As much as I like Gilmore Girls, I was never happy with the Rory/Lorelai feud that dominated the first half of this season. Why? Because the interplay between Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, the cornerstone of the show for its first five seasons, was forcibly removed. Not that I didn't support the storyline; Rory had to come of age at some point and had to separate herself from her mother/best friend to become a healthy adult. But to stretch that out for half a season turned the show into a big drag.

Many fans and TV critics felt the same way I did. Now we know we weren't alone. According to this article by David Bauder of the AP, Graham wasn't happy with the storyline either, mainly because she missed working with Bledel every day, but also because she felt it was out of character for Lorelai to freeze out her daughter/best friend for so long.