PENNILYN LOTT! |
Warning: Spoilers follow for episodes 7 through
13 for season four of Gilmore Girls.
Because I’m
binging this show, and trying to split up my writing into chunks based on three
to seven episodes, I neglected to mention two prominent side characters in my
last entry – Jason and Lane. One relationship I wish would get more time, and
one less, and if you’ve been reading my past entries, you can probably guess
the distribution I’m craving.
Jason seems
like a dolt. He’s rich, but seems kind of sleazy, and his basic appeal to
Lorelai seems to be 1) it’ll annoy her parents and 2) he can talk as fast as she
can. The first aspect is especially annoying to me. I don’t think Emily and
Richard are particularly warm, and clearly, Emily’s henpecking is probably
responsible for a lot of Lorelai’s issues. However, Lorelai is quick to
sabotage inroads her parents belatedly make, whether it’s insisting on paying
back Rory’s Chilton tuition, grinding her teeth through every social
opportunity, or dating Jason.
So, Jason.
The relationship starts when Lorelai is drunk (essentially) and pissed off at
Emily. Jason is kind of weird, with his various apneas, and I imagine things
will go south once Lorelai is forced to introduce him as her boyfriend. At that
point, the “fun” of the forbidden goes away, and what are you left with? A rich,
fast-talking insurance salesman, which is pretty much the opposite of Lorelai’s
type. (And, plus – I still know Luke is lurking out there as a dating option.
Damn my foreknowledge of this show! But, it’s not like this is a giant secret,
as the show clearly keeps foreshadowing his continued love for Lorelai.)
In contrast,
Lane getting kicked out of her home and momentarily living with Rory is
incredibly interesting. They don’t really delve too deeply into her new,
awkward situations, unfortunately, but having seen some future episodes, at
least it is a plotline that is continued throughout season four, as opposed to
being dropped with little explanation.
It’s also
unique and somewhat realistic, because I feel like in most shows, the Lane-Mrs.
Kim drama would be wrapped up by the end of the episode. Instead, Mrs. Kim
essentially tells Lane to go screw when she finds out how much her daughter has
been hiding from her. There isn’t a “make nice” moment, so in a way, we’re
getting a reenactment of the Emily-Lorelai feud.
Fun moment –
The Gilmores, as a family, attending the Yale-Harvard football game, and
Lorelai ribbing Emily about Pennilyn Lott. Not so fun moment – the ensuing
drama and FEELINGS as Emily discovers that Richard still meets with Pennilyn
Lott. Definitely fun moment – Repeatedly typing Pennilyn Lott. Pennilyn Lott!
What a name, Pennilyn Lott, is.
By the way,
speaking of tangled love and family webs, Jess comes back. We finally get the
blow-off between him and Rory, presumably because that whole spin-off thing
didn’t work. I mean, uh, not the spin-off, the completely legitimate reasons
for him to be out in California with his biological father.
Anyway, Jess
is still horrible, but he confesses his love to Rory. He then immediately
leaves town. Yay? Annoyingly, I imagine this means Jess will pop up in at least
one more episode. He’s the god damn Chekov’s gun
of this show. Until Rory tells him to go screw, a la Mrs. Kim, I won’t believe
that he’s gone for good.
Other odds
and ends: It was distressing that Sookie turned out to be a flake when it comes
to inn issues. Nicole and Luke is very meh. Lulu and Kirk is the new hotness.
(Did you know that Kirk has a girlfriend?) Gil is played by Sebastian Bach, and
not the 10 other hair metal band members I initially thought of, and he’s
pretty fly. Paris is still baller, even though she (or possibly because?)
crushed Jamie with a single phone call. Andddd, my next entry will be Friday or
Saturday, depending on when I manage to write more about the ole Gilmore Girls.
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