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I completely agreed. They also played it for laughs during Richard living in the Pool house during their "separation" and Richard's butler actually lasted longer than the maids and even commented on how he had to learn a new one each week. Then of course he got the book when they made up. I wish they would have kept the butler and gotten rid of the maids. Also, showed that Richard was a lot better of an employer then Emily. Many people have commented that the maids kept working for Emily because it beat having no job at all. However, when you look at, you think companies who employ maids would go: "We don't want to work with you anymore, Mrs. Gilmore. You have never been satisfied with our service workers and they have excellent resumes and a great work history. In fact, every maid that has worked for you has worked several years in other homes. We have enjoyed your business but, seriously... go to hell!"

Oh, I know. My mother and I were on the floor laughing on Kelly Bishop's delivery it was so spot on. But yes, Emily's surprise much like how she kept thinking every maid she had sucked. I was like: "Hire a cleaning service then!" Of course then the running gag would have been no cleaning service is good enough for Emily Gilmore. It would have been great if they would have spent several episodes with Emily not having a maid and her trying to keep the house in order and failing at it miserably and then hiring college students for her cleaning and organizing. Of course, I really wanted to know how Emily would need a maid for so much outside of laundry but keep in mind. Emily and Richard lived in their own little worlds where: "cleanliness is closest to godliness."

This was almost a sweet episode if it wouldn't have been so heavy handed.

Especially when Emily really didn't think of it the next episode. She thought Lorelai was just doing her usual: "I'm mad but I'll be good later." She was that oblivious to the entire situation and what she did. Of course Lorelai was horrible at taking certain situations seriously. Bringing up the maid lawsuit, when Emily read it back about what happened in court. Even Lorelai had this: "Why did I say that" look on her face. She didn't realize that it was serious subject and while she was telling the truth about how Emily treats her help it came off like: "Nah nah, you suck, HAHA!" I said for years, how Emily treated her maids how she kept getting new ones every single episode except for this. Fired one for daring to talk to Rory and another for tripping on a lump in the rug. I would have loved for several episodes if there was no maid and Emily realizing, no one wants to work for her anymore.

Exactly, I mean I would have like to see more flashbacks of teen Lorelai either getting the constant talk to do what Emily and Richard wanted and I would have loved to see Mrs. Kim actually listen to Lane's side of the story. But in both cases, it was: "Their house, their rules and you be damned if you don't agree with them!" At least Lane saw her mom's POV later on with her grandmother and also Mrs. Kim did start to compromise a bit. That said layers about both of them and their relationship and their rules and hiding things. Lorelei and Emily in which both Lauren Graham and Kate Bishop agreed, wished the final season would have been spent more on healing their relationship and finding common ground finally instead of putting and end of Christopher's story which they all felt had ran out a long time ago. Says a lot about the show runners.

Had to be one of my favorite episodes ever. Oh Barry, we love you.

I really enjoyed it. As a tech teacher who uses Apple devices a lot, they really got this right and I loved how it all ended.

It was definitely something from column A and column B.

Which is a very good question. I do believe that both Emily and Richard had a very certain view of the world and how you and others should be in it. Let's face it, there were many times they turned a blind eye to even the thought of someone being a jerk or doing something hurtful (Hutzbergers, Straube, Christopher). Or that someone did well very well for themselves despite things and were happy with their life (Lorelai). However, I think it was the fact that Lorelai had to go: "My parents are evil" vibe she needed to move on past her teen views, which never matured on either when she took Rory away from that lifestyle. How in "Those are strings Pinocchio." When Richard set Rory up for an enrollment interview in which Emily, Lorelai and Rory thought Richard went too far and should have just said he had an interview set up for Rory if she was interested. Instead of basically throwing her through the admissions door. Emily's constant feeling that Lorelai and Christopher should finally be one big happy family with Rory should have been squashed years ago with Christopher constantly not seeing Rory and his problems with jobs until he was in his mid 30s and how his parents acted. Yet: "You are good society." attitude she constantly took for over 20 years. True story, a friend of my brother had something similar happen with his parents and he was an "oops" and they got married almost 15 years later after both had failed marriages and other kids well after college. However, their parents were: "Well, if it works out, great but if not I'm not going to force the 'happy family' on them."

I know, death was treated very badly on this show. I think the best reactions were Richard when Trix died and Christopher when Straube died. They were actually taken with a sense of realism. Everyone else I wanted to go: "Really?" I mean I went to a funeral where the departed was a HUGE Star Wars fan and he wanted to be buried in one of his favorite Star Wars Tshirts with a lightsabre. That was it and it was in very good taste where you went: "I am really going to miss him." The rest it was: "Are any of you people, you know have brains or aware of the crap you say?"

I know! The nerve!

Also very true. Luke had plenty of reason to be worried and upset too on both and yet Lorelai went out like Jess had raped Rory and gotten away with it. It was how I saw with Logan getting away with less punishment than Rory after Yacht Gate. The excuse: "My lawyer has gotten me out of this all the time." "I'm good." Yet, someone who had no previous history of doing something like this or anything was put on 300 hours of Community service and the reaction is: "My life sucks, I'm going to live with grandpa and grandma now." Ummm... huh? That showed you the consequences of your actions how? Rory even finished her service hours fasters because she didn't have a job or school. Logan comes back going: "So, almost done huh?" "Want to party?" Yet, then Logan doesn't want to graduate and "go into the family business" then Mitchum and family cut him off and everything.

Because it's Tyson and Nieman. They tell you to do something and you magically do it. They can replace baby teeth in a trailer home. Have a run down mansion outside of the city and have a private wi-fi signal. They can make DMV picture disappear, walk into police precincts and steal hundreds of files and their motivations: "Its the thrill and I'm trying to get back at my mother, who is really dead but the woman who tried to keep me going, I just hate her." Like with Spider-Man's deal with Mephisto: "It's magic, get over it and accept it."

Exactly. The same town that can hear about a rift between Lorelai and Rory in less than an hour but a car accident that involves Dean's girlfriend at the time and no one blinks and eye. Then again, after the cheating came out, no one reacted to that either or the fact that Dean was getting a divorce and back together with his ex-girlfriend. Yeah, hmmmm...

I felt so bad for Ed, especially when he said they knew the baby was going to be a boy. You wouldn't think the writers would go there but they did. I mean a man in his 60s a woman in her early 40s. Two things are going to happen, baby is fine or problems from the start. The moment when Mike closed the door and sat in the chair and look at him. That spoke volumes and finally, Kyle is finally be acknowledge that shouldn't be treated the way he is. He gives up so much and look at him, poor guy. Sure, hot girlfriend, everyone can count on but its also this weak point. As for Ryan, could he be any more of an idiot? Really just when I think him and Kristin can't lose any more brain cells they do and good to see that Boyd still isn't shown. That's almost 4 episodes with no Boyd. What happened producers? Get into another argument with using your kid actor between gigs like the original Boyds?Just ship off Ryan, Boyd and Kristin. I think the show would do better without them.

I always saw Phil as a bit naive and a bit ADD. How something very simple or something HUGE can make him change his thought process in a second. However, he's a very nice and charming guy who hasn't lost the "fun" in his life. He'll be serious when he has to be or wants to be. Example would be yelling at Haley after she got kicked out of college or his rival saying horrible things about Claire and the kids. He tries to take life one day at time but he wants to enjoy life. He is professional, he loves what he does but at times he gets a bit caught in the naive side. From inappropriate commercials on his business van. To having a guy who is gay and is thinking he is into him or trying to be a Hollywood FX guy and then at the end going: "Oh... wait..."

Ok, Meredith has starting to fall into one of the worse parents on ABC just below Ryan and Kristin from Last Man Standing. I mean, I can completely understand having a weekend to yourself. We all want it where we are not the parent, spouse and career person. Just the person who can just do whatever in a fun way even for a day. However, it comes off that Meredith would rather be drinking and eating cheap pizza and bouncing on a bed in her underwear like some sorority girl. That's just too much and of course Richard can't take a woman in power, we saw that's the reason why he never ran away with Elis. He doesn't like not being "The Sun". Wow! What a bad episode but I was with Avery on everything. Its just a hard and confusing time and what is he suppose to do?

I really enjoyed Phil on the plane and Haley and Alex working together. See, this is what is needed with the Dumphy siblings not hating and mocking each other. I'm not saying it isn't needed after all, they are siblings but half the time they look like they are about to kill each other. Even worse, Haley and Luke lose and gain intelligence every other episode I'm waiting for them to forget how to breathe. I completely agree, Gloria is a controlling bully. I do agree that its time that Manny stand up for himself, he's almost 16 and I was happy he punched the guy. Even after it was revealed he was acting out but man, that was the Manny that needs to show up more. Not in punching people out but how he can't take it. Plus, the guy did keep calling him by his last name and wanting him to answer if he "wanted a piece of this?" I was like: "Moron, he didn't see you with the pie." "Say his name and then wait for him to turn around."

I know the feeling, I've known some people I grew up with that have become politicians, actors and educators of the year and if you would have known them then. You would never think anything along those lines. I knew the half tank of gas was going to come back and haunt them. I did feel sorry for the science teacher, I've seen other teachers who have taught a lot less just can't handle the jokes and feeling like no one cares what they are doing.

Oh this isn't going to turn out well.

Completely agree, I don't need constant fallout but acknowledgement goes a long way.

I've constantly wondered that, I mean there is being a bad cook and not being able to make mac and cheese. I can see in the early years in the shed with using food from the kitchen at the hotel. I was in food service for years and several times they asked if anyone wanted to bring leftovers home or put together a small pack. It happens and I can see Lorelai doing that with Rory but then after they got to Stars Hollow. There is no way you can eat out all the time unless you never buy groceries and have no outstanding bills outside of the mortgage. Its small things like that irk me about TV, I get its fiction but come on. These people are still human.

I know. I mean its going on for years from TV to comics. These stories are introduced and over half the time the writers have no idea. As I said up a few posts about the entire death of Kate's mother what the original notes were. They had the outline but that was it. There have been so many fan favorite shows where TPTB have just dropped a story and had no idea how to resolve it or they had the beginning and end but no idea what to do in the middle. I like to bring up Everwood as a great example but there was one character that they had a story line and had him signed on for 10 episodes in season 4 but they had no idea how to fit the character in the middle of their main stories with the main cast. So, 6 out of the 10 episodes the character just showed up, said a few things with no shirt on and left. Then in the last 4 episodes we get his whole story and its so rushed that you could tell they had the outline and the ending but the middle was just so bad. The show runners later said they just couldn't fit the story in and since he was such a "hot actor" their exact words. They figured they just put him in with no shirt on and drop a few lines and figured they could get the storyline in but they got so wrapped up in other stories and with the contract ending for the actor, they just rushed through it that he was a cheating dropout which felt so forced you could tell they had no road map of any kind. That's this with Castle's "vanishing". They had an idea and I'm sure they still have the basic setup with Bracket or 3XK but put so much "mystery" into it they had no idea where to go with it and now they are rushing to figure it out before the season is over. I can also see them just doing a rush to conclusion like with Bracket with the magic elephant and with 3XK by Tyson being so full of himself he messed everything up in the end.

That trailer is one thing that should have been sold off a long time ago. I'm sorry, its not like Owen can't live in a nice apartment or something, he has the money. Something that always drove me nuts about the characters over the last decade. Early on, their living situations made sense but they have you know, money now. Have names, journal articles, papers, studies, ect that are well known and famous in the Grey's Universe. So why does it get to the point they want someone else who is interning at the hospital to cut their hair or do their laundry?

The only reason I can see Castle agreeing to anything of this caliber was because it was a direct threat to his entire family. Beckett, Alexis and Martha. Hence he did it and then realized how bad it really was and needed his memory gone because it would have put everyone back in jeopardy again. One thing that would make sense. The sad thing is it will most likely doing the classic "written into a corner" that happened with Beckett's mother's death and here with 3XK. With Bracket I read somewhere the original notes were: "Former New York politician did some shady dealings, Beckett's mother snuck her nose in where it didn't need to be and that said person is now in senate." It was a storyline that was looking like some type of military cover up and turned into a corrupt state's attorney who stumbled on a police cover up in the late 70s and then got out of control. I think the real problem were these ex military guys that were working for Bracket that just enjoyed killing people. The way the story ended, Motgamery or the other two cops that started this mess would have just turned over the files and tape through their third party connections that Bracket couldn't touch or knew about and it would have been over years ago. Bracket is now so up the creek, even if he brought in more of his "lackies" everyone would know it was him and he would probably get the death sentence. With 3XK after that made Tyson out to be super serial killer like certain Bones' villains and showing the DA and the cops to such idiots it reached the point where you can't really do much more. Either have them succeed to send them off to jail or die. I liked this conclusion better with Tyson and Nieman better because in the end, Castle and Beckett beat them by their own games and it ended up with them both dead. Not that I wouldn't have minded a little bit more with between Kate and Nieman like her getting the scalpel, pushing Nieman back. Cutting her arms and legs free and then Nieman charging at Beckett with another surgical tool and all you see is Kate slicing at Nieman and then you cut to the scene with the boys coming and and finding Kate standing over Nieman's cut throat. Now with the "mythology" I see similar problem especially when it hasn't been touched on at all since episode 2.