Was I the only one who saw the musical as a way to highlight how unhappy and joyless Lorelai is? In better days this musical would have inspired days and weeks of joyful mocking. But sookie is gone and her dad is dead and michel is leaving and all we see is her sad face. She looks just like she did before the big Luke…

Some of that is generational. I like that they explore it a little by gently making fun of the thirty something club.

For a lot of people it is.

Don't get me wrong. I love the girls. I just find it very interesting when Lorelie parents just like her mother. I do think she tried hard to depart from the way she was raised but didnt realize the fundimental stuff stayed the same. Yes she raised her poor but with the same arrogant we are better than everyone…

I actually first watched Gilmore Girls when I was pregnant with my first daughter. I was fairly young and estranged from my family and binge watched it while I was on bed rest. I so wanted to have a relationship with my daughter like Loralie had with her daughter. Now that my girls are 17 and 18 respectively I am so…

I think Rory admires Lorelai and aspires to be like her. I think she wants to think she is like her. She mentions her admiration multiple times throughout the series and when faces difficult situations often reacts the way she thinks her mom would. So I can see her going back and trying to see why Loralai made the…

Well these ladies do have an awful lot of sex. I'm counting pregnancies here. Loralie, 30 something years ago. Luke's ex girlfriend 19 or 20 years ago, Lane (No birth control) 12 or 13 years ago, Christophers x wife ten or so years ago, and now Rory. Loralie also had that one scare season six. They are pretty spaced…

I think Loralie can't let Yale dropout go. It haunts every interaction. She has to be careful to make sure things don't blow up again. Just like Emily can't let Loralie's running away go. They are such similar characters. Nothing is ever really forgotten with these women.

They did grow and change. A little. We are who we are, but we can become wiser. The next generation was able to share her pregnancy because she learned from the past. And Emily was able to break free from her bonds because she watched Loralie and learned it was possible. And Loralie was finally able to accept the…

Maybe I give the writers too much credit but I always thought the way Rory was written to be completely deliberate. She turned out exactly the way she was raised to be. A reflection of the lies Loralie tells herself.