The Gilmore Girls

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Mermaid has gotten really into The Gilmore Girls recently. She likes the fast dialogue, the smartness, and the characters. That it stars two women, and has a grandmother character in there, and a fair number of other female characters in it, certainly helps a lot. There are many female characters in it, and they're all very different, most of them, although controlling mothers is a thick theme. Lorelei seems to be the only mother who is NOT a controlling witch-hag to her daughter. Otherwise, I like this series a lot.

But I'm finding that somewhere around the fifth season of this show that the two lead characters, Lorelei and Rory Gilmore, really set my teeth on edge. By this time Lorelei is in her late thirties and still acts like a woman arrested in her teens, and her daughter Rory goes on to screw around with A) an old married boyfriend who still holds a torch for her and B) makes the mistake of going off the rails and doing something completely out of character--stealing a large yacht? What the hell was that all about? And Luke, the main male character and Lorelei's long-time torch-holder, is becoming more and unlikable as well. After reaming Lorelei out about being contacted by Rori's father, he fails to tell her about having a daughter he only just found out about?

Yeah, at this point in the series, I'm enjoying the very talented secondary cast--in fact, I'd say that the actor who plays Sookie, and the one who plays Lane, and the grandparent Gilmores, and...well, okay, just about EVERYONE else is fantastic in their roles, while Rori's acting leaves a LOT to be desired. (if you look up her IMDB, she has only been in low-budget trashy horror flicks since this series, and it's no mystery why; she needs more acting lessons)

 

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I've done some Wikipedia research. The original producers left the show after the fourth season? Or the fifth season? something like that. And it does show in the direction the characters took. I mean, I'm sorry, but I have a real problem with girls/women who decide to sleep with married men, and married men who go ahead and get married even though they really don't want to marry their wives. Although they had Lorelei verbalize how upset she was to hear about it, and yes, I know there are plenty of young women who make that mistake...I dunno. It left it a bad taste in my mouth.

Argh, there's a series that took place in Alaska that was a lot like Gilmore Girls, only it centered on a New York doctor being drafted into being the small town doctor...Northern Exposure. I loved that show, until Joel left, or just before. Then it went all weird. Just like Gilmore Girls.