Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life

[Anonymous]

Finally watched all the episodes.

So first - annoyed that there is speculation that baby could be the wookie. That was 6 months ago - she is tiny and would have known before November 5. It's Logan's - and the conversation with her dad proves it - as well as a quote from ASP the head writer who says "all girls have daddy issues and logan is rory's christopher."

I like the full circle (or "full freakin' circle" as Lorelia shouts to her mom in either the winter or spring episode) that Logan is Rory's Chris and will probably be vaguely involved while Rory raises the kid. I also think she will end up with Jess like Luke and Lorelai - fits and starts while she focuses first on being a mom and her writing and then finally gets together with him later like Lorelai does. I do think Jess and Rory will have a baby and she will get the more traditional start-to-finish raising a family with someone than her mom did.

I think people are being too hard on Rory. I was THRILLED that they had her be a professional, working, mildly successful journalist, and that they didn't pull a One Tree Hill (that show flashed forward five years in its last season and every main character was wildly famous and successful - professional basketball player! famous singer on a world tour turned teacher! best-selling novelist! and CEO of a global fashion empire who dresses all the hollywood celebs! SOOO DUMB).

Totally realistic that Rory joined the millions of us who were very high achieving young women who went to the best colleges, graduated at the top of our class, and went on to careers but didn't become famous or even notable. Had mild successes along the way. And I love that they worked in the millennial entitlement that because she was talented, smart, and worked really hard she would be super successful top-of-her-field. Just not how life works.

I would have been pissed if Rory had ended up pregnant at the end of college. If that is what the creators intended, I think that is weak. I LOVE that she was 32 when it happened - the exact age her mom was when she started the series. Rory got to have more than her mom - the Yale education, the decade long career. And it's pretty clear the book is going to be successful and she can live out her dream of being a writer, at least for a little while longer.

I think it's full circle and I think Rory will be happy being a single mom for years like her mom does until she settles down with Jess down the road as L. did with Luke. Agree that musicals were too much and HATED the entire LDB scene. Love that Emily got to find a different role for herself - she struggled during the original series with being "just a wife" and she got to in a sense break free and put on sneakers and volunteer at the museum. Really loved that.

[Anonymous]

I could've done without the reboot. The writing for it was absolutely horrendous! Each past character makes a cameo and it seemed very forced. The musical and singing, the life and death brigade, just horrible. 2 stars and I'm being generous!

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Anonymous wrote:Any one else feel that Logan loves Rory and would turn his back on his family dynasty talk in a second if Rory would have him?

Yes! I think he is just waiting for her to say the word and if he is the father he would leave his fiancé in a second. I really wanted them to end up together.

Me too. The look on his face as she walked past him in the bedroom at the NH Inn was crushing. I definitely think he'd drop everything and go back to her but she's already turned him down once and I don't think he wants to be the one to initiate again.

As an aside, for those who think Vincent Kartheiser is an odd duck, do you think that affected the relationship/chemistry between Alexis and Milo? Maybe VK insisted that AB not be put into sexual situations with a known ex-lover. So, instead, ASP and DP put the two actors in a very Mad Men scene: drinking their "lunch" with a desk in between the two of them. Then they really never speak again...

Just weird crap I come up with...

I don't think you should create a Kartheiser conspiracy just b/c the writers wrote horribly awkward, stiff vignettes to include Rory's ex's in the sequel to appease fans.

Let's face it. They focused on Logan b/c the actor had the availability. The actors who played Jess and Dean committed to other gigs.

C'mon, don't be a hater. I didn't create a conspiracy. I merely stated my thoughts, which is what this particular thread is for. I have heard that Kartheiser is odd and I've heard that Alexis is hard to work with, not because she's diva but because she is aloof. There are thousands of people out there trying to get into ASP's head, I just thought I'd throw an oddball theory out there. After all, it *was* exceptionally out of character, even this new character, for Rory to be drinking at the office. She had it all ready there like she did it all the time a la Mad Men.

I agree that Czuchry was likely more available since he left Good Wife early. That said, I've heard interviews with Milo V. and he was enthusiastic about this reboot so I don't think it would have been too far-fetched to make him more prevalent in the episodes. I'm a huge Logan fan though, so I was (somewhat) happy about the outcome.

The whiskey was probably already in the drawer, courtesy of the former editor. I think you're reading waaaaay too much into this and over-analyzing something that was very wink-wink with the audience all the way through this reboot.

I found the whole "knowing, wink-wink, all-too-aware" aspect incredibly grating. You could tell that all the actors were super aware of playing it up for the cameras. Very annoying.

Drinking a dead man's liquor. Gross. Where did the second glass come from?

No, they put the drinking bit in b/c the writers were lazy didn't have any worthy dialogue for the two characters. The writers have obviously watched Mad Men and its predecessor Bewitched. They have a lack of imagination and were giving the actors "something to do" just like on Bewitched: http://www.harpiesbizarre.com/cocktailhour.htm#cc
Why do you think the writers put in so many drinks scenes?

[Anonymous]

Oh my god PP. So much over thinking. Are you able to enjog ANYTHING?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could've done without the reboot. The writing for it was absolutely horrendous! Each past character makes a cameo and it seemed very forced. The musical and singing, the life and death brigade, just horrible. 2 stars and I'm being generous!

One star is being generous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Finally watched all the episodes.

So first - annoyed that there is speculation that baby could be the wookie. That was 6 months ago - she is tiny and would have known before November 5. It's Logan's - and the conversation with her dad proves it - as well as a quote from ASP the head writer who says "all girls have daddy issues and logan is rory's christopher."

I like the full circle (or "full freakin' circle" as Lorelia shouts to her mom in either the winter or spring episode) that Logan is Rory's Chris and will probably be vaguely involved while Rory raises the kid. I also think she will end up with Jess like Luke and Lorelai - fits and starts while she focuses first on being a mom and her writing and then finally gets together with him later like Lorelai does. I do think Jess and Rory will have a baby and she will get the more traditional start-to-finish raising a family with someone than her mom did.

I think people are being too hard on Rory. I was THRILLED that they had her be a professional, working, mildly successful journalist, and that they didn't pull a One Tree Hill (that show flashed forward five years in its last season and every main character was wildly famous and successful - professional basketball player! famous singer on a world tour turned teacher! best-selling novelist! and CEO of a global fashion empire who dresses all the hollywood celebs! SOOO DUMB).

Totally realistic that Rory joined the millions of us who were very high achieving young women who went to the best colleges, graduated at the top of our class, and went on to careers but didn't become famous or even notable. Had mild successes along the way. And I love that they worked in the millennial entitlement that because she was talented, smart, and worked really hard she would be super successful top-of-her-field. Just not how life works.

I would have been pissed if Rory had ended up pregnant at the end of college. If that is what the creators intended, I think that is weak. I LOVE that she was 32 when it happened - the exact age her mom was when she started the series. Rory got to have more than her mom - the Yale education, the decade long career. And it's pretty clear the book is going to be successful and she can live out her dream of being a writer, at least for a little while longer.

I think it's full circle and I think Rory will be happy being a single mom for years like her mom does until she settles down with Jess down the road as L. did with Luke. Agree that musicals were too much and HATED the entire LDB scene. Love that Emily got to find a different role for herself - she struggled during the original series with being "just a wife" and she got to in a sense break free and put on sneakers and volunteer at the museum. Really loved that.

Same!!! LOVED LOVED LOVED that aspect!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could've done without the reboot. The writing for it was absolutely horrendous! Each past character makes a cameo and it seemed very forced. The musical and singing, the life and death brigade, just horrible. 2 stars and I'm being generous!

I agree completely. Very disappointed.

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Anonymous wrote:I could've done without the reboot. The writing for it was absolutely horrendous! Each past character makes a cameo and it seemed very forced. The musical and singing, the life and death brigade, just horrible. 2 stars and I'm being generous!

I agree completely. Very disappointed.

+2 The whole thing was so stilted and awkward. Lorelai and Luke had zero chemistry, Rory was as blah as ever. Kelly Bishop was the only reason to watch.

[Anonymous]

I didn't watch GG when it was on, but just watched the whole series + YITL. Overall, I think the reboot fits nicely, but I will say Lorelai's Face is really distracting, Rory's character is no longer charming, and there were a few WTFs that were out of character (like Lorelai doing some weird cardio / weight thing with a tiny top ponytail to get into her wedding dress? No.).

To PPs freaked out about Rory drinking at the SHG office mid-day: it was clearly the former editor's liquor, he obviously kept two glasses there, and anyone who says this is so 70s hasn't worked recently at a small-town newspaper.

It's totally believable that a trust-fund baby like Rory wouldn't have a FT job at 32, but would instead be trying to find a passion project.

Emily's character isn't supposed to make us think Richard made her miserable. She's just realizing after his death what truly matters and is able to drop the facade for once. I love her.

Logan would probably drop everything and be with Rory, but she's already turned him down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't watch GG when it was on, but just watched the whole series + YITL. Overall, I think the reboot fits nicely, but I will say Lorelai's Face is really distracting, Rory's character is no longer charming, and there were a few WTFs that were out of character (like Lorelai doing some weird cardio / weight thing with a tiny top ponytail to get into her wedding dress? No.).

To PPs freaked out about Rory drinking at the SHG office mid-day: it was clearly the former editor's liquor, he obviously kept two glasses there, and anyone who says this is so 70s hasn't worked recently at a small-town newspaper.

It's totally believable that a trust-fund baby like Rory wouldn't have a FT job at 32, but would instead be trying to find a passion project.

Emily's character isn't supposed to make us think Richard made her miserable. She's just realizing after his death what truly matters and is able to drop the facade for once. I love her.

Logan would probably drop everything and be with Rory, but she's already turned him down.

Nobody has worked lately in a small town newspaper "recently." They don't exist any more. They're online or long gone in a puff of smoke. Seriously, are you just discovering Facebook?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't watch GG when it was on, but just watched the whole series + YITL. Overall, I think the reboot fits nicely, but I will say Lorelai's Face is really distracting, Rory's character is no longer charming, and there were a few WTFs that were out of character (like Lorelai doing some weird cardio / weight thing with a tiny top ponytail to get into her wedding dress? No.).

To PPs freaked out about Rory drinking at the SHG office mid-day: it was clearly the former editor's liquor, he obviously kept two glasses there, and anyone who says this is so 70s hasn't worked recently at a small-town newspaper.

It's totally believable that a trust-fund baby like Rory wouldn't have a FT job at 32, but would instead be trying to find a passion project.

Emily's character isn't supposed to make us think Richard made her miserable. She's just realizing after his death what truly matters and is able to drop the facade for once. I love her.

Logan would probably drop everything and be with Rory, but she's already turned him down.

Nobody has worked lately in a small town newspaper "recently." They don't exist any more. They're online or long gone in a puff of smoke. Seriously, are you just discovering Facebook?

Nope, I've been writing for a small-town newspaper.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't watch GG when it was on, but just watched the whole series + YITL. Overall, I think the reboot fits nicely, but I will say Lorelai's Face is really distracting, Rory's character is no longer charming, and there were a few WTFs that were out of character (like Lorelai doing some weird cardio / weight thing with a tiny top ponytail to get into her wedding dress? No.).

To PPs freaked out about Rory drinking at the SHG office mid-day: it was clearly the former editor's liquor, he obviously kept two glasses there, and anyone who says this is so 70s hasn't worked recently at a small-town newspaper.

It's totally believable that a trust-fund baby like Rory wouldn't have a FT job at 32, but would instead be trying to find a passion project.

Emily's character isn't supposed to make us think Richard made her miserable. She's just realizing after his death what truly matters and is able to drop the facade for once. I love her.

Logan would probably drop everything and be with Rory, but she's already turned him down.

Nobody has worked lately in a small town newspaper "recently." They don't exist any more. They're online or long gone in a puff of smoke. Seriously, are you just discovering Facebook?

Nope, I've been writing for a small-town newspaper.

Can I ask you how you got this job? NP, but it sounds like a total dream. Can you tell me a bit what it's like?

[Anonymous]

Why aren't Logan and Rory together?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't watch GG when it was on, but just watched the whole series + YITL. Overall, I think the reboot fits nicely, but I will say Lorelai's Face is really distracting, Rory's character is no longer charming, and there were a few WTFs that were out of character (like Lorelai doing some weird cardio / weight thing with a tiny top ponytail to get into her wedding dress? No.).

To PPs freaked out about Rory drinking at the SHG office mid-day: it was clearly the former editor's liquor, he obviously kept two glasses there, and anyone who says this is so 70s hasn't worked recently at a small-town newspaper.

It's totally believable that a trust-fund baby like Rory wouldn't have a FT job at 32, but would instead be trying to find a passion project.

Emily's character isn't supposed to make us think Richard made her miserable. She's just realizing after his death what truly matters and is able to drop the facade for once. I love her.

Logan would probably drop everything and be with Rory, but she's already turned him down.

Nobody has worked lately in a small town newspaper "recently." They don't exist any more. They're online or long gone in a puff of smoke. Seriously, are you just discovering Facebook?

Nope, I've been writing for a small-town newspaper.

Can I ask you how you got this job? NP, but it sounds like a total dream. Can you tell me a bit what it's like?

Degree in English / journalism. Willing to work for pennies, without benefits, in a crumbling office. Free tickets to any county fair or tractor pull I want.

I do meet some cool people, and having a beer or three at lunch is not unheard of.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't watch GG when it was on, but just watched the whole series + YITL. Overall, I think the reboot fits nicely, but I will say Lorelai's Face is really distracting, Rory's character is no longer charming, and there were a few WTFs that were out of character (like Lorelai doing some weird cardio / weight thing with a tiny top ponytail to get into her wedding dress? No.).

To PPs freaked out about Rory drinking at the SHG office mid-day: it was clearly the former editor's liquor, he obviously kept two glasses there, and anyone who says this is so 70s hasn't worked recently at a small-town newspaper.

It's totally believable that a trust-fund baby like Rory wouldn't have a FT job at 32, but would instead be trying to find a passion project.

Emily's character isn't supposed to make us think Richard made her miserable. She's just realizing after his death what truly matters and is able to drop the facade for once. I love her.

Logan would probably drop everything and be with Rory, but she's already turned him down.

Nobody has worked lately in a small town newspaper "recently." They don't exist any more. They're online or long gone in a puff of smoke. Seriously, are you just discovering Facebook?

Nope, I've been writing for a small-town newspaper.

Can I ask you how you got this job? NP, but it sounds like a total dream. Can you tell me a bit what it's like?

Degree in English / journalism. Willing to work for pennies, without benefits, in a crumbling office. Free tickets to any county fair or tractor pull I want.

I do meet some cool people, and having a beer or three at lunch is not unheard of.

Is this is the midwest or east coast? Not trying to get details just wondering if it might feasible near me