Cinerant

Hollow Indeed

What should’ve been the most momentous moment all this season on Gilmore Girls occurred last night. Lorelai and Rory finally reunited after what felt like months of fighting. But, wow, did I ever not care.

After its best season yet last year, Girls has been struggling creatively this season, searching for its footing, trying to find the its place in the terms of telling the story of the ideal mother and daughter. But nothing has been easy. The series lost some of its core spark and drive because Lorelai and Rory were separated. While it’s made nice connections between the two main characters and the rest of their world, at times, the program has felt like it stalled. This is incredibly problematic for a show that’s never been strong at dealing with reality, but instead just grounding it in our love for the characters and finding a sense of emotional reality to carry through scenes and episodes.

The reconciliation last night just was telegraphed. There seemed to be no consequences, no fallout, everything was hunky-dory in the last two minutes when it all went down. It didn’t feel emotional resonant—what might be a first for Gilmore Girls.

The episode was further plagued by the discovery that Luke has a 12 year old daughter (?!) he never knew about. I’m sorry. Did my TIVO start recording Gilmore Girls on Acid and I didn’t realize it? At least that storyline played out in unexpected ways, but still, it was crazy.

At least Steven Bocho’s first produced episode of Commander in Chief was interesting, though the storyline about the twins’ rivalry is a bit confusing. And how many sports does Horace play? And, not to keep pointing out inconsistencies, but what public school in the District do these kids go to where there are so few minorities?

posted by cinegod @ 3:00 PM