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A Year in the Life - Gilmore Girls Reunion
Finished watching this today, it's four episodes, each about an hour and forty-two minutes in length. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. And it works for the most part. There's lots of cameos by people from Parenthood (Peter Krause and Jason Ritter, and Lauren Graham's daughter in the series) and the ballet series, Bunheads (Sutton Foster). Also Carol King pops up as one of the town regulars. One casting mistake -- for some reason the actress who played the therapist also played a camper. Or there's a look-a-like. I thought don't they think we'd notice.
But other than that, it was really good. I laughed really hard and sobbed in various places. It was an emotional catharsis.
Also very reassuring and comforting in its own way. Showing how life rarely takes us where we plan, surprises us, friends come and go, boyfriends come and go, but in the end, it works somehow. Everyone feels stuck. Everyone feels lost. Everyone gets lonely. And we often talk at each other rapidly without listening.
Not everyone is back. Scott Cohen from S1 isn't. But the major characters, recurring and lead are, except for Edward Hermann who died, and is fondly remembered and referenced. The story takes place a few months after his funeral.
It wraps up some loose ends, mainly Loreli and her mother's, but leaves others open, Rory, who appears to be following in Mom's footsteps in more ways than one.
Not sure I liked the plot twist that Rory decides to write a book about her mother and herself, their relationship, called "Gilmore Girls", feels a wee bit too neat and self-referential, also a tad on the cliche side. Didn't Anne of Green Gables do that already?
But other than that? It was great fun. And highly recommended to all fans of the series. If you've never seen the series before, not sure you could follow it. So don't recommend you start here. The series itself is rather long, seven seasons, 22 episodes each, about the same length as Buffy. It started later than Buffy did, but premiered after it on the WB in 2000.
But other than that, it was really good. I laughed really hard and sobbed in various places. It was an emotional catharsis.
Also very reassuring and comforting in its own way. Showing how life rarely takes us where we plan, surprises us, friends come and go, boyfriends come and go, but in the end, it works somehow. Everyone feels stuck. Everyone feels lost. Everyone gets lonely. And we often talk at each other rapidly without listening.
Not everyone is back. Scott Cohen from S1 isn't. But the major characters, recurring and lead are, except for Edward Hermann who died, and is fondly remembered and referenced. The story takes place a few months after his funeral.
It wraps up some loose ends, mainly Loreli and her mother's, but leaves others open, Rory, who appears to be following in Mom's footsteps in more ways than one.
Not sure I liked the plot twist that Rory decides to write a book about her mother and herself, their relationship, called "Gilmore Girls", feels a wee bit too neat and self-referential, also a tad on the cliche side. Didn't Anne of Green Gables do that already?
But other than that? It was great fun. And highly recommended to all fans of the series. If you've never seen the series before, not sure you could follow it. So don't recommend you start here. The series itself is rather long, seven seasons, 22 episodes each, about the same length as Buffy. It started later than Buffy did, but premiered after it on the WB in 2000.