching Bunheads because people kept raving about it. I don't know why. Also a little irked at how much is recycled from GG. Not the actors. But like word for word dialogue, etc. We get it. Married ladies are Sadies. I don't know what my damage is, Heather.

What happened to Christopher's dog? What happened to Rune? If Jess was about to have to repeat 11th grade (prior to being tutored by Rory) for skipping, not doing assignments, not taking tests, etc, how'd he wind up in the 12th grade the next season after completely leaving town? Also, you don't really need a tutor when you can do the work and just choose not to. How many different Shakespeare classes does Rory take in high school? Major Shakespeare test derailed by deer. Then a play (Act 5) in another class. Then takes a dedicated Shakespeare class in summer school. This does not seem like a well-rounded curriculum.

This episode I did that thing where you laugh so much you cry and then you hurt yourself because your abdomen cramps and you can't breathe. Good stuff.

I like this show because this is me every time I try to bake something. It tastes fine (usually great) but looks like some giant hot mess. It's weird. I can cook very well and I was a scientist/researcher who worked in a lab (I get precise measurements, timing, etc).

Can't find any book called "Euclid's Geometry." He is famous for "Elements," a set of 13 texts/scrolls compiled and reproduced for centuries. 6 of the books were number theory, so we cannot even say the vast majority of the book dealt strictly with plane or solid geometry.

I'm a big car aficionado. So maybe that's why I notice and it irks me that the cars are always perfect. Regardless of age. Even Jess' car, which they threw some random bondo on and faded out the hood of...look at the rest of the paint. Then the dash has some age cracking, but look at the seats. Luke's truck looks more restomod than well-maintained family car. Already mentioned previously that cars too clean, too.

I always likened it to this one ex and a couple of friends I have had who were always ridiculously still attached to guys from the past who were pretty worthless overall, but they brought back some memories of particularly significant milestone times of life. Or just kind of felt sorry for them and felt like they had to take care of them because of some weird nuturing underdog thing even though nobody else in the world liked these guys (usually bc they were pricks). Chris was such an incompetent, doofy man-child, I can't imagine any woman taking him seriously or even sustaining sexual attraction to him long term.

Why did Emily and Richard act so sad/concerned about Straub's death? Well, I think they did like Chris and Francine. And they were probably friends from long ago. But more importantly, I think it is bc Emily and Richard are super about keeping up appearances. Their behavior and treatment of other people is beyond deplorable, but I am sure they soothe themselves with the thought that they must be good people bc they murmur and tsk with concern at all the right times.

I agree that Lorelai did not need to go over there. Or she should have said UP FRONT. Not after. Not weeks later at the wedding. Before.

Maybe the takeaway is that if you are dumb/emotionally unaware/low EQ enough to pick/pine for a GG, you make other poor relationship choices.

He wanted to get married NOW. She said no to getting married NOW. Because that was the question. Marry me NOW, go with me NOW, eat guac with me NOW. Obviously since she said she was factoring him in (or each other), she saw them as long term together. It was the all or nothing right now thing she said no to.

You know, I just watched an episode that clears that up for me more. How she was more hurt and confused about why he kept all that information from her in the first place.

Since he left the wording so vague, we could even assume he meant, "I worked with her, she was nonsense, but just being around me got her the editorship of the YDN." I mean, it could be more about his golden touch than the competence of his mentees.

Technically he didn't say anything about her except that he gave her an internship and that she was editor at YDN. It was gamesmanship, and slimey at that. But nothing more...which is why the whole conversation with the reporter about clarifications, etc.

She also broke when she was told to drop Game Theory.

Paris once states she needs Rory at school bc Rory is her rabbit. Beg to differ. Paris is the the rabbit. Paris set the bar. Paris was the go-getter. Paris showed Rory where to go and how to do.

I've just never found value in sugar-coating. He showed examples of how she sat back and let things happen instead of jumping in the fray. Yes, he could have said, "And that is what you need to work on" ( I am also a fan of absolute clarity in performance reviews). That would have been more useful. Season 4 is also my favorite. Minus the Yale episodes.