Gilmore Girls Ep 118 Season 6 - The Prodigal Daughter Returns
The series had been on somewhat of a roll, finally tying up some of the loose ends from last season's cliffhanger. You'd think the episode where Rory moves back home would leave me with a warm and fuzzy feeling that'd make it a perfect 12 out of 12. But instead I feel empty. Much like the Bible story from which the title is taken, Rory returns to Lorelai's arms with no repercussions. Back in school, back at work, and back in her mother's good graces - and the last one coming easiest of all as all she had to do is show up. It's a troubling trend for Rory as, other than being bored without school, she didn't suffer at all for dropping out and betraying her mother by going to her grandparents. Essentially, she forgave her mother by finally deciding to move back home, and only then because Emily had become so unbearable. Just like that time she broke up Dean's marriage, each mistake she makes affects everyone around her, but she ends up just fine, if not better off. Meanwhile, each minor tiff between Luke and Lorelai this season has errupted into a full blown smackdown. Granted they always find a way to make up, but their relationship can't be so up and down now considering it was so steady before the engagement. Luke becoming enraged about Christopher's phone call just wasn't believable to me. It's a sensitive issue for sure (and makes next week's Christopher appearance more of a powderkeg), but the long line of fights recently about things as miniscule as camping shows that the writers are trying much too hard to make the "will they or won't they" storyline stretch out as long as possible. Listen Palladino... they will. And this isn't Friends; your show relies too much on plot for you to save the inevitable for an unrealistic and anticlimatic series finale. Luke having a long lost daughter is yet another needless conflict. What, was he an egg donor 13 years ago, just like Ally McBeal? It adds to next week's powerkeg as Luke kept the information from Lorelai, just as he accused her with Christopher's phone call. Personally, I could do without a powderkeg. Let's just get the last of these Season 5 threads tied up - by tieing the knot between Luke and Lorelai. If you really need ideas for carrying the plot along a few more episodes, make Logan a Ray Pruitt-style abuser or something; it worked for 90210.
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