I think I’m finally figuring out what irks me about the latest Gilmore Girls episode, “It’s Just Like Riding a Bike.” Many people thought this episode was the best one in a long time. Unfortunately, I found it infuriatingly boring. But being the hard-core fan that I am, I still watched it a second time through. And by the third viewing, I was mocking it the same way Lorelai and Rory do bad movies. Gilmore Girls is not supposed to be a bad-movie experience. But I think I finally figured out why. Click to continue »
Some people have mentioned that the hay bale maze in Episode 718 is a metaphor for Lorelai’s life. That Lorelai is lost, as it were, in the maze, and Luke has to find her and show her the way. But I don’t think Lorelai is really the one lost in the maze.
Rather, Logan is. And what’s more, Lorelai should understand what he’s up against, because Lorelai was there once herself. And the thing that Logan most needs now is something that Lorelai was lucky enough to find when she was where he is now. Click to continue »