Gilmore Girls Elimination Game

[ghoulina]

Nanny and Prof

 

A Family Matter

 

Pushkin

[Taryn74]

HBM

(Im)Perfect Dress

You've Been Gilmored

[amensisterfriend]

Ballrooms and Biscotti
The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles
The Fundamental Things Apply
An Affair to Remember
The Festival of Living Art
Ted Koppel's Big Night Out
In The Clamor and the Clangor
A Family Matter
Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
Scene in a Mall
The Reigning Lorelai
Tick Tick Tick Boom
Afterboom
Luke Can See Her Face
Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Raincoats and Recipes
A Messenger, Nothing More
Written in the Stars
Tippecanoe and Taylor Too
You Jump, I Jump, Jack
Emily Says Hello
But Not As Cute As Pushkin
Women of Questionable Morals
Come Home
Wedding Bell Blues
Say Something
Jews and Chinese Food
So...Good Talk
Pulp Friction
The New and Improved Lorelai
Fight Face
The UnGraduate
Welcome to the Dollhouse
21 is the Loneliest Number
Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out
The Prodigal Daughter Returns
Friday Night's Alright for Fighting
The Real Paul Anka
Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?
Hay Bale Maze
Unto the Breach
Bon Voyage

 

It's time to bid a fond farewell to You've Been Gilmored, Perfect Dress and Nanny and the Professor (which I actually like, but I have especially strange taste in S4 episodes!) The next round is open, and this is the LAST time we'll vote against three :) 

Edited August 11, 2015 by amensisterfriend

[Taryn74]

HBM

TRPA

Dollhouse

[Kohola3]

Pushkin (hate, hate, hate), Nag, Dollhouse

[lulu1960]

Paul Anka in the Dollhouse Fighting on Friday Night.

[amensisterfriend]

Pushkin (hate, hate, hate

 

You know I need to hear all about why, right?! Feel free to chat about it in the best/worst thread if you'd prefer since it sounds like a 'worst' for you! 

[LeafontheWind]

Pulp Friction is full of Questionable Morals just like Paul Anka

[ghoulina]

A Family Matter

 

Pushkin

 

Real Paul Anka

[amensisterfriend]

Ballrooms and Biscotti
The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles
The Fundamental Things Apply
An Affair to Remember
The Festival of Living Art
Ted Koppel's Big Night Out
In The Clamor and the Clangor
A Family Matter
Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
Scene in a Mall
The Reigning Lorelai
Tick Tick Tick Boom
Afterboom
Luke Can See Her Face
Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Raincoats and Recipes
A Messenger, Nothing More
Written in the Stars
Tippecanoe and Taylor Too
You Jump, I Jump, Jack
Emily Says Hello
Women of Questionable Morals
Come Home
Wedding Bell Blues
Say Something
Jews and Chinese Food
So...Good Talk
Pulp Friction
The New and Improved Lorelai
Fight Face
The UnGraduate
21 is the Loneliest Number
Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out
The Prodigal Daughter Returns
Friday Night's Alright for Fighting
Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?
Hay Bale Maze
Unto the Breach
Bon Voyage

 

The Real Paul Anka may be cute, but not as cute as Pushkin...and now they've both been banished to cohabitate in that cutesy Dollhouse :) 

 

I need to hear what others dislike about Pushkin, as it's an episode I'm very conflicted on! 

 

The next round is open, and we're down to voting against just TWO! 

[ghoulina]

A Family Matter

 

A Messenger, Nothing More

[ghoulina]

I need to hear what others dislike about Pushkin, as it's an episode I'm very conflicted on!

 

At this point, I don't outright dislike any of the episodes. In fact, I actually probably like most episodes in the entire series except for maybe a handful. Even when there are storylines that make me groan, there's usually some redeeming qualities. Like Emily getting arrested totally saves S'Wonderful. 

 

Anyhow, so I don't dislike Pushkin in its entirety, there's just many others I like more. What does it for me is that obnoxiously annoying Chilton student. I just wanted to slap her. Also, I hate the scenes where Marty is all into Rory, but she doesn't like him. They just make me feel bad.

[takalotti]

Pushkin is also the episode where Marty won't open his mouth to tell Rory how HE feels about her, yet opens his stupid trap to tell her how LOGAN feels about her. Which inexplicably makes Rory do a 180 from "butt-faced miscreant" to "I want him in my pants, stat."

The only payoff is Marty telling Rory she's annoying. That can never be done enough (post S3) IMO, and I LIKE Rory.

ETA: I fully admit, I don't remember anything else that happens in this episode besides the Yale stuff.

EATA: Oh god! Luke's Dark Day that the town talks about but Lorelai never heard of and no one is capable of looking at simple dates to solve the impossible mystery! Just no.

Also, the Crazy Internet People's description for Pushkin includes "Marty finally clues Rory in that both he and Logan are interested in her" which is NOT what happens.

Edited August 13, 2015 by takalotti

[amensisterfriend]

I fully admit, I don't remember anything else that happens in this episode besides the Yale stuff.

 

It's also the episode where Luke rages at an elderly nursing home-bound woman over his boat before we learn the origins of the Dark Day that literally everyone EXCEPT the people closest to him, Lorelai and Rory, inexplicably already know about :) 

[lulu1960]

Friday Night goes Tick Tick Boom

[amensisterfriend]

Tick Tick Tick...

The New and Improved Lorelai 

[Taryn74]

Hay Bale Maze (does this one have redeeming qualities that I'm just not remembering?  I have only seen it once, so it's possible.....)

 

FNAFF (sorry, but the much loved "clearing the air" Gilmore fight just grates on my nerves)

[LeafontheWind]

Questionable Morals create Pulp Friction

[ghoulina]

Hay Bale Maze (does this one have redeeming qualities that I'm just not remembering?  I have only seen it once, so it's possible.....)

 

Most of that episode bores me, but I can't quite get rid of it yet, due to the moment between Luke and Lorelei in the maze. 

FNAFF (sorry, but the much loved "clearing the air" Gilmore fight just grates on my nerves)

 

I'm in the minority, I think, but I LOVE that episode! All the little mini-fights crack me up.

[Kohola3]

Friday Night goes Tick Tick Boom

 

Ditto!

[Kohola3]

I need to hear what others dislike about Pushkin, as it's an episode I'm very conflicted on!

 

I judge a lot of episodes by the number of times I FF through nasty scenes and Pushkin is a blur because there are so many cringe-worthy scenes.

 

• The whole incongruous "Luke's Dark Day" premise - as if Lorelai (as well as the entire town) have not managed to suss out the reason for umpteen years.  They know everyone's business 30 seconds after it happens but this remains a mystery?
• The pointless and endless scenes with ditzy Chilton student.  What the hell was THAT all about?  Who cares?
• Luke screaming at the old lady.  Even for Luke that was over the top. 
• Any scene with Terrance the Life Coach.
• And the absolute worst - the classroom scene.  Utterly appalling and a foreshadowing of how totally self absorbed smarmy Logan is.  My hatred for Colin and Finn grew exponentially with each passing moment.

 

The only redeeming feature is the Sting sequence and 90 seconds of a whole show just doesn't redeem the rest of it.

[amensisterfriend]

Ballrooms and Biscotti
The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles
The Fundamental Things Apply
An Affair to Remember
The Festival of Living Art
Ted Koppel's Big Night Out
In The Clamor and the Clangor
A Family Matter
Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
Scene in a Mall
The Reigning Lorelai
Afterboom
Luke Can See Her Face
Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Raincoats and Recipes
A Messenger, Nothing More
Written in the Stars
Tippecanoe and Taylor Too
You Jump, I Jump, Jack
Emily Says Hello
Women of Questionable Morals
Come Home
Wedding Bell Blues
Say Something
Jews and Chinese Food
So...Good Talk
Pulp Friction
The New and Improved Lorelai
Fight Face
The UnGraduate
21 is the Loneliest Number
Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out
The Prodigal Daughter Returns
Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?
Hay Bale Maze
Unto the Breach
Bon Voyage

 

Tick Tick Tick and FNAFF are history, and the next round is...you guessed it...open! We're still voting against two :) 

[ghoulina]

Family Matter

 

Messenger

Edited August 14, 2015 by ghoulina

[LeafontheWind]

Why am I the only one who hates these two episodes!

Pulp Friction (Logan at his worst, IMO)

Questionable Morals (the town history stuff bugs me!)

[ghoulina]

Why am I the only one who hates these two episodes!

Pulp Friction (Logan at his worst, IMO)
Questionable Morals (the town history stuff bugs me!)

 

Re Morals: the other plots are boring, but I love that dog storyline SO much I just can't vote against it. Not yet. 

[Kohola3]

 I hate pretty much any episode with Logan so I'll go with Pulp Fiction because it's just a matter of time.

Family Matter

[amensisterfriend]

Ha--Kohola, how did I not know until now that you hated Logan?! I would love to hear more about why :-)

[Taryn74]

HBM and Pulp Friction

[Kohola3]

Ha--Kohola, how did I not know until now that you hated Logan?! I would love to hear more about why :-)

How do I hate him?  Let me count the ways. In a nutshell, Logan is a throwback to the progeny of wealthy landowners of the past.  Treat women like chattel (see Bridesmaids Revisited where Logan recites disparaging names for each of them but has slept with each anyway – and then blames them for “shooting their mouths off”) and Daddy’s money at the ready to pay for all of his transgressions with no stain on the Prodigal Son.

• Taking full advantage of his father’s wealth yet whining about having to step up and play a part in the company that he is happy to milk.

• The aura of entitlement – whatever wrong is done, the money will be there to bail him out.   No community service for our Logan in Yachtgate.

• No thought or care about getting a lowly maid fired for his shenanigans.  I bet he never knew the name of a single one of the maids in his family home….unless he was sleeping with her.

• The whole Life and Death Brigade tableau was so over-the-top pretentious.

• The ultimatum proposal – Logan’s way or the highway, no compromise allowed.  Richie Rich gets his way or you are booted out of his life.

• Colin and Finn as best friends – supercilious asses.  Hated their quippy replies to everything.

• The truly horrible skit in Rory’s class with no thought as to how it would affect her.  How totally embarrassing to someone as dedicated a student as Rory was.

 

In a nutshell, Logan was “all about me”.  Nobody else really mattered.

[LeafontheWind]

^^^I wish I could high five you right now!

[amensisterfriend]

Ballrooms and Biscotti
The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles
The Fundamental Things Apply
An Affair to Remember
The Festival of Living Art
Ted Koppel's Big Night Out
In The Clamor and the Clangor
A Family Matter
Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
Scene in a Mall
The Reigning Lorelai
Luke Can See Her Face
Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Raincoats and Recipes
A Messenger, Nothing More
Written in the Stars
Tippecanoe and Taylor Too
You Jump, I Jump, Jack
Emily Says Hello
Women of Questionable Morals
Come Home
Wedding Bell Blues
Say Something
Jews and Chinese Food
So...Good Talk
The New and Improved Lorelai
Fight Face
The UnGraduate
21 is the Loneliest Number
Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out
The Prodigal Daughter Returns
Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?
Hay Bale Maze
Unto the Breach
Bon Voyage

 

Pulp Friction and A Family Matter are history, and the next round is open! We're still voting against two :)

[LeafontheWind]

Hay Bale Maze

Questionable Morals

[Taryn74]

Hay Bale

Prodigal Daughter

[amensisterfriend]

I'm so torn on Prodigal Daughter! I dislike a solid 95% of the episode, but that Lorelai/Rory reunion scene at the end still chokes me up :) 

[Kohola3]

Hay Daughter

[Taryn74]

I'm so torn on Prodigal Daughter! I dislike a solid 95% of the episode, but that Lorelai/Rory reunion scene at the end still chokes me up :) 

 

Yeah, I do kwym.  But at this point, up against the other eps, the 95% is enough to make me ready to toss it.  Heh.

[lulu1960]

Daughter Breaches

[amensisterfriend]

Ballrooms and Biscotti
The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles
The Fundamental Things Apply
An Affair to Remember
The Festival of Living Art
Ted Koppel's Big Night Out
In The Clamor and the Clangor
A Family Matter
Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
Scene in a Mall
The Reigning Lorelai
Luke Can See Her Face
Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Raincoats and Recipes
A Messenger, Nothing More
Written in the Stars
Tippecanoe and Taylor Too
You Jump, I Jump, Jack
Emily Says Hello
Women of Questionable Morals
Come Home
Wedding Bell Blues
Say Something
Jews and Chinese Food
So...Good Talk
The New and Improved Lorelai
Fight Face
The UnGraduate
21 is the Loneliest Number
Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out
Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?
Unto the Breach
Bon Voyage

 

The Prodigal Daughter is forever doomed to wander that maddening Hay Bale Maze, and the next round is open! 

 

My votes: New and Improved Lorelai and Fight Face 

[ghoulina]

Messenger

 

New and Improved

[Taryn74]

AMNM

NAIL

[lulu1960]

Breach

Mall

[LeafontheWind]

New and Improved Questionable Morals

[Kohola3]

Nag and Fight.

[amensisterfriend]

New and Improved Lorelai is gone, but we have a tie between A Messenger and Fight Face for that second spot...you know the drill! 

 

My tiebreaker vote: FF 

[Taryn74]

I'll go with FF.  Fairly 'meh' on both of them.

[ghoulina]

Messenger

[amensisterfriend]

Ballrooms and Biscotti
The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles
The Fundamental Things Apply
An Affair to Remember
The Festival of Living Art
Ted Koppel's Big Night Out
In The Clamor and the Clangor
A Family Matter
Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
Scene in a Mall
The Reigning Lorelai
Luke Can See Her Face
Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Raincoats and Recipes
A Messenger, Nothing More
Written in the Stars
Tippecanoe and Taylor Too
You Jump, I Jump, Jack
Emily Says Hello
Women of Questionable Morals
Come Home
Wedding Bell Blues
Say Something
Jews and Chinese Food
So...Good Talk
The UnGraduate
21 is the Loneliest Number
Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out
Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?
Unto the Breach
Bon Voyage

 

FF is gone as well, and the next round is open! We're still voting against two...

[ghoulina]

Messenger

 

You Jump I Jump 

 

 

(I see A Family Matter is still on there, did we not vote that one out?)

[amensisterfriend]

Argh---sorry about that! 

 

Ballrooms and Biscotti
The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles
The Fundamental Things Apply
An Affair to Remember
The Festival of Living Art
Ted Koppel's Big Night Out
In The Clamor and the Clangor
Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
Scene in a Mall
The Reigning Lorelai
Luke Can See Her Face
Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Raincoats and Recipes
A Messenger, Nothing More
Written in the Stars
Tippecanoe and Taylor Too
You Jump, I Jump, Jack
Emily Says Hello
Women of Questionable Morals
Come Home
Wedding Bell Blues
Say Something
Jews and Chinese Food
So...Good Talk
The UnGraduate
21 is the Loneliest Number
Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out
Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?
Unto the Breach
Bon Voyage

[Kohola3]

Nag Hobbit