Gilmore Girls - The Later Seasons

So I don't remember exactly where I kind of tapered off in watching Gilmore Girls when it was on originally, but I definitely did not watch much if any of the 7th season.

I've been really excited about going through the show again so that I can find out what I missed at the tail end of the show. I remember loving those first 4 seasons so much when I watched it the first time, and I've seen many of those episodes here and there over the last 7 or 8 years since the show ended. So I've been very nostalgic about this show about a couple of loveable women working through their relationships with each other, their family, their town and their men.

I'm almost finished Season 5 now, and I definitely remember watching these episodes, but I'm beginning to realize why I don't remember much of the later seasons, and why I declined in watching it, stopped making it a priority to see the new episodes. I hate Logan Huntzberger. I hate the Life and Death Brigade. I hate everyone Rory surrounds herself with, and is kind of becoming.

They are spoiled rich kids who have no respect for anything at all. They are rebelling against the world that is less than them since they are so above everyone. And Rory wants to spend time with them.

It's so difficult to watch her become exactly what her grandparents are, exactly what they wanted their daughter to be. And what's worse is that since Lorelai moved away from that world and exposed her to all that is interesting and unique and unfair and miraculous in the world, Rory is consciously making the choice to be that person. She doesn't even have the excuse of the rest of the characters who maybe just don't know any better. She knows better.

I definitely stopped caring to watch the show as I watched a character I used to identify with became something that I really disliked. At this point, I'm struggling once again to continue watching the show. I mean look at her, she looks like a Mean Girl!

Why ruin a great memory with ugly truth?

Gilmore Girls - Again

It's been well over a year since I watched the season 3 finale of Gilmore Girls with Annika. Life has happened in the meantime. Annika and I used to live in the same house, only a short walk down the hallway to each others rooms. But then I moved out of the house into a basement apartment a 10 minute walk away. And then Annika moved to a house with her husband and soon to be born baby a 30 minute bus ride away. And as if that wasn't enough to put a crimp into our plans to squeeze an episode in here and there, then she gave birth!

So, that seemed to be it for the grand re-watch of Gilmore Girls. We always had plans to get back to it, but we'd need to really make plans for it, make an afternoon or even an entire day of it. And we never did do a good job of planning it. So, here we are more than a year later and I've still only ever watched most of the entire run of show just once, when it aired.

A few months ago, while recording my podcast on webseries, I kind of insulted the writer of the webseries we were reviewing and he got in touch with me and answered some of my questions. As it turned out, he was a regular on Gilmore Girls for years and also commented on my enjoyment of the show. And then it turned ugly... as I continued to get facts about the show wrong, he continued to call me out over it. And now I've been shamed on the internet for my lack of knowledge of Gilmore Girls.

Thankfully, a friend came to my rescue and loaned me her complete box set of all 7 seasons. But since I'd been getting facts from even the first three seasons wrong, I decided to just start again. And now, here I am again... finally into Season Four of Gilmore Girls.

Now, how long before Luke and Lorelai kiss already!