Gilmore Girls: Super Cool Party People

I found that interview at TV Guide fascinating. What is it with the WB treating their creative minds so poorly - first Joss, now Amy. As for the episode, I agree that Logan's accident works as a means to bring them closer together. Frankly I'm tired of the circle that is their relationship. As for Luke and Lorelai, it was nice to have some scenes of the two of them not being so awkward. I actually really liked the ending. There are so many similarities between Lorelai and Anna, and both actresses are quite talented, and I have a feeling the two may form a bond.

I don't know if anyone will read this, given that it has been a few days since the ep aired, but I have to say that this was a particularly good episode. My wife had to explain to me that Anna is clearly jelous of Lor, and that she has her heart set on getting Luke back (doing nice things for him, giving him the bag, etc.), so that the whole blow-up thing with Luke was about jelousy.

Anyone else noticing Cesar's charecter getting more and more screen time? Might they be setting him up to start his own place, or perhaps, take over Luke's? Pure speculation, I know, but something I thought about. Might be a convenient plot device to get Luke out of the picture for some time.

And as for everyone bitching that this season has been all drama - some people like drama. It can't be happy-happy joy-joy all the time, life doesn't work that way, even in Star's Hollow. I am sorry to see the show's creators leaving, but it seems that they are leaving it in capable hands.

I agree with every word of this last post. #8. That was my take of the interview as well. The sudden switch in direction of the show and it's characters actions jives back to when these negotiations started...back in December/January.

The episode this past Tuesday should have been aired in February, and the actions of the characters would have been more believable. Not too long after the introduction of April. Nothing happened though which dragged this story line out in the most contrived way. From all indications, contrived seems to be the way the season will end as well.

It's a shame that such a talented couple didn't have the courage of their convictions to actually have the story lines play out in a real and organic way. No. They have near death accidents and guilt, and well, I don't even know how to describe what's happened with the April storyline. That they chose to go out with contrived storylines and tearing down characters that they lovingly built up the past 5 years is disappointing. Certainly there should be drama, complications and places for the characters to go, but it should be believable. They knew they were not coming back or at the least there was a great chance they weren't. As a fan, I hoped they would go out on a high note, as this was their baby. Sadly, that appears not to be the case.

It will be interesting to see what this new writer/producer will be able to do with what he's been left with.

I also read with interest the Palladono's interview with Ausiello. I came away with a different interpretation of their reasoning. Events of the last 10 -11 months show that the P's wanted to develop another series/program. Their most recent effort was shotdown either because of the announced WB/UPN merger or on its own (de)merits. Regardless, they didn't have a development vehicle with WB Studios.

Their holding out for two years was a way to coerce the Studio into providing them a development contract. This the Studio did not want to do; as is their right also. The request for additional staff was somewhat a smokescreen to free the P's up to work not on Gilmore Girls development, but other vehicle they could then put out on spec. Again, the Studio told them that no they were not going to finance theP's in developing other vehicles.

All this happened over the last 4-5 months. It is not something that just occurred. The P's have known the Studio's position for several months - Now how does this play into the current and remaining episodes?

Well, the P's knowing the Studio's position chose to take the storyline in a direction that continued the devolution of Luke's character and the passive-agressiveness of Lorelai's. In the interview, it was my read of the comments about the storyline not as a fierce defense of their creative vision, but an arrogant diatribe that implied they were the only ones "to get" the story.

By any measure of fans response and profession critical assessment, Season 6 has not been a good one. There have been flashes of the old brilliance, but certainly not any consistency similiar to earlier seasons.

The reason all this matters is that the Palladino's knew the Studio wasn't going to finance or faciliate their deveolpment vehicles. It culminates in exactly the manner that Aussiello described: Lorelai and Luke are broken up and within the travel time from Stars Hollow to Hartford, Lorelai is in bed with Christopher having sex. That is how the season ends and then the Palladino's quit.

The display of their hubris and arrogance was in their answer to Ausiello - They did things knowing how they were going to take the show in Season 7 - That is left in doubt because they knew the Studio's position well before the script for the Finale was complete.

So, in a brillant display of professionalism as Creators of the Gilmore Girls and showing gerat concern for the growth and development of their characters - we are left in the Finale with the wreckage of the Luke and Lorelai relationship and Lorelai capping things off as Danny Palladino said they would by crawling into bed with Christopher.

And then they quit....

That is their legacy and that is how they will be remembered; not for the Seasons of before, but how they chose to leave. Because of that, they deserve to second thoughts of regret, respect or sadness. We are better served with their departure.

All that stuff that you said about anna nardini being too over-protective might be true-- but does anyone remember what lorelai herself said to max all those seasons ago? in the coffee shop? ANYone? it was almost word for word what lor said. i think that thats why lorelai was so hurt- she knew where anna was coming from. it hurt her that she would do that to someone elses kid. it hurt when she thought about what she would do if sherry had thrown rory a party and bonded and everything. all that on top of the anger and the guilt that was there already. that must've sucked, seriously. but she had to confront. all of this passive aggressive shit that she's been doing obviously was ineffectual. also, there is the thing about luke being concerned about popularity-- again, im glad that things are getting out there in the open. oh, and is anyone curious as to who is pregnant? the woman was blondish red, so maybe it was liz. the only other person that i can think of with that color hair is babette. i dont think that shes pregnant. that would be really weird. are there any more blondes? hmmm.....
-Marlena

So what exactly have they done with Lor? Possessed by a spirit? Taken over by aliens? Sheesh! And I'm sorry. I simply can not see how anyone thinks Lor and Luke make a good romantic couple. Fabulous friends but they are so ill suited as lovers it is beyond belief. She enver really jokes with him. She and Christopher have a sparkling repartee and enjoy each others humor. Luke is always a negative party pooper and gruff and Lor's jokes usually mock or tease him.

I understand the basic ideas behind why Anna went ballistic but I think she is out of line overall. Luke was there the whole time and she never told him not to have anyone from his life at things with the kid. If she had I could understand her anger. He did introduce April to Jess. I can't remember if he introduced her to his sister. And he obviously is not in the room the whole time when she is at the diner. If Anna had an issue she should have brought it up with him and talked about wanting to meet Lor and also her fears of the kid getting attached to her when it might not work out. To go off on him was not cool in my opinion despite understanding her fears as a single mom.

Go Rory! Loved her telling off both the boys and then Logan's dad! Nice to see her take charge. And don't we all wish we could have heard what Paris was saying to the doctor? I still really dislike the way they had Paris suddenly become poor. They do that on a lot of shows. The rich kid suddenly has to go to a life without money. I found her more amusing rich (Krav Maga aside)

I personally like Logan. He has his damage he brings with him but I think Rory has some issues of her own. I know he slept with other girls when they were apart but one thing that surprises me is none of the things I see written about that ever bring up that Rory slept with Dean when she knew full well he was married! Yes she wasn't married but she knew he was and that is just as bad in my opinion. At least Logan thought he had lost Rory and they were broken up.

Okay, this show is driving me nuts! I have actually found myself wanting Luke out of the picture this year. He is negative all the time. Lorelai is a fun-loving person - why would she want to be stuck with Mr. Doom and Gloom for the rest of her life?

And what is up with Rory sticking with these men who don't treat her right? Dean was overly jealous about everything; Jess wanted to be with her, but only on his terms (wouldn't go to town functions with her, etc., etc.) and Logan is totally screwed up emotionally because of his family. I'm sure she can see what kind of road lies ahead of her if she becomes part of that family. I'm really hoping she ditches him - but she won't now that he's been hurt - she's gone into mother hen mode!

Anyway, I think Chris and Lorelai have a lot more chemistry than Luke and Lorelai. I know we've all been waiting for them to be together all these years, but he acts like he could care less about her - he's always putting her off, even before April. He was always too tired to hang out and talk to her and had to go to bed or didn't want to do anything fun with her. He's like an old stick in the mud. He certainly doesn't act like he's in love - he acts like he's tolerating her behavior and he wishes she would just shut up. He's done a couple of nice things - like the ice skating rink (of course, he wouldn't even try to skate with her) - but, all in all, I don't think he's all that excited about having her in his life. Now that April is in the picture, he's focused on that and she is definately not in first place in his life. I say dump him and go back to Chris. They've been trying to get together for the past 20 years anyway.

But Anna was just saying all the things that Lorelai said about Rory when the show started. She never let Rory meet the guys she dated. She was very protective of her relationship with Rory. In fact it was almost like Lorelai's own statements coming back to bite her in the you know what. That's exactly what I thought when Anna started and I know that's what Lorelai thought too. Plus no matter how much she wanted to protest that this was different, that L&L were real... deep down shouldn't couldn't. Lately she has felt like they were never going to get married and having Anna say those things just made her feel it even more.

Some people say that this isn't Lorelai, that she wouldn't be like this when it comes to Luke. But why not? She hasn't had the best track record when it comes to men. She's great when it's just dating or just having fun but when it get serious, she doubts herself, she messes things up, it always ends. As much as she loves Luke, there has to be self-doubt. He hasn't been himself either even though we did get some insight as to why in this episode. He wants to be cool like Lor when it comes to his daughter but he knows he's not. But if he would think about it, he has always been great with Rory and his intentions were good with Jess so he's not as bad as he thinks... he's just Luke.

I still say that Rory will someday run the family business, not Logan. She will be the newspaper person that Mitchem wants Logan to be. (Well in my fantasy GG world that will last long after the show goes off the air.) Personally I still think L&L belong together no matter how much they shove Christopher down our throats. I haven't liked Luke much lately but I understand his point of view tonight. He's never been a parent to know that it's okay to introduce Lor and April will still love him just because he is her Dad.

Now can we talk about how expensive a makeover party for that many teenager girls would be? Plus I used Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers when I was a kid and I even said Dr Pepper Flavor before Sookie did. hehehe I hope that they can keep all these great little references that make GG so unique in after AS-P is gone. :(

I definitely agree with your review. My favorite parts were of Paris getting the information on Logan from the doctor, Rory finally getting her aggression out on Mitchum Huntzberger, and Lorelai telling Sookie about how much fun the party was. You could see how happy Lor was to finally be a part of Luke and April's relationship...then comes Anna. It's understandable that she wants to protect April and doesn't want her to get too attached to Lorelai (after all, isn't that the same way Lor felt with Rory and Max?), but she seemed more angry and jealous of Lorelai than just "I'm protecting my kid." I think the saddest moment of the show was when Lorelai goes to Anna's store to talk to her and you can see the hurt and the tears in her eyes as Anna tells her that being engaged to Luke isn't good enough. Is it possible that Luke and Anna were engaged at one point and Luke broke it off and that's where Anna's anger comes from? I guess now I'm starting to understand the reason for ******* and ***** ending up in bed together in the finale (as stated in Ausiello's interview with team Palladino). It's true that season hasn't been as good as past seasons, but I'm definitely willing to stick with the show to see what happens. It will always be one of my favorite and most anticipated shows to watch.

I agree with your review...I thought the best parts were of Paris and Michelle.

I can't wait for the first five minutes of next season.

The shot starts out of focus on a mirror. As it pulls out it comes into focus. We see that we are in a bathroom. This bathroom is not in Stars Hollow. There is too much marble and gold, and it is huge. We hear a woman singing in the shower in an angelic voice. After panning around the room we hear the shower stop, but not the singing. The shot slowly moves over to the shower and we see only the lower leg of a woman stepping out. We continue to hear a woman singing and a hair dryer start. The shot continues its pan out the bathroom door into a huge room at what appear to be a suite at a five star hotel. As the camera pans around the room we see that a party has taken place. There is also someone in the bed that has not gotten up. We hear a knock at the doora hair dryer is turned off. We see the woman from behind as she walks to the front door of the suite in a cashmere robe. When she opens the door we see a close-up shot of a t-shirt that says Atlantic City Rocks. The camera pans up to a smiling Rory with a 21st birthday headband on her head. We then realize that it is Lorelai answering the door. The camera pans around them as they embrace in a big hug. The camera stops as the bed comes back into focus and the blankets are thrown back and we hear I had the strangest dream from Emily.