I’d never watched an episode of Gilmore Girls until Ian and Tessa told me that I should. And so I started, and it became a regular in our household, both in re-runs on W after Compass and the regular season on Global.
And the times they were good: the writing was quick and smart, the pop-culture references many, and the pace David Mamet-like.
And then came this season.
Sigh.
The plot has gone all muddy, the quirkiness has been excised, and the dialogue seems quick simply for the sake of being quick.
If I had to point to a single hinge around which things have gone all to hell, it’s the revivification of David Sutcliffe’s character as Lauren Graham’s love and Alexis Bledel’s father: his character was a “jealousy utility” play at best, and he’s simply not a textured or interesting enough actor to breath any life into the part. Everything else seems to have fallen apart as a result.
I haven’t de-DVRed the show yet, but it’s hanging by a thread.
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From what I understand the original producers finished up with the show last season; then the show was bought and sold like a used Toyota, new writers were found to continue the plot. So there ya go. Gilmore more.
It’s true. The original producer left and my Tuesday evenings have been much the worse for it.
Sophie and I have been watching it DVD nightly, more or less, and we’re starting season 4, whatever year that was. There was indeed a moment when I thought I would let Sophie watch it by herself, but either I became inured or it got better. My nose is still wrinkled much of the time, but then it has been more or less since the pilot.