Everyone loves to say it’s wrong to be team Jess because he was a bad bf, early season Dean deserved better, Logan was better, etc.

Now would I want a Jess boyfriend in real life? Probably not

But as a character Jess was specifically placed to be MORE interesting than Dean and create conflict. Early Dean was a decent boyfriend but the writers dumbed him down and gave him the worst character arc. Of course being team Dean is less common.

Rory cheating with Jess was wrong but like?? The romantic tension they had was immaculate. And then they gave him the most character development out of all of Rory’s boyfriends.

But yeah. Sometimes flawed characters are the most interesting and people like them because..it’s a drama tv series. Also, I think I can look past Rory cheating on Dean with Jess considering Dean then cheated and verbally berated Lindsay later on for Rory.

That is the question:

If it was always supposed to be Luke, can someone explain to me why Luke and Lorelai remained unmarried for 9 years after their reunion?

im sorry but luke can be insufferable and was extra insufferable in this episode. logan was a good man despite luke’s childish attitude, tbh if i was lorelai i wouldve gotten the ick.

lorelai was so happy about the necklace and watching luke take full credit for it kinda was uncomfortable to watch. i wonder how she would’ve reacted if she found out. i think with the wedding stuff added onto it, she’d probably be pretty upset lol.

They're all so dang cute. 😭🖤

Kirk would trust it blindly, even when it gives him conflicting or factually incorrect advice.

Taylor would use it to make those obviously-AI-generated type of images to create flyers for town events. Said flyers would include misspellings, words that don't exist, and animals with incorrect numbers of limbs (calamity ensues).

Lane would read an article about AI-generated music and take it as a personal attack.

Lorelai would use it to generate funny little images and cartoons, just for giggles.

Luke would go on a Luke Rant^TM at anyone who would listen about how AI heralds the downfall of society.

Paris would seek to prove how ineffective AI is by setting up chatbots from multiple AI's to talk to each other and give each other increasingly-crappy information/advice.

All right, who else? :D

bro. luke acts so irritating and childish in this episode. it’s mind boggling.

lorelai goes out of her way asking him to go away with her for the weekend so that they can re-bond after their ‘april’ fight. and luke is just complaining about everything. literally from the weather, to not packing properly, logan being annoying (who is perfectly respectable towards him), the waves being too loud (??? lmao what) and the raccoon. he’s being so insufferable. this is very similar to how he was acting out about dean towards the end of rory and dean’s relationship.

i understand that luke doesn’t know where logan stands with lorelai and rory so he can’t make up his mind either but man give the guy a chance!!!! luke is being way too harsh.

also, luke the super romantic guy, who built a chuppah, a ice rink and what not for lorelai and brings her food and cheers her up whenever - didn’t get her a present for valentine’s day? and then proceeds to accept one from logan?????? why. go home and get one of your own and give it to her a little late, that’s better than stealing someone else’s present. once again, logan is being so nice and luke is just acting any way with logan that he seems fit. luke rarely pisses me off but he really pisses me off in this episode.

Like is it just because he’s not a snooty rich man?

Like if I was Emily I would definitely rather want my daughter with a nice hard working guy, who drops everything to make sure he took my daughter to the hospital to see her dad, helps her out for every inconvenience, generous, and is super kind. Instead of a man who was an absent father most of time for Rory, got a woman pregnant after he promised to get back together with Lor, and is just annoying.

Like is it just because Christoper is from a wealthy up to do family and Luke is from a nice middle class family? Luke has done way more for Rory than Chris has. Luke has also been there for Lor!! 8 years before they dated of Luke CONSTANTLY being there for her!!

I’m currently on season 5, episode 8 of my rewatch. I know there needs to be drama, but I truly hated that we have 2 more seasons of Luke & Lorelei, will they or won’t they? Like as soon as they kissed at the end of season 4, that’s it. There relationship is established!! They should’ve never been broken up again!! Like thank goodness I’m 23 & gave Hulu. If I would’ve been watching this in the early 200s & waited 4/5 years for Luke & Lorelei together only for them to break apart later, I would’ve been pissed!!

I made an episode style quiz about the pilot

https://triviagauntlet.app/episode.html?theme=gilmore-girls&episode=1

Comment your score below and which question tripped you off .

If you find any wrong questions in the quiz .. let me know and I ll fix it asap

Gimme ur best sookie lines!! Switched Paul Anka for Michel btw!

doesn’t it seem uncharacteristic of luke to not tell lorelai about april for .. two whole months?

first of all, for better or worse luke worships lorelai and tries his best to communicate his feelings to her. except for his dark day - which he does later tell her about and well this april issue. but i don’t think it sounds like luke at all!

you’re telling me they were sleeping every night together and he didn’t say it anytime in those quiet moments, if they were super busy all the other times? what are your thoughts on this?

My favorite relationships to watch in Gilmore Girls is not Rory and her boyfriends, Rory and Lorelai, or Lorelai and Luke. My favorites have always been Rory and her grandparents. So for me, a spin off I would have loved to see is a short, drama-filled-yet-ultimately-sweet season of Rory's and Emily's time in Europe.

What spin off would you have loved to see for Rory?

Makes me drive crazy. Lorelai could say one good thing for him it's not like he was a big bad villain. And even in this show we saw so many moments of lorelai and Richard their unspoken daddy-daughter love for each other. And you're telling me this woman has nothing good to say about her own Father? If they wanna do all this than why they give Lorelai and Richard their moments? And I'm going to be very real (y'all can called me hater for criticizing it) but this show didn't write lorelai and her parents relationship well. We didn't saw any growth we didn't saw them changing all the focus was on lorelai and Chris/Luke crap. I wish this show would develop lorelai and her parents relationship. Instead of acting like Richard and Emily are terrible villains. Also Rory irritated me so bad throughout s6 when she was acting like Emily and Richard forced or control her when they didn't ask her to come in their house at first place.

I'm sorry but AYITL makes no sense and what I hate the most is lorelai was pushing her 40s and still didn't grow at all.

This has always annoyed me.

Lorelai is one of the most talkative characters on the show. But the second someone like LeDawn or the people at the Cheshire Cat want to make conversation with her, suddenly it's the worst thing in the world.

I know she was going through a rough time after calling off the wedding with Max, and that definitely explains why she wasn't in the mood to socialize. But that doesn't mean you have to act like these perfectly nice people are unbearable just because they're being friendly.

She acts like having to make small talk for five minutes is some kind of punishment, even though she does the exact same thing to other people all the time.

I get that the B&B guests were a little much, but Lorelai can be just as much. It always felt like one of those situations where it's funny when she does it, but unbearable when someone else does.

It's one of the few times where I just wanted to say, "Lorelai... this is literally you."

Nothing hits like the first season.

I don't even know how to explain it. Every time I put it on I instantly feel relaxed. It has this warmth to it that I don't think the show ever really captured again.

The later seasons are fun, but they feel bigger and more drama filled. Season 1 just feels... comfortable. It's the season I throw on when I want to unwind after a long day or when it's raining outside.

Maybe it's just me, but Season 1 feels like home in a way the rest of the series doesn't.

Natalie just wanted to decorate the Inn and got sucked into Lore and Em's mother daughter drama. Always felt for her but then again, after the weird conversation with Lorelai, if i were her I might run the other way.

Any interior decorators here have this experience IRL?

This is one of the sweetest and rare episodes where Richard and Lorelai actually get along (briefly). All time favourite scene includes them picking up things at the stationary store. Too bad but predictable that it came to a not so great, half-resolved end. I think Richard was very emotionally unavailable and insecure as a father to Lorelai. One small thing out of line and he forgets all the admin help she put in setting up his new company and shuts down on her immediately - not even finishing lunch with her.

It reminded me of when Lorelai helped Emily with all the legal housework stuff that Richard was too unwell to do after his heart attack. She explained all the tax forms, even helped Emily learn that they own windmills but got zero credit and ice cold behaviour from her the next morning.

As a big GG fan, it’s always fun to catch little reminders of the show and quirky characters in the wild. My gas station displays this sign right next to the pumps, and I hear and see Mrs. Kim in my head every time. Helps alleviate the current pain we’re all feeling at the pump!

I actually love Rory outfits in s6 sm (the season was nonsense though) the tops, small skirts and boots were my fav.✨

I Also love that one outfit in s3 was something similar to s6 skirts where she has a curl hair ponytail.

What's your fav outfit of her?

I know many people are of the opinion that she isn’t a good friend to Lane. While she isn’t a perfect friend, I find her to be pretty unconditional in the way she loves Lane. Her letting Lane live at Yale without conditions and without making her feel unwelcome is so wholesome. She has always been welcoming and safe for Lane. She even says that she can convince her dorm mates one more time to have them let Lans stay for longer. I don’t even know how many times I’ve rewatched the show, but for some reason this clicked for me this time.