Only a matter of time before Lorelai and Luke end up together.
Ceasefire and peace now?
After last episode, emily and lorelai were like in war again. The episode started like that, emily did not invite lorelai to party.
But then richard had to taken to hospital and it reunited all family and luke.
max was not around. Even we did not hear about the name of him. They are in relationship but this is interesting. maybe because of scenario, the write wanted max out because they need to show luke.
Luke was a great friend. Closed the shop and let the guys have cacao while he was at hospital.
Such a small town and nice people that luke can give the keys to that man and can leave without hesitating.
Once i said max will break up but it seems lorelai will break up.
We saw also animal products are not healthy. richard stopped eating meat. we all have to stop eating and using animals.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2015-12-17T05:54:25Z— updated 2017-07-11T02:03:21Z
9/10. This is hard to grade, since my ratings tend to be some combination of how much I enjoyed an episode and where it fits in the context of the series's highs and lows as a whole. But this is one of maybe 2 or 3 full episodes of this show that I've seen, so it's hard to place it in context.
That said, this was very good, and more or less works as a standalone short story. The repartee that's annoyed me in the other snippets I've seen of the show was much more pleasant, and even charming here. The character conflicts were well-sketched out, and the resolution to them felt earned. I especially liked the way that the episode explored how the women of the three generations thought of themselves in relation to the patriarch of the family, and each other, without it ever being a patronizing thing. Each saw how the other responded to a crisis, and showed how much they cared about Richard in their own ways, bringing them together, and yet it was about Rory and Emily and especially Lorelai the whole time.
The highights for me were Lorelai's conversation with Luke where she sees her childhood from her dad's perspective, Lorelai's scene handling the nurse at the hospital, and Emily's "I insist that I go first" scene. Each showed emotion and maturity that gave the episode ballast beneath the popping dialogue. Certainly a high water mark for what little of the show I've seen.
EDIT: Well, it's a year and a half later, and I've rewatched this one after having now seen the prior 9 episode. I would probably bring the rating down to around an 8.5/10, not because it's bad or anything, but just because seeing the quality the show is capable of otherwise kind of resets both the floor and the ceiling for the show rating-wise. In terms of other thoughts and observations, I like a few things that weren't necessarily apparent to me on the first watch.
First off, I like Lorelai's reluctance to see her dad in his debilitated state, and how the episode never states that outright, but just lets her actions and response show it. Second, I like how Lorelai and Emily set aside their feud and differences when real tragedy strikes, and how part of that is Emily seeing how effective and level-headed Lorelai can be in a crisis. Last, but not least, I assumed on my first watch that the Luke and Lorelai flirtation was just an everyday feature of the show, but considering this is the strongest the show's hinted at that front so far, I liked how Luke's "grump with a heart of gold" routine translated into something a little more nuanced in his and Lorelai's conversation. It makes them feel like confidantes and not just flirters for the sake of having flirters. Overall, still a great episode, just not necessarily, as I thought when I first watched it, the best the show could do.