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Lorelai Gilmore is such a bitch! *SPOILERS*

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KatnissMellark · 20/02/2017 13:47

On maternity leave. I may have binge watched 6 series of Gilmore Girls Blush (whilst also doing mindless prep for baby tasks, laundry, knitting, batch cooking etc, don't judge me!).

She is controlling and hypocritical as displays many of the characteristics of her parents who she claims to dislike so much, self centred, a show and treats men abominably! I find myself disliking her more and more with every episode (just hitting the bit where she cheats on Luke) Angry

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amusedbush · 20/02/2017 18:20

I was particularly disappointed that Lane and Zack had such humdrum lives.

But it would have been unrealistic for them all to live the dream. Unfortunately, they chose to get married and have kids really young and generally that means doing what needs to be done to provide for your family. I love Lane but I can see how that happened.

Wingsofdesire · 20/02/2017 19:10

Also binged on it. All of it. All series. And the recent GG for All Seasons ...

My favourite characters were Emily and Richard - I would have been delighted to be their daughter!! Really not a very difficult job, I think, and a lot of perks. So while I started out leaning towards Lorelai, as that's anyhow the whole way it's pitched, after the first thousand episodes I started feeling a bit mutinous and rather liking the Friday night dinners and wishing I was sitting on that chintzy sofa with chilled white wine handed to me and cheques of whatever size on tap ... and I started to let my irritation with Lorelai develop. She's a total idiot. And pretty mean. And astonishingly selfish and self-centred. And seems to have learnt absolutely nothing about anything throughout her entire life.

And what's with the ridiculous line that she eats only doughnuts and burgers and cakes and pizza - and is emotionally allergic to anything that resembles fruit or vegetables - and yet is stick thin?? Obviously some kind of joke, but still ... it irritated me. She irritated me. She so clearly does not eat burgers and doughnuts.

And then her outfits. They were too nice for her. She didn't deserve them.

And how she turned her nose up at everything nice anyone ever tried to do for her!

And how she thought she was such an expert on everything!

And how she was always cross if someone gave her a nice surprise, and usually rejected it - even weddings and houses!!

And then ... how stupid she was around Chris. And how unbelievably unappreciative of and mean to poor old Luke ... lovely Luke ... who finally came out of his shell and trusted her, and didn't mean to put her off by being thrown when he suddenly found he had a daughter, and trusted her more, and then still took another leap and agreed to go off and get married - sure, it took him a day or so but he got it - and turned up - and then ... she turned him down.

For THAT, her fate was doomed! HOW COULD SHE HAVE DONE THAT TO LUKE?????!!!

She is just stupid. I really don't like her. Nothing about her. I gave her the benefit of the doubt for ages, but she didn't deserve that either ... and although I think we're supposed to generally be on her side, I am totally not.

Glad am not the only one she winds up : )

Hotfuzzed · 20/02/2017 19:11

Rory will always be the worst.

steff13 · 20/02/2017 19:18

I loved Lorelei when I first watched, but on the second watching, I realized she's fairly awful. The episode called Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving where she creates a scene at her parents Thanksgiving dinner when she finds out Rory applied to Yale is a perfect example. She didn't want Rory to apply to Yale solely because her dad went there. Rory was obsessed with Harvard from the time she was a toddler. Toddlers don't know about Harvard unless their controlling parents force that information on them. She thought she was so different from her parents, but she wasn't. She was just as controlling in her own way.

Wingsofdesire · 20/02/2017 19:23

Yes I also hated the way she had rejected all that, but had so smugly presumed her daughter could pick and choose her Ivy League college ... and it did kind of annoy me that Rory got into all of them ... it kind of suggested that Lorelai was 'right' in her upbringing of Rory, and that Rory had been better off away from her family and just sequestered with Lorelai, because she had grown into a child genius, etc (and so self-possessed ...).

I did find the Rory dropping out and joining the Daughters of the American Revolution slightly far-fetched, as well ...

I liked Rory early on. Actually, I liked her all through (she was very odd, but I allowed her it all because of her age) ... but she was inSUFFERABLE in the All Seasons 10 years on catch-up!!!! Had turned into a monster!!!

Wingsofdesire · 20/02/2017 19:26

I was so traumatised by the All Seasons thing (I know it's not called that but the whole seasons business sort of dominated as well, in a slightly twee way) (...) ...

... so traumatised that I had to, every night, for probably at least 8 nights, reinvent the whole 10 years on story for everyone ... I just couldn't cope with the reality as presented.

First off, Lorelai looked terrifyingly old.

TBC

Jellybean83 · 20/02/2017 19:38

It pissed me off that Rory got into all the Ivy League schools as well, especially since Paris didn't get into Harvard and that was her whole aim in life, she deserved to get in. I also hated how Rory was made valedictorian, she only joined for the last few years of Chilton, surely that would've went to someone who had been there since the beginning, I'm sure there were better candidates than Rory. like Paris, can you tell I'm a fan? Grin

Notcreative23 · 20/02/2017 20:04

Just finished all seasons and a year in the life and I absolutely hate Rory!!!!

steff13 · 20/02/2017 20:06

She was definitely a brat in The Year in the Life. It felt like her character was stunted, like she was still 22 years old instead of 32 years old.

BankWadger · 20/02/2017 20:22

It felt like her character was stunted, like she was still 22 years old instead of 32 years old.

That's because AS-P white washed out season seven and trued to pick up where season 6 left off (because she was kicked off the show and had no input in S7). Of course that doesn't translate 10 years later.

I ❤ GG, have been watching since the first release and I think having it drip feed helped. Really really annoyed at how the new episodes were handled. All over the characters are deeply flawed which for all their awfulness makes them relatable. But the season was a fiasco (which I'll still rewatch over and over anyway. #teamJess )

user1471503992 · 20/02/2017 21:49

Lorelai looked terrifyingly old

Yes! She's the same age as my mum (and I'm the same age as Rory) and she looks about ten years older than Mum - what has she done to herself? Rory has that awful too thin for her age look, which is a shame because she was so pretty. (Also in my head I haven't changed that much between 23 and 33 so was alarmed at how different Rory looked and I don't want anyone to tell me I'm deluding myself. Even though I am.)

user1471503992 · 20/02/2017 21:50

Luke's wig was a piece of comedy genius though, by far the funniest thing in it.

user1471503992 · 20/02/2017 21:53

Wings, please tell us your alternative ending! Did anyone else notice that in the last series Rory was off to follow Obama's senatorial campaign, putting her in on the ground for his presidential campaign, so what the hell disaster did she create that meant that didn't establish her as a political reporter? (And does she get it on with Jess in your reality? #TeamJess)

KickAssAngel · 20/02/2017 21:55

I know you'll probably want to lynch me, but I really don't like Luke either.

He's grumpy & rude. Yes, he often does nice things so it's a gruff exterior kind of thing, but can you imagine working for him? I'm amazed Caesar didn't walk out after one day. I would hate to have a relationship, of any kind, with someone who you don't know if they're being grumpy but will magically solve your problem, or walk off in a strop.

And Lorelei at her father's funeral. Complete bitch. She couldn't think of ONE nice thing to say? IT was his funeral, surely she must have been thinking about the past and how there were some good times etc? My 13 year old with Asperger's has more social skills than she does.

So much hard work, all of them.

DearMrDilkington · 20/02/2017 21:59

Jess is wonderful, he was too good for Rory and wouldn't have tolerated her bratty behaviour.

I absolutely loved Emily in the four seasons series. That part was done perfectly, It's a shame the rest of the characters were absolutely destroyed in it.

Such a shame, it could have been so good.

redexpat · 20/02/2017 21:59

Im halfway through season 3 and Im not sure I can be bothered anymore. Im not invested in any of the characters and find Lorelais verbal diahrea really annoying. Look at me Im so kooky! I think the only character Im actually rooting for is Lane. And Emily because she actually has some depth.

I thought I would really like it but I just dont. I keep watching because I think it will get better and interesting and it doesnt. Much like making a murderer.

Chippednailvarnishing · 20/02/2017 22:00

Have you seen what happened to Suki?

Lorelai Gilmore is such a bitch! *SPOILERS*
DearMrDilkington · 20/02/2017 22:04

And Lorelei at her father's funeral. Complete bitch.

See I think that part was really badly done. Lorelei and Richard had a very complex relationship but they had so many lovely moments in the original series, Lorelei always thought more of him than she did Emily. The whole scene felt really wrong and would have fitted more with Emilys funeral. I think in reality she would have spoken about how close Rory and him became or something similar.

Msqueen33 · 20/02/2017 22:08

I loved it when I first watched it. I'm early 30s and found the newest ones awful. Loved Emily but L and R I found annoying and smug. Like they were above everyone else. Watching old series again they seem ridiculous. Shame as I did love it.

Chippednailvarnishing · 20/02/2017 22:10

The new series was like an advert for botox and fillers. Shame, it's not like any of them were unattractive!

SabineUndine · 20/02/2017 22:18

In the middle of them and I think Lorelai is AWFUL. Rory not much better. But I love Paris to bits. She has a lousy home life, no support, but she works SO hard and shows all her vulnerabilities. For me, she is heroic.

user1487175389 · 20/02/2017 22:20

Oh dear. I quite like Lorelai! I mean, yes she's an idiot some of the time but to break out from her Narcissistic mother and her indifferent/enabling father takes guts. And bringing up a baby entirely alone, in a strange (in both senses of the word) town, carving out a life for herself, teaching her daughter to be a feminist - that stuff counts for a lot imo. And her retorts are quite witty about 60% of the time. I'm only half way through season 4 so may change my mind. Not digging the Digger story line at all.

TatianaLarina · 20/02/2017 22:23

Emily is my mother, that's why I watched it. Lorelai and Rory I found slightly annoying. Loved Luke and Dean. Loathed Jess.

The year in a life was crap as the writer was writing as if 10 years never happened and it just didn't work.

Thefishtankneedswater · 20/02/2017 22:27

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TheWinterOfOurDiscountTents · 20/02/2017 22:31

The men are generally controlling fuckers anyway, save your sympathy. Dean and his jealousy, and she is supposed to change her behaviour because of it? Fuck that. Jesse was nearly as bad. And Luke hiding huge secrets.
Meh.