French Twist
episode #7.07 | written by Elise

TV.com Summary: Christopher and Lorelai take his daughter GiGi to visit her mother in Paris. Despite severe jet lag, they manage to have a wonderful, romantic time enjoying the city and each other. Back in Connecticut, Rory comes to the end of her tenure as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Daily News and suddenly finds herself unsure of her future. Her new friends Olivia and Lucy suggest a trip to Stars Hollow for a girls' night while Lorelai is out of town. When they return, Rory is surprised to find that Lucy's new boyfriend is her old friend Marty, who pretends not to know Rory. Christopher and Lorelai return home with a surprise for everyone. W: David Babcock. D: Lee Shallat-Chemel.

Elise's Comment:

Where do I begin? This episode surprised me. I usually have a pretty good idea of where the writers will go with things... not this year. Everything that hapenned during this episode went against what I thought would happen.

I'll start with the big shocker: Lorelai and Christopher getting married in Paris. I also can't believe they got swept away like that and did something so impulsive. I was very surprised that Lorelai went through with it. I still have that gut feeling that Lorelai and Luke will end up together. Well, things aren't resolved between them... they'll need to speak eventually.

Now that I think about it, Lorelai getting married impulsively doesn't surprise me as much. It was reactive of her to do that, as opposed to being proactive. It's a result of her feeling rejected by Luke, and having to wait to get married. I really don't know where her relationship with Christopher will go. And I agree with something mentionned on the Forum: it does have its resemblances with the Luke/Nicole marriage.

Then on to Rory. I am also confused as to what happenned at the Yale Daily News. Things are moving too fast and we are missing important parts. Are they doing this on purpose, slowly bringing us to the series finale? As mentionned on the Forum, she was probably Paris's replacement until the end of term. Still, I don't understand why the writers are taking her off the paper completely. And, I don't like those girls she hangs out with.

Marty is back. What does this mean? Did anyone notice how bizare he acted when he was with his girlfriend? Very un-Marty.

Things keep getting more intense for Lane. Sleeps with her husband for the first time, has a bad experience, gets pregnant, has twins, her mother moves in. Although, I have to admit the Mrs Kim scenes are funny. I'm glad they are giving Lane a bigger role this year.

I missed Sookie, Michel and the Gilmores in this episode. We didn't see much of Luke either, which was weird. Things are in transition, I just don't know where they're going. I agree, there may be more drama this season... but I really get a feeling they want to bring the show to a close (and of course get high ratings).

I give this episode a B.

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[ written on November 15 2006, edited on January 12 2007 ]

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