Dating with the Gilmore Girls

Our second season finale. We start after several false starts and talking about the Cupcakes that we really do both love, but Abby is disappointed at her decorating ability. (Photos on Instagram) But we begin our discussion of the episode by talking about Suki’s various choices for her wedding Music. The songs Sookie has decided are must be played at the wedding are “I can’t get Started”, “Hey Jude”, “Seasons in the Sun”,” Cats in the Cradle” and “Don’t Cry Out Loud”. We both agree that the song choices are rather inappropriate. We move toward the scene where seemingly Lorelai and Luke are shown to be unable to mend their relationship due to the fight two episodes ago. We throughout the episode bring up Paris running for class president and Simon’s theory about her despite her obvious liberal politics not being based on any democrat who ran for the presidency in the last century but a certain republican politician and later president… We speculate again on Hilton's actual class size. We talk about the deleted scene and Rory recovering from her injury as well as Lorelai and Chris seeming to mend their relationship but as Abby notes not for long. Explaining the party at Sookie's and Jackson’s house we talk about Brigadoon due to Jackson being expected to wear a kilt. We have a little segway where mention why we didn’t use Jordan Almonds but Chocolates at our wedding and muse about other events of our own recent wedding. Simon when speaking of Brigadoon cannot remember the name of actor Robert Goulet. We ask why Luke is not at the Suki/Jackson Wedding, and Luke’s reaction to the return of Jess. Abby is very indignant about the lack of pink at the wedding even though we were told its colors were pink. We look at how it looks like now that the show seems to be implying Lorelai and Chris are going to make it work and then Chris almost immediately finding out he got his ex Sherry pregnant and alongside we see Rory, despite Rory being with Dean kissing Jess and how these two scenes reverberate for the rest of the series.

We start with the cake we sadly didn’t get a photograph of, the Mocha Cake, Simon is not a fan. Abby is in absolute heaven. We start our examination of the episode itself by questioning if Star’s Hollow is so close to another town it can be walked to. We talk about our actual wedding and discuss about why we didn’t have Jordan Almonds. We see that Lorelai is graduating from community college and Simon and Abby debate whether there is a discontinuity of whether Lorelai graduated from High school or got her GED. Abby spends minutes complaining about how Rory makes coffee. Simon doesn't understand Abby’s problem. We speculate on the bad relationship between Lorelai and Richard and Emily as for why he doesn’t want them at her graduation. We while explaining Christopher's gifts to Lorelai look at how one creates a pearl if it is not being taken from a clam.
 
We look at Rory coming to New York to see Jess, while also debating whether the proprietor of the record store they go to is meant to be on the spectrum . Then we move to Lorelai at the graduation and her issues with Emily bringing a camera guy. Simon explains why Shakey’s Pizza, a real restaurant that is now defunct was a bad pizza place. Simon then also goes into a extended explaination on the career of guest star Seth Macfarlane who plays the self important graduate Zach. We talk about issues of riding a bus. We end by looking at Rory’s apology to Loreal in missing the graduation.

We have a instagram now. Find us at https://www.instagram.com/datingwiththegilmoregirls/. You will find little reminisces of the food we ate for the show. 

We start by talking about how often Luke closes the diner then move to talk about diner style restaurant as a whole and their relative decline in the United States. Abby then vigorously defends her caffeine addiction. We question why Michel would go to a diner every day.  We  consider whether Dean’s reaction to finding out about the accident with Rory’s Car was to much or actually was a tame reaction.  We talk about both the story of Nanook of the North, and The Wind Done Gone with Simon assuring that Gone with the Wind is historically inaccurate . Simon then reminisces about Office Max and how it has changed since 2002. We look at the continuing theme of Jess being blamed entirely for the car accident and everyone being patronizing to Rory. We discuss the decline of music stores, and question Carol King’s cultural background and her character Sophies own cultural background to explain her charity to Lane later. Both of us engage in fan canoning on whether Babette was a Hari Krishna. Simon and Abby discuss Richard’s reasons for wanting Lorelai to be his secretary, suggesting it is sentimental even if it is a bit ridiculous. Simon explains the plot of the movie The Jazz Singer. We end with a massive freakout by Abby about the Donuts Luke allowed Lorelai to eat at the end.

HAPPY ONE AND A HALF YEAR ANNIVERSARY! We decided to watch three of the movies mentioned in episode 219 impromptu and give you our impressions on them. The movies are Suspense, Arctic Flight, and Killer Shark. We decide which one would have been fine to do instead of The Yearling. Also we talk about the Yearling as a piece of literature. 

219 He’s A Kid. We start with Simon on a extensive digression about the work Slaughter House Five and its influence on pop culture. Then we talk about Lorelai annoying totally not miser Taylor into getting to lead the Stars Hollow Movie Festival, and discuss the various actual movies that they it turns out can show. We then as non parents totally have great advice on how to act as a parent to a teenager you have guardianship over. We debate whether Star Hollow has poor academic standards. Abby then disappoint Simon with her enthusiasm for chocolate syrup in brownies. Both of us are in agreement that Rory could decide to agree to tutor Jess. Simon has a digression about Akira Kurosowa, with Simon telling people to go to Barnes and Noble. At several points we find inconsistencies in the design of Star’s Hollow with past episodes information. Then Simon says Jess should have taken out whatever animal got in the way of the car. Simon then goes into a extended conversation about Noah Wylie, his career and cannot remember the name of his show The Pitt. We talk about how Lorelai has Emily like reaction to the Jess and the Rory accident. And we agree Jess should be overall be given the benefit of the doubt as he is a kid. Both Abby and Simon go on a extended discussion of how did Christopher successfully attempt a seemingly gravity defying stunt. We near the end of the episode by having a extensive obsessive deconstruction of Kirk’s film, “A Film by Kirk.”

218 Omelets and Business  We start with our dinner witgh a fine omelet; that Loreali might request some modifications on. We then move to talking about about the issues of Richard and not having not have anything to do. Then we move on to Rory and her treatment of Dean which we question if Rory showing disrespect for Dean, and how he should be able to meet her in Luke’s diner as based on previous episode we now its between route from his house to Stars Hollow High. It should be Dean and Rory’s relationship will be a continuous subject. We move to the main point of the episode: the Chilton econ class main project. We discuss the reasons apparently no ones parent can act as an advisor and note how Louise’s father is apparently in court and  we speculate if he was caught up in the accounting scandals of the early 2000s. In related matters speculate on Brads denomination of Judaism and how Paris could attack him for that.  Our conversation then moves to questioning whether Michel is from Quebec or France based on talk of his mother “coming down”. We look at Richard having to be talked by Emily into helping Rory. Then we have a digression where we question whether aptitude tests are good for anything. Simon thinks they’re not completely useless. Abby says they are useless. Abby also insists she is not Napoleon. We talk about the product ideas they went with the project agree a first aid kit would sell.  We talk about when Dean goes too far involving trying to keep relationship with Rory working and how Lorelai talks him down.  We discuss Michel’s very crazy diet tendencies.  We debate whether a product should work in a class project to be given best prize. We note how Richard gets very offended with Headmaster Charelston. We end with noting how at the Friday night diner a whole bunch of eventual events on the show are foreshadowed .

We start by explaining answering machines to any possible zoomers who would for some reason listen. Then we talk about this how this episode is interesting as it is just almost entirely a Luke episode, not a Lorelai or especially a Rory storyline. We follow this by a extensive debate on how many times you must taste something to determine if it is acceptable. It is obviously two, not three. We begin a discussion on what amenities should be at a wedding and what is too much. This will be a discussion throughout our review of the episode. Simon and Abby have a small back and forth about Michel and Luke’s knowledge of each other. We have a a spirited discourse of the quirks of Luke’s from Quarter-Caf to using 7 sweeteners in your coffee and having a twenty foot cord on your phone. We talk about Taylor's conflict with Long Haired Freak/Lady Godiva./ Van Halen Hair and whether the many named character had in fact not had a Cart/Kiosk permit. Speaking of weddings we discuss the costs of the table settings that are being used for a demonstration vs our own Wedding’s entire cost. We talk about what are acceptable reasons to give for skipping a funeral. We have a talk about why no one will go to Uncle Louis’s funeral and how Luke is not a curmudgeon. We have a rather extensive discussion of the dynamics of fitting stuff into a casket, having a funeral and how one keeps a casket closed. We discuss what Emily’s intent for a possible Lorelai wedding and whether Emily’s vision actually is a reflection of Lorelai. Abby brings up her theory that Lorelai threatened the reenctors in taking part in Louis’s funeral. Long episode. But very enjoyable.

We had to redo this so we are missing our bagels and our in this episode, a short on admittedly we don't have much to go on. We discuss the actress Madchen Amick, the actress playing Christopher's new love interest Sherry, whether she looks like Elle McPherson and whether her character Sherry is weird.  Whether Chris was concealing that Sherry was with him in Hartford. We talk about if Emily was acting crazy about Rory hanging out with Sherry. And we have a very important small detour to talk about Kirk's likley being a triplet. 

In this episode we start off  with what will be an issue throughout this commentary, we get way off topic repeatedly. We start with what we will throughout this episode talk about, the Dean, Rory, Jess shipping fight. Then we move to Miss Patty playing unwanted matchmaker for Lorelai, and we have a short discussion on you should and shouldn’t put your dating profiel. This is where Simon totally doesn’t admit to seeing the original Star War trilogy 60-70 times. We talk about how neither of us have ever done the Jackson trying to get Suki to move in indrectly conversation. We discuss if Rory should have gone on a date with Jess a he paid 90 dollars for her and her basket as the basket is assumed to come with a date. And then we segway and debate how he made that money in less then 6 months at Luke’s. Then we discuss how the show had been dumbing down Dean. We have a conversation about what disgusting items are in Rory’s basket that Jess ends up eating.. We have a offopic chat about when Caesar became a full character (not this episode). Then Simon has very on topic point that Kirk could totally have a twin or be part of triplets and therefore there be two other men who look exactly like him who we totally saw on the show in the early episodes were not him. We look att how the Suki and Jackson story line resolves itself. We have a extended discussion on our theories about the Kim family’s dynamics and where Mr. Kim is. And then discuss we discuss the departing character Henry Cho, what sports he plays, what his families form of Christianity is, and how his family might know the Kim’s in passing. Finally end the episode examining how Emily comments to Lorelai about Jess also show why Lorelai and her parents have such a bad relationship. Also our food was an amazing Pretzel with Goat Cheese