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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.
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I agree with a lot of the above. I loved just seeing the characters again and their interactions. Was it perfect, no, but it was enjoyable.

I think it hit many true notes.

A lot of moms who have kids young consider having kids again late in life, especially if they are married to someone else. And for some of them, their kids end up pregnant and then they opt just to be happy being a grandma instead. That's likely what would happen with Lorelai now that Rory's pregnant.

I think the reboot was a great mix of each character growing up a bit/maturing and still being true to the characters we loved. Lorelai working out so she can eat ice cream and fit into her wedding dress? Totally believable - she's never not going to eat ice cream, so she does what it takes to do that and fit in the dress. Just like she did when she left home because she wanted to live her life a certain way and ended up being a single mom living in a shack cleaning rooms. She could have stayed with her parents and lived a much easier life, but it wasn't what she wanted. I also think the reason Luke and Lorelai didn't talk about having kids earlier is because they were just happy to be together - they knew they came close to not being together. And so while Luke wanted kids, he didn't push it because what he wanted most was Lorelai. When Lorelai then pursues surrogacy and getting married, it's showing that she's finally growing up and putting Luke first. And she's getting married because she no longer is rejecting the life her parents wanted for her - she's lost her dad and she's not rebelling.

Rory finds herself at a crossroads in her career. It's not turning out how she wanted and she could have taken the teaching job, but it's not what she wanted. I don't think she thought it was beneath her - it just wasn't what she wanted, and she wasn't at a point where she had to give up her dream of being a writer. Though, I would bet if there were a spinoff, she would be a single mom raising her daughter (because you know it would have to be a girl) and working at Chilton. She would likely choose this road now that she's pregnant because she's finally at the point where she has to do what it takes because she's having a baby. It's clear she won't be relying on Logan or her dad, as evidenced by her conversation with Christopher. She's making choices and growing up a bit. (And part of me really wants them to make a spinoff.)

I loved what they did with Emily. I saw her as welcoming her maid's family into the house in part because she was lonely and in part because she was used to having someone to take care of. And when she moved and took the job at the museum, it wasn't a rejection of her old life, but choosing something new for herself. She was never going to want to try to have the same life as she had with Richard - it would have been impossible because no one could replace Richard for her and his death changed her.

I liked seeing all of the other characters. I would have liked to see more of them, but, really, we were just supposed to be getting glimpses because they were all bit players and this was supposed to be about the Gilmore Girls.

One last thing - I think Logan and Rory will always love each other,  as a parallel to  Lorelai and Christopher always loving each other, but not being right for each other. That's why Logan is marrying his fiancée. Because he accepted that Rory turned him down, but moved on with the life he was supposed to lead according to his family. Seeing Rory on the side is his rebelling. But a lot of rich trust fund kids do this - marry and live the life they're supposed to according to their families in order to get all of the trappings promised to them, and then having affairs for themselves. It's a perfect foil to further cement what Lorelai rejected and that Rory rejects the mistress role Logan wants for her also.[/quote]

Hmmm PP. I hated the reunion/reboot or whatever they are calling it, but reading what you wrote makes sense. I like your perspective. A lot![/quote]

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