On Jan 28, 9:35=A0pm, "Anne" <AnneWith...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Michael Ikeda" <mmik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> news:TtCdnSApcqZHuQDanZ2dnUVZ_rWtnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> | Notes on two more Season 3 episodes.
> |
>
> [snip]
>
> | The last dinner shows us fallout from Richard's stunt in "Let the
> | Games Begin". =A0We see some of this earlier in the episode, when we
> | learn that Lorelai has skipped a couple of dinners. =A0But things
> | really explode when Rory reveals that one of her applications is to
> | Yale. =A0A combination of surprise and Lorelai already being tense
> | and suspicious. =A0Things would likely have been calmer all around,
> | if Richard had done the logical thing and just ASKED Rory to take
> | the interview in LtGB. =A0Lorelai does start to work toward
> | acceptance of the possibility of Yale by the end of the episode.
>
> I found this to be one of those times when Lorelai wildly (and
annoyingly)=
> overreacts to something (that Rory applied to multiple schools, and that
o=
ne
> of them was Yale).
I found this to be a bit of an overly hysterical moment for Lorelai,
as well. She just came off as WAY too paranoid WRT Rory applying to
Yale... like her mother and father were out to specifically "get" her
(Lorelai) and her, only.
>=A0Also odd that Rory wouldn't let Lorelai know - since
> there were all those applications (and associated fees, essays, etc),
When this eppy originally aired, I asked myself, "how could Lorelai
NOT know where Rory was applying to??", just because of the
application fees, alone. SOMEONE had to pay for her applications...
and if Richard and Emily were paying her app. fees, and thus, knew
about Yale, then, in THAT sense, I can definitely understand Lorelai's
paranoia.
Having said that, I don't believe that Richard and Emily contributed
towards Rory's application fees for her college apps., thus leaving
the question "Where did Rory get the money to pay for her apps.??"
begging to be answered, IMVHO. It just didn't make sense, and to me,
was a loose thread left hanging by TPTB.
> although she was probably wanting to avoid just such a scene. =A0Also,
the=
> idea of applying to multiple schools (and having back-ups) seems like
comm=
on
> knowledge, even if you did drop out early because you were pregnant.
Yes, and no... Lorelai had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA of the college
application process, because she never, ever went through it. She was
out of school before her friends applied to college, so her friends
and her never discussed the whole "having back-up colleges" concept of
applying to college.
I understand what you mean, though. If you DO apply to college, it IS
pretty widely known that a person applies to more than one school,
just in case.
--- Cory
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