I never remember her name, but Tanna is my fave minor S4 role. |
Warning: Spoilers follow for episodes 1 through
6 for season four of Gilmore Girls,
although I have watched half of the season as of this writing.
Season four
of the ole Gilmore Girls begins with
some bombshells. First, we yada yada past all of the gals’ European vacation
and start with them returning to the states. But somewhat surprisingly, Rory
wrote down the wrong date for when she was starting Yale! Oh no! (By the way,
this is RIDICULOUS. Even I knew what day I was starting college, and I was
about 1/100th the student Rory Gilmore is.)
So, it’s a
mad scramble by her and Lorelai to get ready for that first day. They make it,
but not without psychologically torturing Luke some more, by repeatedly
borrowing his truck even though it’s implied Lorelai can’t drive a stick. Lorelai
and Luke later have an incredibly awkward movie night that strictly has “no
touching!” like a god damn Arrested Development scene. Oh, and by the way, they didn't get the guy a gift even though he's probably done $5,000 worth of free repair work over the years at their home.
Also,
spoiler alert – Lorelai goes on a shopping spree for Rory’s dorm room, and then
buys her a bunch of takeout food when she’s feeling homesick. This will
surprise all of y’all, but later in the season, Lorelai has money troubles!
Shocking! As Karen noted while we were watching in earlier seasons, there is a
bit of Sex and the City going on in
the show, in that the characters are either frivolous with money or there
usually isn’t an acknowledgement of how expensive things are.
However,
that’ll be an issue later in the season. For now, the most ridiculous thing in
the first six episodes is Rory being invited to Dean’s wedding! Dean is
sometimes portrayed as being clueless, and when he gets wasted, he’s openly
pining for Rory. But I think even he’s not so dense as to realize that inviting
his most recent ex-girlfriend to his wedding is a poor idea. Then again, he is
one of history’s greatest monsters.
The most
surprising thing in the first six is not Paris Gellar being Rory’s roommate. I
mean, Paris is straight fire, so they couldn’t cut her from the show, and it’s
easy to figure that out once you see Rory moving in. Rory’s initials are on the
door, along with PG, so I knew right away that Paris was going to be there.
No, it’s
surprising that Paris is making time with an old man! It’s Michael York, a.k.a.
Professor Asher Fleming. However, I know him much better from two vastly
different roles – Basil
Exposition from the Austin Powers films,
and a creepy socialite serial killer Bernard Fremont from Law and Order: Criminal Intent. An aside – York’s portrayal of
Fremont in “Slither” is
probably one of the most famous Criminal
Intent episode, and I had no idea it was based on a real guy.
Yikes.
By the way,
I like Rory’s other two roommates. Female Doogie Howser (Tanna) and Super Athlete (don't actually remember her name) are
both interesting, but still nerdy contrasts, from Rory and Paris. I mean, they
all go to Yale still. I do think that’s one aspect the show gets correct, is
that everyone at college is actually kind of nerdy and socially awkward.
Unsurprisingly, Rory seems way more popular at college than she ever did at
Chilton or with the kids of Stars Hollow. (And, fun fact: Tanna is actually a year older than me in real life.)
Anyway,
because I have watched a bunch of season four episodes already, some storylines
are blurring in my head. Also, I have the knowledge that some things aren’t a
big deal – like Rory’s bad date with a classmate – and some things are – like Sooki
being too obsessed with her baby and not helping with the inn. I’ll get into
those things more in my next entry though, which will (likely!) be tomorrow.
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