Gilmore Girls 5.22

The season finale – Lorelai’s watching her daughter throw her life away (with a bad boyfriend, a criminal record and the decision to quit college). Unfortunately, Rory’s starting to realise the life she thought she wanted may not be right for her.

It’s great that the show’s really foregrounding Lorelai's conflict. She finally has an opportunity to have a great, independent life (now that Rory’s moved out), and she may be giving all that up by marrying Luke. That means both mother and daughter subplots are really working for me.

But the mother-daughter relationship at the heart of the show is going all soap-opera. Rory’s motivations for moving in with her grandparents seem artificial, simply there to create conflict.

Can Gilmore Girls last another 2 seasons? I fear it’ll meander and sprawl too much. Me, I’d prefer to compress – cram everything that needs resolving into one more season. I think that would kick arse. You wouldn’t need to introduce any new characters or sub-plots; just focus on resolving what’s already there. Of course, my solution could be ignoring practical realities like ratings and contractual obligations with the netlet.