Merry Fisticuffs episode #7.10 | written by Coffee*3

Coffee*3's Comment:

The fight between Luke and Chris was bizarre. It was almost like they weren't fighting each other but the issues each one was dealing with (Chris feeling that Lorelai won't stay with him and Luke struggling to be a part of April's life). It’s as if the writers were trying to physically show that these two characters are struggling with internal conflict. The christmas music and knocking over the ornaments - Luke getting his arm caught in a ribbon on a package - were funny, but the scene didn't work for me.

Chris' asking Lorelai about having children and wanting to start at that exact moment when Lorelai was not exactly responding with a resounding "Yes!" made me uncomfortable. Just a few hours earlier he saw how Lorelai glowed holding Doula and how natural she looked with Luke and a baby. I was uncomfortable because I was afraid that Christopher's push for a child was to hold Lorelai to him; he sees her wanting to wait (even a few months) as waivering on their relationship. This, of course, is reinforced in his mind by her not wanting to have the wedding party. This is just how I am reading his motivation and has nothing to do with Lorelai's motivation. For example, I see Lorelai not wanting the Gilmore-planned wedding party because it's the sort of thing she ran away from. If she and Chris were planning the party themselves it would be a different story.

Did anyone notice at the wedding party wine sampling Christopher saying he had to go to work after his fight with Lorelai? Interesting! What's he do?! Before he got rich he worked with risk assessment...

Someone on the board mentioned the theme of Marriage and Compromise. I don't know what to say on this. It's different for each couple. You do need to compromise on some things, but they should be behavioral things like one person cooks dinner and the other does the dishes. It should not be things that affect a person's core identity or beliefs. It also shouldn't be an ultimatum. Chris is behaving like a sulking toddler. As for those who complain that Lorelai is being selfish and wanting things her own way this is nothing new, she always has (ex. not telling Rory that Chris and Sherry wanted her to visit over winter break because she wanted Rory with her). And really, did anyone else find it completely ironic that Emily Gilmore of all people was preaching about compromise?! I didn't think she knew the word!

I miss the Rory-Logan magic. Where's the fiery repartee they used to have? And actually, Logan could have answered Lucy’s question on how he and Rory met honestly by telling her they met in the dorm hallway (and not through Marty). He was with his friends trying to find some girl Finn met the night before and Rory was hanging up a notice about Asher Fleming's wake. They had a great repartee and it ended with him saying she should call him Captain. [I've often thought it would be cute after they started dating if she did.] As much as I believe Lucy needed to know that Marty and Rory knew each other previously, Logan telling her in that way wasn’t it. Logan could have easily dodged the question and let Rory tell Lucy in private. Unfortunately I read Logan's "honesty" as a jealous reaction due to Marty and not because he felt bad for Lucy. I say jealous because Logan reacted to Marty’s appearance in Rory’s life again much like Rory reacted to finding out Bobby was a beautiful, intelligent, outgoing female. The distance is causing insecurities in their relationship.

And where is Lane?!

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[ written on December 6 2006, edited on January 16 2007 ]