So, this was the episode that was supposed to renew my faith in Gilmore Girls, eh? Not so much. Is this really the season of the renaissance? The best season ever? The season where the show gets back to its creative heights? Really?

I was such a fan of this show at the beginning of this season. When new acquaintences asked me what I watched (they were into Alias and Lost, two shows I stopped watching at the beginning of the year because I had too many shows and not enough invested), I would proudly say Lorelai and Co. I loved Logan, loved Luke, really loved Lane and Paris, and thought they had finally hit their stride. The remarriage episode shocked and delighted me (damn that Christopher), and the episode following made me feel Lorelai's pain so acutely that the scenes were uncomfortable to watch.

And then came the "Why doesn't he love me?" episode. We come back from a month's hiatus, to find out that in two weeks, Logan may have abandoned Rory for greener pastures. This made Rory go mental? Hey, babe, instead of freaking out, why don't you fucking call him?

And the wheels fall off from there: Logan’s snobby family and the Gilmores’ cartoonish response leads to Luke buying a house for Lorelai and their future kids without telling her, which leads to Lorelai making a complete about-face on selling her inn (abandoning her best friend, who, on bedrest with her second child in four years, needs her support more than ever), which leads to Rory flipping out because her boss calls her on her (again, cartoonish) sycophant behaviour at her internship and quitting school. Huh?

And then there's the Luke-Lorelai relationship, or as I will forever call it, "distant acquaintanceship." Now, say what you will about That '70s Show (bet you never thought I would be going there!), when Eric and Donna or Jackie and Hyde are dating, the characters constantly touch. She sits in his lap, they hold hands, they cuddle. Not Luke and Lorelai. They barely even peck each other when they enter and leave a scene. Again, I know some people aren't happy with the way the relationship is going (I've always assumed it was Lauren, I'm starting to think I was wrong—see below), but how hard can it be to fake this? Opera singers spit on one another during those duets, for Christsakes, but they still manage to grin and bear it.

So, though the final moments were lovely (I hear. PVR cut it off, but you all know what happened there), it certainly doesn’t make up for a half-dozen episodes that sucked ass. I’ll still be watching next season, but unless it knocks my socks off, I don’t think I’ll be telling my friends about it.

Scott Patterson on why he feels Luke won't be missed in Season 7, at TVGuide.com
Those who tape Gilmore Girls get to see final scene, also from TVGuide.com. Yes, I'm lazy.