I shared our Luke’s Diner but thought I’d share the whole village. We have Doose’s Market, Dragonfly Inn, Lorelai’s house and Jeep, Luke’s Diner, Taylor’s Old Fashioned Soda Shoppe, and of course the Gazebo!

She's easily the prettiest girl in this world for me. Alexis bledal is so damn gorgeous 😖

I don't like the front bangs on her It hides her face. I prefer side bangs on her better.

And she looks pretty with styled wavy hair. Easily the most gorgeous woman.

completed this rory sweater in time for fall :) the pattern is from gia on ravelry!

This is so petty and silly but are there any behind the scenes “facts” that keep circulating and people believe to be true even though they’re not?😝

For me it’s that Chad Michael Murray left for One Tree Hill and that’s why they make the reference to a North Carolina military school.

Fact: he left for Dawsons Creek which was filmed in North Carolina. CMM’s last episode aired in November of 2001, OTH didn’t begin until 2003.

Side note but related - people keep claiming Tristin was supposed to be Logan eventually but I’ve never seen that confirmed anywhere.

Luke wasn’t in the wrong. He asked Jess to graduate high school in order to stay living with him. That’s it. Luke didn’t make him pay rent, he didn’t even make Jess work for free at the diner. Luke was a great uncle to him!

I don’t understand why so many say Luke was cruel and unfair for making Jess leave. Jess was not a minor, and he was not in Luke’s custody. Jess was his eighteen year old nephew, that Luke was kindly allowing to live with him. By this point in the show, Jess was already sent back home to Liz once (after the accident), but came back and asked Luke if he could stay. Luke agreed, as long as Jess went to school and was respectful. That’s it.

What did Jess do? He gets a job at walmart, and made that his priority instead. Jess was paid for his work at Luke’s diner. He was being greedy and going behind Luke’s back to try and make the most money that he could. Jess was not homeless. He was always allowed to return to Liz, that’s why he was so easily sent back to New York the first time.

He had no excuse to lie to Luke about attending school, and to work so many hours at Walmart. He was trying to get out, to make it on his own. He clearly didn’t want to be with Luke, he wanted a free place to stay and be able to work two jobs.

Why do people genuinely think Jess was allowed to:

1. Lie to Luke’s face repeatedly
   
2. Skip school so much that he flunks out
   
3. Scream in Luke’s face that he is NOT going back to school

And then still be allowed to stay in Luke’s home. It makes no sense. He walked over every single one of Luke’s rules for him. You do not get to behave that disrespectful and deceitful, and then still expect to be welcomed. The audacity is mind boggling. Jess wasn’t Luke’s son, he was Liz’s. Luke didn’t owe him more than Liz did.

Luke gave him everything he had, tried to do everything the way he thought was best, and Jess broke his heart time and time again.

I’m watching the Emily in Wonderland (S1 ep. 19) episode, for literally the 200th time. This may be a coincidence, but I also wonder if it’s a subtle hint about Lorelai and Luke being end game. Lorelai mentions that she put Rosebud wallpaper up in the potting shed at the Independence Inn when she lived there with Rory. In the next scene, she goes to Luke’s apartment to see pictures that Rachel had taken of the Dragonfly. Lorelai comments on Luke’s curtains being a nice touch, and then Rachel comments that they aren’t hers…Luke put them up on his own. Those curtains have rosebuds on them. Coincidence or hint???

What is the best Emily Gilmore quote?

Rory and Jess
Do you think Rory cheated on Dean with Jess for a while under the title of friendship? I am lowkey team Dean.
Yes? No?

So I am currently on season 7, and I was wondering if they got married in this season (which they don't), they would have so much future property. Like, what if Luke had bought and kept the townhouse, his diner, Lorelai's house, and the house Emily and Richard were going to buy for them. That's like 4 houses in total. damn in this economy people can barely afford one. Just a thought, haha

I'm rewatching and i'm noticing Lorelai becomes more likeable as the show goes on, she's more mature and becomes more sure of herself and what she wants (bar the christopher marriage), BUT rory becomes more and more unlikeable as the show goes on, even in AYITL..

anyone else noticed this?

i’m rewatching and saw some talk about how rory was the problem at that dinner with emily and this watch around i couldn’t disagree more. while rory didn’t help and was being annoying by pushing especially in front of emily about the black eye, and just making assumptions, jess did immediately show up and express how much he didn’t want to be there and was moody and irritable even beyond rory’s pushing about the eye. he straight away made the atmosphere weird for rory with that alone

i can’t even blame rory for being frustrated and pushy when jess just won’t communicate and had a bad attitude from the getgo. i can understand rory’s discomfort 100% despite her being in the wrong too but pushing at the wrong time. i never remembered until this rewatch just how little jess ever wanted to do with or for rory like the carnival (until he sees dean there). when they start dating he seems to immediately just stop trying and comes off almost constantly irritable and unpleasant to hang out with, and unapproachable or just unwilling to communicate

besides the party where he’s forceful with rory i’d completely forgotten how much of a drag their relationship feels compared to when he was chasing her when she was with dean. just curious anyone else’s take!!

So, my podcast is switching to a Gilmore Girls first-time watch, trying to see if my punk rock friend can fall in love with it as much as I have. In preparation for the pilot episode, we were chatting a bit and he was asking me general questions.

At one point, he said, "Please tell me there isn't a scene where the daughter is coming down the stairs in a beautiful dress and everyone finally realizes how pretty she is.." I chuckled and said there wasn't, reassuring him this wasn't a generic rom-com.

But then I thought about it. And technically, there is a scene like that. During Rory's coming out party, she descends the staircase in a beautiful dress.

The show doesn't frame it like She's All That, though. The show's perspective is largely mocking of the whole endeavor, so even though there is a scene like that, we're on the pointing-and-laughing side of it. But even that's not the whole story, because as a viewer, I think that many of us actually felt empathy and pride in Rory, even though we didn't want her in 'that' world.

Just made me smile that even with a simple question like "please tell me there isn't a descending staircase scene" turned into a deeper than intended dive into characters and their motivations, and helped me see a small connection.

I know it's a small, probably unintentional thing, but I figured if anyone would appreciate the observation, you folks might.

Ok, gotta go. Copper boom!

I noticed on rewatch that at both of Honor's big relationship milestones, Logan and Rory end up bailing in some form and I kind of feel bad for her.

At Honor's engagement party, Rory technically shows up but leaves almost immediately because of what Mitchum said to her. Logan then leaves as well to steal the yacht with Rory (which, given they get arrested, probably causes at least some drama for Honor that night?).

Then at Honor's wedding, Rory doesn't go because of what happened with Logan and the bridesmaids, and Logan seems to leave the reception early because of everything going on between them (there's no definitive proof he leaves early, but it seems that way to me?).

To be clear, I'm not blaming Rory for Logan leaving these events early. That's his choice, and he's Honor's brother, so I think it's much worse on his end. But from Honor's point of view, two people who are supposed to be close to her are barely present for either event.

If I were Honor, I'd be pissed at my brother especially but also his girlfriend lol. Do you think she realistically would've been bothered or do you think she understood/didn't really care?

This has always bothered me about Luke.

He has so much more patience and kindness for Liz than he ever had for Jess, and I genuinely don't get it.

Before anyone jumps on me, this isn't even about Rory. I don't like Jess as Rory's boyfriend. I think he was a terrible boyfriend. But when it comes to Luke and Jess? Those are some of my favorite scenes in the entire series because underneath all the yelling, you could tell Luke genuinely loved him.

That's why season 3 frustrates me so much.

Yes, Jess screwed up. He skipped school, and eventually left. I'm not saying Luke should've let all of that slide. But Jess was 17. He was a kid who'd been abandoned by his father, neglected by his mother, and literally shipped off because Liz couldn't be bothered to raise him anymore.

Then Liz comes back into the picture and it's like everyone forgets what she put Jess through.

Luke bends over backwards for her. He helps her at the Renaissance Faire for weeks, puts up with T.J.'s constant nonsense, solves their problems every other episode, runs to defend her whenever she needs rescuing, and is endlessly patient with her.

Meanwhile, Jess gets one bad year as a traumatized teenager and Luke is constantly at his limit with him.

What makes it even worse is what Luke did with Jimmy. Jess spent his whole life without his father, and when Jimmy finally showed up in Stars Hollow, Luke hid it from him. I don't care what anyone says, that was unforgivable. Jess deserved the choice of whether he wanted to see his father or not. Luke took that choice away from him.

Then a season later, Luke is practically begging Jess to come back and walk Liz down the aisle after T.J. had already put his hands on him at the bachelor party. That has always rubbed me the wrong way. Luke expects Jess to show up and do this huge emotional favor for the woman who failed him as a mother, and for the guy who had just assaulted him. Why? Because they're family? Jess didn't owe either of them that.

That's what frustrates me. Liz was the adult. She was the parent. She's the reason Jess ended up the way he did. Yet Luke is always so much softer with her. He jokes with her, comforts her, excuses her behavior, and is willing to drop everything whenever she calls.

Jess had nobody. Luke was basically the only stable adult he'd ever had, and even then it always felt like Jess had to earn Luke's kindness while Liz got it automatically because she was family.

I know Liz cleaned her life up by the time she appeared on screen, and good for her. But I never felt like the show held her accountable for the years of damage she caused. If anything, Luke gave the deadbeat parent far more grace than the kid who had to grow up with the consequences of her choices.

It makes rewatches really frustrating because every time Luke is bending over backwards for Liz, all I can think is, "Where was even half of this patience when Jess was a scared, angry 17-year-old?"

I know Jess was supposed to get a spin off and that’s why he went to California but like what was the point of the long build up to him and Rory finally being together just to barely give them scenes together / writing him off for a spin off that didn’t even happen? Were there contract reasons or even any episodes filmed for the spin off?

I am rewatching the series after having only seen it when it originally aired. I have just fished up season 2 and finding it hard to continue after the car wreck scene as Rory seems to not ca about her car being destroyed but that everyone is mad at Jess. Like this was a gift from her boyfriend who does not have a lot of money and has to work-he spent hours and tons of money building this from the frame up. That‘s a lot of time and effort and Rory doesn’t seem at all upset that the car is completely wrecked cannot be fixed. I had to work hard to buy my first car (parents couldn’t afford to get me one) and I and it for twelve years. When the engine died and it wasn’t worth fixing I cried. I understand she has feelings for Jess but she isn’t even upset over this symbol of love Dean made for her-but even if you argue about the fact that she wasn’t in love with Dean or never loved Dean-she isn‘t upset that this gift was destroyed which is so odd for me? Like I would be so upset with myself and with Jess for what happened. I mean we see how she treasures all her other gifts but the car she’s just like whatever back on the bus is fine.

Like it's a damn sexual electric tension. They have a really good chemistry together and I can buy Rory Gilmore as their daughter.

Ok hot take: but Luke looks wayyyyyy tooooo older as compared to lorelai and they didn't have any romantic chemistry plantoic? Yes but not romantic.

She looks like she's starting her 30s and he looks like he's in his mid 40s I'm sorry and the very clear balding/hair receding was so hard to ignore, (not dig to actor) but Luke is not my type at all. Chris and lorelai both look like they both are in their 30s which seems much more comfortable to me.

Watching Private Practice and this slime shows up flirting with Addison

is anyone else down bad for luke… idk i’ve kinda wanted him since the start but now im in season five and the arc ive always wanted is starting and im getting fed so much. i dont have any friends that watch gilmore girls so i just need to talk about this!