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juststandingstill · 02-06-2007, 08:46 PM

That promo made me cry. Like, CRY. Wow. Next week is going to be tough to watch, but only because Lorelai is so distraught, and even if it's Chris, I hate seeing her like that

... I don't understand the whole R/L thing though, it almost sounded like he was half proposing... but whatever. Definitely not the story of the moment. The diner wave... getting close!! Maybe she actually does walk inside...

I loved the Babette moments in this episode, helping with the tree, Paul Anka, even telling Luke about Richard. That was awesome, she practically went straight to Luke after she and Lorelai talked about Chris not being around so much lately (interesting conversation in itself, by the way... Looks like Lorelai isn't the only one taking inventory late at night

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I think KB did a fabulous job tonight... all of her dialogue seemed very Emily, even if it came across as insensitive. She and Lorelai have much in common: When something bad happens, they try to avoid it by filling their time with other things. I'm glad we at least got the touching scene b/t her and Richard after his surgery.

The whole convo in the gift shop b/t Lorelai and Emily was very poignant to me. I could totally see her "epiphany" coming on, even though that was pretty much discarded by the writers after all. Emily's speech about taking care of Richard, being his wife, doing what she was supposed to do, it really started the wheels turning in Lorelai's head about her own position as a wife. I got the impression that those things were not things she could or would be willing to do for Chris. And then her phone call, saying she wasn't sure she knew how to be a wife, but she sure knew that as husband and wife they should be supporting each other... She almost sounded like she was explaining things to herself, too. Like she was doing more convincing of herself in order to not make things out as bad as they really are and suppress her true feelings further in an effort to be the wife she thinks she is supposed to be.

I didn't really catch her delight when Chris showed up- surprise, yes, but delight? Not really. Can't really explain why, but that's what I saw. Maybe it was just the awkwardness of "So, you finally showed up, but you're still mad at me, so now what?" and the fact that Luke was there that she didn't (thank God) give him a hug or kiss or anything...
All in all, the episode was kinda boring, but hey, I'm glad we're finally shipping Chris off next week, even if we couldn't tell as much as we hoped through events that took place tonight.