In ‘Christopher Returns‘, Lorelai is impressed that Christopher comes back to town and that his life appears to be on the right track – he has a good job, wants to be a more active dad… and of course, that makes Lorelai think there could be more for them too. However, from the start, Christopher is lying. He has no money and his business is failing. But he hides it, from everyone.

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It turns out that both Chris’ parents and Lorelai’s parents praise Chris like he’s perfect in every way. They’re critical of Lorelai, even though she’s made a successful life for herself, but Chris is perfect. Any imperfection in Chris becomes Lorelai’s fault - like Chris not going to Princeton or following their ‘plan’. Though how that is Lorelai’s fault, since Chris was never involved as a parent, I have no idea.

Chris’ parents are also mad that he never married Lorelai and followed their ‘procedure’ to get a good job and appear ‘right’ in society’s eyes. They blame Lorelai for this also. It seems like Lorelai can’t win with them – and I think had she married Chris, they still would have hated her because Chris still wouldn’t have had the exact life they’d planned for him.

When Lorelai turns down Chris’ marriage proposal the next day, it’s because she knows he’s trying to latch onto her to escape from all his other responsibilities. It’s like Lorelai is the only one who can see that Chris is the only person at blame for not being successful…

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