I don’t often blog the Gilmore Girls, but tonight’s season finale – the last hurrah for series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and her producer hubby – was a doozy.
Jenn and I actually attended a themed Gilmore Girls season finale party. I say themed, but really it was an excuse to create our own smorgasbord of delectable goodies, eat like pigs, dissect the show theatre-in-the-round style and enjoy some fellowship. Dig.
Rather than do a full-on recap, I’ll hit some highlights, but not before I describe the culinary delights:
- Mini Hamburgers
- Taquitos
- Pizza Rolls
- French Fries
- Chinese Take-out (Mongolian Beef, Fried & white rice and something else)
- Pancakes
- Cookies
- Ice Cream
- Biscotti
Now I restrained myself and didn’t eat two of these items (I’ll leave you, gentle-stomached reader, to guess which two) but I two-fisted everything else. When in Stars Hollow, eat like a Gilmore Girl!
So here are my thoughts on tonight’s episode, snark-style:
- Troubadors. Really?
- Waiting this long to have Lorelai give Luke an ultimate. Really?
- Christopher as love interest. Again. Really?
I mean, giving all your friends one acting gig (Sonic Youth!) and giving us some old-fashioned Stars Hollow wackiness is good – as is inducing a Taylor Dosse ulcer – but this act was way overdone.
This would have been a mid-season rant at the latest in any other season. I’m convinced that the new writers can retcon their way around April at all costs.
Newhart the whole thing. One big, bad dream or something. Please.
Please. Dear. God. Kill. Christopher.
I think if it was going to work we’d have seen a spark by now, but all I ever see is some occassional good sex (not me personally, “Lor” and Christopher) but no lasting relationship.
My two cents.
Honestly, the whole damn thing should have been done months ago.
And shame on the Palladinos for leaving this way. So you can’t eek out two years from the CW and your main stars are gone after one more season, so what?
Was it really better to leave the incoming clean-up crew that pile of dreck than to see some form of your vision completed?
Do you honestly think that if they were going to be around for next year’s final season or their “perfect world” two upcoming seasons that tonight’s episode would have ended like this? Hardly.
Gah!
Maybe I’m just angry at waiting through the Summer months for new Gilmore Girls. Either way, THPPPPTTT!!!!!
Oh, and the party was a hit. I may need to mainline some Pepto, but I’ll live.
Fun folks, good conversation and lots of television to argue about. (Damn Palladinos!)
I too, found the finale to be somewhat disappointing .. I think the troubadours thing could have been very funny, but there were just too many damn bands!
Yes, the troubadours were toooooooo much! And, are there no people of color except the Kims and Michel in Stars Hollow? I am still recovering from the ending…
Completely agree. The finale blew. WTF!!! Someone please give Christopher an open elevator shaft to fall down. I HATE waiting this long to see Luke and Lorelai fall apart. AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH
Personally I like christopher!hes hot and lukes well hes just not, hes treating lorelai very cheap and thats not who she is. I like what she said though about rearranging their lives around april instead of the other way around…or sumthing like that!
I agree the show was not up to par but still salute “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman Palladino for giving us one of the best television shows ever made. And the casting? The casting has been the best ever on televion. I’m sorry you’re leaving but thank you, Amy. It was a great ride.