This show really plummeted in quality around season three and then never completely seemed to regain its footing.
Rory and Jess got together way too fast and their relationship was a disaster. They didn't get together in a super-satisfying way, and Rory never learned to assert herself. That remained the biggest problem I had with the series, in fact. Rory never grew up from the whip-smart, sensitive, scared little girl who couldn't set boundaries and was terrified to detach from her mother. When she did finally manage to create her own identity for herself, it was an utter failure that led to criminal behavior and delinquency. What kind of a moral does that send--defy your parents and your only option is jail? This kind of behavior's hard to believe out of a girl as smart as Rory is.
The show spent two years at least building up Rory's relationship with Logan only to reveal that Logan was in fact NOT the one. Did anybody not know that? Raise your hand if you didn't. No? I didn't think so.
I sound so irritated because I spent so much of my time thinking about this show between season two and three. I was so eager and excited to know what would happen next. I thought the show and its triangle and the setup for season three were all excellent. I thought the bit about Chris was particularly well done.
Then, somehow, it all went bad in ways I could not have seen coming.
Jess was rude and at times inconsiderate and selfish, yeah, but he became increasingly self-serving. He turned into the guy Lorelai described him as, the bad boy most girls have to go through in order to learn we don't want that.
He was in fact still a step up from Dean, who had to be caught in the act before he would leave his wife for Rory. Somehow, she had allowed herself to become his mistress, at which point I lost all hope in the midst of my utter disgust and despair at the direction her character had taken. For a smart girl with so much potential...there's no excuse.
Jess and Rory ought to have been together at the end of the series. Tristan ought to have come back, rather than simply disappearing. Rory should have taken time to find herself instead of hopping into Jess's arms straight from Dean's car. This show's writers have some learning about real life and how real people behave to do.
Perhaps this is how some women behave, but they are not women I want to know. They are also not women I want broadcasting into my living room once a week. Hence, I stopped watching after season three.
Paris was the only interesting character left. I figure I'll catch that actress on a different show and be done with it.
Oh, and one more thing? No woman who is that skinny can eat hamburgers, fries and a shake once a day every day without working out and stay looking that good. It's impossible. No one has that kind of a freakish metabolism. In this age of obesity, thanks ever so much for giving your viewers yet more incorrect ideas about life.
Note my sarcasm.
By the time Luke and Rory's Mom finally got together, no one cared anymore. Their relationship was well-written, I thought, though I seem to be in the minority among viewers. It didn't matter. No one cared. It took too long.
Rory and Jess got together way too fast and their relationship was a disaster. They didn't get together in a super-satisfying way, and Rory never learned to assert herself. That remained the biggest problem I had with the series, in fact. Rory never grew up from the whip-smart, sensitive, scared little girl who couldn't set boundaries and was terrified to detach from her mother. When she did finally manage to create her own identity for herself, it was an utter failure that led to criminal behavior and delinquency. What kind of a moral does that send--defy your parents and your only option is jail? This kind of behavior's hard to believe out of a girl as smart as Rory is.
The show spent two years at least building up Rory's relationship with Logan only to reveal that Logan was in fact NOT the one. Did anybody not know that? Raise your hand if you didn't. No? I didn't think so.
I sound so irritated because I spent so much of my time thinking about this show between season two and three. I was so eager and excited to know what would happen next. I thought the show and its triangle and the setup for season three were all excellent. I thought the bit about Chris was particularly well done.
Then, somehow, it all went bad in ways I could not have seen coming.
Jess was rude and at times inconsiderate and selfish, yeah, but he became increasingly self-serving. He turned into the guy Lorelai described him as, the bad boy most girls have to go through in order to learn we don't want that.
He was in fact still a step up from Dean, who had to be caught in the act before he would leave his wife for Rory. Somehow, she had allowed herself to become his mistress, at which point I lost all hope in the midst of my utter disgust and despair at the direction her character had taken. For a smart girl with so much potential...there's no excuse.
Jess and Rory ought to have been together at the end of the series. Tristan ought to have come back, rather than simply disappearing. Rory should have taken time to find herself instead of hopping into Jess's arms straight from Dean's car. This show's writers have some learning about real life and how real people behave to do.
Perhaps this is how some women behave, but they are not women I want to know. They are also not women I want broadcasting into my living room once a week. Hence, I stopped watching after season three.
Paris was the only interesting character left. I figure I'll catch that actress on a different show and be done with it.
Oh, and one more thing? No woman who is that skinny can eat hamburgers, fries and a shake once a day every day without working out and stay looking that good. It's impossible. No one has that kind of a freakish metabolism. In this age of obesity, thanks ever so much for giving your viewers yet more incorrect ideas about life.
Note my sarcasm.
By the time Luke and Rory's Mom finally got together, no one cared anymore. Their relationship was well-written, I thought, though I seem to be in the minority among viewers. It didn't matter. No one cared. It took too long.