Do we actually know what the town think/saw? As in have we seen anything from Miss. Patty/Babette/other townies to suggest what they know about the break up (of LL)? I really don't remember. I blocked out most of the beginning of this season. I mean they don't know what happened with LC, just that they broke up. Perhaps that's all they know about LL as well. No specifics, just that they broke up. And Luke does need to get his act together (which I think he did in his alone time), but so does Lorelai. There was a lot of nonsense between the two of them that needed fixing. Luke seems to be on the right path, and from what I saw of Lorelai last week, I think she is too. She was a woman in denial, but I think she's finally seeing the light. By the time this is over, she won't just be blaming Luke for what happened in Partings. The blame will lie equally with both. As it should.

I just hope whoever wrote the last ep writes 7.18 'cause the rest of this season's writing has been suck-o and wouldn't do justice to what could be an amazing scene.

For months the townies saw Luke and April in the diner but no Lorelai. They saw Anna came and go and the two of them smiling and talking. Nothing romantic certainly but it sure wasn't Luke and Lorelai a united front dealing with his 'new family'. They saw Lorelai upset and it seems a lot less of L&L together period. I can see they could think Luke once again couldn't commit. I think they finally saw Lorelai ready and Luke backing off.

I think the townies just want to see these two crazy kids happy and they know they belong together - Babette coming into Luke's to tell him about Richard and then patting his hand before she left and my guess is that no one has wanted to approach Luke about it in anyway whatsoever - I don't think they are laying the blame on either of them.

While they saw Luke back off, they only got a one-sided view. How can they know that Lorelai never said anything about it to him.

Much worse, do they know what a selfish cad Christopher is? They don't know he slept with her mere hours after her engagement ended. Lorelai didn't tell them about his appalling neglect of Rory over the years. We didn't see the town react every time he dropped by to screw up Lorelai's life again; likely they didn't know those details. During the pink and blue ribbons, they still didn't know Christopher's role, what a self-centered a$$ he is, selfish enough that wanted to destroy her relationship with Luke.

Somehow, with Lorelai's "marvelous possibility" and her now being the kind of woman who "wants to want" a jerk like Christopher, I don't think those scenes will be such fun any more.

I hope Lorelai begins to a bit of self-examination too. Last week seemed to be about it all finally actually coming out and talking about it - in increments with Chris, then Sookie and her finally dealing with her "jumping" and that it's not "right" with Chris. Before that, anytime Luke was brought up, she brushed it off or, in early episodes, was dissing him out of her anger and hurt.

It seemed that last week that once the door was shoved open a little bit to talk about her feelings she couldn't shut it again and it just kept opening and then she could no longer avoid it all. That's my take on it anyway.

Lets hope that door stays open and she tells everyone who needs to hear it what she felt and still is feeling. I don't want her to shut down again especially towards Luke. Those two really need to talk.

Lets hope that door stays open and she tells everyone who needs to hear it what she felt and still is feeling. I don't want her to shut down again especially towards Luke. Those two really need to talk.

Lets hope that door stays open and she tells everyone who needs to hear it what she felt and still is feeling. I don't want her to shut down again especially towards Luke. Those two really need to talk.

Excuse me but who was at least fully aware of the situation and his feelings ? It was definitely not Lorelai and he even admitted he pushed her and wanted her no matter what. He was the one who should have stayed back and wait. Give her time till she figured herself and her feelings out. But NO Mister I smell a chance I jump right at it couldn't wait and dragged everyone around him into that mess. Lorelai is to blame as well but Chris used her situation to his advantage and therefore someone should have kicked him where the sun don't shine.

A selfish cad in your opinion......and Lorelai is grown woman and she has at least equal if not more responsibility for sleeping with Chris that night, she was the one who had just ended a relationship, she knew how hurtful that would be to Luke and how it could mean no turning back...Lorelai doesnt seem to view Chris' absence as 'appalling neglect' or she wouldnt have stayed his friend or married him or considered him this 'marvelous possibility'....I know this is a Luke/Lorelai thread but still I dont think Chris deserves that..........