I just finished watching the series finale of Gilmore Girls and I admit, I teared up a little. I watched the show when it premiered, and then on and off throughout the years. I think I really got attached to the show when I’d catch it on re-runs on ABC Family, and then I borrowed seasons 1 - 3 from Li’l G. The Gilmore Girls have been great friends ever since. I think I also have some sentimental attachment to the show because it was the one hour everyday that I was allowed to myself when I was teaching. I’d come home from school, make a S’mores pop tart and watch an episode. Quality television.
I admit, I was apprehensive about this season what with Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband no longer having a direct hand in the show. I honestly felt like this season was trying way too hard to establish continuity, referencing quite a few things from past season and seemingly more so than before. But it still had some great moments. I think the special appearance in the last episode was really fitting.
I was a little surprised with Rory’s final job. I think the campaign thing is great, I guess I just pictured her going with something more reputable or something. I think it’s great that she didn’t get everything exactly the way she wanted, but there was something lacking in the venue that she ended up with to me.
I was just talking to Rob about it, and he and I agree that this show ended well. Despite the departure of the brain-child, I think the ending did the show justice. Anything more than this, any season more than this, and I really think it would have jumped the shark. It’s really nice to watch a show and not feel like it did that at any time during its course.
It’s also bizarre to me that I watched this show from the beginning and while I didn’t see every episode as it aired, I’ve watched every episode of every season. It’s like I’ve been there from beginning to end. I can’t remember ever feeling this sentimental about a show’s ending before. I mean, with Firefly it was more heart-wrenching than anything else. This is just bittersweet.
Star’s Hollow will always have a special place in my heart.
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