Do you recommend Gilmore Girls?

[Anonymous]

I think in the new episodes Rory is going to choose Jess because Netflix changed the main picture of the Gilmore Girl Show on their site to one of Jess. Kind of odd since he is only in like 2 seasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think in the new episodes Rory is going to choose Jess because Netflix changed the main picture of the Gilmore Girl Show on their site to one of Jess. Kind of odd since he is only in like 2 seasons.

Actually, the Gilmore Guys podcast just covered that issue in a recent "Gilmail" episode. Apparently, Netflix just shops out pictures and picks those that get the most "picks" from its users. The "picks" meaning that the Netflix suscriber chooses to watch that show. Someone familiar with the technicalities of it all wrote in and explained that pictures of males actually get more "picks" than pictures of females. That's why Jess's photo is currently representing the show on Netflix --it has nothing to do with the upcoming new episodes.

That said, you could be absolutely right about her ending up with him.

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Anonymous wrote:I think in the new episodes Rory is going to choose Jess because Netflix changed the main picture of the Gilmore Girl Show on their site to one of Jess. Kind of odd since he is only in like 2 seasons.

Actually, the Gilmore Guys podcast just covered that issue in a recent "Gilmail" episode. Apparently, Netflix just shops out pictures and picks those that get the most "picks" from its users. The "picks" meaning that the Netflix suscriber chooses to watch that show. Someone familiar with the technicalities of it all wrote in and explained that pictures of males actually get more "picks" than pictures of females. That's why Jess's photo is currently representing the show on Netflix --it has nothing to do with the upcoming new episodes.

That said, you could be absolutely right about her ending up with him.

No, because L&L need to end up together, and if she ends up with Jess, that's super creepy.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh.

Lorelei Gilmore needs a punch in the face. Manic Pixie Dream Girls should not be moms.

I don't think that word means what you think it means. She is NOT a MPDG. MPDGs are usually not allowed to have their own emotions and interior lives and serve only to boost the male lead's stuffy solitude. I like Lorelei, but she is sometimes very selfish, very human, and very mean. In other words, a human. Not the way overused MPDG meme.

Lorelei Gilmore is a MPDG who exists to open her mother, father and her daughter up to the wonderful adventure of life. Quirky? Check. Beautiful? Check. Never suffers a negative consequence for her stupid decisions? Check. Surrounded by stick-in-the-mud people who just need to learn to let go and love life? Check.

Character development may have pulled her away from the trope, but she is definitely a MPDG.

NP, but I disagree. Quirky and beautiful are the only traits she fits. MPDGs are Penny Lane in almost famous, Kirstin dunst in that horrific elizabethtown, and Natalie Portman in the shameful Garden State. They are never main characters like Lorelei - instead they exist to explain more about the male characters.

Disagree Lorelei has not dealt with consequences during the show. She experienced real moments of pain and conflict, borrowing money from her parents, having Rory get in that car accident with Jess, to name a few.

Lorelei is the MPDG for the audience. She exists to explain more about life to her female audience.

Look, you are distorting the MPDG term too much here. Whatever point you are making, you need to think up a term for it.

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Also, I'm currently on Season 6 and having some questions. Can anyone tell me why Logan got no community service hours or punishment of any kind for stealing the yacht with Rory, and why she seems to be just fine with that, all the while putting in her 300 hrs. of community service while he gets to galavant around Europe with his friends?? I really can't stand Logan and wish she hadn't told him she loved him. He's so lazy, entitled, and sleezy.

I could be mis-remembering. Didn't Rory 'take the fall?' I thought that was part of the reason why she and Lorelai had such a big fall out.

The estrangement (five months??) between Rory and Lorelai stemmed from the fact that Rory decided to drop out of Yale. Lorelai was furious and said something like Rory shouldn't contact her until she was ready to return to school. The fact that Rory decided to move in with her grandparents just added insult to injury.

I just got to the part where Rory and Lorelai reconciled, and even though I was thrilled that they did, the whole estrangement just seemed so phony. No way would two people who were so close have let something like that get between them, and for so long. Also, even though Emily behaved badly toward Rory in the end (controlling, demanding, etc.), I don't recall recall Rory EVER really thanking her grandparents for all they did for her - letting her stay in the pool house, redecorating it for her, all of the perks that came with living there, paying for Yale, etc. As annoying as they could be, they weren't that bad, and they did so much to help and support her. Rory can, at times, come off like an entitled little snot.

[Anonymous]

I really don't understand why Luke is letting the fact that he recently discovered he has a daughter get in the way of marrying Lorelai. One thing has nothing to do with the other!

I can't stand Logan. What an entitled jerk... if Rory goes back to him, I'm going to scream.

[Anonymous]

I'm re-watching and finished the episode where Dean breaks up with Rory because she didn't say she loved him back.

Ugh Dean's the worst.