Luke is not of the same financial "class" as Chris, Logan, etc. Otherwise Emily would have liked him!

ETA: Because this show is, in large part, about social class differences, which are primarily determined by money. And who has it. And how much of it they have.

You know who should really complain about screen time? PA!
I actually think there IS an extra room in the CS - it's a padded room where they've locked away phobia ridden PA.
Seriously, he didn't even make it to his big sleep over at Chris' house, and he hasn't been seen since.

Luke is not of the same financial "class" as Chris, Logan, etc. Otherwise Emily would have liked him!

Maybe they just don't want to deal with the hassle of using an animal. Kids and animals are always hard to work with b/c they're hard to control. Last year PA was a clear Rory-replacement and they used him for the story. This year he's pretty much just comedy. They'll bring him in once in a while but without a real purpose why deal with it?



Sure but it's never been the detirmining factor in a character's likeabliltiy like you seem to be implying. I mean this for the general audience not any one character b/c clearly that's not true for both Emily and Lorelai (in opposite ways)

Thanks Blaab



I am not pessimistic nor do I spec RL will be broken up (unless MC doesn't sign for an S8), but I look at data. We know these SL's will be in the 2nd Half

1) LC devolve
2) A Luke/April/Anna custody case with courtroom
3) Richard's health crisis
4) LZ giving birth/being parents

So there's not a ton of room for a RL SL But I hope your spec w/o proof beats my spec w/o proof.



Of course they will demonize Chris: just like they did Dean, Jess, Digger & Luke. (Although the Digger one was weak). Remember Sookie & Lorelai prattling on about being locked out of cars, blaming Luke for the LL break-up? (Sookie also seems to have as many points of view as Obi-Wan)




Focus on Chris? Until 7.09 he had ONE scene all year w/o Lorelai and/or Rory in it. (Luke sucker punches him—not even dialog). Now he has a "man date" as well. In 7.09 ALONE Luke had NINE scenes w/o Lorelai or Rory:

1) TJ talks to Luke about Liz's child birth
2) Anna asks Luke if they can talk
3) Anna tells Luke she's taking April to NM
4) April & Luke talk at the counter
5) Luke suggests alternatives to Anna
6) April & Luke talk out side ("my mother is ruining my life")
7) TJ calls Luke
8) Luke holds Doula as TJ rambles
9) Luke throws down with Anna

Chris is only piggybacking on Lorelai's screen time, Luke/Anna/April are the ones cutting into Rory's



And MORE important than Luke/April/Anna, but she's not. Why DSR?



That he only throws unnamed extras out of his diner, has only beaten up one car, and only needed ONE map to seek out the guy he was going to sucker punch?



Or she felt she could always extend his contract and didn't want to pay to tie him up for 3 months (Jan, Feb, Mar) w/o using him.



Of course, since Lorelai is still going to get her scenes—either as part of LL, or alone, or with Sookie/Michel—the only place to get the time for these scenes would be from Luke/April/Coach Bennett/Anna/Liz&TJ.

Ummm. . .lawyers? Maybe Rory could be the recorder—that would get her screen time



I hope you're right, but they're not building courthouse sets for Rory's SL, nor is it Rory's health crisis, or Rory having Zach's twins and becoming a new mother. Nor are we "cueing" a Rory epiphany.

Based on what we DO know, they're not leaving a ton of time available for a Rory SL until at least several eps AFTER the "turning point" in 7.13.



Why do you say that? KB & EH have been in 5 of the first 9 eps (7.03, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.09) and KB will be in 7.10. With Richard's health crisis coming up both are on pace to make their usual 15 & 13 eps, respectively.



Just a comparison from KPK:

Rory scenes: Moves in, talks with Paris about party, talks on phone with Lorelai, delivers box to L & O's apt/talks about Uggs, asks Marty for a drink/talks, scene on couch. Total: 5 scenes

Scenes with no Gilmore Girl involved: the 9 I list above, plus the "man date" scene Total=10

From GB

Rory scenes: Phone call with Lorelai about Parents' Weekend, Paris gloating/phone call with Lorelai after registration, LC in newsroom, lunch with LC & YDN staff, scene in YDN newsroom redoing paper/LC bring doughnuts. Total=5


Luke scenes: Diner scene with Kirk & Lulu/April forgets lunch, Meets Coach Bennett at pool, swimming lesson, threatens Kirk scene, April tells him not to call her 'Coach Bennet' scene, dinner with Coach, sees Kirk & Lulu, after dinner scene with April Total=8

Maybe the spec about Luke saving Richards life might happen, this would kinda "help" Emily 'cause it might be a matter of life or death?

Luke is not of the same financial "class" as Chris, Logan, etc. Otherwise Emily would have liked him!

But you were talking about the way the show's being promoted. In which case Luke the working class guy is running rings around Logan heir to a multi-billion dollar empire. Logan has been in a single end of the episode promos and in none of the DCs. Unlike Luke.

Oh yeah, Richard lies there dying and desperatly needs an organ transplant and - halleluja - Luke is the perfect donor and gives him a kidney, a quarter lung and some marrow. And, wowh, the next miracle: His blod type matches Paul Ankas as well, who - poor dog - has consumptiveness and that's why he haven't been seen latley.

Rory has a storyline?
My bad I blinked and missed it.

Well, actually I was talking about the two things seperately.

I was joking around at the asinine idea that Luke's little story with April had dragged down the ratings.

The show has promoted Lorelai's journey/love affair/relationship/marriage with Chris. We all know that; it's harder for some to admit than others, but it's still true.