Lorelei’s “I smell snow” always makes me so happy. I love love love that she loves winter and snow in a non depressing way :snowflake:
In last episode, luke did not put decorations. Now he is against some useless traditions. He is fantastic :)
it was a sad scene, he saw lorelai kissing to someone. Why did not luke tell her for years?
Despite he does not like those kind of traditions, he gave coffees to them. It was nice.
Also it was noticable that luke offered lorelai coffee so before it but she rejected. I saw first time lorelai rejected. So she loves snow and walking in snow better than coffee.
So if it was a fate that max and lorelai came across, lane's being at their home also was another answer of the fate :) fate does not want together :D probably they will break up. Max is doing everything but he will give up in the end.
Fun episode in the snow.
idk why i teared up when lorelai said "i smell snow"
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-07-06T19:12:35Z
[8.8/10] I really enjoyed this one. There was a lot going on, but almost all of it worked.
For one thing, I liked that the show developed Lane and Luke a little bit. Both of them have been mostly side characters there to support the protagonists, so it’s nice to see each have their little moment in the sun.
For Lane, that means nursing her own crush, making her own ill-considered movie (running her hands through her crush’s hair), and lamenting that Rory is so busy with her new life that it’s harder for her to have time for Lane. Again, there’s something relatable about that (even the ill-thought-out effort to pet her crush on the head), and it’s nice to see Lane get to be a character with her own problems and feelings beyond the stereotypical overly demanding mom stuff. Plus, her heart-to-heart with Lorelai was very sweet and encouraging.
For Luke, that means coming to terms with his disdain for tradition generally and the reenactment of a Stars Hollow last stand in particular. The episode does just enough to give you hints that this grumpiness comes from issues between Luke and his dad, and the opening scene where he expresses his displeasure at the town hall meeting is nicely funny (with Lorelai and Rory making for a nice Statler and Waldorf). It’s just enough to where when he sees the reenactors shivering in the cold and comes out to offer them coffee, invoking his dad to get them to take it, it comes off as a heartwarming moment.
I was half-and-half on Lorelai’s part of the story. I love Lorelai’s childlike, almost magical excitement at the prospect of snow. (And it’s nicely contrasted with how much Emily hates it.) Her descriptions of the magic of it to Rory, and about the idea that it signifies the world giving her a little “gift” is well-written and the giddiness infectious. I don’t even mind the convenience of Max being stranded in Stars Hollow with Lorelai running into him right when Rory happens to be out of town.
But Max and Lorelai as a couple just leave me cold. (No pun intended.) There’s something about their dynamic that’s a little forced, a little overly cute, a little try-hard on the romantic banter (romanter?) that seems to be trying to cover for the middling chemistry between Lauren Graham and the Zach Braff-meets-Michael Imperioli visage of her suitor.
Still, I like the idea that Lorelai feels something for this guy and struggles with how to balance that and her desire to set important boundaries between her romantic life and her family life so that Rory isn’t adversely affected. That’s obviously heightened when the man she’s dating is Rory’s teacher (which, again, I still don’t think is okay). It’s an understandable tension and I appreciate Lorelai’s monologue to Max about why she’s leery about taking him into the house, and the back-and-forth between her and Rory after it’s revealed that she stayed home. It all feels real and understandable even with the show’s trademark (and enjoyable) patter.
But my favorite part of the episode was Rory hanging out with her grandparents because of the snow. There’s something about the dynamic between the stuffy elder Gilmores and Rory’s guilelessly cutting through their upper crustiness that makes for hilarious and endearing scenes. Her cooking frozen pizza (while Emily freaks out about the oven buzzer), showing them the wonders of parmesan, and recounting her mother’s adventures with foie gras were all very amusing. Richard continues to be subtly hilarious (His exchange with Rory about whether she’s starving and needs an international organization rescue her, with a response of “I’m good” was amazing.)
The elder Gilmores’ reminiscing about days past when Rory busts out the photo album felt so pleasant and so real (again) with fond remembrances and old stories. And the way things turned cold when they got to a photo of young Lorelai in her debutant dress was the perfect counterpoint to end it on. So much meaning and charm bundled up in just a quick scene.
Overall, despite leaning a bit into the Lorelai-Max stuff that I’m not crazy about, this was a real winner. I even liked Sookie and Lorelai’s “Boys-Dean-Cookies” song! A nice collection of smaller stories that set a nice tone and had some solid emotional undercurrents as well.