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The Tease: 'Gilmore Girls' - From Inside the Box - Zap2it

The Tease: 'Gilmore Girls' By Hanh Nguyen September 25, 01:48 PM Laurengraham_gilmoregirls_2 At the beginning of last season, Lorelai and Rory went through a period of estrangement that was just wrong, wrong, wrong. Sure, they've had their arguments in the past, but having the girls physically parted -- left to gaze longingly at their silent cell phones or hit up mutual acquaintances for second-hand updates on each other -- was just downright depressing. It's supposed to be them against grandparents, decaffeinated coffee and the world, not each other. Thankfully, that dark time passed, and mother and daughter were once again free to exchange multi-syllabic, reference-laden banter while sharing their troubles. And that's a good thing since as the season closed, both were having issues in their respective relationships. Logan's dad put him on a plane to London to begin his duties in their newspaper empire, parting him from Rory who only recently overcame Logan's inadvertent infidelity. Meanwhile, Luke was still waffling on setting a wedding date, claiming that he needed time to adjust to being a dad to his newfound 12-year-old daughter April. Finally fed up by her fiancee's indecisiveness, Lorelai gave a now-or-never ultimatum, which angered Luke enough to let her walk away. Distraught, she turned to her ex-boyfriend/Rory's father Christopher for comfort. Somehow, I hoped Lorelai was past making huge mistakes like this, but it appears that when a big, life-changing decision is to be made, Christopher is there to lead her astray. Then again, Rory made a few bad choices when it came to men also, especially when she lost her virginity and became the "other woman" in one fell swoop by sleeping with a very married Dean. What's with these girls? As the seventh season opens, a zombie-like Lorelai powers through the awkward morning after and avoids discussing details -- of the fight and her sleeping arrangements -- with anyone in Stars Hollow. In fact, she elects not to do the talking thing in general, which understandably throws Rory. Instead, they make a lame attempt at playing racquetball and flirt briefly with trash talking (which the writers really ought to revisit). When Luke finally wakes up to the fact that he doesn't want to lose Lorelai -- a realization that hits him after a disaster involving Taylor, Kirk, a Ford Thunderbird and a red light -- he rushes over to talk to her. Ah, but is it too late considering Lorelai's nighttime activities? Meanwhile, Rory's relationship isn't on the rocks, but this long-distance thing is going to be difficult, especially since she and Logan don't have the best track record when it comes to communication. Case in point is his parting gift to her: a 2-foot tall model rocket. Huh? Somehow, it doesn't spell romance to Rory, but she doesn't let on to Logan over the phone that she doesn't "get it." Instead she puts her journalistic sleuthing skills to work and -- thanks to the wonders of the internet and "Twilight Zone" fanatics -- discovers it's a reference to a "Gift of the Magi"-type sci-fi story about the true love under temporally challenged circumstances. Awww, rockets rule. As expected, wacky supporting characters comfortable in their idiosyncrasies balance all this mushy stuff. We learn about Babette's underwear, the secret to Sookie's arm-wrestling mastery and Paris' latest venture heading up an SAT prep course in which she browbeats students and their parents into believing that her help is all that's standing between the college-bound and the future doughnut vendors. Lorelai observes, "Paris is always there for you in the most unfortunate ways." We're counting on it.