On Apr 13, 6:54=A0pm, Michael Ikeda <mmik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Notes on two more Season 5 episodes...
>
> 5-5 =A0We got us a Pippi Virgin
>
> The main plotline of the episode centers around a double date that
> Lorelai and Luke and Rory and Dean go on. =A0Rory and Dean have been
> back together since the end of 5-3. =A0Lorelai is still a little
> uncomfortable with the situation and suggests the double date to
> try to show that she isn't uncomfortable. =A0Luke likes the renewed
> Dean/Rory romance even less that Lorelai and is openly antagonistic
> toward Dean, to the point where Rory gets upset with Luke saying he
> "made no effort." =A0After Rory and Dean leave, Luke rants for a
> while, almost getting into an argument with Lorelai, then manages
> to calm down.
I found myself wondering all through Luke's idiotic rant what right he
had to pass judgment on Dean the way he did. He's NOT Rory's father,
and he's not even her stepfather, either! What? He doesn't trust
Lorelai enough to make her own judgments as to whether Dean is
suitable enough to date Rory?! That's crap, and if I were Lor, I
would've called him on THAT.
> We close on Rory telling Dean that the date "was fun for a while". =A0
> They agree that the movie was fun "just like the old days."
>
> (The last line sums up the Rory/Dean relation****p at this point. =A0
> Whether it ever had a chance to become something more, it's largely
> an exercise in nostalgia by now. =A0Luke meanwhile was being a bit of
> a jerk, although basically out of protectiveness. =A0Lorelai,
> meanwhile, still isn't thrilled by the Rory/Dean relation****p but
> accepts that it's Rory's choice. =A0Of course, the double date wasn't
> the best idea. =A0Exercises in overcompensation rarely are.)
>
<snip...>
> Meanwhile, Richard drops by for lunch with Rory at Yale and Rory thinks
th=
at
> the talk revealed that Richard misses Emily (Rory seeing what she wants
to=
see, > but she's probably partly right).
I agree with what you say in parentheses, on both counts, FWIW.
> =A0Lorelai has her own talk with Richard and suggests he mention
joining =
a
> barbershop quartet (Richard does work the quartet into a later
conversatio=
n).
>
> (The Richard/Emily plotline for the first half of Season 5 is, in a
> way, the reverse of their Season 4 plotline. =A0While in Season 4 we
> saw a gradual drifting apart and weaknesses becoming more prominent
> in what had appeared to be a solid marrige, in Season 5 we see
> Richard and Emily apart but with increasing signs that they really
> want to be together.)
Which is why their separation in Season 5 is UTTERLY RIDICULOUS AND
IDIOTIC.
I have a LOT more rants than raves about season five, I'll admit, but
the Emily-Richard separation probably goes at the top of my list. IT
WAS STUPID, POINTLESS, AND A WASTE OF TIME (I'm sorry, was I
shouting???)!!!
> Also, Lane loses patience with Zach's inaction following her avowal
> of feelings, prompting Zach to remind her that it "takes me time to
> process things" and at least hint that he feels the same way about
> her.
Zach was kinda cute here... big, dumb oaf.
> And have to mention Rory's explanation (to Lorelai's glee) for not
> mentioning to Emily about her lunch with Richard: =A0"The less you
> tell grandma the better".
I could hear Lorelai gleefully shouting in her own head: "Huzzah!!!
She finally figured it out!!!"
> 5-7 =A0You Jump, I Jump, Jack
>
> Unless I've missed something, this is the ONLY episode with actual
> episode commentary on any of the DVDs. =A0Commentary was partly about
> the episode, partly about the casting. =A0Apparently the process of
> casting Richard was something along the lines of: =A0Ed Herrman would
> be perfect for the part but he'd never be interested ... Great!
> He's interested.
They got SO lucky with Ed Herrmann, it's not funny. Kelly Bishop,
too, if you think about it.
<snip...>
> Afterwards, Emily and Richard bicker over the best approach to Luke.
> Emily says that Luke "isn't good enough" while Richard thinks they
> can rework Luke enough for him to be somewhat satisfactory.
While this whole interaction between E&R was keeping TOTALLY within
character, it absolutely made me furious to hear them talking this
way. Oddly enough, I found myself just as furious during "Tick, Tick,
Tick, Boom!", for almost the same reasons.
> (Setting up some developments later in the season. =A0Emily later
> will use Christopher to break up Luke and Lorelai,
*****!
> while Richard suggests she cut her losses after this leads to an
estrangem=
ent
> from Rory.)
Asshole! Didn't this happen after Rory was arrested, or was it before
that?? ISTR that Lor and Rory's estrangement happened BECAUSE she
(Rory) got arrested... not because of anything having to do with Luke.
<snip...>
> Logan tells her "you look like you need a little adventure" and talks
her =
into
> participating in the "big stunt" which is jumping off of a tower in
harnes=
s (Note
> that the episode title is one of Rory's lines just before the jump).
I just love the title of this episode, FTR. I just think it's a cool
sounding title.
<snip...>
--- Cory
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