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infinite sadness · 02-27-2007, 01:30 AM

I go back and forth between whether or not we should have an 8th season...

On the one hand, I definitely think we need more time than 7 episodes to give the series proper closure, especially in Lorelai's case. I mean, she deserves a wedding-- a wedding that we see-- that just makes sense for her character. Recalling her "whole package" speech back in early s2 (or was it s1 even?), and the foreshadowing of LL under the chupah...It just makes sense for her as a character to come full circle in that way. And if they do a time jump thing, and have the finale a few years ahead, it just won't feel the same. Like you guys have said, we need a middle. But, 7 episodes is far too soon to get LL married considering everything right now. She needs time to get over the Chris thing, and her and Luke have some issues to work out. They need to be together again for a little while before they can get married.

But on the other hand, I really think the show has run out of ideas and I don't know how confident I am that season 8 will be a good season overall. I mean, as much as I want a middle for LL-- I don't want to just watch them happy and together the whole time. Conflict is necessary to make the show interesting. (It's what's been sorely lacking in the Rory storylines lately, IMHO). I don't know what they'll do with Rory for season 8, for example.They could come up with something, but I don't know... I've really lost faith in the writing with this show since early season 6.

Here's the deal, for me, ultimately, this is what is needed for a satisfactory ending to Gilmore Girls:

*Some sort of resolution or understanding must be reached by Lorelai/Emily, with regard to each other. No, they'll never get along perfectly well, but their relationship is one of the most interesting and important ones on the show and needs more attention. And it absolultely must reach some kind of conclusion in terms of the series.

*LL should be married, for the reasons I explained above. I am a JJ, but not a die-hard one really. For some reason, Rory's ships have always interested me more than Lorelai's (I think because Lorelai has always been a really strong character by herself, whereas Rory hasn't, imo). But I think it's clear that, in this show, in the writers' minds, LL are meant to be. So, they should be as they were meant. And that means married by show's end, in my book.

*Rory should be confident and taking off in her career. As much as her ships interest me (although not the current one, as many of you know), I think it makes sense for her character to end the show single. It would, in a sense, put her kind of where her mother was when it began (not exactly, obviously-- there are some GLARING differences). But she would be a strong, independent working woman. That makes sense as an ending for her to me.

And the final scene should be with Lorelai/Rory. I also think the final episode should include an FND.

So anyway... I don't know if this is really the place for all of this, I kind of got carried away...