In ‘Norman Mailer, I’m Pregnant!‘, Sookie finds out she’s pregnant with her second child. However, I’m not going to talk about that. I’m going to talk about the lunch at the Inn. They decided that lunch would be cancelled, for budgetary reasons. Sookie was no happy, of course. But do you think perhaps there could have been other options?

When Sookie feigns knowledge of the cancelled lunch, she’s shown in a kitchen with 7 assistants. What about them instead just cutting to 1 person? Or promoting (like the flyers, but sans Kirk)? Do you think there could have been other options?

Watch this episode of Gilmore Girls on TheWB.com here.

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There’s only one month left before Lauren Graham’s T.V. show Parenthood premieres on NBC! Allison Waldman of TVSquad posted another promo from the show and asks if Lauren’s role as Sarah Braveman is just a remix of Lorelai Gilmore.  A TVSquad staff member saw the pilot and has this to say:

According to Joel, who saw the pilot, Sarah is no Lorelai. She’s not chummy-chummy with her children. She’s a lot tougher and more of a mom than a buddy. That would definitely be different from ‘Gilmore Girls.’ Lorelai and Rory’s relationship was unique because they were really best friends… most of the time.

That might be true, but after watching this promo, I feel much like Allison does: that the way Sarah talks to her children when they walk away from her was Lorelai-esque:

I think that Lauren just owned the Lorelai character so well that now, unfortunately, we’ll always think of that when we watch her in other roles, even in drastically different ones (like say, her turn on Bad Santa). What do you think? Does this clip remind you of Lorelai?

In ‘We Got Us a Pippi Virgin‘, Luke tries to offer Lorelai free coffee at the diner, now that they are dating. Lorelai feels uncomfortable with that. Lorelai says, “Luke, this is your business. I’ve always paid, and I always should pay.” They settle on no tips, saying it would be “weird.” (I don’t usually tip for just coffee, do you? At least not every time!)

Do you think Lorelai should have accepted the free coffee? At least sometimes? I know I do! I have a cafe I visit regularly (I’m a coffee-aholic) and they often offer me a free coffee or sweet treat just to say thanks. I’m not above accepting it.

Watch this episode of Gilmore Girls on TheWB.com here.

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The Good Wife 1.13 ‘Bad’
Air Date: February 2, 2010
Discussion

All I want to know this week: did he do it?!? This week on The Good Wife, we focused more on the case than the characters. At least that’s how it felt to me. Perhaps I was simply more interested in the case. A high profile murder. Did the husband do it or not? Such a creep, but a murderer? I just don’t know!

Other thoughts:

- Was Alicia pleased to know her husband, though a cheater, was not lying about everything?
- Were you glad Alicia shared her feelings with her husband, finally? Are her rules enough?
- Would you buy a gun? Do you think we will see that plot continue?
- We need more Cary!!!

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In December, I posted a promo video Liza Weil (Paris on Gilmore Girls) did for the popular web series, Anyone But Me. I’m happy to report that Liza will be guest-starring on the show in a multi-episode arc starting this month! Liza will play the role of a pregnant psychiatrist named Dr. Glass.

In an article posted on Newteevee.com, I learned that Liza has a personal connection with show creator and producer Susan Miller. They met in a theater workshop in 2006, where Liza met her husband, Paul Adelstein. Susan even performed Liza and Paul’s wedding ceremony! Liza told Neweevee that it was “a lot of fun and truly an honor” to film her guest role.

Watch all of the episodes at Anyone But Me’s official website.

In ‘Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too‘, Hep Alien are asked to play at the Town Selectman election. So, in the spirit of Hep Alien, I ask: Who is your favorite Hep Alien member, from any time period? And why? Is it related to their role in the band or their character, or both?

To refresh your memory, members include: Dave, Brian, Zack, Lane and Gil.

Where are the members of Hep Alien now? Check out this post.

Watch this episode of Gilmore Girls on TheWB.com here.

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The Good Wife, 1.13 Bad’
Air Date: February 2, 2010
Preview Video

After what’s felt like an eternity, The Good Wife finally comes back to CBS with a new episode tonight. In the meantime, I’m sad to report that Matt Czuchry (Logan on Gilmore Girls) did not win a SAG award along with the rest of the cast, but lead Julianna Marguiles did score one for her portrayal of Alicia. Does that make sense?

Anyway, on with the show! On tonight’s episode, Alicia has to defend a wealthy client who she has doubts about and Pete’s appeal trial starts. As you can see from the preview, this episode is quite intense!

In ‘Written in the Stars‘, Logan tells Rory to call him “Master and Commander.” He says it in a very arrogant way as he walks off. Rory sees the movie reference, and gives him an “Ugh”, but many of you may not know about the movie or what perhaps Logan means by this. So let’s check it out!

Master and Commander is both a book book series and a movie based on those books. The film takes place during the Napoleonic Wars on a British man-of-war ship that is ordered to pursue a French ship. There is a fairly lengthy plot description on Wikipedia. Have a read there then come back and discuss… why does Logan make this reference? What does he mean when he wants Rory to call him “Master and Commander”?

Watch this episode of Gilmore Girls on TheWB.com here.

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In ‘A Messenger, Nothing More‘, we find out that Rory has shunned Lorelai for a great portion of the summer. While she’s off in Europe, she sends many postcards to Luke… but nothing to Lorelai. No phone call, no postcards.

When Rory returns from Europe, she does apologize to Lorelai. However, if she became “sorry” at some point in Europe, don’t you think she would have called? Or let her mom know, even via postcard, that she was ok? I think she would have called the second she realized she was being silly. That seems more “Rory” to me. Don’t you think?

Watch this episode of Gilmore Girls on TheWB.com here.

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You know sometimes when a T.V. show is struggling, they introduce a kid or baby into the mix to add a new story line? Most of the time it’s contrived and silly and the viewers don’t buy it.

EW.com posted a list of this week of the “Top 10 TV Kid Missteps“and included our very own April Nardini, Luke’s long-lost daughter, played by Vanessa Marano. The character of April made little sense considering what we already knew about Luke and created yet another rift between Luke and Lorelai, leading to their breakup.

What did you think of the addition of April to the show? Did you think it was a silly stunt to create more conflict between Luke and Lorelai? Or, did you like April?

Here’s a video of Luke and April, to refresh your memory: