Time for part 2! Let's hop right into it :).
Summer
Things I loved about Summer:
I love that Lorelai seems to have gotten to know and have a relationship with April. I loved seeing Carol King back as Sophie. I loved Rory being editor of the Stars Hollow Gazette and the scene where her and Lorelai are delivering papers was probably the best scene in Summer. I love that Rory had Doyle write for the paper. The oath before the musical was hilarious. I loved seeing Carol King(or Sophie lol) sing and play the piano. The part where the actress gripes at Lorelai about her opinions reminds me of the ballerina at Yale who came after Rory lol. I love that Rory writing a book was Jess's idea. For some reason I loved when Lorelai put Rory on hold to Google something lol. The new song for the musical was amazing and made me cry!
Things I didn't like about Summer:
April! I'm not one of those people who didn't like her in the original series. I actually liked her a lot. She was brilliant and extremely well spoken and well rounded. I loved watching Luke as a father as well. But in the special they might as well have bleached her hair blonde(I feel the need to point out here that I am a blonde and I hate blonde jokes lol). She was weird and ditzy and communicated like a 13 year old. I just didn't get it. If there was one thing I could change about the special that would be it. The idea of Michel leaving the Dragonfly breaks my heart. Emily sleeping until noon made me sad. The musical was funny and totally Taylor and Stars Hollow but it was too long in my opinion. Lorelai's reaction to Rory's book confused me. Watching Lorelai and Luke fight made me sad. I get the need to get away and do something out of the ordinary but it was still sad to think of Lorelai leaving.
Fall
Things I loved about Fall:
Watching Lorelai try to pack her pack was as funny as I thought it would be. She is certainly not a nature person. The multiple locks on the door at the gazette reminded me of the apartment Rory, Paris, and Doyle lived in, in college. I loved Luke getting advice from Jess. It was great to see Collin and Finn again. I love that Rory decided to write at Emily and Richard's. That scene where is walking about their house was so emotional for me for some reason. I loved that Lauren Graham's boyfriend played a park ranger. Lorelai calling Emily and telling her, her favorite story about her dad was beautiful and yet incredibly heartbreaking. It was certainly one of the top moments for me and I bawled like a baby. I loved the scene where Emily kept saying "Bullshit" during the DAR meeting. The journey Emily took during this special was incredible. I loved that Miss Silene helped with their wedding clothes. I loved when Lorelai asked Emily for money to buy a bigger building for the Dragonfly and Emily quoted Richard exactly. "You need money", "You need money", "You need money". It was like when Lorelai asked for money for Chilton all over. Lorelai's reaction to Sookie being back was amazing! I know a lot of people felt their chemistry was off but I don't agree. Seeing them together made me melt!! Finally getting to see Sookie was great! I loved all the cakes she made. But the last one and the stories behind all the stuff on it was amazing :). I loved Emily working at the whale museum. It was the first time in the special that she seemed truly happy. I loved that Lorelai finally came around to the book and that she told her to drop the "the". I personally loved the wedding scene. I loved that it was small and simple. I loved that they used the same music from Lorelai and Luke's first dance. I loved that they got married in the gazebo. I loved the giant key that unlocked the door to where they got married. I loved the black hat. They could've taken it from Amy's closet lol. I loved that the last scene was just Lorelai and Rory. Honestly I'm in the minority I think but I loved the ending. It was the way it was supposed to end.
Things I didn't like about Fall:
The Life and Death Brigade scene was a little long for my liking. The meeting between Rory and Christopher was really awkward. But it made more sense after seeing the end. It was so sad to think of Emily selling her house. I wish Sookie could've been at the little wedding.
I'm kind of surprised how few things I didn't like about Fall lol.
I know lots of people hated the end and hated Rory and hated we didn't see Luke and Lorelai's big wedding. But I wasn't one of them. The end to me was a surprise at first but made perfect sense after I thought about it. Everything came full circle. I've had people say "Rory was supposed to have more." She was and did. Rory is in her 30s, she has a college degree, she's traveled the world, she's writing a book. Rory has seen and done lots more than Lorelai. I feel like people like to gloss over who Rory was in the original series(especially the last few seasons). Rory was incredibly smart but she made crazy decisions and sometimes straight up bad decisions. Rory always had a hard time figuring out what she wanted. Rory in the special was Rory. As far as Luke and Lorelai's wedding, I loved it! I always pictured their wedding being small and magical and it was.
Overall I loved Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. I know people think because of how it ended that there will be more. I'm not so sure. I don't really care if there is. If this is how it ends, I'm good. If they make more I'd enjoy those too. To be honest, if they couldn't get Melissa McCarthy on board, I'd almost rather they didn't make anymore lol.
I know they'll never read this or care but I'm so unbelieveably grateful for Amy Sherman- Palladino and Daniel Palladino for creating this show and for writing the special. They did a fantastic job. My favorite quote from the special was "I want to remember it all, every detail." That's how I felt about this special. I did my best to soak up every minute and every detail. It is incredibly rare, pretty much unheard of, for a show to get this chance! Well done Amy and Daniel, Netflix, the other people who worked on lights, sounds, props, sets(the sets were so amazing and so close to the orginals, it blew me away!) and all the other behind the scenes stuff, and the actors!
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