In just one episode, you’ve got Luke and Christopher brawling at high noon, Marty and Lucy’s relationship possibly kaput, and Emily sitting on Lorelai’s porch at midnight — warning her that “a ring is no guarantee”.
Merry Fisticuffs, written quite well by the show’s new head honcho Daniel Rosenthal, was again all over the place emotionally, from the silly (Kirk’s wrapping paper war with the middle schoolers), to the sweet (Liz and T.J.’s baby) to the dramatic (everything else).
So Emily’s going full steam ahead with Lorelai & Christophe’s party. She’s even scored a coup by getting the fabulous Randall Farber to coordinate. It’s obvious that Emily is testing Lorelai: you eloped in Paris? Terrific. But enough with the play date. This marriage is the real deal, and it’s time you started acting like it.
Meanwhile, there’s plenty of drama outside of Stars Hollow. Logan meets Rory’s new friend Lucy, but is miffed that Marty and Rory pretend not to know each. He thinks Rory should tell Lucy the truth. Dinner for four doesn’t sound like such a good idea, but they do it anyway. Dinner for three is more like it, since Marty is barely there at first. Then the subject of money rears its ugly head, Marty predictably makes a trust fund jab, and Logan calls Marty & Rory out on their little secret. Even though Logan’s timing was a bit immature (he’s a lot like Christopher, isn’t he?), the lying wasn’t his doing.
Emily’s not the only one testing Lorelai. “Let’s make a baby,” blurts Christopher out of the blue. Lorelai responds with “What’s the rush? Why right now? Gigi’s still in Paris”. Anything but yes. No baby. No new house. As Emily informs Lorelai on the porch, compromise has never been her strong suit.
On the Anna/April front, Liz convinces Luke to talk to a lawyer. Which sounds like an especially good idea after hearing his phone conversation with Anna. Now I’ve cut her a lot of slack with the over-protective thing, but she’s going too far. Luke gets the cold, hard truth: his chances are slim”¦
Lorelai almost falls over when her mother mentions vows for the party. This is all making things way too official for her: it’s not the party she’s against – it’s the public declaration”¦
“Boys suck!” declares Rory to mom. Is that really it, Rory? Or is it just that dealing with boys in general isn’t the Gilmore girls strong suit.
Well, we’ve got a lot to think about as Gilmore Girls takes its Holiday break. 2007 should prove to be quite interesting indeed”¦
