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Monday, September 11, 2006

Leaving Lorelai

Scott Patterson and Lauren Graham in “Gilmore Girls”

As I’m pretty much the only person I know who regularly watches The WB’s CW’s critically acclaimed but otherwise ignored Gilmore Girls, I had come to believe that I was alone in my frustrations with the show. That is, until Entertainment Weekly published a reader’s open Dear John letter:

Dear Gilmore Girls,

Wow! What can I say? You disappointed me over and over again this year... I made time for you EVERY week, even when you took inexplicably long breaks and showed reruns. I defended you to people who thought you were just a fast-talking, elitist weirdo. In short, I loved you. But truthfully, in the back of my mind, I knew something was wrong.

You turned the otherwise strong Lorelai into a douchebag. You transformed Luke into a clueless man who I constantly wanted to punch in the throat. You made Rory whinier than ever. And don’t get me started on the whole “Luke’s got a daughter” plot line! GG, what’s up with that? I know I came to appreciate you a little late — after season 2 — but GG, when I found you, I was faithful. But you do all of this...and then, to make matters worse, you let those [fill in your favorite derogatory term] at [The CW] give a half-butt offer to Amy Sherman-Palladino, the brains of the operation??? Are you crazy, GG? She was the heart of the show. I can’t deal with any mediocrity next year. Look, either it’s discovered that Luke and Lorelai’s change in behavior was really a mysterious brain disorder caused by the Stars Hollow water supply that made them dumb for a season, or I’m out da do’.

... and this time I’m serious.

Jen

P.S. If Lorelai ends up with Christopher, I’m filing a restraining order.

Right on, sister.