Gilmore Girls 7.19 “It’s Just Like Riding a Bike” Discussion
Gilmore Girls 7.19 "It’s Just Like Riding a Bike"
Original Air Date: April 24, 2007
Discussion Date: August 5, 2008
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Discussion Questions:
- Why did Lorelai decide to return to the diner? Why didn’t she go back earlier?
- Do you think Lorelai & Luke feel town pressure to get back together?
- What do you think of Jackson coming to stay with Lorelai? Doesn’t he have guy friends?
- When Lorelai admits she’s worried there’s "too much history" with Luke, that things are awkward, what does she mean?
- Were you surprised Paris got into so many elite schools this time around?
- Do you think it out of place that Paris calls Rory an inspiration? Why?
- Why hasn’t Paris decided between law or medicine already?
- Is Rory beginning to be worried because she has no choices open to her yet, while Paris has so many?
- Rory complains to Lorelai about not knowing what she’ll do next year, but isn’t not having a job different than not knowing what you’ll do? Hasn’t she already decided to be a journalist?
- Why does Lorelai bike to work? Why no cab?
- Why is Jackson getting on Sookie’s nerves, and is that troubling?
- What kind of car should Lorelai get?
- Is Sookie right, is shopping for a car something that can bring Lorelai & Luke back into comfortable friend mode?
- Do you think Luke & Lorelai can be just friends? Is that part of the awkwardness?
- Why are Luke & Lorelai having trouble talking casually?
- Why does Paris break up with Doyle? Do you agree he would influence her decision?
- Do you think Paris is afraid of her own feelings for Doyle?
- Why does Sookie get so mad at Jackson about the doll house breaking?
- Do you think Sookie is happy to be having a third baby, or still has some resentment about that?
- Why is Luke shocked about Lorelai’s mode for "feeling" the car she wants?
- Why is Lorelai hating shopping with Luke so much?
- Why does bickering make things better between Luke & Lorelai?
- Is there some tie between memories & their significance in this episode? With Luke & Lorelai, the doll house, the Jeep… what does it mean?
- Does Paris believe Doyle is "the guy"?
- In the hypothetical question of choosing Logan vs. choosing the NY Times, is it a realistic scenario given that Logan lives in NY?
- Would Rory put her career above Logan? Or do they need to be mutually exclusive?
- If Rory is ok being apart from Logan, does that mean she doesn’t think him "the guy"?
- Why is Jackson so excited about pizza night with Lorelai?
- Why does Luke go so far to get Lorelai exactly what she wants in a car? Is that more than a friend would do?
- Does it mean something significant for Luke to realize that "feeling" is important to Lorelai? What could that mean about their history / future?
- Does Lorelai enjoy relying on Luke so strongly?
- Will Paris make a good doctor?
- What do you think of Doyle’s decision to follow Paris wherever she goes?
- Do you think Rory put too much hope in the Reston scholarship?
- Do you think Rory feels inadequate in this episode?
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