Warning: Spoilers follow for
episodes 11 through 16 for season six of Gilmore
Girls.
The thing I’ve noticed about the middle portions of Gilmore Girls seasons is that the Good
Ship Gilmore takes on water, and disasters are obviously visible on the
horizon, but at least when it comes to the main characters, they try to save
the highest drama for the last six episodes.
I imagine it wasn’t such a big deal when it was a weekly show, but it’s
much more noticeable when you’re on an endless binging marathon run of
episodes, like I’m trying to do. It’s a slow drip, drip, drip of drama as the
pressure builds on Luke and Lorelai, and Rory and Logan. There are essentially
four “big” developments in this six episode span:
1) Lorelai finds out about Luke’s daughter, because April works a day
at the diner. This understandably causes friction in their relationship,
because, you know, Luke has a secret daughter, and he didn’t immediately tell
Lorelai. The biggest issue with all Gilmore
Girls fights is that they usually hinge on one character holding something
from another, even if this is the 50th time that’s happened to in
the show’s run.
2) Rory and Logan fight about stupid things, but it’s ultimately OK
because he has money. Whether it’s using it to get the paper pushed out on
time, or taking the “family” on a vacation to Martha’s Vineyard, Logan usually
spends his way out of trouble. Things seem to be coming to a head with that
though, as Huntberger Senior has a “what the fuck are you doing?” chat with him
on the vineyard. (And by the way, Abigail Spencer pops up as a bridesmaid in
E6-16!)
3) Zach and Lane make up, and then, quickly get engaged and married.
Since I’ve watched ahead a bit, I’d like to point out that Lane’s story arcs
are like Bizarro Gilmore Girls. She basically serves as a “what if?” in a way
for Lorelai, if she had managed to patch things up with Emily way back when.
4) Paris loses control of the Yale newspaper in comical fashion. Like,
ridiculous, over the top, stupid fashion, to the point where she has a bunker
at the end. While I still find Paris really enjoyable, it’s kind of lame to see
her still stuck in a rigidly anti-social box, even at Yale. It’s an Ivy League
college, it’s weird that she can’t find some similarly ridiculously competitive
people to bond with.
Anyway. Emily and Richard also reconcile with Rory and Lorelai in that
patch, but it’s kind of Yada Yada / handwaved at the end of an episode where
they all get drunk. My next entry will be on the final six episodes of the
sixth season, so I’ll have a lot more to say then, as Gilmore Girls emerges from its middle episode doldrums.
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