What Does Rory’s Dream Mean?
On ‘Lorelai? Lorelai?‘, the episode begins with a dream sequence. All dream sequences seem to have special meaning on Gilmore Girls, and this one is no different.
In the dream sequence, Rory dreams that she’s back in Chilton. In her dream, the principal comes in to interrupt the class to have the teacher ask Rory to leave. That there’s been a “mistake” and she must leave. When she leaves class, Rory doesn’t end up in the hall… instead, she ends up back home. But there, Lorelai is heading off for a “break”, leaving to Hawaii. As if that wasn’t weird enough, Rory enters her kitchen to find Paris, Doyle & their 2 kids having dinner! Paris is a doctor and Doyle is an associate editor – they now own Lorelai’s house.
And Rory? They take pity on her. Call her “confused” and give her money. And what is she doing for her living? They hand her a trash poke, like she used during her community service!
What does Rory’s dream mean? Is she simply expressing her uncertainty about her future? That everyone has a path laid out but her? Or is she also feeling excluded? If so, why? I think, perhaps, Rory is also feeling that her future is out of her control, and Rory never likes that. She likes to be the one to make her own decisions, not to have them made for her.
Given Rory’s uncertainty about her future, and what Logan surprises Lorelai with later in the episode, should we be surprised that Rory, once again, later decides that she needs to stand on her own feet and decide her own future?
Here’s Rory’s dream sequence:
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Rory dream is that when she got kicked out thet she always went home when she had a problem and Lorelai was always there to help her solve it. This time the dream is that Rory has to decide what she wants when she gets out of college. If she wants to make it in the real world and she knows that Lorelai will always support her on and only off spring. Rory is lucky to have a mother whi will do anything for her.