Michael Ikeda <mmikeda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Some comments on two more Season 4 episodes...
>
> Heading into the home stretch of the season...
>
> 4-19 Afterboom
>
> Things fall apart...
>
> Luke finalizes his divorce (although the marriage basically
> ended two episodes earlier). And events set in motion in 4-16
> blow up the Emily-Richard and Lorelai-Jason relation****ps.
>
> First, Jason learns that Richard has made a deal with Floyd and
> basically emptied out the company (no, I don't think this is
> "out of character" for Richard). Lorelai goes to confront
> Richard about the betrayal. Emily overhears and confronts
> Richard herself.
>
> (It may be that Emily's main problem with Richard's deal is that
> it risks driving Lorelai further away.)
>
> Rory tries to patch things up between Lorelai and Richard, and
> talks Lorelai into attending the next Friday night dinner (which
> Lorelai had been planning to skip). At which dinner strange
> behavior by Emily and Richard cause Lorelai and Rory to
> (correctly) suspect that Emily has moved out.
>
> (Specific cir***stances are not shown, although the timing
> suggests that Emily's leaving was triggered by her disapproval
> of Richard's betrayal of Jason. Probably more in a "last straw"
> way than in it being any sort of primary cause.)
>
> Later Jason tells Lorelai that he's suing Richard. Lorelai
> breaks up with Jason, telling him that she "can't be with
> someone who's suing my family".
>
> (Note that continuing to see Jason would put Lorelai AND RORY in
> the middle of the crossfire. Even if we don't accept Lorelai's
> statement completely at face value, she still isn't going to be
> willing to put Rory in the crossfire.)
>
> Some other events. Lane's band has a successful gig, although
> it leaves Lane feeling lonely. The Inn is getting closer to
> opening-- Michel is giving travel agents a tour. And Rory
> worries that her "A" on a paper was due to a certain secret
> rather than earned by the quality of her work (Asher states
> strongly, and I think sincerely, that the "A" was entirely
> earned).
>
>
> 4-20 Luke Can See Her Face
>
> Luke comes to a realization...
>
> Luke buys a self-help book and tape. Which actually ends up
> helping him. After listening to the tape, he realizes that he's
> in love with Lorelai. (Took him long enough to figure it out.)
>
> (Before this, there's a nice bit with Lorelai giving Luke a tour
> of the Inn. And pretending Luke is her boyfriend to avoid a
> setup.)
>
> Also, Liz and T.J. announce that they're getting married in a
> week. And Luke goes to Jess's apartment to tell him to attend.
> Jess isn't exactly enthusiastic and ends up getting into a fight
> with T.J. at T.J. bachelor party. Afterwards, Jess admits that
> the reason for his reluctance is that he's still in love with
> Rory (who, of course, is going to be at the wedding).
>
> More developments in the Asher-Paris relation****p. Asher has
> asked Paris to go to Oxford with him over the summer. Later
> Paris rushes Asher to the hospital, and considers breaking up
> with him, before deciding not to.
One additional note. We get another indication that the Dean and
Lindsay's marriage is not entirely solid, with a heated argument
between them.
(I tend to blame Dean more than Lindsay, to the extent that
responsibility can be separated. Of course the main problem is
that neither of them was really ready to get married, but it was
Dean who got married when he was still in love with someone else.
And ultimately it's Dean who cheats on Lindsay.)
>
> And Lorelai starts to get obsessive as the opening date for the
> Inn gets closer. Until Lorelai, Sookie, Michel, and Jackson
> destress by "sleeping with the zucchini".
>
> Finally, Luke takes the first steps in acting on his realization
> when he asks Lorelai to go the wedding with him.
>
> Then he gives the self-help tapes to Jess.
>
>
>
--
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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