BuddyTV has put together another list that references Gilmore Girls, though this time their list is better ordered than the Coolest TV Dads one! The post outlines “Five Great Moments in TV Karaoke” and references, as of course it must, Lorelai’s performance on Gilmore Girls.

1. "I Will Always Love You," Gilmore Girls
2. "One Way or Another," Veronica Mars
3. "Bust a Move," One Tree Hill
4. "Don’t Stop Believin’," Family Guy
5. "Afternoon Delight," Arrested Development

As the article notes, it’s a “heartbreaking performance” by Lauren Graham that should have been Emmy-worthy. Though Lorelai begins by singing the song for Rory, when Luke comes in… everything changes, and the lyrics take on a whole new meaning as she tries to get through finishing her song. As the article concludes:

“Tell me it isn’t some of the best acting you’ve ever seen… It’s great vocally and one-of-a-kind emotionally, making it not only TV’s greatest karaoke moments, but one of the best scenes on television in the past 20 years.”

Here is Lorelai singing “I Will Always Love You” on Gilmore Girls:

Thanks Ingrid!

On ‘It’s Just Like Riding a Bike‘, Lorelai decides to take the first step in restoring her friendship (or relationship?) with Luke by returning to Luke’s Diner. However, Lorelai and Luke end up awkwardly talking about the weather before Lorelai gives up and leaves with her coffee.

Determined to make progress, despite their history, Lorelai takes Sookie’s advice and asks for Luke’s help to pick out a new car, after her Jeep breaks down. They don’t seem to know how to act with each other, and Luke gets frustrated by Lorelai needing to ‘get the feeling’ of a car (why this should surprise him, I have no idea). All of this ends up turning into non-stop bickering, which is apparently what they needed. Lorelai looks radiant!

Lorelai tells Sookie that the bickering was more ‘normal’ to them, something better than the frustration they were feeling. It was something that got them past the ‘hump’ in their relationship. Luke, though we don’t see his reaction as immediately, seems to feel the same way. It’s like he realized that the memories that Lorelai had for her jeep were the most important thing - so he finds a way to get Lorelai a new engine for her old Jeep!

Why do you think bickering got Luke & Lorelai back on track? What was the ‘hump’ in their relationship that needed to be gotten over?

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TV Addict put together a list of the “Top 5 TV Bosses Who’d Be Easiest To Work For,” including Lorelai Gilmore in that list.

1. Michael Scott, The Office
2. Angela Bower, Who’s the Boss
3. Charlie Townsend, Charlie’s Angels
4. Col. Sherman T. Potter, M*A*S*H
5. Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls

They say, “given the personal traumas she experiences on a weekly basis, no boss would be more sympathetic to whatever excuse you come up with upon arriving late each day.” However, I do disagree with that assessment! I think, though Lorelai would be a fantastic boss to work for, she has very exacting standards and expects a lot of those whom she employs.

What do you think? Would Lorelai be an easy boss?

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In ‘I’m a Kayak, Hear Me Roar,’ we see a big shift in Emily Gilmore. Richard isn’t the only one shaken up by his heart attack - it seems Emily has had to face some fears of her own. One of those appears to be her independence and how life would be if Richard were to die.

Emily, while on one hand babying Richard to make sure his diet and health will be perfect, on the other hand is struggling to keep up his finances. Richard is avoiding work, but his corporate taxes need to be done. In a panic, Emily calls Lorelai for help.

Lorelai drops the “Chris and I broke up” news to Emily, but Emily is gracious about it. She moves on. Very un-Emily. And later, a little tipsy, Emily talks about how life is a canoe and that, with Richard “dropping the paddle”, her canoe is spinning in circles. I think she’s saying she feels lost without Richard by her side. Meanwhile, Emily nearly praises Lorelai, calling her a “kayak” instead - because she can do ‘all this’ (life, business) on her own.

For perhaps the first time, Emily is looking at Lorelai and seeing her independence as an asset to her. She respects Lorelai more. Perhaps this is why Emily is not freaking out about the break-up with Christopher? Perhaps she’s realized that Lorelai doesn’t need to be married to do well with her life?

For me, Season 7 provided some amazing moments between Emily & Lorelai, and I was proud to see their relationship develop. What do you think?

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In ‘Farewell My Pet‘, which was perhaps one of the better episodes of Season 7, things have obviously fallen apart between Lorelai & Christopher. After seeing Luke at the hospital, after finally getting there, Chris had disappeared for two days. Chris is very angry that Luke was there and that Lorelai didn’t send him away. Lorelai is angry that Chris took “time off” their marriage.

Although Chris later admits he shouldn’t have taken off, he can’t let go of the Luke issue (just like Luke was also irrational about Chris). He is, however, taking some of the blame on himself (finally) for not giving Lorelai enough time or space to get over Luke. He’s ready to give up on their marriage, but Lorelai wants to work through their issues. Chris doesn’t buy it, and maybe he is right in supposing that Lorelai’s not being honest with herself.

Lorelai admits to Sookie, later, that she still has feelings for Luke. She considers cutting Luke out of her life, but Sookie asks Lorelai a good question: would Chris be “the one” if there never had been, or never would be, a Luke? All day, Lorelai grows more somber with that thought until, finally, she comes home and has this conversation with Chris:

Lorelai admits that Chris was always a possibility in her life, but that it doesn’t feel right - Luke or no Luke. As much as she wants to love Chris, she can’t. The “you’re the man I want to want” is incredibly touching. Why do you think it is that Lorelai can’t love Chris? And I mean, outside of Luke, since Lorelai is now realizing that Luke isn’t the only reason she can’t love Chris.

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In ‘I’d Rather be in Philadelphia,’ I’ve always thought we were meant to compare this episode to the Season 1 ‘Forgiveness and Stuff‘, both of which involve Richard in the hospital. However, the real comparison (for me) is about how the men in Rory & Lorelai’s lives are there - or not there - for them during these stressful times.

Luke - in Season 1, Luke was there. He even drove her to the hospital. He’s there for her completely, even getting her coffee stolen from the nurses lounge. It was a big step in their friendship - and relationship - for him to be her rock in this time of stress. Again with Season 7, when Luke hears that Richard is in the hospital, he goes right over to help - despite their estranged relationship. He is a huge help to both Emily and to Lorelai. No matter what happens, Luke is showing that he’ll be there.

Christopher - we didn’t see Christopher in Season 1 much, but in Season 7, he’s absent from the hospital. Lorelai has been frantically calling him, but because of their fight, he was ignoring his phone. Lorelai’s messages get more and more upset, saying that he should be there for his wife and that Richard’s heart attack is bigger than a fight. It’s clear Chris isn’t even checking his messages. When he finally does arrive, he immediately starts sulking because Luke is there. He’s not grateful that people are there to help Lorelai, nor does he attempt to comfort her. He cannot get over his own selfishness to comfort Lorelai.

Logan - it’s our turn to see how Logan reacts to stress. Just like Rory dropped everything to be at his bedside after his accident, Logan is putting Rory ahead of his business needs. Turns out, he even flew there by helicopter. Just like Luke, he’s doing what he can to help out the whole family.

In this episode, we see not just the contrast between Luke & Christopher, but also how like Luke that Logan has become. I think this is the first time I made that comparison. I think Rory & Lorelai are meant to see what it means to have someone support them fully, no questions asked. Do you think so?

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In ‘To Whom it May Concern,‘ we get to hear the results of the reference letter Lorelai writes for Luke, who is trying to get partial custody of his daughter, April.

In the previous episode, Lorelai had a really hard time writing the letter. In the end, Rory had advised Lorelai to simply write what she feels. Meanwhile, Lorelai was hiding from Christopher the fact that she was writing the letter - Lorelai says that it’s because Chris is on edge about Luke. The completed letter had Lorelai filled with a look of pride, sadness and satisfaction.

As we see in this episode, the judge reads out Lorelai’s letter to the courtroom. At the same time, we see that Christopher has found a copy of the letter and reads it to himself, shaking his head either in anger or hurt. Chris accuses Lorelai, later, of writing something that “reads like a love letter”, saying their marriage is just marking time.

Is Christopher jealous of how much a father figure Luke was to Rory? Is he upset that Lorelai shared feelings with Luke? Or is he seeing truth in her words, that Lorelai does see Luke as a part of her world forever… maybe something she doesn’t feel about Christopher?

Aside from all that Christopher was being crazy immature about being her “rebound guy.” When she hopped into his bed hours after breaking it off with Luke, that should have been pretty clear.
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In ‘Santa’s Secret Stuff‘, Lorelai decides to delay Christmas because Rory has been away. However, I have always found this surprising. Now that Lorelai has another ‘daughter’ to consider, little GiGi, you’d think that such a young child would be terribly upset about the delay in such a big holiday. And that Christopher & Lorelai would understand this, above and beyond missing Rory.

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So, though Rory did have a Christmas away from home with Logan, Lorelai didn’t even put up a tree, lights or have presents!! And GiGi doesn’t even seem upset about this whole thing - she enjoys going through ornaments and wearing Rory’s old antlers like it’s the best thing ever. Do you think that’s odd?

What do you think of Lorelai’s decision to delay Christmas? Should she have moved on with her life, her new family? Or was it right to delay everything for Rory?

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In ‘Merry Fisticuffs‘, it seems like Lorelai is doing everything she can to downplay her marriage to Christopher. When she meets with the planner that Emily has hired for the wedding party, for example, Lorelai tries to refer to it as “just a party.” Considering how much Lorelai loves parties, I’m surprised that her own wedding is just a party.

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Perhaps Lorelai is downplaying it as “just a party” because it’s one of “Emily’s parties”, which Lorelai hates. But Lorelai continues to nearly “regress” in her emotional state - whereas she was keen on marrying Luke and having kids with him, Lorelai tells Christopher she “doesn’t know” if she wants another kid. Chris seems to sense something is off about their relationship.

When Emily springs on Lorelai that she wants the couple to exchange vows at the “party”, it’s clear that Emily is really planning another wedding. Lorelai doesn’t want to do it, like getting married again is a huge deal to her. And maybe it is - maybe that’s the point. While Lorelai married Christopher in Paris on the spur-of-the-moment, actually planning out a wedding… well, that’s a different level of commitment. I think Lorelai may be afraid to admit to herself that she was hasty with Chris. What do you think?

As if there’s evidence of more trouble: Luke & Christopher fight again. And Emily (!!) notices that the relationship is not good and warns Lorelai not to let things fall apart.

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In the episode ‘Knit, People, Knit‘, we start off with Chris and Lorelai over for dinner with Richard, Emily & Rory. The whole big Gilmore gang. Richard & Lorelai have a gift for the newly-wedded couple… and it’s a painting. The painting, by real artist Kiki Smith, is called “Wolf Girl”. The original painting was done by Kiki in 1999 for her series “Blue Prints.”

What research I’ve done indicates that Kiki was known for her “reflection on human existence” and on “women’s anonymous creativity throughout history.” In addition, she covers “rites of passage” in her art - perhaps rites like marriage. I’m not an art critic, so I don’t know what “Wolf Girl” is supposed to say about Lorelai & Christopher. Do you have ideas?

But I will ask - if Emily & Richard were going to give Luke & Lorelai a house… what does the painting say in comparison?

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Image: Kiki Smith, used for informational analysis only