Hi all -
I thought I would post a few notes about episode 4.1, because I didn't see
anything from Michael on this one, and I had been waiting.
From time to time the characters on the show behave appallingly or
stupidly
or annoyingly (from my perspective), but this episode had things for me
that
just had me shouting at the TV.
First was the "idiot plot point" (see every episode of Three's Company)
which has Lorelai out buying last minute things for Rory for Yale, while
Rory goes to Friday Night Dinner alone. When asked, Rory just tells Emily
that "She just had some things to do" which results in Emily being hurt
and
peeved and spending the episode getting vengeance on Lorelai by keeping
Rory
all night on her last night before starting school. All it would have
taken
would be a single reasonable remark from Rory up-front explaining how she
got the start date of school wrong and how Lorelai was helping her out -
but
she says nothing. I mean, hell, they could have taken Emily along to do
the
shopping even.
Next we have the plot point of Luke coming back from his cruise with
Nicole
married but with a divorce pending. This is so out of character for both
of
them, and so stupid. Even if they wanted to keep them dating as a stall
technique against the end-of-season Lor/Luke hook-up, there was no need
for
a marriage and divorce.
Lastly, we have impotent Rory "stuck" in Emily's clutches and needing to
be
rescued by Lorelai, when again, a simple polite "gee grandma, I start Yale
tomorrow and have to get home and pack" would have set her free hours
earlier. Even "spineless" Rory (who needs her mommy to stay over on the
first night at Yale), should have been able to manage this.
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