Gilmore Girls 2/27/07

With the exception of a few tiny little things, I think this episode was the best Gilmore Girls of the season.

I guess I'll start with the bad stuff. First of all, while I totally understand that Logan is in a bad place because he made a colossal mistake regarding the company he bought, the fact that he's drowning his sorrows by going off with Colin and Finn takes away a lot of the maturity he'd been showing in recent episodes. I just have a bad feeling about the whole thing. I always thought Logan was the ringleader of that little group and the worst influence, but now I'm thinking that Colin and Finn are the worse influences. I guess I can reserve judgement for a little while, but I don't like where this is going.

The only other thing that disappointed me was the Rory interview thing. I actually wanted to see the interview. I know, it's not really part of the whole theme of the episode, but it still felt like it should be important enough for us to at least see her meet the right bald guy.

Beyond those couple things, this week's episode as excellent! I love that Stars Hollow was very involved in this episode. Seeing Lulu, Gypsy, Babette, Miss Patty, Kirk, Lane, Mrs. Kim, Zach, Brian, Gil, Sookie and Jackson was just great, and gave me warm fuzzies.

I loved how Lorelai was playing mediator between Lane and Mrs. Kim. It makes total sense that they would have a fight about how Lane was going to raise her children. Mrs. Kim is a take-charge type of woman (as evidenced by her selling techniques), so of course she's going to tell Lane what she thinks is best. I'm glad they made up, though.

I thought it was so sweet when Mrs. Kim got tears in her eyes when Lorelai told Mrs. Kim that she didn't want to see Mrs. Kim have the same fate as Emily. That was very heartwarming.

Of course, I loved how Mrs. Kim berated that one driver as they were rolling Lane to the baby shower. "You did not come to a complete stop! And use your blinkers!" That's just classic.

I thought that Liz and TJ were again shown for just the right amount of time this week. Actually, I wouldn't have minded a bit more Liz. I can handle her pretty well, but TJ gets on my nerves more quickly. Although I did chuckle a bit as he was talking about how all Liz's beads and stuff were a choking hazard for Doula (poor kid getting stuck with that name). All I could think as he said that was that he probably still tries to eat beads. Seriously, I can't be the only one that thought that, can I? He hasn't exactly been the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.

While I was watching today's show, I went back to a discussion in the comments of the last blog I wrote about Gilmore Girls. Someone (I believe it was Amber or Fi, but I could be wrong and am too lazy to go look it up) was talking about how much stock Luke puts in Liz's opinions. That was shown very clearly today when he sold his boat to Kirk, bought a new boat, and talked to April about doing something different when she comes to Stars Hollow for summer vacation. I think he may have been a little too rash in doing all these things, but I really see how much value he puts in his sister's opinion.

Sort of a tangent, but Kirk with a boat! That just seems like a disaster waiting to happen. Look what happened when Kirk tried to drive a car. Granted he got blinded by the camera Taylor so proudly installed on the only traffic light in Stars Hollow, but still. I wouldn't trust Kirk to drive anything with a motor, not even a moped.

Today was just a great episode all around. This show is just proving that they needed a little time to work the show out of the hole that was dug for it last season. Don't get me wrong, I think the Palladinos are great, but I think the show jumped the shark last season, and the fact that it's been pulled back to being good is a testament to the current regime.

Next week's episode looks great, too. The Gilmore girls on a road trip. Sure, it seems a bit far-fetched since Lorelai and Emily can't make it through dinner without picking a fight, but still, it should be hilarious to watch. If nothing else, it'll be trippy. (Yeah, I know, that's a horrible pun, but I couldn't help myself.)