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Following along in our discussions based on insights from The Gilmore Girls Companion, I wanted to talk about Luke’s Hat. As the author notes, Lorelai later reveals that she believes the hat to be a barometer of Luke’s feelings about her. When he wore it, he was into her. When he didn’t, things were in trouble.
Do you think the writers intentionally wrote this small detail into the series at this point? Or did it become an opportunistic object to imbue with significance later in the series?
In The Gilmore Girls Companion, when talking about the episode ‘Rory’s Dance,’ there is a segment highlighting Emily’s speech to Lorelai warning her that she’s going to lose Rory. Lorelai says she has raised Rory differently, without suffocating her like Emily did to her. Given how controlling we are led to believe that Emily was in Lorelai’s life – decorating her room, choosing her schools, primping her clothes and opportunities – how is it that we don’t see Lane turn out more like Lorelai?
When you think of it, Lane is in a similar situation of control. However, she finds, as this interview shows, alternate ways of coping. She rebels in less destructive ways.
So, what is it about Emily & Mrs. Kim that makes their “control” different? I know each girl – Lane vs Lorelai – has different ways of coping, but perhaps their reactions were in part dictated by their relationships with their mothers. Did Lane have a better relationship with Mrs. Kim, despite her controlling nature? Why?
In The Gilmore Girls Companion, the author hypothesizes about why Luke appears to dislike Stars Hollow events & overall “public-spiritedness”. Our first glimpse of this is in ‘Love and War and Snow‘, when the first town meeting happened.
The author believes that Luke is bitter about Stars Hollow events because his father was a Battle of Stars Hollow re-enactor and now his father is dead.
Do you think this is the case? Why is it that Luke dislikes town merriment?
In his analysis of ‘Kiss and Tell‘ The Gilmore Girls Companion author, Aaron Berman, suggests that Lorelai & Rory’s consumption of an unrealistic amount of junk food ended up “pissing off people the world over.”
Is this true for you? Are you mad – and over what? Over how much they can eat, and stay both thin and with clear skin? Over their insatiable appetites? Over their budgets? Or… ?
Similarly, we’ve previously discussed if Gilmore Girls has ever made you crave junk food.
In The Gilmore Girls Companion, the author highlights one of the best moments in the series for me, from Rory’s Birthday Parties: the Happy Birthday speech that Lorelai gives Rory every year at the moment she was born. It’s beyond beautiful.
Anyway, I got to thinking, based on the opening to that speech where Lorelai says that Rory is a “great, cool kid, and the best friend a girl could have”… just what is it that makes Rory & Lorelai good as friends?
Chime in!
In The Gilmore Girls Companion, the author suggests that Dean stalking Rory on the bus in ‘Cinnamon’s Wake‘ could foreshadow his future inability to let her go. I think this is a very interesting insight.
Dean, on the whole, is an “all in” kind of guy. I mean, building Rory the car? That’s over-the-top, even for a couple much older than they are. The bracelet is much more appropriate. But even then, he is the one who noticed when it was gone.
Can you think of other instances of Dean being an obsessive personality? Does his obsessiveness concern just Rory, or is it a part of his personality?
This is a perhaps more oddball discussion question, but here goes anyway. It’s all about having fun with these discussions! After Rory was hit by the deer in ‘The Deer Hunters‘, Lane was at a loss for what to ask Rory. So, she asked “Was it a four-way stop?”
I’m curious, what would YOU have asked Rory?
I think that I would have asked if the deer was ok, though that’s a bit of an obvious answer. Perhaps the fact that Lane didn’t ask this question is telling of her train of thought!
BTW, Aaron Berman, writer of The Gilmore Girls Companion, has been following along with our discussions and adding more behind-the-scenes thoughts, discussions and quotes that didn’t make it into his book. I hope you head on over there to subscribe to his blog to see more Gilmore Girls info!
Update I had Lorelai instead of Lane – that’s what I get for writing when sick!
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