I kind of can't believe it myself.
The whole episode in the Black White and Read theater was perfection. All the townies with their multiple snacks, Kirk in cosplay, Kirk and his weird short film. Luke telling Lorelai he'll be fine with having to hold her during the movie (Aw, y'all are the cutest). On that note . . .
Oh, Luke and Lorelai and their web of lies. In the long run, this isn't really relationship-ruining drama, but it does open up past bad patterns of behavior. This probably would have really worried me if I hadn't checked the spoilers for all of these episodes first.
It's clear that Richard never really gave up on his dream to make Luke an old-money son-in-law, and Emily apparently got on board with this plan. Her biggest problem with that relationship seems to be that she doesn't understand why they haven't gotten married.
So why hasn't that happened, other than the fact that the show needed to give Lorelai some type of plot for the revival and her happy ending had pretty much already been written? Lorelai wanted to marry Luke so badly back in season 6. It broke her heart that he was too confused over his new fatherhood and too afraid of the possibility of this finally happening for him to really embrace the idea. She went running to Christopher, and married him because he wanted it, but as she says to the the therapist, it was never supposed to be him. It was always supposed to be Luke.
(It was really satisfying to this shipper to hear her say that, by the way).
So why hasn't it come up? It seems that their relationship is perfectly domesticated and happy. Luke seems content in finally having Lorelai to himself, and Lorelai seems happy to finally have a functioning relationship. But in the end, it isn't enough for her, and she's not sure why. I think part of her is terrified to bring it up because of how it went before, and ruin the relationship she currently has.
I liked popping back into Chilton, but they should not have revisited the Tristan idea at all if they couldn't get Chad Michael Murray back.. Considering how everything ends up, perhaps Rory is better suited to a career as a prep school teacher, though. It would have perfect to have Max Medina show up at this point: since Lorelai's not there, they can escape the issue of him being a threat. I hope he has a nice wife and kids at this point and is totally over it.
I hated the second Lena Dunham shout-out. That woman isn't anywhere near as talented and accomplished as the gorgeous, successful, intellectually fearsome Paris Gellar, and I can't fathom someone like Paris seeing her as someone to emulate, even if they are equally insane.
I'm kind of perturbed that Paris's storyline is just kind of left open at this point. She's divorcing from Doyle, she's clearly miserable and wants him back, and the implication is left that she might be pregnant . . . and it's just kind of dropped. Ideally, I would have to have seen this explored in more episodes, but now that I think that possibility is left better off dead, I prefer to imagine that she and Doyle reconcile and have another baby together. (Talk about something that's way more intriguing than pregnant Rory: pregnant Paris. Can you imagine? Can we do a spin off just based on Paris and Lane? I would totally watch that).
Alex Kingston was really hilarious in her storyline here, but I was really not crazy about the way Rory grew increasingly impatient and rude with the woman. Pretty much everyone you grew up with is much crazier than this one, girlfriend. Sometimes that girl is the worst.
Some people are ragging on Lorelai for tacitly approving of Rory and Logan's arrangement, but that's not really what she did. Rory is an adult: she has to make her own choices. And given her own sketchy history with men before the past decade, it's not Lorelai is in any place to judge.
I probably related more than I should have with Rory's increasingly awkward interviews. I've walked in ill-prepared and under-researched more times than I can count, and in the recent past. The thing is, you kind of have to deal with situations like that, dust yourself off, and prepare for the next opportunity, not run home weeping to your mommy. Seriously. #theworst.
On to . . .
Summer
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