Yep.

[Edited to reflect my recognition that the show is replaying as I speak so I can watch the last 5 minutes that I missed.]

Why hello, Mrs. Beamon…gave up on Stan, didja?

Seriously.  I know f—k all about country music, and even I got the joke about Sue.

LOL.

Coming late to the party (and sad to see there aren't more comments), but holy sheeet, that last scene…There were so many reasons it shouldn't have worked, but damned if the actors didn't *make* it work.  Glad to see I'm not the only one who shed tears.

One of my favorite movies ever, and sealed my lifelong girl-crush on Noni Ryder.  i used to watch it every Christmas season, too, until everything switched over from VHS to DVD and for some reason LW never made the switchover.  I should remedy that (although I don't think it's on Blu-Ray yet).

Not to hijack the real subject of this article (which I can't really opine on, as I saw "Quiz Show" only once, when I was much younger - I remember really liking it, but not noticing a thing about the direction), but I wanna say something about this excellent observation:

I have a feeling they're setting up Lucero to find out that Cooper is gay and have a homophobic reaction. I really hope they don't do that, though, because I like Lucero.

Oh good, I'm not the only one who wondered wtf was up with the bloody guy with the knife and the little kid on the bike (trike?).  That shot of the kid coming up behind Cooper was oddly chilling.  Also chilling: the side-by-side shot of Cooper's old TO in bed drunk and Cooper brooding on the other side of the…

Martha has terrible taste in men.

"I tend to think that marriage has enough conflict inherent in it that you
don’t need the constant back-and-forth tug-of-war of who’s in love with
whom at any given moment to come up with good stories. But, honestly, I
would just like the string of constant reversals to end."

"In the Cut," while not great, was underrated.  Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo were quite good playing against type.

I got a little worried Stan's boss was going to have Nina quietly taken care of, so to speak…although I suppose her value to them as an asset is still currently higher than her risk vis a vis Stan.

Terrific episode, terrific review.  But I'm worried for all of these guys, too.  (well, not so much for Sherman - he can go eff himself.)  Cooper's expression as he touched his ex-wife's face, Sammy on the roof, Lydia's face as she whispered her son's name…all fit to break your heart.  These are good people - flawed…

Amen, brother.  I think what you're responding to is the show's emotional honesty, at least when it comes to the main characters.

Totally.  I have to say I'm glad to see that most people here are rating season 6 below season 7, because for years whenever I ran across discussions of GG the consensus seemed to be that the last season was when the show ran off the rails.  When really it was season 6 that stank up the joint, and the show at least…

I did much later, but only after having watched most of seasons 2 and 3 and feeling like I wanted to catch up.  And by then, you know, your perspective's changed because you *know* these characters and their trajectories, and you're used to the mannerisms.

Interesting.  For me, the emotional core of the show was just as much Lorelai's relationship with her parents (especially Emily) as it was Lorelai and Rory.  Their prickly dynamic had all the shadings, layers, and nuances that Lorelai and Rory's interactions with the la-la-la-look-how-quirky-I-am supporting characters…

First off: I love this show deeply.  But man, I remember watching the pilot when it first premiered and HAAAATING it.  It felt so artificial, so mannered, too determinedly quirky…and I especially hated the "repressive super-Christian Korean mother" stereotype (Lane's mom), which felt to me like the crudest of…