How big a Gilmore Girls Geek are you?

May 7, 2013 By Rich 16 Comments

yes that's meI own a Stars Hollow t-shirt and once wore it in a Facebook profile pic.  This was before I’d come out of the Gilmore closet and a friend of a friend – what we used to call a complete stranger – spotted it and outted me.  At first I was bashful but then I couldn’t help myself. All the pent-up geek came out. We started chatting on my friend’s wall about Stars Hollow and meeting up in Luke’s for coffee while our mutual friend watched with confusion.

In my book, a geek is anyone who cares for something a bit more than they think they ought to.  It might be a TV show, it might be Marmite.  It could be Mycenaen tombs or snowy owls, wine or dubstep, nose flutes or the works of Matt Damon.  It’s probably not sport.  Whatever it is, it’s about being passionate.

So here’s a confession.  I have recorded every single episode of Gilmore Girls on my Digital Video Recorder (DVR).  That’s not so bad, I hear you cry.  I’m on my third re-watching – that’s watching all seven seasons once, then three times more.  That’s a little concerning, I hear you say.  My DVR remote control uses the four coloured buttons to skip ahead a different number of seconds and I’ve set the green one to skip the length of the opening credits.  OK, that’s a little concerning, I hear you murmur as you back slowly away.

Gilmore Girls finished its original run six years ago in May 2007 but has shown, like the girls themselves, to have terrific legs.  Through international syndication, re-runs and an astonishing level of re-watchability, the series continues to pick up fans and turn everyday people into fully fledged Gilmore Geeks.  Like me.

I read (and loved) both the books Rory and Jess recommended to each other – The Fountainhead and a Hemingway – The Old Man and the Sea (which made me ponder that Logan seemed to spend more time sleeping than reading and I wondered how that would have affected his relationship with Rory the bookworm.  But I digress…)

I’ve shown you mine – your turn.  Do you stand up in the cinema and point at the screen when a Gilmore Girls actor shows up?  Do you own Stars Hollow merchandise?  Do you write GG fan fiction, or ever think to yourself WWLGD?

Just how big a Gilmore Geek are you?

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A Gilmore Girls Guide to Dating: What Makes a Good First Date?

April 9, 2013 By Rich Leave a Comment

A Gilmore Guide to Dating: The First Date

Good news first: In the Gilmore world, dating can be fun and inventive and you can enjoy the hell out of it. Especially if it’s snowing.

Lorelai’s official first date with Rory’s English teacher Max Medina is brought on by snow, Lorelai’s magical snow. His car chooses to break down in Stars Hollow while Rory is stranded at Richard and Emily’s, giving them a chance to get to know each other a little better, mooching around town and dicing with spicy Fiesta burgers which they take to the Black & White & Read movie night. They chat, smooch a little and he cajoles himself into the house, where unfortunately (for the grown-ups), Lane interrupts, waiting for Rory.

max coffee coffee

Dates are stressful on a number of levels. You’re with a stranger, often doing some activity to keep your mind off having to talk – when really the whole date is about getting more familiar and having to, y’know… talk. Lorelai and Max had a good time because they have a little banter, they’re a good match and it’s all the more charming because it was unexpected and natural. But Lorelai’s realistic about it:

Rory: Do you love him?
Lorelai: I uh… We had one date. It was a great date, World Series level… but it was just a date.
(s01e08 Love and War and Snow)

Lorelai’s first date with Jason ‘Digger’ Stiles is a good demonstration of the importance of finding the right activity. Do something you’re both comfortable with. A private room at a posh restaurant sounds nice, but isn’t fun enough for her tastes; the Taco Barn drive-thru is too exotic for him. Find common ground and if you’re confident enough, pare it right back, say, to plastic furniture outside a grocery store with a small can of Pringles and Sno Balls (ah, Sno Balls, you’ll be missed). The more quirky the activity, the better the stories you’ll be able to tell the grandkids (hey, I’m an optimist).

Likewise, Alex identifies a common interest, inviting her along for a coffee tasting recce. Less stressful than a formal dinner and very conducive for chatting, between sharing opinions on the brews, they’re people watching, getting a caffeine buzz and in all probability, mercilessly mocking the other clientele. Fishing as a second date though, not so hot.

If you’re courageous, make it personal. Take your date somewhere that means something special to you. Say, Sniffy’s Tavern with Luke and his wallet full of horoscope. As a couple, Luke and Lorelai had been building for a while before their official first date, so he was able to expose his sensitive side straight away:

[Luke tells the story of the first time they met, when Lorelai wrote over his horoscope and told him to hold onto it, to keep it in his wallet. That it would bring him luck.]
Lorelai: Uhm I can’t believe you kept this.. You kept this in your wallet? You kept this in your wallet.
Luke: Eight years.
Lorelai: Eight years.
Luke: Lorelai. This thing we’re doing here, me – you. I just want you to know I’m in. I am all in. Does that uh – are you… scared?
[Lorelai shies away, then glances up at him, smiling. She doesn’t look scared.]
(s05e03 Written In The Stars)

There’s some anti-April sentiment (Luke’s daughter he never knew he had, not the month) on the discussion boards, which I think is largely a reaction to this moment. When things between Luke and Lorelai become muddy and Luke becomes confused about his paternal priorities, he effectively takes back the touching moment at Sniffy’s. But it’s not April’s fault.

Rory has her fair share of first dates too, especially after she starts college. Although it’s not all good:

Rory: I feel like I was locked in to a pointless societal ritual. There has to be another way.
Lorelai: Luke and I were debating that. Luke thinks it’s all about gut instinct. You know instantly if a person’s right for you. I think you have to go through a lot to find a contender. You’ve been very lucky with boys before, they were just sort of there. But, I think for the most part a girl’s gotta hunt a little.
Rory: And go through a lot of non-contenders.
Lorelai: Yes but then your non-contenders become your fun bad date anecdotes.
(s04e05 The Fundamental Things Apply)

Which leads me onto… Bad Dates in the Gilmore Girls (A Necessary Evil)

Halfway through a disastrous first date at Yale, Rory calls home for advice while Clark-Kent-a-like Trevor is in the bathroom. Luke’s there too, Lorelai’s captive Casablanca guinea pig:

Rory: I’ve already forgotten everything he said to me, the name of his brother and sister and best friend and we’re sitting on the same side of the table, we keep bumping menus and my neck already hurts from trying to turn and look at him when he talks. Can I tell him to sit on the other side?
Lorelai: Honey, you just have to relax. ‘Cos it’s just a date and sometimes dates don’t go well.
Luke: Dating’s the worst.
Lorelai: Don’t worry about the conversation. Just talk and if the talk doesn’t flow, it doesn’t. And stay away from urine-related topics.

But Lorelai has the experience to know that bad dates can have good sides. And she should know…

rune

Sookie and Jackson are on their first date, Lorelai is helping out by double-dating Jackson’s flat-cap-toting cousin, Rune – an unintentionally funny little man, disgusted by Lorelai’s height and size 9 feet. They leave the stuffy French restaurant in favour of Luke’s and after Jackson and Sookie start to relax and get rid of Rune (“Bye Loon!”), they can properly talk – leaving Lorelai and Luke to play a little poker over the counter where Luke first raises the suggestion of Lorelai going out sometime.

Lorelai: God that’s nice. The whole first date beginning of the relationship glow, everything’s new and exciting.
Luke: Every joke is hilarious.
Lorelai: Every little touch is incredible. That is a good feeling.
Luke: It is at that.
(s01e12 Double Date)

In the same episode, Rory and Dean are double-dating for Lane Kim and airhead Todd, which comes to a head when ultra-strict Mrs Kim finds out. The confession by Rory about how she lied to Lorelai to prevent Lorelai having to lie to Mrs Kim throws out one of my favourite lines:

Lorelai: I have to know where you are at all times, especially when you have my shoes on.

Some final pearls from Luke and Lorelai:

Luke: I mean dating, it’s a horror.
Lorelai: It’s the only cure for the singleness thing barring ordering a spouse off the internet.
…
Lorelai: But dating is how you get to know your potential partner. It’s the only way.
Luke: There’s the gut. I can tell if I’m comfortable with someone within seconds of meeting them.

Which camp are you in, Luke or Lorelai’s? Ever had Luke’s gut feeling? Or is dating the only way?
What’s your worst date ever?
Which is your favourite Gilmore first date?

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What’s worth watching? (besides Gilmore Girls re-runs)

April 2, 2013 By Rich 8 Comments

I’ve never watched Veronica Mars and from the comments in the KickStarter post making it sound like Buffy meets The Rockford Files, I’m set to wondering: Was there ever anything like Gilmore Girls?

I remember looking forward to the early episodes of Dawson’s Creek, 24 and Heroes.  I was absorbed by The Wire and got to the Firefly party late, as I did with Sports Night and Gilmore Girls, only catching them after all episodes were in the can.  But it was only Gilmore Girls and one other show that, for me, ever stood up to re-watching.  What’s the other show? Here’s a clue:

Luke and Lorelai's first date was at Mrs Landingham's. Fact.

Maisy Fortner, co-owner of Sniffy’s Tavern (“Luke has a Luke’s!”) is memorably played by Kathryn Joosten, better known to many as Mrs Landingham, the personal assistant to Jed Bartlet in… The West Wing.

For anyone who enjoys Gilmore Girls, my top recommendation would be The West Wing. It’s got the same rapid delivery rate of conversation, engaging characters and laugh out loud moments. For the uninitiated, it’s a show about smart people trying to do good, a family of sorts e.g. the grumpy uncle who’s funny because he’s so grumpy; and the initially clutzy father figure (he rides into a tree) who also happens to be the President.  Although it’s set in the White House, it’s not all serious politics and watching legislation dry – it’s about how these people react to situations, their personal stories and strength and their humour.  Admittedly, their dramas are often on a larger scale, so whereas a Stars Hollow disaster might have a bad smell pervading the town, The West Wing might see an assassination attempt… but it might also see the President calling the Butterball hotline to catch them out on how to cook a turkey; or the staffers dealing with ‘Big Block of Cheese’ day where CJ learns that all the maps in the world are wrong; or where the top staffers smoke out the Mural Room trying to start a fire in a fireplace that doesn’t work.

I think the character’s repartee is similar, as is the optimistic attitude to television as a medium that can deliver some hope along with the entertainment.  I stumbled across the YouTube video ‘Star Inside – Behind the scenes of Gilmore Girls (part 2)’ recently, it’s a special feature where the cast talks about Stars Hollow.  Lauren Graham (GG’s Lorelai Gilmore) mentions that:

Lauren: It’s what TV can do… life a little better.

The West Wing was frequently and unapologetically sentimental, made more stark by its setting.  Like Gilmore Girls creator and writer Amy Sherman-Palladino,  her West Wing counterpart Aaron Sorkin can write. He writes art, at once moving and beautiful and I’ve been about to cry when he makes me laugh and I end up covered in both kinds of snot. He’s now back to writing movies – Moneyball and The Social Network were good, but the dialogue in The West Wing was better because you can get away with talking a-mile-a-minute on TV, whereas you can’t on the big screen. He’s also writing The Newsroom but like Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Bunheads, it kind of leaves you wanting the original.

In the same TV special, Yanic Truesdale (GG’s Michel Gerard) shares a similar perspective:

Yanic: It’s like life – you can have a dramatic moment or it can be funny but you don’t dwell on it, it’s not like you’re making a 10 minute scene out of what could be a 2 minute scene.

Again, the same could be said of  The West Wing.  After the drama or the funny plays out, the President asks: “What’s next?”

What The West Wing didn’t have was a Lorelai.  A single central character we couldn’t take our eyes off.  The West Wing was an ensemble piece and President Bartlet was not even initially intended to be a main character.  In the same way Luke was meant to be a woman, I like how some of the best bits seem to grow organically – because you can’t plan for lightning in a bottle.

Both shows ran for seven series and both make use of the walk-and-talk to help pack in all that dialogue.  Both shows’ creators departed prior to the series ending, with a telling degradation in quality – Amy Sherman-Palladino wasn’t there for the final year and Aaron Sorkin wasn’t there for the last three.

Tying this up, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was my introduction to Aaron Sorkin.  This was his follow-up show to The West Wing and was cancelled as it neared the end of its first season. I felt like it suffered from some heavy handed intervention from the powers that be, steering it in odd directions trying to raise viewing figures when it would have done better just left with the one man to steer it.  Nevertheless, it had an amusing cameo from Lauren Graham, riffing between head writer Matt Albie (her real life pal Matthew Perry) and producer Danny Tripp (Bradley Whitford).

calico gals

Matt: You were in a number of wonderful sketches tonight including a hilarious send up of your character on Calico Gals.
Lauren: Gilmore Girls.
Danny: I wrote it down for you…
Matt: This is my number if you ever feel like coffee or a basketball game or something. And would you give a copy of this to the girl who plays your kid on the show? [He's joking]
[Lauren raises an eyebrow at Matt and his piece of paper, walking past him to the door... then turns back and takes his number]
Lauren: This is humiliating.

Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip S01E06 The Wrap Party

For you, has anything been comparable to Gilmore Girls? What else have you enjoyed?  Heck, what else is on?

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A Gilmore Girls’ Guide to Dating: Part Two – The Pre-Date

March 19, 2013 By Rich 3 Comments

In the Gilmore world, how do you get from being interested to actually dating?  

Pop Quiz: Who’s this, asking Lorelai out?

?: We’ve known each other for a good amount of time and our paths have crossed, professionally and socially a number of times all with relatively pleasant results and, well, I was just wondering if you would like to have dinner with me.
Lorelai: Oh.
?: In two weeks.
Lorelai: Two weeks?
?: I heard you have a cold, I think two weeks is enough to ensure the virus is out of your system.

Answer at the end.

all in

So, there’s this potential guy or girl, you’ve watched her from afar, say, sitting under trees reading books or in band practice and you really want to touch his hair (do NOT touch his hair). What next?

Well friends, it’s Part 2 of the (really just an excuse to re-live some of the warm and fuzzies) Gilmore Guide to Dating.

II: The Pre-Date

What’s a pre-date? I’ll hand over to the expert, Rory’s high school teacher Mr. Max Medina. He’d only met Lorelai a couple of times and the second time was to tell her that Rory couldn’t sit the test that they’d revised for all week until they overslept at the kitchen table. So now it’s the Chilton school bake sale and he pulls Lorelai aside and asks if they could meet up some time.

Max: Ok, ok, um how about coffee? Do you like coffee?
Lorelai: Only with my oxygen.
Max: Can we drink some together? (Lorelai sighs) A sort of a pre-date – very casual, no strings, no obligations. We’ll just see if it’s even worth going down the road of including food in the deal (she shrugs, makes mischievous eyes) Just coffee? (sucks her breath through a smile) Decaf? Oh, there’s nothing safer than decaf (defeated huff).
Lorelai: I’m gonna be in town tomorrow because I take a class at Hartford State and there’s a coffee shop across the street that I sometimes – almost all the time – go to around 4:00, usually exactly 4:12. I could not stop a person from entering said establishment at around that time, nor would I avoid them if I knew them, if… they did.
s01e05 Cinnamon’s Wake

So Max had an uphill struggle ahead of him, not only having to support his apparent shunning of Rory’s efforts, but then finessing a date out of Lorelai. He laid the groundwork by leaving an answerphone message that let Lorelai know he was thinking of her and looked forward to their next meeting. Max has a few things on his side: he’s charming and confident and not unhandsome – although I have trouble figuring out what girls find attractive… I always thought Dawson was more handsome than Pacey, mostly because he had more chin but apparently not?

maaaaax medina

Mostly it’s Max’s confidence that gets him through the conversation, breaking down her arguments because he knows that really she’d like to spend time with him and vice versa. He’s got a good feel for the situation and isn’t afraid of being rejected. What’s the worst that could happen? He’s said he likes her and is just asking if she might like him back.  And is she sure?

Max: If there’s something in your gut that you know you feel is right, you’ve gotta go after it, no matter what. What do you say?

It’s a smooth sleight of hand on his part, both physical and verbal and Lorelai’s responses are worth a thousand words, but what we’re really looking at here is The Chase. The period that begins with realising you like someone and that they might like you and ending with one of you asking the other one out. This could go on for years (Luke) or a few days (Alex) and it can be nerve-wracking or sometimes more fun than the eventual relationship.

I’m looking at a few of Lorelai’s beaus here: Max, Alex, Jason and Luke – I don’t think we ever saw the girls having to do the chasing but correct me if I’m wrong… possibly Lorelai’s karaoke?

I think every argument we see between Sookie and Jackson is pre-dating. Maybe even counts as foreplay.

Alex, the coffee shop guy calls Lorelai at home after his friend accidentally asks her friend (Sookie) on a date. Under the guise of asking for some company with his testing different coffee shops for research on his own coffee shop…

Alex: So I was wondering what you were doing this Saturday.
Lorelai: You know, it’s funny you should ask me this, because I just happen to be one of the world’s foremost coffee experts.
Alex: Really?
Lorelai: Oh, yeah, it’s basically just me and this guy named Chuckles in Brazil.
Alex: Sounds like fate. So, what do you say?
Lorelai: Sure.
Alex: Great. Just to be on the safe side, you do know this is a date, right?
Lorelai: Oh, yeah, I got that.
s03e11 I Solemnly Swear

It’s a dazzling first date plan. It’s safe, because there’s something to do, something to talk about, in venues that they’ll actually be able to talk in and hear what the other person is saying. Not like the cinema where you a) have to sit side by side; b) not look at each other; and c) not talk to each other.  Coffee crawl – great plan, Alex.  Fishing as a second date, not so much.

Of course in Stars Hollow once a year you can always buy a date, by being highest bidder on someone’s picnic basket. With it being Stars Hollow, the dafter the rule, the more strictly it’s followed. It’s the perfect solution for Jess, the master of non-conversation, to spend time with Rory without it seeming like prostitution, which is basically what it is.

Jason ‘Digger’ Stiles is the master of The Chase. In their first meeting (which we recounted last week) Lorelai is only there to attack him for pulling the rug out from under her and her mother – and he still nearly wins a date out of it.

scooper

He returns a few episodes later and first talks himself into dinner, masterfully manipulating Emily’s social graces by threatening to go for a cheeseburger. Then under the cover of asking Emily for restaurant recommendations, he asks about cuisines and romantic places, all the while quite openly gauging Lorelai’s tastes. She’s impressed by his tenacity and interest and he’s in her head. He leaves answerphone messages and sends flowers, she finally calls back, refusing his date on the grounds that he’s in business with Richard her father and he’s from that world she has always tried to keep away from.

Jason: How’s the new inn?
Lorelai: Coming along, we’re gonna have horses
Jason: Talking horses?
Lorelai: No, just the regular ones.
s04e08 Die, Jerk

But he says he’ll keep his Saturday reservation at the sought after China Garden open, in case she changes her mind. At the annual Harvard / Yale football game, Richard’s annual lunches with Pennilyn Lott surface and Emily unreasonably blames Lorelai. Frustrated, hurt and knowing how mad it will make Emily, Lorelai calls Jason and finally takes him up on his offer.

With Luke, the pre-dating starts properly after the self-help tape where Luke Can See Her Face:

Self-help audio tape: Whose phone calls or visits are never unwanted or too long? Can you see her face? Who would you most like to have in your life, to ward off moments of loneliness? Do you see her face? When you travel, who would make your travels more enjoyable? Do you see her face? When you’re in pain, who would you most like to comfort you? Do you see her face? When something wonderful happens in your life – a promotion at work, a successful refinancing – who do you want to share the news with? Do you see her face? Whose face appears to you my friend? Whose face?
Luke: Whoa.
s04e20 Luke Can See Her Face

now that i've worn out the world

They slow dance at Liz and TJ’s renaissance wedding, to Sam Phillips’ lilting Reflecting Light and their pre-dating session comes to a close after eight years of banter, coffee and friendship culminating in this, on the porch of the newly renovated Dragonfly Inn:

Luke: Aw, I don’t want to calm down! I did everything right! I did exactly what the book said!
Lorelai: The book?!
Luke: I thought we were on track, and now you’re standing there looking at me like I’m crazy.
Lorelai: I’m not looking at you like you’re crazy!
Luke: You know the last time I bought flowers for someone? Never! That’s when! Very easy stat to remember!
Lorelai: I loved the flowers!
Luke: And then when I walked you home after the wedding, there was a moment. I thought there was a moment.
Lorelai: There was! There was a moment. [A beat. He leans into her.]
Lorelai: What are you doing?
Luke: Will you just stand still?
[He pulls her close, they kiss, then separate. Breathtaken, Lorelai moves toward him.]
Luke: What are you doing?
Lorelai: Will you just stand still?
[She takes his face in her hands and kisses him back. Another beat.]
Kirk: AAAaagGHHH! AAaaghHH! AAAaargGHHH!
s04e22 Raincoats and Recipes

Finally.

The teaser quote was Kirk, who demonstrates as well as any of the other guys, that in the words of Thomas Jefferson, ‘”If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” Also, like Max and Jason (but not Luke), when he gets rebuffed, he gently questions it, but then accepts politely.

At the end of that episode, Lorelai also demonstrates a  gracious way to let someone down:

Kirk: You don’t need any other information?
Lorelai: No I don’t.
Kirk: Because I could have my mother call you.
Lorelai: Totally unneccessary.
Kirk: OK well then go ahead.
Lorelai: I just got out of a really weird relationship and I know that sounds like a line but it isn’t. I’m just not fully over the shock of it yet and I never want to hurt you because you’re my friend and I like you. So I have to say no. I’m sorry.
Kirk: Was the tuna inquiry too personal?
Lorelai: Oh no I thought it was very thoughtful.
Kirk: You’re sure you won’t feel like it any time soon?
Lorelai: Yeah, I’m sure.
Kirk: Well at least I asked. Good night Lorelai.
s03e02 Haunted Leg

Who was your favourite? Am I really the only person in the world who liked Jason best?

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The Gilmore House Floor Plan

February 4, 2013 By arieanna 5 Comments

Lorelai Gilmore and Rory Gilmore’s house, a fixture of the Gilmore Girls world for many of us, was charming and quirky and filled with odds and ends, just like the girls who live in it. I was recently tipped off on Twitter to some fan-made floor plans of the house, including details on furniture placement with a few liberties taken based on changes from season-to-season. What do you think?

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Here are some on-set photos as a reminder of what the house, aka “The Crapshack”, looked like.

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The Great Loves of Gilmore Girls: Lorelai and… Snow

December 19, 2012 By Rich 5 Comments

Remember this? Lorelai can’t sleep. She’s staring at the window expectantly, maybe fantasizing about Max Medina bursting through it. Maybe she can’t sleep because she forgot to take her earrings out. Or close the curtains. Wait, there aren’t any curtains… what’s that about?

i smell snow

She comes downstairs in a cute red long-sleeved tee and pulls the sash window open, hangs her head out and breathes in the chilly air. It’s a moment of care-free innocent enjoyment and Lauren, with her hair in bunches, is so cute it’s almost annoying (‘how can you be so adorably cherubic?!’ I want to shout, pinching her porcelain cheeks, tears streaming down mine). You kinda get the feeling Lauren Graham does this kind of thing for real while Peter Krause rolls his eyes; she’s effortless.

Hey wait up, there are no curtains in the living room either!  What’s the deal with that?  Back to clipping coupons, Lorelai.  So anyway, with the icy wind blowing the netting around, she finds a spot on the sofa and replays Max’s bashful answerphone message (“It’s Max. Medina. Maaax Medina”) and on the second playthrough, it wakes Rory up.  Like any sane person, Rory goes to close the window because it’s freezing and rolls her eyes when Lorelai stops her and begins her first diatribe on her love affair with snow.  Because she can smell it.

Lorelai: Everything’s magical when its snows, everything looks pretty. The clothes are great. Coats, scarves, gloves, hats.
Rory: Thermal underwear, wool socks, ear flaps.
Lorelai: Do you know the best things in my life have happened when it snowed?
Rory: Why yes, I do.
Lorelai: My best birthday.
Rory: Your first kiss.
Lorelai: Your first steps, they all happened when it snowed.
Rory: Feet [Rory rearranges the blanket over Lorelai’s feet]
Lorelai: I feel good. Tingly.
Rory: That’s called frostbite.

Series 1, Episode 8 – Love and War and Snow

And after Rory goes back to bed, Lorelai hides under the blanket and listens to Max’s message again.  Ah, new love.

I love snow too and it’s been snowing here.  It’s magical and Christmassy and jogs some of my favourite, funnest memories.  SNOWING!!!

Of course most every relationship has difficulties and later on – in season 5 to be precise – words are spoken in anger.  With the white stuff bringing cancellations at the Inn and blocking in her car, it’s mostly a one-sided conversation…

we are never ever ever getting back together

Lorelai: Me and snow, we are through. It was years of bliss y’know, we had good stuff and good times. I could show you pictures of snow angels I’ve made but I am done! Done!!

Luke: Well, let it down easy OK?

Series 5 Episode 11 – Women Of Questionable Morals

But at least there’s Luke’s to rant to and later on, to deliver a home-made ice rink.  What d’ya know, looks like they made up in time for New Year.

Happy Holidays to all our Gilmore News readers.  Keep Warm and Best Wishes for 2013! 

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“Gilmore Girls” On The Map

November 18, 2010 By arieanna 6 Comments

Big Think Now has put together a pictorial representation of The United States of TV in a map.

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Gilmore Girls is shown on the map to represent the state of Connecticut, where Stars Hollow is located. If you recall, the fictional town of Stars Hollow is said to be located approximately thirty minutes from Hartford, Connecticut.

Thanks Anya!

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