would be team dean but jess exists so it's impossible
[6.1/10] The first truly weak outing for the show in its early going (at least in my book). The romantic chemistry between Lorelai and Max comes off as really forced to me. Some of the dialogue is cute enough, but it’s just too much and has a trying-too-hard quality that undercuts whatever natural chemistry the two characters might have.
To be fair, I think it’d be entirely inappropriate for a teacher to date the parent on one of his students while he’s teaching her, so maybe that colors my view a bit. At least Gilmore Girls has the gumption to address the issue and have Lorelai worry about it (though Max seems oddly blase about it), but it makes it hard for me to get behind this romance that I was already somewhat lukewarm on.
That colors the germ of a good idea in the episode -- Lorelai worrying about how her getting back into the dating scene will affect Rory. The most heartening part of this episode is when Lorelai tells Max that Rory is her world and her pal and that she wouldn’t want to do anything that would hurt her daughter. Still, the episode belabors the point without getting much out of it, and the whole attempt at a parallel with Babbette and her cat is pretty half-baked. Add in Rory’s own befuddled and awkward interactions with Dean, and you have an episode that is pleasant enough for the most part, but never quite as compelling or affecting as the show aims for.
There’s some fun stuff at the margins though. The opening scene at dinner where the three Gilmore women talk about attending funerals for distant relations and whether Richard and Emily know any Nazis has some very amusing repartee. Sookie and Luke make for an amusing pairing with Sookie’s elegant gourmet approach and Luke’s nuts and bolts tack when it comes to food. And Michel having to deal with other french people is a fun aside.
Overall though, a weaker outing in the show’s opening stretch.
I'd never seen this show before, only chunks of this episode in passing - namely the wake, and Rory spotting Mr Medina at her front porch.
So far it's been ok - this isn't typically the type of show I usually invest in, but this episode felt more weak than its predecessors so far.
Rory's awkwardness around Dean is cute, but quite cringe-inducing... At least to me. However, the fact that she can totally and comfortably speak to fellow Chilton yearmates with gumption yet become a babbling mess around her crush easily speaks into how much more introverted she is, especially in comparison to her mother. It's good to see these differences in the two women that share a name and genes ( and cardigans, too! ). The show would otherwise be a bit bland without these distinctions in its two main characters.
A funny episode and third time is the charm for Gunn.
why am i sad about a fictional cat
are there max warriors out there, do you think?
the bus scene with dean is just too good
Shout by Caner AydınBlockedParentSpoilers2020-11-19T15:33:37Z
Sad episode.
Nice people with good relationships living in same neighnborhod. The cat died which morey and babette see like their children, Cinnamon. And they were in pain.
All neighbours came to say how they were sorry about it. They made a wake for the cat. It was good to see such things.
In the previous episode, rory tried to find the deer if the deer was hurt. So, they seem they care about some animals. I like that.