Gilmore Girls and House 2/6/07

Last night I was too tired to post on these shows, so I'm doing it today at work. (Shh, don't tell anyone.)

I really enjoyed Gilmore Girls as usual last night. I continue to think it's getting better and better. I especially liked seeing more of the supporting cast this week, like Babette, Emily, Richard, and Zach.

Babette, as always, was hilarious. Making a jungle for Morey brought to mind all sorts of not-so-pleasant images. I also thought it was great that she told Luke about Richard being in the hospital. I was wondering during last week's previews how they were going to explain Luke going to the hospital, and this was the perfect explanation. It's completely in character for Luke to do that.

Also, how funny was Zach talking about how much he enjoyed doing Lane's job? I was chuckling throughout his whole spiel, especially the part where he was talking about how he could do anything to people's food and customers started to looked worried. I thought that was great.

I just have to say that Kelly Bishop is amazing. She can make me laugh and then tear up within the span of a minute. Or the other way around. I'm talking about the scene in the hospital gift shop when she's worried about Richard dying and explaining to Lorelai how she has to stay prepared, then after Lorelai steals a pack of tissues, she makes a judgment call. That's so typical Emily.

I was surprised by how much I missed Logan. I hadn't really thought much about him recently, but seeing him was a breath of fresh air. (I know that sort of a mixed metaphor, but bear with me here.) I guess it surprised me because I thought Logan was such a jerk the last time we saw him. But it was definitely nice for him to come to the hospital right away when Rory called.

Unlike, of course, Christopher. I want to know what kind of explanation he has for not dropping everything and showing up at the hospital the first time Lorelai called him. In my opinion, there isn't much of an explanation for that. I don't care how hurt he was (even though I think it was a slightly irrational reaction to Lorelai's letter), he should have been able to put that aside to see to Richard, especially after Lorelai took care of him when his father died. They weren't on the best of terms then, either.

Anyway, I'm starting to ramble, so I'll finish the Gilmore Girls segment of this post with the following comment. Who couldn't have predicted that Chris would show up when Luke was at the hospital? I actually thought it was going to be the first time Luke showed up, but it was a bit more dramatic at the end of the episode. I know he's going to be irrational toward anything having to do with Luke, but it's getting really annoying really quickly.

On to House. I like that this episode went back to the normal formula for an episode. It just felt more like House to me than last week did.

I wasn't as thrilled, though, with the explanation for what caused this guy's problem. It made sense at the end, but it seemed rather anti-climactic.

I did enjoy the subplot about House's parking space. It seemed very House-like to do something like that just to get his parking space back. It's similar to early in the season when the carpet in his office was replaced. Having the same reaction is good. I like when writers keep characters in character.

I even liked House's foe (Dr. Whitner) for the parking spot. She's the type of thorn in House's side that I like to see. Someone that won't take any crap from him, but won't go after him like a ravenous hyena when he does something that the person doesn't like. (Can anyone guess that I'm talking about Tritter here?) I'm hoping we see more of her in the coming weeks. I haven't seen any spoilers regarding this (I don't think), so if anyone has info about her character and wants to share that with me, I'd be glad to hear it.

I was also happy to see more of the rest of the cast this week. I especially liked learning more of Foreman's character and seeing him wanting to help the patient do more with his life. I feel like I understand him more, which is nice. (Of course, if I had been watching prior to this season, I may have realized that about Foreman before now.)

Anyway, it was a good night of TV. And I'm looking forward to tonight's episode of Lost. I know I had an entry about being a little leery about it, but I'll watch tonight and hope it knocks my socks off.