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This is also a constant show that when Ryan and Boyd aren't in the episodes, they are much, much, much better. Not to mention not making their neighbors a cliche "black neighbors". I really enjoyed him as the vet than the angry next door neighbor. Still felt Kristin's appearance was a real throw away just to prove a point. Least Mandy brought something to Vanessa problem, which brings up my next point. Why is Vanessa always so upset when people don't share things with her? If she was really that great of a person she thinks she is then people would share more with her. When their neighbors were separated and talking about a divorce. She got upset that she never mentioned it and she replied: "You never asked." Like that is something that is brought up? Vanessa really needs some friends if she is now a teacher, then how about she start bonding with the rest of the teaching staff?

Very true but it was like Stars Hollow never had to worry about budget problems ever. I've seen even smaller towns than that have stores close down due to over spending on other areas of the town that then were never used. Taylor had a lot of that. Outside his ice cream and soda shop, we rarely saw any of his crazy ideas ever last. I doubt he could return half the stuff he did.

Pretty much and if you notice when they were talking about the tool store that was a knodd to Harry's Tool Shop from the show. I'm sure Benny is still eating donuts and playing off the system.

For a 100th episode that wasn't really anything to go home about. I did enjoy the resolution to the plots but really, I was expecting a lot more. The biggest problem was that if the one robber was a lawyer, they needed to talk more about why he couldn't get his friend the treatment he needed sooner. I've seen vets who have lawyers as friends or family cut through red tape a lot faster. Of course its Danny, he is super cop! The opening about the refinancing, yeah that's a bank. You have everything in order, good customers, pay everything on time. Good jobs, and everything and they will still look at you and say: "Too bad". Yet, have people who barely work, have 9 kids, on medicaid and they will all of sudden go: "Sure, no problem." That part was very real life.

I agree, Christela is the show and while I'm enjoying the play up of the other characters. She does make this show and she works great with all the other characters. Even with Roseanne that was really great between the two.

Really enjoyed the episode but also sadly the they really were jabbing their own show. I mean, the writing is not as sharp as it should be even with the constant Home Improvement aspects. Even though I loved the scene changes, always loved those. Yeah, Tim and Patricia just have this chemistry that works and they play off each other well. I also loved Eve's story with Ed, that was very needed and sad to say. Many people did enlist during Nam because we were at war and yes, others didn't like people being drafted. Really enjoyed that but I felt like Kristin was just throw in there. She really isn't needed and yes, get it, no Ryan and Boyd equals better episodes. The last scene with Patricia, JTT and Tim was just gold. Even love the Wilson reference, I know Earl Hindman was smiling from his big fence in the sky on that one.

I also found it very funny how Taylor was able to spend Star Hollow's budget the way he did on all of his events he had, not to mention his own business, which was a marriage of his money and the town's to make it happen. For a town that couldn't afford to have both a church and a synagog be different buildings. Taylor spent money and never once was the town hurting. I mean, museums, red light cameras (that no one knew how to install), not to mention how often people said Mrs. Kim's stuff was so over priced and yet even Luke threw out his own money fixing his large window even after Taylor said he would help pay for it and Luke was like: "I have insurance and you've done enough." Even with Lane and Zach being two parents of twins with no college education or health insurance and their awesome band, they never seem to really be in tough spots at all. I would love to live in Stars Hollow, people would just give me money to fix things and i could eat all the junk food, high fat foods and never gain a pound or worry about diabetes.

Keep in mind once Lorelei started owning the Dragonfly and saw how much work and money were a factor. She started clipping coupons, not eating out as much and almost never reading her magazines. In which Rory brought up she was never like that. Something I really got about Lorelei even though she lived in a tool shed at 17 with Rory. Then getting a house after becoming manager at the Independence. She ended up in a very comfortable zone where she choose to buy, spend and just enjoy life a little too much. Then when she had to really worry about budgets and her own money making it a reality. She got a culture shock on spending, especially after Trix let her have it about owning a business. Lorelei might not have enjoyed high life but she was too comfortable with living fast and free.

Yeah, I mean Jason had all this plan, it was a nice place and Lorelei rather go to Burger King and the time card thing was really mean. I've seen people lose their jobs because their time cards showed they clocked in 1 minute early and then clocked out on time. Where the supervisor's response is: "You didn't earn that minute of pay, you just came in the door."

Which is very funny if you think about it. Because out of their respective parents: Richard said the real reason he didn't marry Pennilyn was not only because of love but that Trix was set on the families together like she was with Richard's father. Mrs. Kim went against her up bringing which was conservative Buddhist to become a die hard Christian and doing it to the extremes while her own mother was very quiet in her religion. Digger/Jason admitted his own father didn't want to do the family business when he was first younger but then went to the extreme with it and Logan's parents and grand parents were like him not wanting to grow up and then life happened and they had to. Funny how life turns out.

Also, I hated it when Mitchum would just swoop in, state what he wanted or believed in and then just left again. Talk about micromanaging from hell. I'm with everyone on Digger too, liked him until the final two appearance from the suing, which I understood to then turning him into the crazy stalker. What really put Digger in good perspective was he was the anti-Christopher. He wasn't a fan of his parents raising him but he decided to use it to his success. Got rolled up in the business, had his own place and never tried to be like his dad. Sadly, much like Strobe, Digger's father had all these plans for him and when he didn't want to take over the business and be his own man. His father froze him out. Which in a way was the opposite of Strobe, since he blamed Lorelei and later Rory the reason why Christopher dropped out of school and went from job to job for over 15 years before he landed his consulting job. I also found it funny that Digger's nickname was a joke since he wasn't a gold digger because he worked his way through everything but his parents kept giving him money for things which he took to help out with school and housing. Because you know, in upper first class that is a no no to just use your money for the basics instead of the rich life.

I really enjoyed the episode and when Alex flipped Haley because she really deserved that. I do wish they get over the "Alex is not attractive" crap. Its like beating up on Meg all the time on Family Guy or Lisa is too nerdy on the Simpsons. No one finds it remotely funny anymore. Its just people have been writing the shtick so long they just keep doing it and don't think it through. So glad Phil let his rival have it, anyone would have made a comment about my wife like that, especially several times the last couple of seasons, he be in a wheel chair.

Loved this episode! My mom and my wife's mom were just like Beverly, they didn't throw anything out and yes, we have a framed train that my brother-in-law did when he was 5. He's 45 now and its still in my in-laws home. Great call back to New Kids.

Exactly! I really wish Rory would have gotten that more especially post Mitchum. Lorelei should have told her that, especially post Dean crap. She needed to be told, that you will mistakes and some you will really hate but there will come a time when you have to learn from them, get over it and move on with your life. Or you will you will just be stuck.

Haha! Well said, like I said earlier everything was so bad in that episode from Rory's review to the fact this woman was in the Yale School of Theatre and Dance.

I really don't like the situation either because then when the ballerina shows up she talks about how great she is and that Rory was in the wrong. All Rory had to say was: "Then why weren't you dancing?" Especially when Rory went back another night and the same ballerina was doing even worse. True story, I was originally a theatre major during my undergraduate. The local newspaper did a review on our play and bashed one of the actors to death. The director called them up and said the actor was having a really off night due to some personal reasons. Told them to come back another night. The reviewer came back and wrote another article even stating they had an off night. I also did a play, my part was barely 5 minutes and a reviewer who was from the city doing college plays tore me apart on my performance. He came back a year later seeing me in another play and a much larger part and told me: "I think you did horrible the first time because it was such a small role." "When you did this role, you exploded out of the gate and really convinced me." What really got me about the episode was the fact that if a woman got into the Yale school of Theatre and Dance she would need to be very good. If she ends up falling, costume problems on different performances then Rory was right. What are you doing in the show? However, like in Bunheads, ASP didn't really have a good grasp of reality of what it takes to be in a professional dance studio or school. I know it was meant to be her new version of GG but really, hire a consultant or someone who has done it like the DAR. Not write them as rich entitled people.

This was brought up not to long ago but basically it was to show that Sookie really didn't know how to be a business owner or let anyone touch "her world". I also hate how Jackson kind of went in defending her because this is where Sookie went from the quirky to really grating. She was put on bed rest for medical reasons because of her baby and yet she is getting up. Having Jackson drive her on a golf cart which really isn't any better. Then when she had child number 2, she had Jackson just dragged off by nurses to get snipped and then it turns out he didn't. They got out the hall and let him go and then he just lied about it to Sookie for the next year until.... oopp! Baby 3. She was great up until after the whole Lord of the Rings catering. That's when Sookie went from woman about to be parent to: "her way or the highway".

Probably why I detest the scene so much. Emily basically just wants Lorelai back with Christopher so the two of them and Rory can be the happy little family they all decided on when they were 17 that went out the door since the start.

Its the same episode, she first said "this" and then "thing" Never was she referred to by her name. However, when I first heard "this" that really put a bad taste in my mouth too. Emily had a way with words that really was very degrading to people. As for Sherry, as said, she was turned into the deserting mother who then had a change of heart to give the "Poor Christopher" feel just like Nicole cheating on Luke with Sockman. I think I'm going to drop the lost possibility with Georgia and Rory it was something that no one had interest in from the writers to the characters.

She must have gone to an Edcamp.

Oh, I completely see your point, my siblings are are much younger than me, 14 years to be exact but I actually wanted to have a relationship with them. That has paid off now that they are in their 20s and they want to have a relationship with my wife and their nephew. What I'm trying to get at, it would have been an interesting angle to go with especially when they were basically having Lorelai fit into the stepmother role with both April and Georgia. Especially when when Lorelai was that when her and Christopher were briefly married and where it was going with Luke. Despite the age difference, Rory would have had April or Georgia in her life on a more regular basis. 8 years age difference with April and 17 with Georgia.

I have always loved Matt as an actor and this really gave him some great scenes. However, the judge said it best: "The poor boy has been through enough, let it go." It was like the writers were agreeing, this has gone on way too long and while resolved thanks to both a technicality and Kalinda doing some hacking and also having the other detective verify the email was sent. It was over and yes I do want to see Geneva and the detective get expose because it would not only be the comuppance for them and how they have personally attacked Cary and Alicia but will also expose Castro. That way when he gets out of office, he will go directly to jail for falsifying everything because he was doing the "ends justify the means" bit. I do want to know who the mole is inside the SA office. Its not Castro and this proved its not Geneva. Who does Bishop have on the inside who knows info but not the whole story? It has to be a middle person who gets the facts and information on cases and investigations. But doesn't know who is involved all the way. Like a secretary or assistant.

On another note, I went to school with Jason Babinsky who played Howell our tech guru in this episode. Good to see him successful.

Oh I know that Kirk wasn't Kirk when he first showed up. The character was always meant to be a guy who worked several jobs in and around the area. That was always the plan with ASP, Sean Gunn just became a regular because of how well he did it. It was also the classic: "We've seen him as a different character but we will pretend he's been around forever."

Oh its been constant how Mrs. Kim was so unaware of Lane's "secret life" things were just so obvious but she was like: "Ho, hum... Lane Kim! DO what I wish!" Yeah, that time line made no sense with Rory and Lane, she should have been in school or at least on campus by them. Kirk was so off the wall the first few episodes, then they toned it down but then went through the roof starting in season 3 again. Don't get me started on Kirk antics in seasons 5-7. We all hate season 6 and what Kirk did in those episodes was a guy just asking to be arrested.