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I missed Gilmore girls because of a stupid Pacers game, so I had a friend tell me what happened and she basically recited it to me.
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Ok, so I know I'm really late commenting on this, but I'm sorry because I JUST HAVE TO! I saw this thread right away, but I didn't want to read any of it for fear of spoilers before I watched it. I had to wait to come home from college to watch it because my mom and I always watch this one together, haha I know... Which brings me straight into my first comment: Is this really a girl show? I think it takes a certain degree of appreciation. My dad always makes the effort to watch the shows my mom and I will watch, but frankly he falls asleep in his chair within five minutes. Gilmore Girls, though, he stays attentive throughout it all and laughs along with us. Also, I am not a girl at all in that respect. I really cringe my way through other shows on the WB, but this one focuses on a couple of really strong women who found themselves in an unconventional family situation, of which other people might look down on, and they're thriving! Which is a perfect transition for my next thought
The whole Rory/Dean outcome was mighty painful. I can completely understand Lorelai's getting so upset about it. After all, isn't that how her last meeting with Christopher ended? It must have really hit home for her own daughter to do the same thing. I don't know, maybe I'm too naive but it bothered me. To tell the truth, Rory's character has been agitating me this entire year. She would act pretty snobby and superior to everyone, and I got attached to the young Rory, the innocent-always messing up-doesn't know how to act in social situations Rory. So yes, she was a disappointment to me in this episode, if not all year in small ways.
Truth be told, I hate Dean. There I said it, and now I know I might be ostracized for it, but hey. I am a hard core Jess fan, and Dean's jealousy and ridiculous attitude when it comes to Rory not doing what he wants has really turned me off from him. I find something extremely romantic about two people who are completely wrong for each other changing and trying just to make it work.
And lastly: I have been waiting for Luke and Lorelai since season 1. I even think it was the perfect way for it to happen. All of her past relationships were entered into on such a dramatic scale (ie: Rory's old teacher who was supposed to be so out of the question, and then her father's business partner who had to be kept a secret from her parents) Sometimes it's the ones that are entered into rationally and carefully that are the strongest.
Well, that's my two cents... Just out of curiosity, I think it would be interesting to see what other people who watch this show also enjoy watching? For me, my favorites are Will and Grace, this of course, Six Feet Under, and my favorite from long long ago, Roseanne. What about you guys??
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Six Feet Under, definitely. Will and Grace and Roseanne, not so much.
West Wing had the same snappy patter that GG has, but then Aaron Sorkin left and it made me cry. I'm thinking it will get way fewer awards now.
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*dances* The season premeire is tonight. I am completely, utterly unspoiled for what will happen.
We are having a solemn Gilmore Girls kind of party tonight. I am terribly excited. !!!! I'm skipping Enrichment for this, which makes me feel sort of bad, but am contributing to the service project in other ways and trying to ignore that I'm buying my way out of church activity tonight for the sake of a TV show.
But it's THIS TV show. It's going to be wonderful, I'm sure.
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I did read a little bit about how there will be conflict for our gorgeous lovers this season. Amy Sherman-Palladino said there has to be conflict - she can't have them just standing saying "You're pretty." "No, you're pretty."
Heh. I suppose it's possible that would get old.
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Yay! Gilmore Girls fans! Ah, the glee of finding other people in the world who like OSC AND Gilmore Girls! Heaven, really! I have to miss tonight's premiere, so a friend's taping it. I actually made him do a practice run last night just to make sure his VCR was in good working order, etc. Can't wait!!!
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I'm so excited! I can't be home for the premier either because of a choir rehearsal, but my wonderful sister is going to record it for me. I can't wait!
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I saw the last half of the season finale last week.
I think I may add Gilmore Girls back to the must-see list -- and it's a much shorter list than it was at this same time last year. Angel was cancelled; I've lost interest in 24; there are no new shows that I'm remotely interested in; Friends is gone (I used to feel guiltly about watching it semi-regularly, but now that I've cast my eyes about at the rest of the sitcom world, wow, Friends actually looks pretty good); and I just can't get in to the West Wing or Alias and am not fond of cop shows [at least not since Homicide].
It's down to the Gilmore Girls, Scrubs and Arrested Development as must sees. And then King of the Hill, the Simpsons, George Lopez Show and Everwood as the second tier -- watch if I have time.
I wish the Gilmore Girls was on at 9 p.m. though. I'd be able to watch it more regularly [of course, then it would conflict with Scrubs. I guess I just can't win].
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I can't wait to see the season Premier, I didn't see the finale till last week. I love the show even if my dad does claim they talk to fast.
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Katharina, thanks for the welcome! Yes, I'm a southerner currently in Nashville. Enjoy your party tonight!
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I didn't realize I would be missing Gilmore Girls when I signed up for my calculus class. I need a Tivo. I'm sure I'll forget to record it multiple times.
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I want to kill Dean. Setting aside what he's doing to HIS WIFE, I can't believe how badly he is hurting Rory. She's an idiot for getting involved, but he's seriously screwing her up. Poor girl. I don't think she's guiltless, but I can feel bad for her.
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What time is Gilmore Girls on? I actually had some time to watch TV last night, so I decided to watch it. It wasn't on at 6:00 like it was when I watched it last. Hm. I suppose I could look this up. Posts: 1903 | Registered: Sep 2003
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Something about that show can get me more emotionally involved than I normally get about situations in my own life!! I felt blindingly sad after the show last night. The whole situation seems almost unredeemable, though I trust Amy Sherman-Pallidino to make it all ok. It's tv! I don't watch expecting to experience week-long depression!! I watch hoping to find other people's lives neatly tied up in cute red packages with quaint white bows!! For breaking the mold, I want to strangle the Gilmore Girls and kiss them, all at the same time!!
This is what happens when you have a girl in the band, deal with it!!
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Rory and Dean slept together again ( ), Rory realized that Dean hadn't actually left his wife, Dean treats his wife like crap, Richard and Emily have a fight, Emily takes off for Europe for the summer, Rory goes with her, Lorelai's mad, Rory doesn't know about the Luke/Lorelai kiss but Sookie does, Sookie's stoked, and Lorelai and Luke flirt on the phone, confirm that it was a good idea, and Luke has to take off for a few weeks to take care of his sister, but he buys a phone so he can talk to Lorelai. Posts: 26077 | Registered: Mar 2000
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I loved Emily going out the window without her skirt.
It was just fantastic, the whole episode, though I really wanted rory to stop being mad at her mom, even if it will be really hard.
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I forgot about Gilmore Girls until 8:01 when my mom changed the channel. I screamed "GILMORE GIRLS!" and she threw me the remote. I completely missed last season so I was slightly confused about what was going on. Too bad the box set of it isn't already out. (I have to wait until December for season 2. Grr.)
I didn't like Rory so much in this episode. Why is she being so mean to Lorelai? It seems to me like she's projecting her anger at her self at Lorelai instead. I'm glad Lorelai and Luke finally got together.
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"Are you rebelling? Shouldn't this have happened five years ago? You blast goth music and slam the door to your bedroom now, you'll just confuse your roommates."
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RRR- just noticed your comment about Knoxville! I'm originally from Knoxville- just living in Nashville finishing up school. It's so exciting to see another Tennessean!! Are you originally from TN, or elsewhere? Good to meet you!!
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quote:Lorelai excuses herself three steps to the left to have a private conversation with Luke. The foyer, it is soundproof, you see. Luke stammers that he has to get back to the diner. Taylor, who doesn't believe in soundproof foyers, says he's still standing there. Lorelai stammers that she has to...trail off mid-sentence, as Luke stammers that he's got some...trailing off to do as well.
TWOP makes me laugh. This would be enough for redemption, even if it needed it.
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Norman Mailer will guest star on ''Gilmore Girls.''
quote:The literary lion will play himself, a visitor to Lorelai's inn by Gary Susman
The next big celebrity guest star on Gilmore Girls is a fellow who's a tad outside the WB's youthful demographic: author Norman Mailer. USA Today reports that the 81-year-old literary lion will make his TV acting debut by playing himself on an episode airing in about a month. Son Stephen will play a reporter who interviews the writer while he's a guest at Lorelai's (Lauren Graham) inn.
What was it about the show that attracted Mailer (who noted that he wrote a famous book, The Executioner's Song, about killer Gary Gilmore)? "It had taste. It was witty and well put together. It had a certain élan that I liked," Mailer told USA Today. Turns out he also liked the show's trademark overcaffeinated repartée, even improvising some of his own dialogue. Shooting Mailer "was completely intimidating," said executive producer Amy Sherman-Palladino. '"But it was one of those moments where you say, ‘This is why you do this.'"
1. *wriggles happily* That's pretty cool. 2. Next big celebrity guest star? Have they EVER had a celebrity guest star on there?
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I only caught the last 3/4 but it was a good episode. I think I'll try and make a greater effort to watch it.
Luke and Lorelei in the diner (the other one) -- how perfect of a scene was that? This might be the first time in the history of TV where the guy and the girl get together and it's still interesting.
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I thought it was fabulous. "Luke has a Luke's!"
Paris had the very best line of the episode. I love her.
I watched this with Coccinelle, and our differing reactions to Luke's "I've loved you since the day I met you." story were very telling. She about melted, and I (reportedly) got a look of fear on my face and pulled away from the TV. Luke is adorable, but I think he's going to scare the crud out of Lorelai if he hasn't already. On the other hand, she was there for the preparation for that moment and we (the viewers) haven't been, so maybe it didn't freak her out as much as it did me.
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They went from flirting to "I've loved you for eight years, carried a memento of the day we met in my wallet for eight years, and, by the way, I'm planning on us never breaking up and I'm so sure of it that I promise to move away from the town I've lived in all my life and that my family has lived in for generations if we do.
<pause> By the way, you with me?"
Holy CRAP!!!
I'm just saying there's no doubt he makes her weak at the knees and she adores and depends on him, but I have a feeling that rushing or pushing her is not a good idea. She's been saying no to the love her life for twenty years because she was scared of what it would be like to be with him - she can say no to the other love of her life, too.
Added: It is nice to know that there is someone who takes care of Luke as much as he takes care of other people, though. That makes sense.
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one disturbed by Luke's sudden admission of his eight-year infatuation with Lorelei. It did seem very creepy to me.
And what's with Luke suddenly talking like Lorelei and every other character on the show? I respected Amy Sherman-Palladino's dialogue writing more because he alone sounded different from everybody else, but it turns out that when he starts to talk, he doesn't. Ah, well.
I thought the whole Paris thing was done pretty well, but I didn't like Luke and Lorelei jumping right into bed on their first date. What happened to two people who have taken eight years to even get to a first date? I don't know . . . I just didn't believe it. It seems that this season, every character has gotten skanky and I don't like it. It's not just the prude in me, either . . . I don't know; I'm just not completely buying it based on what I know of the characters, and when that happens, it's always a bad thing, in my opinion.
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Can I get a rundown from this week? I fell asleap and missed all but the last fifteen minutes. What happened with Rory and Dean?
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I'm so excited! I can't be home for the premier either because of a choir rehearsal, but my wonderful sister is going to record it for me. I can't wait!
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Poor girl. I don't think she's guiltless, but I can feel bad for her.
