The ending was fine, perhaps the best part of the 4-part series. Logan's crew showing up for one last night was great, and Rory taking control of the situation with Logan. That's all fine by me.
Rory writing her own life as a memoir was a delight.
I'm not so cool with Lorelei continuing to keep her marriage and business separate. It was always obvious that she and Luke should form a partnership - him running the restaurant and her running the inn, together. And they had the money to do it, too.
Emily got a good ending, once she got over herself and started living for herself rather than for others.
Errr... I definitely felt that the first and the last episodes were stronger than the middle two. I did not think highly of the whole thing, however, and had I been a fan of the show the first time around and hanging out for these episodes (as opposed to watching them immediately after the last season) I would have probably been even more let down. I liked the Emily ending, to be sure, but I just found Rory's whole arc disappointing. I felt that there were more interesting ways of having her end up in Star's Hollow if that's how they wanted to end it.
I watched the whole thing earlier this year. I can't decide if the show should have been called White Privilege or First World Problems. It really started to get to me after a while.
The last four episodes tied everything off well enough, but I had long since stopped caring.
I don't think it ever entered my mind that Luke and Lorelai should be in business together.
As a long-time fan, I loved the whole deal, save for the conspicuous absence of Sookie. I get that McCarthy has moved on, but even her brief cameo felt jarring.
As for the white people thing, yeah, but this has always been so for GG. It's a story about white people and affluent, white, east-coast culture.
The ending was fine, perhaps the best part of the 4-part series. Logan's crew showing up for one last night was great, and Rory taking control of the situation with Logan. That's all fine by me.
ReplyDeleteRory writing her own life as a memoir was a delight.
I'm not so cool with Lorelei continuing to keep her marriage and business separate. It was always obvious that she and Luke should form a partnership - him running the restaurant and her running the inn, together. And they had the money to do it, too.
Emily got a good ending, once she got over herself and started living for herself rather than for others.
That's where I'm starting from.
Errr... I definitely felt that the first and the last episodes were stronger than the middle two. I did not think highly of the whole thing, however, and had I been a fan of the show the first time around and hanging out for these episodes (as opposed to watching them immediately after the last season) I would have probably been even more let down. I liked the Emily ending, to be sure, but I just found Rory's whole arc disappointing. I felt that there were more interesting ways of having her end up in Star's Hollow if that's how they wanted to end it.
ReplyDeleteI watched the whole thing earlier this year. I can't decide if the show should have been called White Privilege or First World Problems. It really started to get to me after a while.
ReplyDeleteThe last four episodes tied everything off well enough, but I had long since stopped caring.
I don't think it ever entered my mind that Luke and Lorelai should be in business together.
ReplyDeleteAs a long-time fan, I loved the whole deal, save for the conspicuous absence of Sookie. I get that McCarthy has moved on, but even her brief cameo felt jarring.
As for the white people thing, yeah, but this has always been so for GG. It's a story about white people and affluent, white, east-coast culture.