Gilmore Girls Elimination Game

Taryn74 · December 12, 2018

17 out!

Favorite Best Parenting Moments

14. Emily asks Chris to leave the house when she sees how upset Lorelai is over him being there. "You know, you need a mask and a horse when you do that."

19. Mrs. Kim goes to visit Lane in the apartment she shares with Zach and Brian. "This, we'll clean up. Window will be fixed. Temporary fridge. You two are girls. I'll have tea now."

chitowngirl · December 12, 2018

14 for the win. No matter their differences, Emily had Lorelai’s back when she saw how hurt and devastated her daughter was.

ghoulina · December 12, 2018

My favorite Mrs. Kim moment was the earplugs on the wedding night, so I'm going to go with 14 to win.

lulu1960 · December 12, 2018

I just love the delivery of 19. So Mama Kim for the win

Bumblebee Tights · December 12, 2018

14 to win

Kohola3 · December 12, 2018

If only we could have a tie.

!4 is great because it was Emily at her finest. Coming to the defense of her daughter when she needed it most. But Emily could turn on a dime (the whole Rory not coming home after the dance debacle) so who knows how she'd be the next day. She might somehow turn it back on Lorelai and make the whole Christopher thing Lorelai's fault, especially since marriage was top of her list for years.

Mrs. Kim was consistent but also willing to bend when her daughter's happiness depended on it. Poor Dave reading the whole Bible when it was a Shakespeare quote but Mrs. K stuck to her word and let Lane go to the prom. And the shots in the kitchen with advice to move on. And planning the tour.

So in the end, for the win I say 19 for best parenting.

December 14, 2018

19 because it’s awesome

Taryn74 · December 14, 2018

Apologies for the spotty updates, I spent a couple of days in the hospital after a seizure. :/

Although it's good that it gave @deaja time to sneak in and vote so now we have a tie and I can declare 19 the winner! Huzzah!

Favorite Best Parenting Moment

Mrs. Kim goes to visit Lane in the apartment she shares with Zach and Brian. "This, we'll clean up. Window will be fixed. Temporary fridge. You two are girls. I'll have tea now."

ghoulina · December 14, 2018

I hope you're doing okay, Taryn!

lulu1960 · December 14, 2018

Take care of yourself, Taryn.

Bumblebee Tights · December 15, 2018

Sorry to hear Taryn! Hope you're doing well.

Taryn74 · December 16, 2018

I think lulu may be the only one who is on my Facebook and has a chance to know that my father also passed away this week. Go ahead and start listing your LEAST favorite parenting moments and I'll put together a game in a few days.

chitowngirl · December 17, 2018

Oh, Taryn! I’m so sorry!!

3 hours ago, Taryn74 said:

I think lulu may be the only one who is on my Facebook and has a chance to know that my father also passed away this week. Go ahead and start listing your LEAST favorite parenting moments and I'll put together a game in a few days.

Kohola3 · December 17, 2018

So sorry to hear of your loss, Taryn. No matter the age. it is hard.

Kohola3 · December 17, 2018

I propose a hiatus until after the holidays. Lots going on at this time of year.

Taryn74 · December 17, 2018

1 hour ago, Kohola3 said:

I propose a hiatus until after the holidays. Lots going on at this time of year.

Oh, that's a good idea! Holidays didn't even enter my mind.

ghoulina · December 17, 2018

17 hours ago, Taryn74 said:

I think lulu may be the only one who is on my Facebook and has a chance to know that my father also passed away this week. Go ahead and start listing your LEAST favorite parenting moments and I'll put together a game in a few days.

Hun, I'm sorry. That is just awful. Too much going on at once. Take care of yourself.

I concur with the hiatus.

lulu1960 · December 17, 2018

Hiatus works for me.

Happy Holidays, all. Everyone take care of themselves. Be kind to each other, and see you in the New Year.

December 17, 2018

@Taryn74 I am so sorry. :(

Bumblebee Tights · December 18, 2018

Taryn, I am so sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself ❤.

I agree about the hiatus. I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday and we'll meet up again in the New Year!

Taryn74 · January 3, 2019

I need to put 2018 behind me in the WORST way so let's get the game going.

Start listing your LEAST favorite parenting moments (as in, we'll start out voting out the ones that aren't great but not too bad, and end up with the truly awful parenting moments as the "winners") and I'll start putting a game together.

Taryn74 · January 3, 2019

1. Lorelai makes a joke out of Rory getting arrested. "Rory, the penal system is not something we enjoy, It’s something with a name that makes us giggle."

2. Straub and Francine act as though Christopher has no responsibilities toward a pregnant Lorelai. "They are in this together." "I don’t see why. Why should Christopher sacrifice everything we’ve planned for him just because --" "Choose your words extremely carefully, Straub."

January 3, 2019

Chris and Lorelli have sex on the balcony without making sure Rory was ok.

Emily tears into Lorelai over divorcing Chris (clothed in passive aggression about the reception)

Emily acts like Lorelai has never been to Friday Night Dinner in Kropogs

Shira goes to a spa when Logan is in the ICU; Mitchum doesn’t visit

Paris’ parents leave her broke

January 3, 2019

Sookie and Jackson yell at Davey to turn down the tv.

Lorelai’s behavior in Road Trip to Harvard- refusing to talk to Rory, convincing her to go in a random dorm room, etc.

Emily blaming Lorelai for the Pennilynn Lott incident in Ted Koppel’s night out

Taryn74 · January 3, 2019

1. Lorelai makes a joke out of Rory getting arrested. "Rory, the penal system is not something we enjoy, It’s something with a name that makes us giggle."

2. Straub and Francine act as though Christopher has no responsibilities toward a pregnant Lorelai. "They are in this together." "I don’t see why. Why should Christopher sacrifice everything we’ve planned for him just because --" "Choose your words extremely carefully, Straub."

3. Chris and Lorelai escape to the balcony for sex and leave Rory to face the aftermath of the horrid FND with the Haydens and Gilmores alone. "That was a memorable evening."

4. Emily spends all of FND with Logan taking passive/aggressive swipes at Lorelai. "You’ll have to excuse Lorelai, Logan. It takes a certain eye to be aware of this kind of thing."

5. Logan is in the ICU. Shira goes to a spa. Mitchum doesn't come by until Rory tears into him on the phone. "Mitchum Huntzberger? Yes, it's Rory Gilmore. I just thought I'd call and remind you that Logan is lying in a hospital bed with a partially collapsed lung and a whole host of other potentially life-threatening injuries. And I'm figuring a guy like you, surrounded by nothing but a bunch of terrified sycophants might not have someone in his life with the guts to tell him what an incredibly selfish, narcissistic ass he's being, so I thought I'd jump on in. Swallow your pride, get in your car, and come down here and see your son, now!"

6. Paris' parents are in trouble with the IRS and have left her broke. "My ATM refused me. I thought it was just that particular one. So I went to another, and it refused me, too. So I went to the bank and used a few choice expletives, and a bunch of guys in suits started closing in on me. So I started pacing and yelling, 'Attica! Attica!' and then the manager hit a little red button under his desk, so I ran out of there and came right over here."

7. Sookie and Jackson continually yell at Davey to turn down the TV. "You heard me son, volume down!" "Volume down!"

8. Lorelai drags Rory on a road trip to Harvard and refuses to talk to her about what happened with Max. They saunter onto campus like they own the place. "We're gonna get in trouble." "You're such a worrywart."

9. Emily blames Lorelai for finding out Richard has been having lunch with Pennilyn Lott for all these years. "I wouldn't have known! If you hadn't talked to her, I wouldn't have known, and everything would have been fine!"

54 minutes ago, deaja said:

Emily tears into Lorelai over divorcing Chris (clothed in passive aggression about the reception)

Any idea what episode this is from? I skimmed all of them from FMP on and didn't see it.

January 3, 2019

I want to say it is “I am kayak, hear me roar.”

Taryn74 · January 3, 2019

4 hours ago, deaja said:

I want to say it is “I am kayak, hear me roar.”

Hmm, no, their conversation in Kayak was actually pretty pleasant. Are you maybe thinking about I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia, before Lorelai and Chris actually broke it off?

EMILY: Yes and what do you know about being a wife? You've been married for what -- 40 days? That's nothing. Your father and I have been married for over 40 years. For 2/3 of my life, I have been the wife of Richard Gilmore. I run his household. I plan his meals. I buy his clothes, entertain his business associates. When he loses his reading glasses, I find them. When he wants a nightcap. I make it for him. If he can't remember the name of a colleague's wife, I whisper it in his ear. That's what I do -- I take care of him. That's my job. That's who I am. If I could be performing his surgery right now, I would be, but I can't -- it's out of my hands. It's out of my hands, and there's nothing I can do but wait. I could lose him, Lorelai. He's my whole life, and there's nothing I can do!

January 3, 2019

I’m not a season 7 expert. :) Let me research. Because I don’t think the Philadelphia part was bad parenting, and I know it is at breakfast the day after she’s supportive.

Taryn74 · January 3, 2019

39 minutes ago, deaja said:

I’m not a season 7 expert. :) Let me research. Because I don’t think the Philadelphia part was bad parenting, and I know it is at breakfast the day after she’s supportive.

Ha ha, I've only seen most of S7 once.

Here's Emily and Lorelai's conversation after Emily found out about the L/C split in Kayak --

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EMILY: [Sighs] I don't know how I'm gonna do all this.

LORELAI: Mom, what are you talking about you just click, click, click. You got it all down.

EMILY: Now, but I barely understand what you've been telling me. This is your father’s job.

LORELAI: Well, he'll be back on the job soon enough.

EMILY: I don't know. Have you seen him? He’s wearing a dressing gown.

LORELAI: I know he’s watching TV in the bedroom. I know, mom. You've got to give the guy a break. You know he’s not gonna watch TV in the bedroom forever.

EMILY: No. No, he’s not.

LORELAI: Oh, my god, I don't mean he’s gonna die.

EMILY: What are you telling me? That he’s going to live forever? That he’s immortal? Is that what you’re telling me.

LORELAI: No, I'm just saying, with time, you know...

EMILY: It’s like a canoe.

LORELAI: What’s like a canoe?

EMILY: Life.

LORELAI: Okay.

EMILY: You're just paddling along in a canoe.

LORELAI: Mother, have you ever been in a canoe?

EMILY: Lorelai.

LORELAI: Well I just can't picture you in a canoe.

EMILY: Your father and I have been paddling a canoe together for years. Only now, he’s dropped the paddle.

LORELAI: Ahh!

EMILY: He just dropped it. Not only that, but now the canoe is going in circles.

LORELAI: Ah!

EMILY: Without your father there, I'm paddling on my side and the canoe is spinning in circles, and the harder I paddle, the faster it spins, and it’s hard work, and I'm getting tired.

LORELAI: Dizzy, I would think.

EMILY: You are in a kayak. You know how to do all of this.

LORELAI: How does that put me in a kayak?

EMILY: Kayaks have paddles with things on both ends. You steer it by yourself.

LORELAI: Mom, you know how to do things by yourself. You are totally capable.

EMILY: Sure, I went to Smith, and I was a history major, but I never had any plans to be an historian. I was always going to be a wife. I mean, the way I saw it, a woman’s job was to run a home, organize the social life of a family, and bolster her husband while he earned a living. It was a good system, and it was working very well all these years. Only when your husband isn't there because he’s watching television in a dressing gown, you realize how dependent you are. I didn't even know I owned windmills.

LORELAI: Mom, now you know, and you know how to right-click.

EMILY: But you. You provide for yourself. You're not dependent on anyone.

LORELAI: Hmm.

EMILY: You're independent.

LORELAI: I am kayak, hear me roar.

EMILY: I mean, look at you. For all these years, you've done very well without a husband.

LORELAI: Maybe so, but I still wanted it to work out.

EMILY: You know, the way I was raised, if a married couple split up, it was a disaster, because it meant the system had fallen apart, and it was particularly bad for the woman because she had to go out and find herself another rich husband, only she was older now. But with you, it’s not such a disaster, is it?

LORELAI: I guess not.

EMILY: I mean It’s really not such a horrible thing that you're going to get a divorce, not really. Oh, you're gonna be fine.

[Lorelai flinches a little as Emily rubs her shoulder]

LORELAI: [very quite] Thanks, mom.

EMILY: You may even marry someone else someday. Who knows?

LORELAI: [Snorts] Who knows? [Sighs]

and then at breakfast the next morning --

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GILMORE MANSION – DINNING ROOM
[Emily is reading the paper and Lorelai enters]

LORELAI: Good morning.

EMILY: Good morning. Would you like some coffee?

LORELAI: Yes. Oh, I woke up this morning, and I've got to say, for the first time in my life, I got where the teetotalers are coming from. If I had a hatchet and a barrel of booze, forget about it.

EMILY: Hmm.

LORELAI: What are you up to today?

EMILY: Today? I'm going to attend a D.A.R. Lecture on native American art work. Then I have a lunch with Sarah Montgomery Brown and Melissa Seria, [sounding annoyed] and, of course, I'll have my hands full canceling the party. I've already called the florist and the hall. We'll only get 60% of our deposit back, but that’s better than nothing.

LORELAI: [Inhales deeply] I should go. I need time to change before I have to go to the inn.

EMILY: Fine. [Lorelai starts to leave] Thank you for your help with the Quicken last night.

LORELAI: [Sighs] You're welcome.

January 3, 2019

So it was the part about “better than nothing.” Like in print it sounds like she’s being pleasant. But it was a really biting, mean tone. So it was like “one step forward, one step back.”

But it doesn’t have to be included. I was just throwing scenes out there. :)

Kohola3 · January 3, 2019

From Rory's Dance when Emily says "She's gonna ruin everything just like you did."

From Afterboom: "I am tired of this, Lorelai. You've shown absolutely no concern about what happens to me, what happens to your mother. The only thing you care about is what happens to your boyfriend. And the worst part of it... is that I never expected you to act any differently."

January 3, 2019

In season 3, when Lorelai was so proud of the fact that Rory caused two guys to fight and do a ton of property damage.

In Deer Hunters, when Lorelai had a non-licensed Rory drive herself to Chilton and then burst into the school yelling when she missed her test.

Taryn74 · January 3, 2019

9 minutes ago, deaja said:

So it was the part about “better than nothing.” Like in print it sounds like she’s being pleasant. But it was a really biting, mean tone. So it was like “one step forward, one step back.”

But it doesn’t have to be included. I was just throwing scenes out there. :)

Ah, got it. I barely remembered the scene at all, but I do remember viewers being frustrated that the conversation from the night before had been seemingly forgotten. I'll include it.

Taryn74 · January 3, 2019

1. Lorelai makes a joke out of Rory getting arrested. "Rory, the penal system is not something we enjoy, It’s something with a name that makes us giggle."

2. Straub and Francine act as though Christopher has no responsibilities toward a pregnant Lorelai. "They are in this together." "I don’t see why. Why should Christopher sacrifice everything we’ve planned for him just because --" "Choose your words extremely carefully, Straub."

3. Chris and Lorelai escape to the balcony for sex and leave Rory to face the aftermath of the horrid FND with the Haydens and Gilmores alone. "That was a memorable evening."

4. Emily spends all of FND with Logan taking passive/aggressive swipes at Lorelai. "You’ll have to excuse Lorelai, Logan. It takes a certain eye to be aware of this kind of thing."

5. Logan is in the ICU. Shira goes to a spa. Mitchum doesn't come by until Rory tears into him on the phone. "Mitchum Huntzberger? Yes, it's Rory Gilmore. I just thought I'd call and remind you that Logan is lying in a hospital bed with a partially collapsed lung and a whole host of other potentially life-threatening injuries. And I'm figuring a guy like you, surrounded by nothing but a bunch of terrified sycophants might not have someone in his life with the guts to tell him what an incredibly selfish, narcissistic ass he's being, so I thought I'd jump on in. Swallow your pride, get in your car, and come down here and see your son, now!"

6. Paris' parents are in trouble with the IRS and have left her broke. "My ATM refused me. I thought it was just that particular one. So I went to another, and it refused me, too. So I went to the bank and used a few choice expletives, and a bunch of guys in suits started closing in on me. So I started pacing and yelling, 'Attica! Attica!' and then the manager hit a little red button under his desk, so I ran out of there and came right over here."

7. Sookie and Jackson continually yell at Davey to turn down the TV. "You heard me son, volume down!" "Volume down!"

8. Lorelai drags Rory on a road trip to Harvard and refuses to talk to her about what happened with Max. They saunter onto campus like they own the place. "We're gonna get in trouble." "You're such a worrywart."

9. Emily blames Lorelai for finding out Richard has been having lunch with Pennilyn Lott for all these years. "I wouldn't have known! If you hadn't talked to her, I wouldn't have known, and everything would have been fine!"

10. Emily yells at Lorelai when Rory accidentally stays out all night after her dance. "She's doing the same thing you did." "No she's not." "She's going to get pregnant." "No she's not." "She's gonna ruin everything just like you did." "No she's not, no she's not, no she's not!"

11. Lorelai then turns around and yells at Rory for accidentally staying out all night after her dance. "Do you have any idea what it's like to wake up with my mother here and find out that you never came home?"

12. Richard refuses to reconsider the way he's gone back into business with Floyd and tossed Jason out to the dogs. "I am tired of this, Lorelai. You've shown absolutely no concern about what happens to me, what happens to your mother. The only thing you care about is what happens to your boyfriend. And the worst part of it...is that I never expected you to act any differently."

13. Lorelai is proud that Dean and Jess got into a fight over Rory and completely trashed Kyle's house. "This fence is broken because of you, this crap is on the ground because of you." "What's your point?" "Did you ever know that you're my hero?"

14. Lorelai shows up at Chilton acting a fool when Rory isn't allowed to take her test after oversleeping and arriving to school late. "You sit up here in your snotty little school that’s in desperate need of some extra heating vents and you nurture horrible kids who treat each other like mortal enemies. You set impossible standards that make normal people feel less than everyone else. And you take a great kid like Rory and you tear her apart!"

15. Emily makes a passive/aggressive swipe at Lorelai over having to cancel the wedding reception now that Chris and Lorelai are divorcing so soon. "Of course, I'll have my hands full canceling the party. I've already called the florist and the hall. We'll only get 60% of our deposit back, but that’s better than nothing."

16. Lorelai dates Max. "That man on the porch was your teacher." "Mom, I'm a little behind in school, but not so far behind that I don't know who the teacher is."

Edited January 3, 2019 by Taryn74

Bumblebee Tights · January 3, 2019

Chris's entire relationship with Rory? Sorry, maybe that's being unfair. Still though....

-Chris makes a promise to Rory at Sookie's wedding that he's serious about not letting she and Lorelai down. Moments later, he gets the phone call that Sherry's pregnant, and leaves without discussing this with Rory, leaving it up to Lorelai

-Chris makes a big deal out of telling Rory to pick out anything at Andrew's in Christopher returns, then when she picks the Oxford dictionary his CC is declined and he asks her not to tell Lorelai about it. She doesn't, but when Lorelai finds out anyway, Chris tells Lorelai that he can't believe she "ratted him out"

-After Rory asks Chris to stay away from Lorelai so that he won't get between Lorelai and Luke (which he eventually does anyway, by the way), and Lorelai invites him to lunch, he goes and gets defensive with Rory when she calls him on it "I'm your father kid, I think that demands a little bit of respect"

-Chris is surprised when Lorelai tells him that Rory had left Yale for a bit, which means that he did not speak to his daughter once during that entire stretch of time.

-When Rory goes to speak to Chris in the revival and asks him if he regrets not being in her life, he takes no accountability and says something to the effect of "there was no getting in between you and your mom"

Like I said, I may be biased, sorry.

Also

-Richard and Emily go behind Lorelai's back and agree to take in Rory after the boat incident, despite knowing that it goes against Lorelai's wishes and without speaking to her first, then blindside her with it at dinner.

-Lorelai kisses Max at Chilton

-Liz doesn't want Jess to come home for Winter Break after he's been staying with Luke for a bit ("Luke told me it was his idea. It wasn't his idea")

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Edited January 3, 2019 by Bumblebee Tights
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ghoulina · January 3, 2019

Lorelai flipping out on Rory when she mentions wanting to take time off from Yale.

Taryn74 · January 3, 2019