(S06E18)
Passive-aggressive much, Gilmores? Jeez alou, each and every one of you have utterly perfected the pouting, the
brattiness, the oblique references that no one seems to get, and the way you try to say something to someone with your
mopey looks. And all you've managed to do is drive each and every one of the people you love batty.It's time to stop. Just stop.
Lorelai: tell Luke that you want to be a part of April's life. You're doing nothing but ruining your relationship with him. She's met everyone in his life now, including Jess and -- for the love of Pete -- Rory. His pigheadedness about this subject needs to be addressed. By giving him his space and just doing things like hurling the luggage Ana gave him into the truck when you hear that he and April are going to see Jess in Philly, you're driving a wedge between the two of you. Luke's a dense guy; he doesn't at all get that you're upset that the wedding's postponed and that you want to be around April (nice symbolic move, by the way, throwing the coffee on Lane's huge traditional wedding dress!). I mean, really, Lorelai: did you really need your mother to yelling at you about it for you to get the idea?
Rory: tell Logan that you're still upset that he catted around on you. Instead of saying how you feel, you use your editorial powers to horn in on his Yale Daily News article; you pour cold water all over his and his asswipe buddies' post-grad Life and Death Brigade plans; you leave without kissing him or telling him where you're going. What the hell? The guy slept with an entire wedding party! Why not just have it out with him? He told you to tell him how you feel! Let it out, woman!
One more thing, Rory: don't go running to Jess and tease him into thinking something's going to happen. Jesus Jones, I'm actually starting to have sympathy for Jess, something I never thought would happen. The guy looks like he has his life together, publishing 'zines and books and sponsoring poetry readings in Philly, and here you come again, by yourself and hurting, to rip out his heart and do the Mexican hat dance on it... again. He's not your safety blanket, Rory! Don't go to him, let him think he has a chance in hell, then pull away from his kiss and tell him you still love Logan. I'm damn glad he stood up to you.
Richard and Emily: tell Lorelai that you're looking for houses in Stars Hollow. Tell her you want to be a part of her and Luke's life together. What the hell's wrong with that? Too emotional for you? Why let Lorelai lead you around town, telling goofy lies about how awful the place is, and not let on why you're there? She knows why you're there. Just tell her the truth, for once! Oh, and one more for Lorelai: tell your parents that you don't want them so close by, for goodness sake.
Damn. This family bottles up so much, I'm starting to wonder if the series finale is going to have all four of them suffer simultaneous stress-related heart attacks.
Whew. OK. Enough ranting. This was actually a pretty good episode. We got to see a lot of Luke and April together, which makes her less of a plot contrivance and more of an interesting character that I'd like to get to know. I liked how she bonded with Luke over his embarrasing her (what teenage girl isn't morified by her dad?), and I liked how her genius class sings the entire periodic table. Her meeting Rory was interesting: "You have a nice face." It's like Rory was looking at her past there (in more ways than one: remember Jess was there, too). I also liked the little side plot about Lane's wedding dress and how she offers Lorelai money to destroy it by quoting "Lazy Sunday". And I liked Ceasar chasing Kirk when he started getting up and serving people at Luke's ("That's my good hairnet!" screams Kirk).
But what I loved about this episode was the dream Lorelai recounts to Rory in the opening scene. The real Paul Anka and the dog Paul Anka switch places and roles, flummoxing Lorelai. Then when they come together, there's a boom, a white light and two barks. "So I guess I was wondering if you'd heard anything about a small Connecticut town being sucked up into and evil demon vortex... or cast into the fourth dimension or anything...?" Lorelai asks her daughter.
Now that's classic writing. Kudos to Daniel Palladino for a great opening. I just wish you and Amy would write your main characters with something resembling a spine. Their silence is starting to wear me down. I wonder if it's doing the same to other loyal viewers.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-11-2006 @ 11:49PM
Tammy said...
Our local WB channel was showing a baseball game tonight.... I don't get to see this until Friday when they show it at 1 am. ACK!
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4-12-2006 @ 3:10AM
Estee said...
The Palladinos have quit.
Given the tone of the show lately, I can't say I am sad.
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4-12-2006 @ 9:32AM
Allison said...
I agree. This show is starting to make me want to scream at the TV. Something I usually only do during soap operas. Lorelai and Rory need to fess up.
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4-12-2006 @ 10:49AM
mamaloo said...
I hate to say this, but there has been a lot of talk that this season is by far the most disappointing of this once burning bright intelligent light in a sea of network shows that cater to the lowest common denominator.
I'm thinking April is the shark.
For a gaggle of headstrong, intelligent and quick witted women, the Gilmores are being stupid.
But, I do have to say, that as much as Rory's running to Philly was stupid, it was pretty true to life. The only thing that would have made it truer would have been if Rory woke up in Jess's bed naked at 7am and snuck out without saying goodbye. Doesn't everyone, man and woman, have that one person they run to when they are deeply conflicted and hurting, looking for an ego stroke or a forcing of the issue? It isn't pretty or ethical, but it happens.
I don't get the re-writing of the story, though. I was really surprised that it wasn't a much bigger issue than it was, an "I packed your bags for you" kinda issue.
I agree that the Anka dream was wonderful and I thought it was the best part of the episode, but I fail to see how it connects of to events. If it's a standalone, I'd be disappointed.
And, can I just say that with the spotty writing and very dark and forced story lines, breaking up the episodes (a month off here, two months off there) is really killing any sense of continuity the show once thrived on. The threads between episodes are breaking making everything seem so much more random than it should.
And, rant finally over!
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4-12-2006 @ 11:56AM
Lee said...
The show has been dreadful this year. ASP has ruined her once delightful, loveable characters and just so she can shove them into her unbelievable, ridiculous storylines. Everything she has been doing this year is totally cliched - all of it. The girls returning to their ex-boyfriends, the unknown daughter...lousy, lazy writing. Period. The show should end this year. Let it go out before there are two horrible years to remember. I already can't watch the early seasons just knowing how this season ends.
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4-12-2006 @ 12:30PM
J. Carter said...
I'm giving credit to my girlfriend for this one, but I don't think Richard and Emily are buying a house in Star's Hollow for themselves. They're buying one as a wedding present for Lorelei and Luke.
Just throwing it out there.
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4-13-2006 @ 7:42AM
Mike said...
#6 - My girlfriend said the same thing. I'm going to go ahead and assume that our respective girlfriends know more about the Gilmores than we do, but two episodes ago when Emily and Richard "dropped by" for dinner and Emily said something about how Luke and Lorelai could "live here for a long time" I figured precluded the chance of the house they're shopping for being a gift. I thought that was an acknoledgement of "well I guess they're staying here for awhile and not moving closer to us, so we should move closer to them."
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4-13-2006 @ 2:15PM
karem said...
I hate the show this season. where is the fun? where is Luke and Lorelai? I can't stand Logan. he is so erong for Rory, and she is so changed around him. that "relationship" is got to go. and bring Jess back!! he and Rory belong together
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4-13-2006 @ 3:23PM
lauren said...
Amen #6 Comment - I agree 100%. I think the highlight of this season was the fight seen a few weeks back with all the Gilmores at weekly dinner. I too miss random fodder the show offered in seasons past.
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4-16-2006 @ 12:03AM
Larissa (from Brazil) said...
I agree with #7... tha dinner scene makes it clear that they have come to terms with Luke and Lor living in that house.
I really felt Jess. I really think he has changes, a lot. I think that now he IS worthy of Rory. maybe she'll see that. Or at least stop being so passive and resolve this whole Logan thing once and for all...
We gotta give props to Logan, he is infinitly more observant. He noticed the problem with Ror, whilst Luke is still completely oblivious.
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4-18-2006 @ 1:11PM
Previously On... said...
I'm going to try to relate the Real Paul Anka meeting the Dog Paul Anka to Rory meeting April and the universe imploding....
hmm, that wasn't so hard.
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4-19-2006 @ 1:22PM
Scott said...
I thought the opening with Paul Anka was forced and unfunny, a "we're a TV show so we can get big guest stars" moment. It was OK for a few seconds with Madeline Albright earlier; this was long, drawn-out, and not entertaining.
I agree that the show has been that way. Rory cannot possibly be in love with Logan--he has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. She's just going after a substitute for her absent father. It makes me dislike her that she stays with this useless moron. Same for Lorelai not dealing with the April issue with Luke.
I DID like Mrs. Kim's scene--she's always the best, and her horror over women riding horses was fantastic.
I do agree with the others that Richard & Emily are buying a house FOR Lorelai and Luke. As for their silly evasions, it's well within character for them--remember how long they pretended they were still living together after they'd separated?
This show is now at the point where I wouldn't be all that upset if CW didn't pick it up for another year. On the other hand, if they drop "Everwood", they're idiots.
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4-20-2006 @ 1:00AM
misty said...
Every one keeps saying that they think Rory should be with Jess. Okay...seems a little strange to me. Are all of you ignoring the fact that Jess is Luke's nephew?
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