I think there's a big gap between "feelings" and wanting the person you engage in an enjoyable pastime with to care whether you live or die.

Okay a younger cast, sure, but with Allison Janney playing the new president. (Not necessarily President CJ, but still.)

I can see the similarities and think many have made this obvious connection before now (there's even a gif of Robin Hood from that movie going around to cheer people up), but this does nothing to "perfectly explain the unlikely political rise" since Prince John was, well, a prince.

I've thought about it and I think Paris is more Hillary.

I just randomly remembered that Rory wanted to write her college application about Hillary, until she found out that passionate Hillary tributes were way overdone and went into panic mood. It could have been fun to have a callback/parallel to that as an adult. I could picture grownup Rory having a million Hillary…

Maybe I need to watch again. It seemed like they had a lot of strands that were never drawn together in a way that was satisfying beyond "look, it came full circle." Rory and Lorelai barely interacted in Fall and they should have been central to it. The conflict seemed over the fact that Rory wanted to do this, and…

It was mind-boggling to me that in the political climate of 2016, she couldn't find things to write about. Even if she couldn't get someone to pay her, she'd be writing political commentary for medium and building a following, etc. Very confusing.

Since he died four months prior to the revival starting, I think this was handled okay. It is easier to mourn someone you had a good relationship with and good memories of than when things are more complicated than that. It was clear that she still thinks of him and misses him, which I think is normal for a young…

I think the last scene could have been a lot more resonant if the book Rory wanted to write had been used as a framing device for the tension between how Rory and Lorelai view their life together. For Rory, it's a good story, but Lorelai's reaction shows it's still a source of shame and horror for her, as she has…

I love this idea, and it wouldn't even have to be a gender-switched James Bond to work. He could have a relative, or an ex-wife we don't know about, and she could be the protagonist of the movie. If they must, they could even try out a new James Bond actor somewhere in the background.

I like the idea of Alicia as a judge someday.

Yeah, I don't think she's alone in that sense. Her kids are at college, not estranged, and she does have people in her life. She just doesn't have the same weighty obligations—to stand by Peter publicly for his political career and for their kids, for example. She does seem to be single, but I've heard that's not…

I suppose that's true, but it's still her firm's client. Diane even said something to that effect when Alicia said she didn't care either way anymore: care because he's our client. Even so, I'm just not buying the Kings' argument that the victim became the victimizer. Nothing Alicia has done is on Peter's level.

I don't see how Alicia has become a terrible person. She did what she needed to do to zealously represent her client, which was her job.

How was it about who she ends up with? It spent time establishing that she doesn't care anymore about Peter, she's reached a point of acceptance about Will, Jason was just a placeholder, and she ends alone, untethered by what anyone else wants or needs her to be. That to me was an empowering ending.

I actually liked it quite a lot, and I'm surprised to find out the Kings intended it to be so dark, because I didn't see it like that. Alicia started the series with so many obligations, and she was living her life for other people, doing what was needed, being what other people wanted or needed her to be. She ended…

I get that. In real life, I would never root for them to be together, but I think they make interesting tv.

Yeah, not the best timing unfortunately.

I was worried at first that Greg was a crutch, but I feel like she would have bailed pretty quickly when she realized that the crutch was really wobbly and rickety and really just the worst at being a crutch. But she seemed to have genuine feelings and after some missteps at least tried to have a healthy conversation…

I feel kind of proud of Rebecca after this episode. She has come a long way from jumping in bed with a hippie at the first sign of realness in episode four. She stuck with Greg even when it became apparent that this wasn't as simple as getting with a guy who was definitely obviously into her, which I hadn't been sure…