pro tip, writers: when your plotline could also work on Three's Company, check yourself. "Oh no! Luke has a daughter, but he's afraid that she'll like Lorelai better! What to do?" *freeze frame, laugh track*

I started off loving it; I was moved to tears just by the opener (and I am emphatically not someone who cries at TV shows, they really have to earn it). 'Time' fucking destroyed me. But the points kept adding up, until finally: Lorelai has been shown to be an intelligent woman, who can think quickly and talk herself…

That's a fair point; my sister (and every other thirty-something) was shoved into the world with sixty grand in debt, few job qualifications and a crashed economy. Rory really has nothing to lose but pride.

It would have been much better if L&L had hired Steve and Kwan to be their helpers for the summer. It would've made more sense for them to hire their godchildren and that method folds in Lane.

Melissa's weight has always yo-yoed drastically in the series. Ironically, the fourth season when Sookie is pregnant is one of Melissa's thinnest. And considering how outspoken she's been about how okay she is with herself no matter her weight, I doubt the fat-shamers got to her (although, of course, I don't know her…

The world has changed a lot, unfortunately. My older sister is 32 and, with the exception of a rent-controlled apartment she lucked into, is in exactly the same situation: a college degree in a useless field; a string of relationships with guys she felt like she should 'stick it out with' because who knows what else…

I…I don't know? Oh God. *throws salt over shoulder, turns around three times, spits three times* any other ideas?

I think the key to this is in that little quote opener they did for Winter: "I became an adult the minute the test strip turned pink, Mom!"
Rory has to be an adult now. The ages are different but the situations are strikingly similar: no job, similar men, living at home.

I'd argue Lorelai is ASP's surrogate (check the hats!) and Rory is her idealized daughter.

Everyone form a protective circle around Tom Waits.

Update: found a pristine, intact stream. Brought it up to my 51 year old mom, who worked in a local radio station that her grandfather owned right when this was airing for the first time. She immediately said "oh, the turkey drop episode?" and wanted to watch it. I asked if she'd wanted to be Jennifer or Bailey when…

A good ol' AVC pile-on. This 25 year old is going to hunt down WKRP in Cincinatti and is going to fucking enjoy it.

But you watch everything!

Well, to be clear, I think she was probably as dumb as a post before the stroke. But I think it's likely that brain damage would make a person more likely to believe conspiracy theories (she's a flat earther) and less able to think critically, and more likely to just think all this is some kind of big game where nice…

Gonna put up a notice for Grantchester. It's terribly English, but feels more thoughtful about its commentary than, say, Downtown Abbey or other soaps. It moves at a good clip, features a minister with pretty severe PTSD, a character trying to come to grips with being faithfully Christian and gay in the British 50s,…

It feels to me like it never actually coheres into a show, though? I don't know how else to phrase it, it just feels too episodic. It's the same problem I have with Guy Ritchie stuff. It feels like someone sat down and made a vision board of all the awesome things they could think of but never quite nailed them down…

It's always funny for me to see people talking about the gore in The Knick. My mom and I both work in the medical field, and we watched it together and wound up trying to zoom in on various shots just trying to see better. It's stuck with me, though: I closely follow a blog that shows interesting cases (Figure1, if…

iZombie is that show, except technically zombies and not superheroes (if you're unfamiliar, the hook is that eating a murder victim's brains gives our hero the memories of the victim, allowing her to track down the killer).

Good lord, DC.

She had a stroke. http://www.huffingtonpost.c… (I know, HuffPo, but the rest of Google's front page was full of hits about this recent meltdown).
She's literally brain-damaged, and while it's not like she was ever a great person or worth emulating in any way, piling onto a stroke victim because no one in her life…