April comes to visit and acts very confident in her new college lifestyle in front of Luke and Lorelai. She talks about pot and is dressed in an ugly baggy outfit. Later, she breaks down in front of Rory and confesses she only tried pot once and is struggling to make friends or be a normal person at all. I was glad she got some screen time, but was disappointed with how she's turned out.
We get another town meeting where we find out the Stars Hollow Gazette is closing down and Rory is the only one upset by this. She ends up volunteering to take over the paper since she's got nothing else going on.
The Stars Hollow Musical was also brought up in the town meeting and Lorelai volunteers to be on the review board. When they first started discussing this idea, I had high hopes it would be entertaining. I especially loved Miss Patty and Babette reacting to the attractive men trying out for the musical.
The secret bar bit was great. I felt bad for Lorelai and Michel when they were discussing him leaving the Inn. Zack and Lane playing background music was a nice touch.
The paper delivery scene was funny at first, but I feel like it went on for too long. Also, the 30 something gang was super annoying. The only part I thought was funny was when their parents tried to get Lorelai to join them and she couldn't get away fast enough.
The Stars Hollow Musical takes up ten minutes of screen time, which was way too long. Even though I did laugh at some of it, we got the point at two minutes. The best part was Lorelai's reactions because she seems to be the only one who sees the insanity of it. This musical and the scene where the review board shares opinions was a waste of valuable time we could have spent on Jess or Lane? Just saying.
Speaking of Jess, I was very happy with his scenes in this revival, even though there weren't enough. I like how he has clearly grown up and he looked great. Once again, he encourages Rory. He says she should write what she's passionate about and suggests she write a book about her relationship with her mom. It's obvious that up to this point, Rory has been struggling to find a successful writing topic, and it's kind of weird she didn't think of this on her own. The hug between Luke and Jess was great and I cracked up when Jess threw his hat.
The old people at the Gazette were some of the best additions to the cast because their jokes were subtle. I also loved the short scene where Rory finds an old article from when her and her mom arrived in Stars Hollow. This was one of the few Rory scenes I connected with.
Emily is still grieving and is shown sleeping in until noon. I'm glad they continued to show her still struggling with the loss of Richard. She's also shown at a DAR meeting gradually caring less and less about the frivolous affairs they discuss. This is foreshadowing for one of my favorite scenes in Fall.
Lorelai visits Emily and a friend of the family named Jack is there. Lorelai freaks out because she thinks Emily is dating him and this is never clearly confirmed or denied. Another fight in the kitchen ensues and Emily is delighted to know Luke never told Lorelai about going to look at franchise properties. Lorelai is obviously caught off guard and unfortunately Emily uses this against her.
When Rory tells her mom about the book idea, Lorelai is not at all supportive. She doesn't want her private life on display for the world to critique, which I totally understand. Rory does have a point that this is something she could thrive at, but she's not considering her mom's feelings and once again acts selfishly.
Lorelai's day gets worse when she has a third fight, this time with Luke. She confronts him about keeping the diner property outing a secret. He responds by pointing out she lied about Emily not going to therapy anymore, escalating the fight. These communication issues come to a head and they start to wonder why they have kept their lives so separate.
Lane finally gets another scene, but is unfortunately overshadowed by Rory and Logan drama. Rory "breaks up" with Logan over the phone and is once again jealous of Odette- LOGAN'S FIANCEE!
After feeling overwhelmed and lost, Lorelai attends a last minute addition to the musical and I was a little afraid of what we'd be in for this time. The song speaks to Lorelai in a personal way because the theme is "never or now". She has an epiphany during the song and we get the final scene of this episode. She tells Luke she is leaving for 3 weeks to go hiking in California in order to clear her head and think things through. Luke is shocked and warns her of all she'll have to endure in the woods, but she insists and that is the conclusion of summer.
Between the lengthy musical, more selfish Rory moments, and cheesy bits like the 30 something gang, summer is definitely my least favorite episode of the revival. It did have some great moments as well and the stories building up for the conclusion made moving on to Fall all the more appealing.
Check out my Winter, Spring, Fall reviews and look out for Fall coming soon!
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