Netflix is probably 80% of college students best friend. There are just so many great tv shows and movies to choose from. Every so often Netflix will release a set of new shows, movies, or new episodes to shows that they already provide. In this last batch of shows released, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life was one of the shows to be added.
I grew up watching Gilmore Girls. It came on every evening on ABC Family at 5 pm. I watched it religiously. Every day I was there to watch the episodes and every fall when it started back up I’d watch the reruns. When I found out that new episodes were being made to show “where they are now”, I was so excited.
Season one of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life has four episodes; one for every season. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.
Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed the new season and seeing where they all ended up. I just have some beef with some of the things that happened. Here is a list of things that I (as a avid Gilmore Girls fan) think could have been done better:
1. Rory is all kinds of messed up.
She was always so focused and put together and now she doesn’t have a job, or a home, or even a steady plan for what she’s going to do from now on. When Taylor talks about closing the Gazette, Rory doesn't even offer to do it. She just sits there while they talk about it. Excuse me?! Rory Gilmore was a go getter, she would have spoken up... she would have been dying to run her own newspaper.
2. Sookie and Lorelai
They could have made it seem like they saw each other every once in awhile. Instead, they made it out to be like she up and left and was a horrible person. Yet then she shows up for the wedding? What?
3. Luke and Lorelai
Do they really need a baby? They both have kids and Luke practically raised Rory. Why add this whole thing in?
4. Logan...
What?! Logan is getting married yet he's having an affair with Rory. I know that there was always a thing between Rory and Logan but this seems like they took it too far.
5. The Musical Committee
Why is Mrs. Patty not on this? She was always the one in control of all the plays and anything musical. If there was a committee she would be the first person to volunteer.
Here are a few things that I actually liked:
1. Richard's death
With actor Edward Herrmann passing away on 2014, they tastefully had Richard "die" instead of finding a new actor because I just would not have been the same.
2. Emily Gilmore
I loved the way they made her grieving realistic. She kind of went off the deep end but that was okay because she was upset that she lost her husband.
3. Chilton
The return to Chilton was great. The way Paris was so intense and scared the students was so her. But why did Rory talk about composition class? Why not the paper?
4. I liked that each of the four episodes were based on a season. It really added to the "year in the life" concept.
