7.08 - Introducing Lorelai Planetarium

[cranky]

I'm a father of a little girl and I think it was completely absurd that THE FIRST PERSON that Luke called was the woman who broke his heart!!!!  When he made the call, I just assumed he dialed Lorelai by mistake.  THE FIRST PERSON absolutely had to be April's mom...period.

I think I can tell you why Luke called Lorelai and not Anna or anybody else.
You see, Luke is a self made man. He has always done everything himself and he has been able to handle every situation well. It has only been with April and I think few times with Jess that he has lost his cool. Every time he needed somebody it was always Lorelai. As we all know Luke is not a phone person ... remember... "no cell phone". So, we know he doesnt call many people other that maybe his suppliers. So the only one person he calls other than his suppliers is Lorelai, I mean was Lorelai. Calling Lorelai in case of a problem is like second nature to him. He did not think before calling. All he was concerned of was April's pain which she dint want to do anything about. Apparently he had to call somebody and since he knew that Anna was not around he knew just one number... Lorelai.

I know even I was surprised that he wasnt surprised about himself calling up Lorelai. But still, Calling Lorelai was nothing big for him.

[alexisx3]

I think he wanted to show Anna he could be responsible.
Did Logan and Rory break up? Or did they make up and I just missed it?

[cranky]

I think he wanted to show Anna he could be responsible.

I think so too. And by the way, hasnt Anna gone somewhere and thats the reason why she's left April with Luke?

Did Logan and Rory break up? Or did they make up and I just missed it?

Logan and Rory did not break up. They reconciled after Rory realized from the Aerie gals that the article was very mean and it was natural for Logan to get mad. Rory came back home and said sorry to him for being so mean and judgemental and praised him for being so good to her even when she wrote such bad things.
Logan also apologized and praised her, like "Your pen is a howatzer " and "You've got awesome teeth  " etc etc.
After all that mushy talk, she declares that she has to shift from this apartment since this flat will remind her constantly that Logan is not living with her. She promises though that she is gonna take Henry-the steel guard with her  .

[lessa]

That Christopher can't stop loving Lorelai, and that she is a afraid her rebellion led her to make a mistake by not marrying him when he knocked her up are things that must have contributed to her turnaround about Chris (timing is everything, n'est-ce pas?) But she shot Christopher's patheticness down in 'Wedding Bell Blues' and dating Christopher has made her, if anything, more rebellious to Emily's whims.

Accepting all of Christopher when she doesn't quite feel the same way about him is a big turnaround for her, and while I admire her determination to put her new relationship skills to work and make it last for once, I can't help thinking that she would have to have become a different person than she was to even consider the possibility.

So I put it this way: Being with Luke has ripened and matured Lorelai into someone who wants to change and work for a relationship instead of just kicking back to be adored. She is now capable of seeing the downside to 'true love' and she has learned what it's like to be head over heels about someone she can't be sure loves her back.

I posit thusly- if Luke had come on to the scene needing her and begging her to be there for him, she would have found it a turn-off. What first attracted her to him was his way of being there for her and always being able to figure out what was wrong and what to do. If he had wanted things back in return, it would have spoiled the charm or put her under too much pressure and she would have drifted away as she once did with Christopher.

[bethany]

I agree with you LLFan 150%.....

I think the writing this year is the same great stuff, if not better then previous seasons. It's just a whole new era of the Gilmore Girls finally growing up.

Stay tuned.

Geez, I always agree with someone who posted this 7 pages back or w/e. But my point exactly. I really think this isn't as awful as a lot of people are making it out to be. Of course it's going to be different, it's always going to BE different. The spirit of the girls have been kept alive, and that alone should suffice...most of the time .

[gilmorerock]

That Christopher can't stop loving Lorelai, and that she is a afraid her rebellion led her to make a mistake by not marrying him when he knocked her up are things that must have contributed to her turnaround about Chris (timing is everything, n'est-ce pas?) But she shot Christopher's patheticness down in 'Wedding Bell Blues' and dating Christopher has made her, if anything, more rebellious to Emily's whims.

Accepting all of Christopher when she doesn't quite feel the same way about him is a big turnaround for her, and while I admire her determination to put her new relationship skills to work and make it last for once, I can't help thinking that she would have to have become a different person than she was to even consider the possibility.

So I put it this way: Being with Luke has ripened and matured Lorelai into someone who wants to change and work for a relationship instead of just kicking back to be adored. She is now capable of seeing the downside to 'true love' and she has learned what it's like to be head over heels about someone she can't be sure loves her back.

I posit thusly- if Luke had come on to the scene needing her and begging her to be there for him, she would have found it a turn-off. What first attracted her to him was his way of being there for her and always being able to figure out what was wrong and what to do. If he had wanted things back in return, it would have spoiled the charm or put her under too much pressure and she would have drifted away as she once did with Christopher.

I think that Lorelai really has changed! She'd have to to get married!

[Alexandria]

I think he wanted to show Anna he could be responsible.

I think so too. And by the way, hasnt Anna gone somewhere and thats the reason why she's left April with Luke.

I think one of Anna's parents is sick or something so she went to New Mexico to be with them.

I do not agree that not calling Anna showed that Luke was responsible. I think it shows the opposite. Luke may very well want to prove himself as a father to Anna and that he is a responsible father. And he showed that by not letting Anna go to the party because she had a fever even though she was upset with him about it.

But regardless of whether parents are divorced or never married or whatever, if a child is sick, both parents have the right to know. Anna should've been told that her daughter whom she has cared for by herself for 10 years was in the hospital with appendicitis. If Anna said that she couldn't leave New Mexico to be with Anna that would be one thing, but at least she would've known about April and been able to make the choice for herself. Anna is still April's mom and she has the right to know what is going on with her daughter, especially with something major such as appendicitis.

[Dani257]

Well, I'm wondering if it's possible that Luke might have called Anna later.  But, since she had to take care of her mom(?) she couldn't hop on a plane or something and come home.  It's possible he didn't call her at all, but I wouldn't rule it out that he called to inform her that April got sick but she had an operation and was fine.

I also think Luke didn't make a calculated decision to call Lorelai first.  I think it was an impulse move.  My guess was his fingers punching in the numbers and his mouth telling Lorelai what happened were a half step ahead of his brain.

Pure shallow comment:  Why can't Rory just keep that pretty dark blue coat she wore when she came back to the apartment at the end, instead of that ugly brownish plaidish coat thing she wore when she went to see Lorelai and Christopher.  I hate that coat.  I want to burn it.

[MikeinLA]

(For you non-LA members: The show was preempted in the Los Angeles area tuesday by a basketball game and finally shown saturday evening.)

I started reading this thread and got a few pages in but didn't read every post. Whenever I came to a post with something like In next week's show, it looks like ... - POW - I skipped the rest of the page.

This for me was the best ep of season 7 so far. Altho I'm still wearing one of those whiplash collars from Lorelai marrying Christopher, and which I still don't understand, I thought this week's dealing with it was good. Logan and Rory felt right to me, even their little dustup about the article. It was splaned sufficiently that Rory was pissed at Lorelai and this colored her writing of the party.

Lorelai and Christopher don't look right to me. Many posters talk about their chemistry, and it looks to me like they have none. They seem almost to be pretending to be happily married. If that's what they are supposed to look like, it's working. I expected Rory to be more pissed not just because she wasn't there, but because these two getting married up is a BAD idea.

Even Lunkhead Luke was less over the top this time. It was good stuff with April, even tho SHE is sometimes over the top.

The people at the party were realistic, and having the doctor come in and ask Lunkhead and Lorelai if they were Mr. and Mrs. Nardini was a nice touch.

Good ep, for a change.

 

[Fantasy]

They reconciled after Rory realized from the Aerie gals that the article was very mean

What? The Aerie gals speak at the end of every episode, for advertising for American Eagles new undergarment line. (?) If you ask me, they should be done with. They are totally killing the jokes, Gilless anyone?
I think you mean Rory's new artsy friends? I think people are calling them the Tweedles, but I'm not sure if I'm correct.

[lessa]

Lucy and Olivia kind of remind me of the Aeries, especially in French Twist. It's not a bad thing. Besides, the joke was lame to begin with.
It's a funny thing about that very joke here. The Aeries (The AE ones) pointed out that it was the fans who were glad she hadn't changed her name, and I agree. Lorelai never seemed invested in keeping her birth name before this episode, but I am glad she did.

[Ve]

I thought that this episode was okay. I didn't like that Chris wanted to change things and not leave it all alone like the Gilmore girls had it. I swear he makes everything about him. If I was Rory I would feel the same way that Rory felt when she found out about the marriage. I also hated that Gigi was going to move into Rory's room and that it was going to be different. I was so upset with Logan when he got onto Rory's case about the paper she had writtne, but in the end they made up, which made everything all good. I loved that Lorelai met up with Luke to make sure April was okay. I felt bad how Luke had to find out that Lor got married, but it was either him seeing the ring or him hearing it off the streets of Stars Hollow. Poor Luke! And Omg, I wish someone could take a straightner to April's hair or something. Too much friz and curls. Sorry, I don't like April. And Omg, I could not believe that Chris was alright with Lor going over to see Luke. I hate that Chris and Lor are going to paint Rory's room pink! Well that's all my complaints. As I said, It was a okay episode.

[GG3]

Do you think it is possible that L/L have had spoke to each other, that the call about April was not the first time they have spoken>  clearly we don''t see everyday of thier lives. Luke did say that he wanted to go back to the guy that serves Lor coffee in the scene from the grocery store months before. 
One other thing. Does anyone think that Rory will move back to Star Hollow when she moves out of Logans place? It could help this seasons storyline...

[Dani257]

Well, she can't move back to Stars Hollow while she's still in school.  6 months to go, and I think SH is too far away to be practical.

[GG3]

I thought Yale was in Harrford.  Isn't that the same distance as Chilton?