Cory <my_wheel_life@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> On Feb 28, 6:16 pm, Michael Ikeda <mmik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Cory <my_wheel_l...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> innews:f6345572-d8dc-4eb9-8f18-9bf08f
> d68daa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> om:
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>> > On Feb 24, 7:37 pm, Michael Ikeda <mmik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > <snip...>
>> >> This episode also introduces us to Jason "Digger" Stiles,
>> >> who becomes Richard's business partner (and in later
>> >> episodes will become Lorelai's boyfriend). Note how Emily
>> >> is enthusiastic about the Richard-Jason partner****p until
>> >> she learns that revenge against his dad is part of Jason's
>> >> motive. You can see Emily's expression change the moment
>> >> Richard mentions this. Obviously hits a major nerve,
>> >> presumably because of what Emily sees as the parallels to
>> >> her own relation****p with Lorelai.
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>> > I absolutely hated Digger Stiles with every fiber of my
>> > being. That whole storyline, culminating in the end with
>> > Digger screwing over Richard, was despicable, even Lor and
>> > Digger dating. They weren't right for each other, and it was
>> > idiotic of TPTB to try and force them together when it was
>> > painfully obvious that they weren't a good match for one
>> > another.
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>> You completely reversed who screwed over who.
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> Actually, believe it or not, I wondered about that when I was
> writing my post. I had a feeling something wasn't right. Thanks
> for clarifying it.
>
>> Actually Lor and Jason had a lot in common and (I thought)
>> fairly good chemistry. They might have been a good match if
>> Richard hadn't backstabbed Jason.
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> I still like Luke and Lor the best. That said, Lor and Chris
> together weren't so bad, either, once they had settled into the
> marriage. I honestly thought I was going to HATE the Lor/Chris
> pairing, but TPTB managed to make me a fan by the end of their
> marriage, and I was a bit disappointed that they went their
> separate ways (but even MORE angry that TPTB had dicked us
> around for, what(?), an entire season, only to have Lor and
> Chris break up in the end).
I thought it was clear practically from the beginning of the S7
Chris-Lorelai relation****p (and definitely from "French Twist")
that the relation****p was doomed. The only question was when and
how it would end, not whether.
--
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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