LostWithSawyer

I agree with all of this. I also still feel that in this instance Jo completely misread the emotional context of the dinner and chose to complain when Alex clearly had a reason to be worried about Meredith. She was at the table when Meredith dropped the Penny bombshell--they all clearly saw how upset she was! I definitely don't solely blame Jo for the Alex/Jo drama, but IMO this was clearly not the time to make a situation about her issues with Alex/his friends when Meredith was freaking out and really needed a friend (even if she isn't a perfect friend herself). ETA: I think the earlier posts suggesting the possibility of purposeful character assassination raise an interesting point. This character has really departed from who she was when we met her.

I think you are right on the money with this. I also wondered if racial undertones were meant during the Weber convo last week, especially when Amelia looked so immediately ashamed when he asked her why she was so willing to believe Jo when she knows Stephanie so much better. I got the same vibe this week, even if Jo was obvlious and Stephanie may have been jumping to conclusions. I do think that the example Jo used was clunky and made things confusing. She tried to link challenging life experiences to motivation for performance (not to intelligence or actual surgical ability) so Stephanie's rant fell a little flat to me even though I know what she was going for. In any event, I think that what this really points to is that most of these characters can be, um...let's call it challenged with reading nuiance or exhibiting basic emotional responses outside of themselves. Penny is clearly uncomfortable? Callie: "Stay here when I leave!". Amelia is blaming the world for her grief? Owen tells an awkward story that isn't exactly addressing what she said. Alex goes to comfort a clearly grieving friend of many years? Jo: "Alex is ignorning me!". On and on...

I hope I haven't missed a discussion on this topic, but I am currently obsessed with Virtual Gilmore and am hoping that some of you are as well and would like to discuss it! I recently discovered these excellent additions to the Gilmore universe. For those who don't know, Virtual Gilmore in an incredibly detailed imagining of Seasons 8, 9 and 10. They pick up directly following the series finale and resume a protrayal of every aspect of Stars Hallow characters and storylines. Every plot is covered and all characters are re-visited, ranging from the development of Luke and April's relationship to Rory on the campaign trial. I am still reading Season 8 (I can't believe there are actually "scripts" for 22 episodes in this season!) and I am really enjoying the plot developments. It actually feels like the story has continued on in a very authentic way--almost as if they are true cannon of the series. Has anyone else read this?

I don't know what is going on, but Pharrell is slowly wooing me. I think I am falling in love. He is just so. freaking. cool. I could watch an entire show just of him!

I was really looking forward to seeing more of Keo, but considering that I cringed every time Lolo was on the screen I am sort of relieved that their partnership is over. I wonder why TPTB chose to pair a first-time pro with a celeb who is known for being exceedingly difficult? I feel like one of the seasoned pros could have been more forceful and handled her attitude (can you imagine her with Maks?!). I really hope we see Keo in lots of pro and group numbers in throughout the rest of the season! The dance with he, Artem and Allison was incredible.

Meryl was on GMA yesterday so I am guessing she was still in NYC during last night's show.....although I did see a picture of she and Max in the audience on Monday night!