Season 7

[scarynikki12]

5 hours ago, MrsJumbo3 said:

I didn’t understand why Lorelei never asked Chris for child support. I could get it if she didn’t want him in their lives, but from what I heard he called Rory & showed up to E & R’s at holidays. It seems that Richard esp would have pressed him on it. I don’t see how they could have welcomed him into their house otherwise. Chris was a lazy ass but his family had money & Rory was entitled to it.

I think the answer is she didn't ask because she knew it wouldn't happen. Emily and Richard wouldn't help her seek it for fear of risking their standing in society and they were supporting her and Rory financially the first year. Lorelai also knew the Haydens would fight her as their reaction to the pregnancy was to blame her entirely. Chris himself probably had a trust fund but that wouldn't kick in until his twenties so his access to funds was limited until then. By the time Chris would have access to his trust fund Lorelai was working at the Inn and able to take care of herself and Rory (this is shortly before they bought the Crap Shack) so it may not have occurred to her to even ask. By the time Rory actually needed major funds for Chilton Lorelai was aware that Chris' claims of business success may not be true so she wouldn't have asked him for help there anyway. 

You're right about Rory being entitled to the Hayden money but Lorelai was smart enough to know they'd fight her on it.

5 hours ago, MrsJumbo3 said:

why does Rory get a goodbye party, kinda confused because for awhile she was the town pariah for sleeping with the married Dean.  

Other than Lindsay's mom yelling at her for a minute by the gazebo Rory didn't suffer any Stars Hollow repercussions for sleeping with Dean. It's possible the news didn't spread the way gossip usually did as Miss Patty and Babette adored Rory and may have chosen to keep quiet. The goodbye party was really about the show ending but I think Richard is right and a big part of the motivation was due to the town's love for Lorelai. By this point Rory wasn't in the town as much but Lorelai still was so the party was the town's way of saying a formal goodbye to Rory but also showing Lorelai they still had her back. 

[Taryn74]

11 hours ago, MrsJumbo3 said:

- it was incredibly selfish for Lorelei to hold off on Christmas when GiGi was living in the house. Did GiGi get to see Santa? GiGi had no presents to open on Christmas? You would think the adult Rory could be the one to give up her Christmas.

For real. I have to chalk that one up to ASP thinking she's being quirky and funny in a 'sitcom not real life' kind of way and move on. Otherwise my eyelid starts twitching.

11 hours ago, MrsJumbo3 said:

I didn’t understand why Lorelei never asked Chris for child support. I could get it if she didn’t want him in their lives, but from what I heard he called Rory & showed up to E & R’s at holidays. It seems that Richard esp would have pressed him on it. I don’t see how they could have welcomed him into their house otherwise. Chris was a lazy ass but his family had money & Rory was entitled to it.

I have long since believed that Lorelai knew she would never get child support from the Haydens (since Christopher was still underage) without a huge embarrassing fight, probably with them insisting on paternity testing along with publicly calling her nasty names, and since the Gilmores obviously weren't hurting for the money she didn't want to put herself through that.

11 hours ago, MrsJumbo3 said:

- Rory gets 1 criticism from Mitchum & quits Yale. Logan blows a million dollar deal & takes a weekend with his friends in Vegas to unwind & gets the lecture from her about how irresponsible he is. And her yelling about his privilege- can she not look in a mirror? Not everyone has rich grandparents funding private high school, a new car at graduation, & tuition for Yale! 

Yep, yep, yep.

[Beatriceblake]

I just finished To Whom It May Concern and it bugs me that Lorelai isn't really able to call Christopher out about the hypocrisy of pressuring her to get married after about 10 mins in Paris but also being annoyed when he perceives himself to be a rebound choice.

Also it's back to back crying along with the TV for me because the letter made me tear up and so does the hospital stuff with Richard in "I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia".

Edited January 5, 2023 by Beatriceblake

[Chaser]

7x01 Christopher is so skevy. I get that he and Lorelai generally only hook up when something not great has gone down but he legit does not care about Lorelai’s emotional health at all. 

 

[chessiegal]

Emily said Christopher was weak. But at least he came from good stock!

[Chaser]

She must of been talking about vegetable stock. 

[andromeda331]

13 hours ago, Chaser said:

7x01 Christopher is so skevy. I get that he and Lorelai generally only hook up when something not great has gone down but he legit does not care about Lorelai’s emotional health at all. 

 

Nope, his emotional ex girlfriend shows up clearly a mess and he sleeps with her. Who does that? Oh, right Christopher. Most wouldn't because she's clearly a mess and not in her right mind. Try to talk to her. Let her sleep on the couch or bed. 

[Chaser]

I love the town not embracing Christopher. Excellent judge of character.

I can’t believe it took them so long to get Logan to Star Hollow. They really wanted that life separate. 

Paris should have been a Lawyer. Being a physician made no sense. She doesn’t want to help people; she wants to destroy them. 

 

[Chaser]

I love in the series finale when Paris is telling Rory that she’s going to be great and Rory doesn’t return the favor. LOL

Rory and Logan really had a lackluster ending. 

I appreciated Emily trying to force Lorelei to attend Friday night dinners. It’s very Emily. That said I wish there was more growth in this relationship with Emily just asking Lorelai to keep coming. Also, would have liked Richard and Emily to be aware it was all Luke’s doing.

It’s interesting that while Rory was moving on and Lorelei was making out with Luke, we got no sense of what the future held for anyone else. Everything just remained the same in Stars Hollow. 

Edited August 15, 2024 by Chaser

[chessiegal]

I find it's best to remember the Palladinos had nothing to do with Season 7. The entire pace slowed down. The scripts were shorter because of less rapid-fire banter. The scripts for the first 6 seasons were much longer than normal. Plus, you didn't have Amy making actors do multiple takes until they got it the way Amy intended it to be in her head.

ETA: The series finale is one episode of Season 7 I'm willing to watch again. It brings me to tears every time.

Edited August 15, 2024 by chessiegal

[Chaser]

Spoiler

Other than Rory telling Lorelai she’s pregnant, I wonder what Amy would have done with S7. 

Things I had completely forgotten: Rory not getting the NYT internship, admitting she got too confident, getting rejected from papers, sending out 73 resumes, having to network/stalk for a job, Lorelai mentioning the Rory’s had it easy till now. S7 Rory was not that bad and had learned things wouldn’t be handed to her. What the revival did to Rory was so bad.

[chitowngirl]

That first sentence is kind of a spoiler for those who haven’t seen the movies and know that’s how Amy wanted to end the series.

[chessiegal]

Once something has aired, no spoiler tags are needed.

[chitowngirl]

Yes, but that particular piece of information was revealed with the movies and wasn’t part of season 7…

[chessiegal]

Doesn't matter. Once something has aired, no spoiler tags needed. Caveat Emptor.

[JustHereForFood]

On 8/14/2024 at 11:51 PM, Chaser said:

Paris should have been a Lawyer. Being a physician made no sense. She doesn’t want to help people; she wants to destroy them. 

I know there is a lot about American education system that I really don't understand, but ... I thought she was studying to be a journalist like Rory? I understand that they don't need to be in the same program to share a room, but she ran the paper. Why would she do that if she was not studying journalism? Also, how was she deciding that so late??? You guys don't pick the program you study before you start? 

[HawkeyeLo]

11 hours ago, JustHereForFood said:

I know there is a lot about American education system that I really don't understand, but ... I thought she was studying to be a journalist like Rory? I understand that they don't need to be in the same program to share a room, but she ran the paper. Why would she do that if she was not studying journalism? Also, how was she deciding that so late??? You guys don't pick the program you study before you start? 

A student paper is usually an extracurricular activity, so while most of the people on it would be looking toward a career as a journalist, anyone can really be on it. It would be very time consuming on top of Paris’s other studies, though.

You don’t necessarily have to choose a set path for doctor or lawyer in undergrad, though for med school you’d need to take a certain set of science classes. I believe Paris was double majoring in biochem and political science, so the former would cover the med school path and the latter law school, though I don’t believe you have to have any specific major for law school. She would also have to take both the MCAT and LSAT tests to apply for med school and law school, respectively; those are usually done in your last year of undergrad. So while most people would choose one or the other earlier on in undergrad because studying both would be a huge workload, it is feasible to wait. (Anyone else correct me if I’m wrong, though; I didn’t take either of these paths.)

I know someone on one of these boards has said that Yale doesn’t actually have a journalism major, and it seems like Rory was majoring in English and maybe majoring/minoring in political science or economics as well, given some of the classes she took, which I could see for her wanting to be a journalist. Minors require fewer course credits. I went to a state school and planned to double major in English and journalism (that was a program at my school) with a minor in French, but I ended up with a major in French as well because I studied abroad for a semester in France and that gave me enough credits for it.

To summarize: it’s all a bit far-fetched, but possible. Hope that answers your questions!

[chessiegal]

11 hours ago, JustHereForFood said:

I know there is a lot about American education system that I really don't understand, but ... I thought she was studying to be a journalist like Rory? I understand that they don't need to be in the same program to share a room, but she ran the paper. Why would she do that if she was not studying journalism? Also, how was she deciding that so late??? You guys don't pick the program you study before you start? 

The show has Paris as a double major in political science and biochemistry, not journalism. You don't need a particular major to get into law school, not that this show would let reality get in the way of a plot line. My husband was an English major undergrad before law school, my stepdaughter was an art major before law school. LSAT scores are more important than major. Med school is different. Biochemistry is a good major for that.

For Paris, being editor of the school newspaper was something she could add to her resume no matter if she chose law or medicine.

[andromeda331]

6 hours ago, HawkeyeLo said:

I know someone on one of these boards has said that Yale doesn’t actually have a journalism major, and it seems like Rory was majoring in English and maybe majoring/minoring in political science or economics as well, given some of the classes she took, which I could see for her wanting to be a journalist. Minors require fewer course credits. I went to a state school and planned to double major in English and journalism (that was a program at my school) with a minor in French, but I ended up with a major in French as well because I studied abroad for a semester in France and that gave me enough credits for it.

To summarize: it’s all a bit far-fetched, but possible. Hope that answers your questions!

It doesn't. 

[chessiegal]

As I've said, the writers never let reality get in the way of a plot line. 😉

[JustHereForFood]

11 hours ago, HawkeyeLo said:

 

To summarize: it’s all a bit far-fetched, but possible. Hope that answers your questions!

Honestly, I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that law school or med school only comes apparently after some other university study. I have heard about it before in other TV shows, but it still sounds weird, like a scam to get more money out of people or something.

[Spartan Girl]

On 8/14/2024 at 9:36 AM, andromeda331 said:

Nope, his emotional ex girlfriend shows up clearly a mess and he sleeps with her. Who does that? Oh, right Christopher. Most wouldn't because she's clearly a mess and not in her right mind. Try to talk to her. Let her sleep on the couch or bed. 

He deserved that sucker punch to the face a thousand times over.