Notes on the last two episodes of Season 3
3-21 Here Comes the Son
This episode was, from what I gather, originally intended to serve
as a pilot for a spinoff centered around the character of Jess.
Jess travels cross country to arrive in another town full of quirky
characters. His not-quite-stepsister Lily seems a little bit like
a trial run for April. Although April is much more social than
Lily. Of course, Lily's mother Sasha is played by Sherilyn Fenn,
who also played April's mother. Jess's dad Jimmie is a bit
reminiscent of Christoper, except that he had been completely out
of Jess's life.
Rory is obsessing over finals and various graduation-associated
events, including her valedictorian speech. Lorelai tries to calm
her down a little, but mostly seems to accept that Rory is going to
be Rory about the situation. Lorelai also tries (perhaps unwisely)
to protect Rory by not immediately telling her about two pieces of
bad news (Jess leaving and Rory not getting financial aid).
We also see a bit of Lorelai-Paris bonding at the Grad Night table.
And Rory loses some patience with Emily over her passive-agressive
feud with Lorelai.
3-22 Those are Strings, Pinocchio
The last episode of Season 3. Filled with beginnings and endings.
The Independence Inn closes and Lorelai buys the site of the future
Dragonfly. Rory patches up her friendship with Dean and says
goodbye to Jess (although she's not entirely sure she's talking to
Jess, since he keeps calling her and not saying anything). This is
also the episode where Richard and Emily buy Rory her Prius. I
liked the scene in the parking lot where it looks like practically
every Chilton graduate has recieved a car as a graduation present.
Rory also makes her own deal with Richard and Emily. Richard and
Emily will pay for Yale (thus allowing Lorelai to bid on the
Dragonfly) and Rory agrees to reinstate Friday Night Dinners (which
means that Lorelai is likely to come along). As Rory says this is
a "win-win-win" situation. Mostly.
Some ironic foreshadowing--Lorelai teases Luke about possibly
getting engaged on the cruise. There's a parallel between the
Dean-Lindsay and Luke-Nicole relationships. Dean-Lindsay is a
clear rebound relationship. And Luke-Nicole is sort of similar,
since Luke is still in love with Lorelai. And ultimately both Luke
and Dean rush into marriage, in part I think (in large part in
Dean's case) to prove that they've "moved on".
Then there's Rory's speech. And Luke showing his softer side by
crying in response. And later Luke's dream of Lorelai asking him
not to get engaged.
And we close on Lorelai and Rory saying a last goodbye to Chilton.
--
Michael Ikeda mmikeda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Telling a statistician not to use sampling is like telling an
astronomer they can't say there is a moon and stars"
Lynne Billard, past president American Statistical Association
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