The townies are on full display at an around the world food festival where Kirk and Taylor are being melodramatic about it being perfect, which was funny. This is the only scene with Mrs. Kim, which is a shame because she's hilarious. I laughed at the tambourine scaring the Korean students while they're singing. We get a brief glimpse of Lane's father, Mr. Kim, who has never been shown before. It was like a little nod to the fans that he's been here the whole time. I'm still not sure how I feel about it yet, but I did laugh. We also see Jackson, but no Sookie and no kids. I really wish we could have seen how their children turned out.
Naomi, the woman Rory is writing her book with, continues to be difficult. Rory is trying to stay focused but Naomi cannot. I started to relate to Rory's obvious frustration during their meetings.
There was bad blood between Rory and Logan's dad, Mitchum, in the original show. When Rory and Logan are eating lunch together, Mitchum shows up and there is still tension between him and Rory. Rory gets nervous because now Logan's dad has seen them together, which could be a problem because Logan is engaged to a French heiress named Odette.
At this point, I can't stand Rory's behavior. She's sleeping with Logan knowing she's the other woman. In the original show, she was furious when she found out Logan was with other women when they were on a "break", so she knows what it feels like to be cheated on. Yet she still appears jealous when Odette comes to town and we get some awkward scenes between her and Logan trying to make plans about when they can sneak around to see each other.
Unfortunately, this isn't out of character for her because of course, she lost her virginity to Dean while he was still married to Lindsey. Has she not learned anything from her mistakes? She didn't want to marry Logan, but now they are carrying on a secret affair. This has to be the most disappointing aspect of the revival for me.
I was also disappointed Liz, TJ, and Doula were not shown. There is a phone conversation about them accidentally joining a vegetable cult, but that's all we get.
In one of the therapy sessions, Emily brings up how she's still hurt by Lorelai leaving at 16 with Rory. After all this time, she hasn't let it go, which is perhaps the underlying source of all their conflict.
The movie theater is still open and we get to see Kirk's second film about his pig, Petal. He and Lulu are still together and I enjoyed the joke when she offers Luke and Lorelai the love couch stating "Kirk and I have had some great times on this couch" right after they've sat down.
This is also the episode of the Gilmore Guys cameo at the Dragonfly Inn. I didn't know they were in it so that was a great surprise. They're probably my favorite cameo.
Luke and Lorelai go to dinner at Emily's and we find out Richard left Luke money so he could franchise Luke's Diner. We know from the original show Luke has no desire to do this and is content to keep his business small. I am totally on Luke's side because I've personally been around people who act like being content with what you have is not enough and you should always want to be more successful. But not everyone has that desire and this scene shows how people of privilege don't even consider how one might be content with a simple lifestyle.
The scenes with Rory and Paris at Chilton were nostalgic. I'm guessing Rory's lame speech about music composition was just to contrast Paris' scary speech because there was really no substance to it. Headmaster Charleston offers Rory a teaching position and she dismisses it pretty quickly. Paris freaks out over seeing Tristan, and even considers she's still in love with him. The discussion this causes between Rory and Paris does further the story, but I don't think Tristan should have been the catalyst for it. It seems like Paris would be stronger than to break down at the sight of a guy she had one date with over fifteen years ago. But maybe it's just because she misses Doyle.
The scene at Paris' house made me sad because her kids are being raised by the nanny. This is an echo of Paris' relationships with her mother and nanny. Paris and Doyle argue in the only scene we get of him and their chemistry is still hot, even when they're fighting. I almost expected them to start making out like in the original show. Paris is complaining about having to figure out what to do with the kids since Doyle didn't feed them and it made me wonder why Paris couldn't just spend time with them?
Rory finally gives in and takes Mitchum up on his offer to talk to Conde Nast, so her interview with them will finally stick. The interviewers were annoying and it was so awkward to see Rory struggle to talk about the things she's working on. Everything is left up in the air after this interview.
Emily quits therapy and Lorelai is irritated but stays and talks to the therapist. We get a little more insight as to why she and Luke aren't married, but it's still pretty vague. We also get a great emotional story of how she felt when she got the news of her father's death.
Emily drags a reluctant Luke along with a real estate agent to look at potential franchise locations for his diner. Emily also tells him she quit therapy. That night, Luke asks Lorelai how therapy went and she lies saying "mom did most of the talking like usual". Why does she lie? Is she too lazy to explain Emily quit or is she embarrassed she ended up staying and talking to the therapist by herself? Either way, this seems pointless. Luke neglects to tell Lorelai about looking at property with Emily and their lack communication strains the relationship.
Jason Mantzoukas gets a short cameo as Naomi's lawyer and I was excited to see him as well because I've heard his podcasts on Gilmore Guys. Naomi has him call Rory to tell her the book deal is off and she must relinquish all her research. Rory seems relieved to get out of this project so she no longer has to deal with Naomi's drama. She immediately calls Conde Nast insisting she take the stupid "lines" story they suggested in the interview.
This leads to an overnight trip in New York for the Gilmore girls. I didn't care for all the scenes with the people waiting in lines, and I especially hated the scene where Rory reveals she had a one night stand with a guy dressed in a Wookiee costume.
She does finally tell her mom about the affair with Logan and Lorelai's reaction is very nonchalant. Rory becomes more unlikable in this scene with all her complaining.
She gives up on the lines story and gives in to Sandee Says, an online website that has been begging her to work for them. I thought the interview between her and Sandee was annoying all the way through. I couldn't stand the way Sandee talked and Rory was ridiculously unprepared. She didn't have any ideas and unsurprisingly didn't get the job.
This episode ends with Rory declaring she's moving home. All her career endeavors have dead ended and her love life is a mess. She still hasn't even broken up with Paul!
We're left with a lot of unanswered questions by the end of Spring, which is why I couldn't stop there when watching it for the first time. Check out my reviews for Winter, Summer, and Fall!
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