Introducing Lorelai Planetarium
episode #7.08 | written by Elise

TV.com Summary: Lorelai invites Rory over to dinner to tell her that she and Christopher got married in Paris. Rory pretends to be thrilled while Christopher is in the room, but later tells Lorelai how hurt and angry she really is. Logan surprises Rory with a visit and an announcement that he is relocating to New York to start his new internet company. Meanwhile, when April faces a medical emergency, a frantic Luke turns to Lorelai for help. W: Jennie Snyder. D: Lee Shallat-Chemel.

Elise's Comment:

What an episode. It certainly helped in explaining the things that were left in the air at the end of last week's episode. Although the episode wasn't spectacular, important events took place.

1. Rory's parents are married
She wasn't thrilled. But then she accepted it and seems to be o.k. with it. "Things are going to chance around here" says Christopher. Lorelai doesn't seem all right with it. I can't help but compare it to a less-than-enthusiastic Lorelai who couldn't remember to give Max keys to the house. She wasn't anti-change when Luke moved in... she even let him renovate the house! These similarities can't be overlooked. What does it all mean?

2. Luke is a father
And a good one he is. I'm not too sure what the arrangement is between him and Anna, but he seems to be spending a lot of time with April. I like how he is now really involved in her life: washing jeans, talking about teenage gossip... taking her to the hospital.

3. Luke and Lorelai are speaking...
And Luke knows she's married. I was very surprised at how he called her without hesitation. It shows just how much he cares for April. We didn't see that big face-off that the preview promised, I wonder when it's actually going to air. Luke seemed o.k. with the ring on Lorelai's hand... but considering the situation (hospital), it's probably going to hit him later and then he'll "explode".

4. Logan is moving to New York
What a development. Just this week, when Rory was talking to him ont he phone at the beginning of the episode, I was wondering how they would make that relationship work. It just seemed impossible to keep it going long distance like that... and we almost never saw Logan. I'm glad they made the change.

5. Rory is looking for a place to live
The change will be good I think. She's never really been in her own place (that dorm room with Paris was, well, controlled by Paris, and the pool house gave her anything but privacy). I wonder if she'll look for a roomate though? Paris? Now that she's not on the Yale Daily News, we rarely see Paris. And what about those new girls? I still don't get their role on the show. Speaking of newspapers, that business card she got this week... possibilities!

Overall, the episode moved things foward, but not too much, which is good. It looks like the writers have finally dealt with the bombs that were dropped t the end of last season. now that the reparation is started, things can move and evolve.

P.S. I don't understand the relation between the title of the episode and the content of the episode, other than brief mentions of the building being named after Rory.

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[ written on November 22 2006, edited on January 12 2007 ]

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