GILMORE GIRLS - Partings

Lynny: Some things are just never meant to be, no matter how much we wish they were.


Call me crazy, but I think it says something that the only time I cried my eyes out, not only in this episode, but this entire finale season, was when Logan left Rory for the airport. And I watched this multiple times people. There were tears every single time. To be fair, I did well up when Veronica graduated and at the flashback to her as a child when we still thought Keith was dead, but nothing, and I mean NOTHING compared to the waterworks that came when Logan walked out that door. (My face was powder dry during the entire three hours of Grey's, thank you very much) But I'll leave my rants and raves on other shows for other posts...the comparison I'm actually getting to here is between Logan/Rory and Luke/Lorelai. I've tried to debate this rationally, seeing as so many people are up in arms about ASP's metaphorical 'middle finger' to the fans in this episode...and part of me wants to agree, but part of me doesn't. The truth is, I don't know that I'm such a Lorelai/Chris fan, because its not like I jumped up and down when she got in bed with him, I just didn't give the ass of a rat (to quote Logan Echolls) when she walked away from Luke. Honestly, I think it was probably part of ASP's grand design to have Luke and Lorelai end up together, but none of that matters now. Either way, I'm thinking with all the backlash going on, the newbie wouldn't dare take Lorelai in a different direction, and they'll still probably end up together. But the bottom line is, WHO CARES. I'm so over Luke. His character to me is detestable and always has been. I was cool with him and Lor for a while because he was nice to her and its what she wanted, but if she's unhappy, then screw that crap. Like she said, we figure out how April fits into our lives, not the other way around. She needs to move on and be happy, and Luke's got her in a holding pattern. I'm happy she's finally not putting up with it.

Now, about that middle finger...if I'm going to say anything negative about ASP, its definitely not going to be in regards to what she did with L/L because I'm kosher with that, but the episode didn't seem completely up to par for me, like maybe she just didn't try as hard because she knew she was done. That's totally spec on my part and I could be way off base, but just the whole troubadour thing...how annoying was that? Not that I didn't occasionally love the crazy lyrics, but come on. It reminded me a lot of the bike race of last year's finale, but at least that played the role of filler appropriately. This mess just took the whole show over, and it meant absolutely nothing. These crazy town happenings are supposed to give comic relief, and while, yeah we were in serious need of that this episode, it felt like the singer catastrophe got more airtime than the actual plot. Why wasn't Paris in the finale? Something light with her and Doyle could have made up that time. Emily's comic relief even played nicely. The bombarding troubadours was way overdone and seemed like a cheap way to fill time when ASP didn't want to bother coming up with something else.

Okay, so like I said about Logan and Rory...its continually bugged me this last portion of the season that the only remaining happy thing on this show is continually downplayed. They get almost no airtime, yet they are the couple that I'm caring about. More Logan and Rory! His deal next year mirrors the one he has this season, but whether he'll appear in 12 0r 20 eps, I have no idea...I just really need more Logan and Rory. Going into the final season, you would think that the guy Rory is going to end up with would be a full time regular. I guess that's too much to hope for. What I didn't completely agree with was the conversation that Mitchum and Rory had in the elevator. Not that I think he wasn't partially right, she did need to hear that it was time for Logan to grow up, I just don't think Rory would be super excited about the idea of Logan getting shipped off to become his father. If his dad did it with him and now he's doing it, well great. I'm sure one more arrogant Huntzberger jackass is exactly who Rory wants coming back to her.

On a final note, it was nice to see the opening parallel between Lorelai waking up at Sookie's and then waking up at Christopher's while everyone tiptoed around this poor woman, but I think out of the whole situation it just made me wonder if I've ever really liked Sookie or Jackson. I'm thinkin' no.

Chris: I thought 'restroom' was code for 'follow me and we'll figure out a way to get you out of this'.
Lorelai: What the hell kind of spy school did you go to?