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Finished up the series a few days ago and have already started replaying S1. I noticed MIL didn't really comment much on the later seasons, she just kind of sat there, but is laughing and making comments again now, so I won't feel guilty for stopping after S4 this time except for maybe a few random faves from S5 on (I still adore Sidekick, mostly because Lane's rock n roll wedding reception is just so perfectly fun). Random thoughts - The soap opera-esque closeups on the characters' faces in S7 is SO jarring when binge watching at this pace. One of my favorite things about this show is that it feels like you're just watching these people's lives from a distance, like keeping up with people you've come to know because you genuinely care about them and their lives, but when the camera is six inches from their face it totally takes you out of that. But, any drama is back to feeling like real life and less forced, so I still prefer S7 to S6 for that reason alone. Lucy and Olivia were SUCH pointless characters. And don't get me started on the character assassination of Marty. Ugh. Paris and Doyle were so hilarious as a couple. I love that they truly were endgame. Same goes for Kirk and Lulu. TJ and Liz really aren't that bad when you don't take the time to focus on their characters and take them too seriously. And Liz always calling Luke 'big brother' makes me smile. I fanwank that they used to watch Peanuts together as kids (Sally calls Charlie Brown 'big brother') and she picked it up from there. I've made this argument in the past, but I prefer Zach to Dave a million times over. And bringing in Sebastian Bach as a regular character was absolutely genius. (I'm a little miffed that Lorelai was poking fun at 18 and Life in one of the S7 scenes though. Not only should they not slam one of the actors like that, it's a genuinely great song. No reason to dis it.)

Yeah, it does. Parts of it I really like (S7 Logan is by far my favorite) but parts of it are just trying too hard and it shows. But at least the writers weren't trying to sabotage their own show (*cough* S6 ASP) so for that I am grateful. HA! Oh, that's a good point! I hope so too.

Farewell, My Pet is up next. We're in the home stretch! I was trying to remember if I've even watched S7 more than once before now. Maybe? But I definitely do not remember most of it other than the major scenes and storylines. And I will NOT be subjecting myself to the Revival. I just refuse. It may be petty of me, but Mitchum's reaction to Rory actually thinking that the only reason he was making Logan move to London and actually learn how to WORK was to get Logan away from her cracked me the hell up. Honey. Not everything is about you. I know that's hard to believe, but you gotta come to terms with it. I'm pretty sure people remarked on this at the time, but good grief how very selfish was it of Lorelai to make a FOUR YEAR OLD wait to "do" Christmas until her grown ass sister got home from vacation?! I wasn't paying enough attention to remember if it was days or weeks, but it was a long damn time. Utterly ridiculous. I know Lorelai and Chris had to give it one last go so everyone could finally get closure about them, but good Lord once they finally got together for more than a couple of days their chemistry was so lackluster it was like watching effing paint dry every time they were onscreen. I feel like a therapist should really do more than encourage their clients to be all 'It's my way or the highway if I'm going to be happy in this relationship!' TJ would have given Lorelai better advice than Lynnie did. Jeepers.

No kidding. What's that, Lucy? A football for me to kick?

Ya'll. MIL's comment during the dreadful scene where Lorelai and Sookie were acting a fool during Fran's funeral procession? "Wow. They'll do anything to try to catch a man." I am WHEEZING.

I've gotta say, listening to MIL's reactions to some of the characters, and scenes, is absolutely hilarious. I've no idea if she's ever seen GG before (even if she has, it's possible she doesn't remember) so it's all fresh and new to her. So far here's what I've picked up -- Lorelai only thinks of herself. (I'm pretty sure she's stated this at least once per every couple of episodes. Heh.) Emily is hoity toity, and also thinks she's all that. Richard is very much my way or the highway, about everything. Gran is a snob. The Chilton bunch all think they're better than Rory. Taylor loves to go on and on and on. Babette, Miss Patty, and Michel all get a lot of incredulous 'WOW's during their scenes. Similarly, Kirk gets a lot of 'Good grief's and 'What can I say's. She's also had some pretty bizarre takes on a few scenes. Once she thought Taylor and Luke were arguing because Luke just wanted a week off work. She also thought Francie was asking Rory for a kiss (instead of a truce) during that stupid S3 storyline, which almost made me choke laughing. She had something really wacky to say about one of Lane and Mrs. Kim's scenes, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was right now.

Gah, no matter how many times I watch Teach Me Tonight, Jess on the bridge at the end telling Luke "I made sure she was okay" just WRECKS me.

Hubby and I have recently had to bring my MIL here to live with us, and in order for us to have something to do other than stare at each other (her mind is slipping pretty badly at this point) I've been playing four or five episodes of Gilmore Girls every day. My G-D I had forgotten how annoying Max is, and especially Max and Lorelai together. For as much as we've complained over the years about her immaturity when it comes to relationships, he is just as bad. On the upside, though, we're in Season 2 right now and the deepening friendship and genuine affection between Lorelai and Luke is just delightful to revisit. Plus, I get to have Jess on my screen again, which is fabulous.

What a fun site! I've bookmarked it so I can check it out in full later.

Absolutely!

I just suddenly had a vision of a Mrs. Kim vs. Trix showdown. That would have been epic.

That scene is the greatest.

I don't hate Lorelai or anything, but I was definitely on Emily's side with that one. It's not like Rory needed life-saving surgery or anything that would have made Emily truly heartless in that moment. There's nothing wrong with putting a relatively small condition on loaning your daughter tens of thousands of dollars to send your granddaughter to a posh private school. I do wish they had written that initial storyline slightly differently, though, to make Lorelai look less like she was so unprepared as to never think of how she was going to cover Rory's tuition for Chilton. I think I've argued this scenario before, but it would have made perfect sense for Lorelai to assume Rory would get a scholarship for Chilton (one of the Chilton parents makes a snarky remark about scholarship students early on in the show, so that was definitely a thing) and then have the school inform her that no, the scholarships are reserved for students who actually need the financial help to attend there, and the Gilmores could certainly afford to send Rory without any assistance. That would put Lorelai in the position of having to deal with the fact that yes, she IS still a Gilmore even though she hasn't been a part of that world for sixteen years, and carrying the Gilmore name comes with certain assumptions and responsibilities whether she likes it or not.

To be fair, Chris and Sherry were basically broken up by that point, and would have been for good if Sherry hadn't found out she was pregnant and they decided to stay together. And that wasn't just Chris making excuses, Sherry herself confirmed it to Lorelai at the baby shower.

IMO Rory only ever aspired to be Christiane Amanpour because she had dreams of traveling and doing something exciting, not because she wanted to actually be any kind of journalist. Even Jess in Teach Me Tonight was like, you want to do what now? when Rory was going on about it. LOL. If things didn't move in a plot-driven way, Jess' reaction would have started sowing the seeds of doubt in her regarding her plans for her life. Rory really only ever seemed like she was doing something that actually set her soul on fire when she was working on The Franklin at Chilton, and when she was planning stuff for the DAR in S6. And honestly, if the show was going to insist that this was truly Rory's dream, she should have been going ga-ga over Rachel in S2. Rachel actually did travel the world as a photojournalist and did all the things Rory supposedly wanted to do, but Rory basically ignored Rachel altogether other than to commiserate with Lorelai about how perfect she was.