I Leeeeeeeeve For Moments Like Theeeees
October 25, 2016 10:44 AM Subscribe
I'm irrationally sad about Richard not being in this. I swear that line from Emily about half of her being gone got to me.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 10:54 AM on October 25, 2016 [19 favorites]
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 10:54 AM on October 25, 2016 [19 favorites]
I always assumed that Emily was also included in the title, so I reject the notion that there are two Gilmore girls.
posted by amarynth at 11:05 AM on October 25, 2016 [15 favorites]
posted by amarynth at 11:05 AM on October 25, 2016 [15 favorites]
"It's... it's the whole wall."
NOT ENOUGH.
(My daughter has dress rehearsals for Nutcracker over Thanksgiving break, so my ex wanted to trade visitation. The November 25th release was about 60 percent of why I fought it.)
posted by Etrigan at 11:05 AM on October 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
NOT ENOUGH.
(My daughter has dress rehearsals for Nutcracker over Thanksgiving break, so my ex wanted to trade visitation. The November 25th release was about 60 percent of why I fought it.)
posted by Etrigan at 11:05 AM on October 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
I've watched this like 12 times. It's really good, and the pig is perfect.
Also, if Emily Gilmore is not one of the best fictional characters in television history, I don't know who is.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:07 AM on October 25, 2016 [16 favorites]
Also, if Emily Gilmore is not one of the best fictional characters in television history, I don't know who is.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:07 AM on October 25, 2016 [16 favorites]
WHY IS KIRK AT EMILY'S
posted by beerperson at 11:10 AM on October 25, 2016 [31 favorites]
posted by beerperson at 11:10 AM on October 25, 2016 [31 favorites]
I'm irrationally sad about Richard not being in this. I swear that line from Emily about half of her being gone got to me.
I hadn't even thought about the fact that they'd have to deal with Edward Herrmann's death and was surprised at how that hit me.
It felt a little more consciously sentimental than the show, but I might be glossing over that in my memory in favor of remembering the humorous parts.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 11:11 AM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
I hadn't even thought about the fact that they'd have to deal with Edward Herrmann's death and was surprised at how that hit me.
It felt a little more consciously sentimental than the show, but I might be glossing over that in my memory in favor of remembering the humorous parts.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 11:11 AM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
Did you notice that the girls from Bunheads are CLEARLY in this? Maybe at Miss Patty's? Hooray!
posted by ChuraChura at 11:14 AM on October 25, 2016 [11 favorites]
posted by ChuraChura at 11:14 AM on October 25, 2016 [11 favorites]
EMILY GILMORE IS WEARING JEANS. !!!
I am so excited for this, but I couldn't help but stare at Lauren Graham's makeup. Are they intentionally trying to age her for the show? It just reminds me so much of Lea Thompson in Back to the Future II, when she's Grandma McFly.
posted by alynnk at 11:15 AM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
I am so excited for this, but I couldn't help but stare at Lauren Graham's makeup. Are they intentionally trying to age her for the show? It just reminds me so much of Lea Thompson in Back to the Future II, when she's Grandma McFly.
posted by alynnk at 11:15 AM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
I came here to write that exact thing about Emily in jeans. EMILY IN JEANS. What is happening.
I cried through the last thirty seconds. I don't even know why I have to have a job right now, I want to run home and watch the whole series over again from the beginning.
posted by something something at 11:17 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
I cried through the last thirty seconds. I don't even know why I have to have a job right now, I want to run home and watch the whole series over again from the beginning.
posted by something something at 11:17 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
WHY WOULDN'T KIRK BE AT EMILY'S
posted by rewil at 11:18 AM on October 25, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by rewil at 11:18 AM on October 25, 2016 [8 favorites]
i assume the reveal is that lorelai finally went on that date with kirk and now they're married
posted by beerperson at 11:19 AM on October 25, 2016 [10 favorites]
posted by beerperson at 11:19 AM on October 25, 2016 [10 favorites]
If she did, she doesn't wear a wedding ring because I paused it several times to inspect her left hand.
posted by something something at 11:22 AM on October 25, 2016
posted by something something at 11:22 AM on October 25, 2016
The ring was eaten by the same swan that beat up Jess.
posted by beerperson at 11:24 AM on October 25, 2016 [17 favorites]
posted by beerperson at 11:24 AM on October 25, 2016 [17 favorites]
SPOILERS FOR GILMORE GIRLS EVERYONE'S FAVORITE SUITOR FOR RORY HAD THE SHIT KICKED OUT OF HIM BY A SWAN
posted by beerperson at 11:26 AM on October 25, 2016 [9 favorites]
posted by beerperson at 11:26 AM on October 25, 2016 [9 favorites]
Jess was never my favorite suitor. I'm so sorry.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:27 AM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:27 AM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
I never watched Gilmore Girls, and was watching along with the Gilmore Guys until I became bored with both at the start of season 7. Do I really have to catch up, or can I just pick up with the Netflix revival?
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:28 AM on October 25, 2016
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:28 AM on October 25, 2016
I'm so excited that melissa mccarthy is involved!
posted by [tk] at 11:31 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by [tk] at 11:31 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
I never watched Gilmore Girls, and was watching along with the Gilmore Guys until I became bored with both at the start of season 7. Do I really have to catch up, or can I just pick up with the Netflix revival?
Season 7 was the one without Amy Sherman-Palladino's involvement. I suspect that the first few minutes of the new series will be either catching up with or retconning the events of that season.
I got a buck that says the phrase "gas leak year" will be said.
posted by Etrigan at 11:32 AM on October 25, 2016 [6 favorites]
Season 7 was the one without Amy Sherman-Palladino's involvement. I suspect that the first few minutes of the new series will be either catching up with or retconning the events of that season.
I got a buck that says the phrase "gas leak year" will be said.
posted by Etrigan at 11:32 AM on October 25, 2016 [6 favorites]
Amy Sherman-Palladino left at the end of season seven so I'm guessing you'll be fine. I also skipped Season 7 and I expect to be fine.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 11:32 AM on October 25, 2016
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 11:32 AM on October 25, 2016
I binged all seven seasons in 2 weeks this summer, so get watching !!!
posted by Pendragon at 11:32 AM on October 25, 2016
posted by Pendragon at 11:32 AM on October 25, 2016
Season Seven, though, has THIS gem and the song that Richard and Emily wrote that I can't find right now.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:39 AM on October 25, 2016
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:39 AM on October 25, 2016
What a year. Not only do we have Twin Peaks coming back, but we have the piece of Twin Peaks fan fiction known as Gilmore Girls coming back.
posted by maxsparber at 11:45 AM on October 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by maxsparber at 11:45 AM on October 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
I. CAN'T. WAIT.
I distinctly saw Luke and Lorelei holding hands.
MUCH EXCITE.
posted by cooker girl at 11:47 AM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
I distinctly saw Luke and Lorelei holding hands.
MUCH EXCITE.
posted by cooker girl at 11:47 AM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
Did you notice that the girls from Bunheads are CLEARLY in this? Maybe at Miss Patty's? Hooray!
I couldn't tell if it was the girls from "Bunheads" (the characters or simply the actresses). Sutton Foster is in this revival, though I don't know if she's Michelle or not.
Still, you can say goodbye to "Bunheads."
posted by MrGuilt at 11:47 AM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
I couldn't tell if it was the girls from "Bunheads" (the characters or simply the actresses). Sutton Foster is in this revival, though I don't know if she's Michelle or not.
Still, you can say goodbye to "Bunheads."
posted by MrGuilt at 11:47 AM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
everything was going fine in the trailer until i saw a half second glimpse of dean and hissed at my computer
posted by burgerrr at 11:47 AM on October 25, 2016 [22 favorites]
posted by burgerrr at 11:47 AM on October 25, 2016 [22 favorites]
so I was sort of just lowkey "hm, well this will be fun" and then KIRK
posted by koeselitz at 11:48 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by koeselitz at 11:48 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
Still, you can say goodbye to "Bunheads."
IT'S ON HIATUS.
posted by Etrigan at 11:48 AM on October 25, 2016 [10 favorites]
IT'S ON HIATUS.
posted by Etrigan at 11:48 AM on October 25, 2016 [10 favorites]
oh my god I am so excited I can barely stand to be around myself
posted by palomar at 11:49 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by palomar at 11:49 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
okay, now that I'm over my kirk-excitement, I just need to know WHERE THE FUCK IS FUCKING PARIS
posted by koeselitz at 11:51 AM on October 25, 2016 [9 favorites]
posted by koeselitz at 11:51 AM on October 25, 2016 [9 favorites]
Paris is posing as the painting of Richard a la The Festival of Living Art
posted by beerperson at 11:52 AM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by beerperson at 11:52 AM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
I'm just thrilled they managed to get Melissa McCartney. I assumed she'd be way too big a deal.
posted by Itaxpica at 11:53 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by Itaxpica at 11:53 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
WHERE THE FUCK IS FUCKING PARIS
Hit the 2:02 mark. She's right there.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:53 AM on October 25, 2016 [6 favorites]
Hit the 2:02 mark. She's right there.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:53 AM on October 25, 2016 [6 favorites]
Hmmm. Looks like no Paris. :(
But yes to Lane! :)
posted by cooker girl at 11:54 AM on October 25, 2016
But yes to Lane! :)
posted by cooker girl at 11:54 AM on October 25, 2016
YAY MELISSA MCCARTHY IS IN IT!
Also, not jeans, but Emily Gilmore in a T-SHIRT?!?! A baseball-esque t-shirt?!?!
I just got to season 4 of the rewatch and am suuuuuuuper excited for college shenanigans again.
On preview, thanks for the alert of where Paris was. I missed that, too!
posted by jillithd at 11:55 AM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
Also, not jeans, but Emily Gilmore in a T-SHIRT?!?! A baseball-esque t-shirt?!?!
I just got to season 4 of the rewatch and am suuuuuuuper excited for college shenanigans again.
On preview, thanks for the alert of where Paris was. I missed that, too!
posted by jillithd at 11:55 AM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
Hit the 2:02 mark. She's right there.
I THOUGHT SO! But she's not on the cast list!
posted by cooker girl at 11:55 AM on October 25, 2016
I THOUGHT SO! But she's not on the cast list!
posted by cooker girl at 11:55 AM on October 25, 2016
Also my favorite thing about this show is how in seven seasons it can never figure out how many people work at Luke's
posted by beerperson at 11:55 AM on October 25, 2016
posted by beerperson at 11:55 AM on October 25, 2016
Breaking Down the Gilmore Girls Trailer
posted by alynnk at 11:56 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by alynnk at 11:56 AM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
Liza is on this cast list for the Winter episode. AS IS DIGGER STILES.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:56 AM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:56 AM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
I took a "Which Gilmore Girls guy is your soulmate" back in the early Buzzfeed days and got Kirk - and I wasn't even mad.
I am, however, allergic to the idea of Emily Gilmore in a cheap t-shirt. That is just criminal.
posted by sallybrown at 11:57 AM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
I am, however, allergic to the idea of Emily Gilmore in a cheap t-shirt. That is just criminal.
posted by sallybrown at 11:57 AM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
yes, Paris is on the cast list for one episode, woooo
posted by koeselitz at 11:58 AM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by koeselitz at 11:58 AM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
Why Liza Weil was nervous to return to Gilmore Girls.
posted by Etrigan at 11:59 AM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Etrigan at 11:59 AM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
Over/under on how many gay jokes Daniel Palladino slipped into these 4 episodes?
posted by Automocar at 12:06 PM on October 25, 2016
posted by Automocar at 12:06 PM on October 25, 2016
The only acceptable response to this is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by Hermione Granger at 12:07 PM on October 25, 2016
posted by Hermione Granger at 12:07 PM on October 25, 2016
DIGGER?!?! Which leads me to ask what about Christopher? And Gigi? And April?!?!
Season 7 was so weird. I remember being so mad at Rory for [spoiler?] turning down the proposal, but years later I am totally glad for that! But the Lorelei/Luke relationship was a total bummer. Kinda like Rachel and Joey. A whole lot of build up and then disappointment.
posted by jillithd at 12:08 PM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
Season 7 was so weird. I remember being so mad at Rory for [spoiler?] turning down the proposal, but years later I am totally glad for that! But the Lorelei/Luke relationship was a total bummer. Kinda like Rachel and Joey. A whole lot of build up and then disappointment.
posted by jillithd at 12:08 PM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
We're never going to meet Mr. Kim. Boo.
posted by rewil at 12:09 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by rewil at 12:09 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
All I know is I'm not anywhere close to the target demographic for this show as a techy straight white dude in his 40's and I squeed when the news was first released. I was epically sad about Richard and irrationally happy about seeing Sookie cause I missed the news that they managed to get MM into the shoot.
I don't care if I'm not in the target demo, this should be the perfect cleanser for this trumpster fire of an election season. (For the record, my wife rolls her eyes at my love of this show.)
posted by drewbage1847 at 12:09 PM on October 25, 2016 [10 favorites]
I don't care if I'm not in the target demo, this should be the perfect cleanser for this trumpster fire of an election season. (For the record, my wife rolls her eyes at my love of this show.)
posted by drewbage1847 at 12:09 PM on October 25, 2016 [10 favorites]
Metafilter: It's the whole wall
posted by Hermione Granger at 12:11 PM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Hermione Granger at 12:11 PM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
We're never going to meet Mr. Kim. Boo.
There never was a Mr. Kim, except for all of the times when he's mentioned in the first two seasons and then he is slowly absorbed into some antique chairs in the kitchen
posted by beerperson at 12:14 PM on October 25, 2016 [14 favorites]
There never was a Mr. Kim, except for all of the times when he's mentioned in the first two seasons and then he is slowly absorbed into some antique chairs in the kitchen
posted by beerperson at 12:14 PM on October 25, 2016 [14 favorites]
I watched the whole show this summer with my partner, who watched the show when it came out. Jess 4 Ever.
posted by kittensofthenight at 12:17 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by kittensofthenight at 12:17 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
drewbage1847, if it makes you feel any better, my 50-something-at-the-time dad fell in love with the show when he was between jobs and reruns were on during the day. Something about smart fast-talking fun ladies, and, you know, Lauren Graham.
posted by jillithd at 12:19 PM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by jillithd at 12:19 PM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
If Luke and Taylor aren't married I will plotz
posted by beerperson at 12:25 PM on October 25, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by beerperson at 12:25 PM on October 25, 2016 [7 favorites]
Not alone! Woooo! I will wholeheartedly admit that Lauren Graham is a big ball of awesome and fast talking witty people kick ass. I also know that if I were to actually meet Lorelei and Rory in real life, they would amuse me and exhaust me at the same time.
posted by drewbage1847 at 12:27 PM on October 25, 2016
posted by drewbage1847 at 12:27 PM on October 25, 2016
Not alone! Woooo! I will wholeheartedly admit that Lauren Graham is a big ball of awesome and fast talking witty people kick ass. I also know that if I were to actually meet Lorelei and Rory in real life, they would amuse me and exhaust me at the same time.
You just need more coffee.
posted by leotrotsky at 12:31 PM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
You just need more coffee.
posted by leotrotsky at 12:31 PM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
drewbage1847, I join your demographic and enthusiasm. Already planning who to invite to my post Thanksgiving day binge-watch party.
posted by meinvt at 12:34 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by meinvt at 12:34 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm only inviting people to my binge-watch party if they're willing to show up at, like, midnight. Because you know it's rolling out in the dead of night and you better know that I'm going to be staying up late and devouring all four episodes by dawn.
posted by palomar at 12:36 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by palomar at 12:36 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm only inviting people to my binge-watch party if they're willing to show up at, like, midnight. Because you know it's rolling out in the dead of night and you better know that I'm going to be staying up late and devouring all four episodes by dawn.
If it follows most (all?) Netflix shows it'll be available at 9PM Pacific, which means I'll be up until 3AM.
I'm okay with this.
posted by Automocar at 12:47 PM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
If it follows most (all?) Netflix shows it'll be available at 9PM Pacific, which means I'll be up until 3AM.
I'm okay with this.
posted by Automocar at 12:47 PM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
I Leeeeeeeeve For Moments Like Theeeees
Oh wow, totally forgot about that character. Ha! This looks great!
posted by dnash at 1:00 PM on October 25, 2016
Oh wow, totally forgot about that character. Ha! This looks great!
posted by dnash at 1:00 PM on October 25, 2016
Emily is Kon Mari ing her house! I knew she and I were soul mates.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 1:04 PM on October 25, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 1:04 PM on October 25, 2016 [7 favorites]
My mom told me a couple months ago she wanted to spend Thanksgiving weekend at my house, and I told her that was fine but she wasn't allowed to talk to me for most of Friday because I had to watch Gilmore Girls, which she had just started watching for the first time. So, displaying a type of weird meticulousness I recognize in myself and now realize I've inherited from her, my mom scheduled the entire series on an Excel spreadsheet calendar to ensure she'd get caught up in time. She's on season 7. So she's allowed to come for Thanksgiving.
posted by something something at 1:05 PM on October 25, 2016 [52 favorites]
posted by something something at 1:05 PM on October 25, 2016 [52 favorites]
Broadway geeks: that was Sutton Foster and Christian Borle?!?! On stage together!
posted by girlhacker at 1:07 PM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by girlhacker at 1:07 PM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
OMG something something I think we're related. My daughter calls me Leslie Knope because I have binders for pretty much everything, including but not limited to vacations. I'll have the last laugh, though, because she's TOTALLY turning into me!
posted by cooker girl at 1:22 PM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by cooker girl at 1:22 PM on October 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
ok ok I started season 1 on netflix this past Sunday and I realized I never actually watched Season 1! So I'm binging that now.
Emily was a terrible person and mother and grandmother in the beginning, like, PTSD levels of terrible. My best friend's mother is the real life version and I could write a book about all the times she came home crying (we live together) after spending any amount of time with her mom. But the thing is that what I remember of the show before I restarted season 1 is that she wasn't that bad. So now I'm excited rewatch the whole thing and see her progression from Worst Parent Ever to SHE'S WEARING JEANS.
posted by numaner at 1:44 PM on October 25, 2016
Emily was a terrible person and mother and grandmother in the beginning, like, PTSD levels of terrible. My best friend's mother is the real life version and I could write a book about all the times she came home crying (we live together) after spending any amount of time with her mom. But the thing is that what I remember of the show before I restarted season 1 is that she wasn't that bad. So now I'm excited rewatch the whole thing and see her progression from Worst Parent Ever to SHE'S WEARING JEANS.
posted by numaner at 1:44 PM on October 25, 2016
This is basically going to be like eating a whole box of candy isn't it?
posted by GuyZero at 1:44 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by GuyZero at 1:44 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
EVERYONE'S FAVORITE SUITOR FOR RORY
Paris?
posted by the man of twists and turns at 1:56 PM on October 25, 2016 [39 favorites]
Paris?
posted by the man of twists and turns at 1:56 PM on October 25, 2016 [39 favorites]
Hopefully the best candy ever - or at least the most sugary sweet, good meaning, super caffeinated candy like dark chocolate caramel espresso beans rolled in glittery crack cocaine.
posted by drewbage1847 at 1:58 PM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by drewbage1847 at 1:58 PM on October 25, 2016 [4 favorites]
Liza is on this cast list for the Winter episode. AS IS DIGGER STILES.
Oh good, because I was really wondering about that guy, said nobody
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 2:17 PM on October 25, 2016 [16 favorites]
Oh good, because I was really wondering about that guy, said nobody
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 2:17 PM on October 25, 2016 [16 favorites]
The guy who wins Lorelai's heart by being a manipulative shitweasel? Sign me up!
posted by beerperson at 2:43 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by beerperson at 2:43 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
Digger Stiles? As in Chris Eigemann? I WAS really wondering about that guy! Best love interest ever!
posted by Clustercuss at 3:06 PM on October 25, 2016
posted by Clustercuss at 3:06 PM on October 25, 2016
The more I watch Gilmore Girls, the more I ... well, I don't know. It's not aging particularly well, maybe, and it's so much fun that it's easy to ignore these are mostly all awful, self-involved people. And I still chose to ignore Lane's eventual fate.
But I still have hope this may right some of the wrongs (mostly that Luke is terrible & Lorelai can do better. And Rory is terrible and while I thought Logan was a good match for her, all her boyfriends are terrible. Also, it's like 10 years later. Those women need to MOVE ON) and I'm not doing anything else Thanksgiving. This and a few bottles of wine sounds just about perfect.
posted by darksong at 3:09 PM on October 25, 2016 [7 favorites]
But I still have hope this may right some of the wrongs (mostly that Luke is terrible & Lorelai can do better. And Rory is terrible and while I thought Logan was a good match for her, all her boyfriends are terrible. Also, it's like 10 years later. Those women need to MOVE ON) and I'm not doing anything else Thanksgiving. This and a few bottles of wine sounds just about perfect.
posted by darksong at 3:09 PM on October 25, 2016 [7 favorites]
I had no idea that Melissa McCarthy had agreed to come back so I literally shrieked in surprised joy when I saw Sookie. SOOKIE!!!!!!!!
Also, Hot Philly Jess is still in publishing which makes me inordinately happy.
Actually this whole trailer makes me inordinately happy.
Except for Richard. *sobs*
posted by paisley sheep at 3:12 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
Also, Hot Philly Jess is still in publishing which makes me inordinately happy.
Actually this whole trailer makes me inordinately happy.
Except for Richard. *sobs*
posted by paisley sheep at 3:12 PM on October 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
Also I'd been gradually going through the series this year in anticipation of the new episodes, but stalled out in season 6, approximately five minutes into "The Prodigal Daughter Returns" because I knew where it was going and I just wanted to keep things happy and perfect.
But I'm gonna grit my teeth and muscle my way through. Someway. Somehow. At least there's some good Paris stuff to look forward to!
posted by paisley sheep at 3:21 PM on October 25, 2016
But I'm gonna grit my teeth and muscle my way through. Someway. Somehow. At least there's some good Paris stuff to look forward to!
posted by paisley sheep at 3:21 PM on October 25, 2016
This comes out the weekend of my 40th birthday so I'm gonna pretend Amy Sherman-Palladino did this just for me.
posted by Kitteh at 3:31 PM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Kitteh at 3:31 PM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
Seriously, you guys like Jess for Rory? Jess is a fucking douchebro. He might have been acceptable back in the day, but I fully expect him to be part of the "vaping community" today, maybe browse some MRA Reddits in his spare time.
(Then again, most if not all of Rory's boyfriends were horrible.)
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 4:04 PM on October 25, 2016 [9 favorites]
(Then again, most if not all of Rory's boyfriends were horrible.)
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 4:04 PM on October 25, 2016 [9 favorites]
all of rory's boyfriends were terrible which is why paris + rory is otp
posted by burgerrr at 4:14 PM on October 25, 2016 [12 favorites]
posted by burgerrr at 4:14 PM on October 25, 2016 [12 favorites]
all of rory's boyfriends were terrible which is why paris + rory is otp
Marty was never a boyfriend, right? He was acceptable. But yes, Rory+Paris FOREVER
posted by esoterrica at 4:31 PM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
Marty was never a boyfriend, right? He was acceptable. But yes, Rory+Paris FOREVER
posted by esoterrica at 4:31 PM on October 25, 2016 [3 favorites]
Jess was actually the reason I quit watching the show. He was the kind of douchebro that the scripts want you to love as a Sensitive Bad Boy and oh god how I hate that. Not that I thought Dean was her lifelong love or anything, he was so clearly the boyfriend she was going to break up with the first semester of college when she realized that she had so many more prospects outside her tiny town (not like that happened with my freshman roommate from a wide spot in the road in SW Virginia or anything...) Logan was probably the most entertaining, even though he was kind of a horrible person, but at least the show seemed to know when he was being horrible. Unlike Jess.
posted by tavella at 4:57 PM on October 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by tavella at 4:57 PM on October 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
I totally can't wait. I LOVE that show. When I used to work at a warehouse all the guys used to tease me because I was such the enthusiastic fan.
posted by grobertson at 5:03 PM on October 25, 2016
posted by grobertson at 5:03 PM on October 25, 2016
@girlhacker I love these two - divorced and still friends. I love how they continue to support one another personally and professionally. I love that we can still see them being amazing together.
posted by ovenmitt at 7:10 PM on October 25, 2016
posted by ovenmitt at 7:10 PM on October 25, 2016
I just realized that the Gilmore Guys make an appearance in the trailer! They're on the right side of the screen on their phones at 1:06.
posted by Itaxpica at 7:29 PM on October 25, 2016
posted by Itaxpica at 7:29 PM on October 25, 2016
Also one of the glorious things about the show is how all three of Rory's boyfriends are douchebags but they represent three entirely different species of douchebag.
(I still think Logan was the least bad, though)
posted by Itaxpica at 7:31 PM on October 25, 2016 [11 favorites]
(I still think Logan was the least bad, though)
posted by Itaxpica at 7:31 PM on October 25, 2016 [11 favorites]
I like Logan and Rory because I actually think they challenged each other and made the other a better person. Logan was one of the few people who'd call Rory out. I don't think they should've ended up together, but I feel at least they grew as people with each other.
Jess turned out fine but that also seemed like ridiculous wish fulfillment. We can all agree Dean was the worst, though, right?
(Marty ... was ... fine. Marty was way too much of a "nice guy" even in the beginning. Wayne Wilcox was absolutely charming in that role, but I can't be Team Marty. I think I'm Team Paris. Or Team Rory-Other-Third-of-a-Triad with Doyle. Although Rory's not with Doyle. They just share Paris until he dies mysteriously in his mid 40s.)
posted by darksong at 7:46 PM on October 25, 2016 [6 favorites]
Jess turned out fine but that also seemed like ridiculous wish fulfillment. We can all agree Dean was the worst, though, right?
(Marty ... was ... fine. Marty was way too much of a "nice guy" even in the beginning. Wayne Wilcox was absolutely charming in that role, but I can't be Team Marty. I think I'm Team Paris. Or Team Rory-Other-Third-of-a-Triad with Doyle. Although Rory's not with Doyle. They just share Paris until he dies mysteriously in his mid 40s.)
posted by darksong at 7:46 PM on October 25, 2016 [6 favorites]
I really liked Logan.
I'll let myself out.
posted by gaspode at 9:16 PM on October 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
I'll let myself out.
posted by gaspode at 9:16 PM on October 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
I liked Logan too, but I may be unduly influenced by the fact that he's played by Matt Czuchry.
Just as long as we all agree Dean was The Worst.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 10:32 PM on October 25, 2016 [7 favorites]
Just as long as we all agree Dean was The Worst.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 10:32 PM on October 25, 2016 [7 favorites]
Team Paris.
You know it's true.
Whether Rory is good enough for her is another question.
posted by evilDoug at 10:37 PM on October 25, 2016 [10 favorites]
You know it's true.
Whether Rory is good enough for her is another question.
posted by evilDoug at 10:37 PM on October 25, 2016 [10 favorites]
I don't buy this whole "none of the guys are good enough for Rory" because Rory is pretty terrible her own self college years onwards.
OMG, this. Rory doesn't even think of herself as privileged, even though her rich grandparents and then her rich father pay her entire elite high school and college tuition, her grandparents buy her a car, and she lives rent free with her grandparents and then with her boyfriend in palatial accommodations.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 11:26 PM on October 25, 2016 [6 favorites]
OMG, this. Rory doesn't even think of herself as privileged, even though her rich grandparents and then her rich father pay her entire elite high school and college tuition, her grandparents buy her a car, and she lives rent free with her grandparents and then with her boyfriend in palatial accommodations.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 11:26 PM on October 25, 2016 [6 favorites]
Unrelated to Lorelai or Rory, but my favorite love interest character on the show was maybe Dave Rygalski -- it's too bad he had to be written out.
I fell in love with this show when its first season aired; watched and rewatched a lot of episodes (back then, taped from the TV on VHS! Wow does that feel quaint). There were a lot of wonderful things about it, and my favorite aspects were the friendships and conversations with so many different supportive female characters.
Speaking of friendships: back then, I was able to convince a good friend to watch some episodes; I introduced her to a few early episodes and lent her some of my tapes. She became a fan of the show and eventually watched the entire series. (We are still friends and I'm going to send her this link right now!)
I have lots of fond memories of the early seasons, and still quote from them every so often. If I feel myself getting choked up I sometimes say to myself, "What's with the waterworks, lady?" And one of my favorite funny lines of all time (of all time) is from the episode "The Deer Hunters" when Rory talks to Lane about the accident with the deer (even thinking about it now is making me crack up! I thought about typing it here but it's truly the whole setup/scene that sells it).
And the episode titles could be so punny. Aside from "The Deer Hunters" I remember "Cinnamon's Wake" which was one of my favorite episodes at the time: it was a great example of the quirky, heartwarming and humorous nature of the show. (I wished so much that I could share it with one of my late profs, who taught a course on James Joyce -- I'd like to think he would have been amused by the title and the episode. We once had a nerdy literary bonding moment when I told him that one of my favorite books, Howards End, didn't have an apostrophe but I often saw it mistakenly referenced with one, and he said he totally understood because Finnegans Wake didn't have an apostrophe, either.)
Anyway, it was generally my go-to show for warm and fuzzies, but the writing really shifted and my beloved characters changed a lot; I didn't really enjoy the stories much after Rory went to college and the tension grew between her and Lorelai. So I stopped watching regularly somewhere in season 5; haven't gotten back around to catching up on what I missed.
Still, I watched the trailer and am excited about this. Now I'm thinking of some other episodes and characters from way back when -- such as Dave, and Drella who played Black Sabbath on her harp, and Luke's old flame Rachel (the one-episode photographer), and the roaming musicians (one played by Grant-Lee Phillips). They probably won't appear in these new episodes, but I'm glad so many of the regular/recurring characters are back.
When I saw Emily in her house and all that furniture, it gave me a flashback to that one episode (can't remember which, offhand) where she told Lorelai and Rory to stick Post-It notes on the furniture they wanted to be willed to them...(!) Richard not being in the new episodes is going to be sad; I hope he gets a lovely send-off in the show. RIP Edward Herrmann.
posted by rangefinder 1.4 at 11:45 PM on October 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
I fell in love with this show when its first season aired; watched and rewatched a lot of episodes (back then, taped from the TV on VHS! Wow does that feel quaint). There were a lot of wonderful things about it, and my favorite aspects were the friendships and conversations with so many different supportive female characters.
Speaking of friendships: back then, I was able to convince a good friend to watch some episodes; I introduced her to a few early episodes and lent her some of my tapes. She became a fan of the show and eventually watched the entire series. (We are still friends and I'm going to send her this link right now!)
I have lots of fond memories of the early seasons, and still quote from them every so often. If I feel myself getting choked up I sometimes say to myself, "What's with the waterworks, lady?" And one of my favorite funny lines of all time (of all time) is from the episode "The Deer Hunters" when Rory talks to Lane about the accident with the deer (even thinking about it now is making me crack up! I thought about typing it here but it's truly the whole setup/scene that sells it).
And the episode titles could be so punny. Aside from "The Deer Hunters" I remember "Cinnamon's Wake" which was one of my favorite episodes at the time: it was a great example of the quirky, heartwarming and humorous nature of the show. (I wished so much that I could share it with one of my late profs, who taught a course on James Joyce -- I'd like to think he would have been amused by the title and the episode. We once had a nerdy literary bonding moment when I told him that one of my favorite books, Howards End, didn't have an apostrophe but I often saw it mistakenly referenced with one, and he said he totally understood because Finnegans Wake didn't have an apostrophe, either.)
Anyway, it was generally my go-to show for warm and fuzzies, but the writing really shifted and my beloved characters changed a lot; I didn't really enjoy the stories much after Rory went to college and the tension grew between her and Lorelai. So I stopped watching regularly somewhere in season 5; haven't gotten back around to catching up on what I missed.
Still, I watched the trailer and am excited about this. Now I'm thinking of some other episodes and characters from way back when -- such as Dave, and Drella who played Black Sabbath on her harp, and Luke's old flame Rachel (the one-episode photographer), and the roaming musicians (one played by Grant-Lee Phillips). They probably won't appear in these new episodes, but I'm glad so many of the regular/recurring characters are back.
When I saw Emily in her house and all that furniture, it gave me a flashback to that one episode (can't remember which, offhand) where she told Lorelai and Rory to stick Post-It notes on the furniture they wanted to be willed to them...(!) Richard not being in the new episodes is going to be sad; I hope he gets a lovely send-off in the show. RIP Edward Herrmann.
posted by rangefinder 1.4 at 11:45 PM on October 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
I was re-watching the series with the beau in anticipation of the revival, and we just recently got to the end of Season 4, and I was thinking about watching Seasons 5, 6, and 7 again. The beau hasn't seen them yet.
At the moment, I'm kind of leaning toward come combination of 4 really is the perfect end point for the series mixed with let's watch a few of my favorite highlights from 5, 6, and 7. It's like, I can tell you the important stuff -- do we really need to sour two really excellent seasons, and two pretty good seasons with the subpar last three seasons?
posted by PearlRose at 7:41 AM on October 26, 2016 [3 favorites]
At the moment, I'm kind of leaning toward come combination of 4 really is the perfect end point for the series mixed with let's watch a few of my favorite highlights from 5, 6, and 7. It's like, I can tell you the important stuff -- do we really need to sour two really excellent seasons, and two pretty good seasons with the subpar last three seasons?
posted by PearlRose at 7:41 AM on October 26, 2016 [3 favorites]
Just as long as we all agree Dean was The Worst.
It's perhaps just a smidg self-indulgent eponysterical but my observation was that "Sam" cut his hair to return as "Dean".
posted by sammyo at 7:45 AM on October 26, 2016
It's perhaps just a smidg self-indulgent eponysterical but my observation was that "Sam" cut his hair to return as "Dean".
posted by sammyo at 7:45 AM on October 26, 2016
I didn't like any of the boyfriends. Am I supposed to root for one ? There's nothing wrong with being single all your live is it ?
posted by Pendragon at 7:47 AM on October 26, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Pendragon at 7:47 AM on October 26, 2016 [2 favorites]
My wife is the die hard fan, and I casually watch them. I know Black Friday is already scheduled for this, although I suspect I will wake up on that day around 7 or 8 that morning and she will still be in the living room on the second run through.
I think my wife's biggest thrill was that we did the WB Studio Tour in 2006(?), and got to walk around the town square set dressed as Star's Hollow, she has a picture of her standing outside of Luke's. Plus we got to walk around the Dragonfly Inn soundstage.
The show is my wife's TV equivalent of comfort food. A few years back we lost our first cat after a prolonged illness, and figured we would watch the next episode on Netflix. It turned out to be the "Cinnamon's Wake" episode, which, while good, is all about a dead cat. Not exactly the distraction we were looking for.
posted by Badgermann at 8:37 AM on October 26, 2016
I think my wife's biggest thrill was that we did the WB Studio Tour in 2006(?), and got to walk around the town square set dressed as Star's Hollow, she has a picture of her standing outside of Luke's. Plus we got to walk around the Dragonfly Inn soundstage.
The show is my wife's TV equivalent of comfort food. A few years back we lost our first cat after a prolonged illness, and figured we would watch the next episode on Netflix. It turned out to be the "Cinnamon's Wake" episode, which, while good, is all about a dead cat. Not exactly the distraction we were looking for.
posted by Badgermann at 8:37 AM on October 26, 2016
My absolute favorite scene is still when they order delivery in college to rate food and delivery guys. That is the best. hashtag GilmoreGirlsRewatch2016
posted by jillithd at 10:14 AM on October 26, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by jillithd at 10:14 AM on October 26, 2016 [1 favorite]
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