Katiegg108

see, you I like.... optimism is our friend... and it does seem like he has a lot thought out, probably more than ASP did... and I think his SLs will flow better, since he has so much planned, I mean, if he's already carrying through with so many of last seasons SLs, I doubt we'll get anything else like the newspaper announcement again.

lancer1993

Lots of catching up to do!

Bootie thanks for the thread

I hope Rory has something to say and doesn't give Dopey or Lorelai a free pass.

Okay trying to catch up now...

ETA - I still like my spec, and can see Lorelai not going to Luke if she thought it ws over and Luke turning up at the CS late in TLM. Lorelai MUST tell Luke IMO even if she thinks it's over.

xmonalpx

Omg. .

And the hits just keep on coming:

From NJ.com Blog:

Quote:
Meet the new boss

I wrote yesterday that new "Gilmore Girls" showrunner David Rosenthal was pretty tight-lipped about his plans to deal with the season-ending mess (Lorelai leaving Luke and sleeping with Christopher) left behind by departed creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel. But when I caught up to Rosenthal at the CW's party, he was much more open, if not about what he plans to do, then his feelings about the whole twisted saga. Here's a transcript:

Without spoiling anything major, can you tell me in broad strokes what's going to happen at the start of the season?

"You saw the last episode, so that's going to have far-reaching consequences, not just for Lorelai and for Luke, but for Christopher and everybody... I don't think she just went to Christopher's house -- she wasn't drunk, it wasn't this mad, crazy thing -- she made a decision about where she wanted her life to go, and we're going to explore that. Not to say that Luke isn't in her life and a part of her world, but it still seems like this can't even help create a schism."

You guys spent a lot of this season establishing that Christopher has been growing up.

"I thought so."

And it was always a theme of the show that he would be the perfect guy for Lorelai if he wasn't such a little boy and could mature.

"He did. He grew up last year. He showed a consistent maturity, which is something he's never showed before."

Okay, so logically, it may make sense for her to do this and him to be the right guy. But your fans have invested six years in the other thing, and anyone or anything that gets in the way of that, they are going to hate. How do you deal with that?

"Here's the thing. We've invested six years in this (too). We're the writers, we're fans of the show. We harbor the same feelings, but the question is, just because someone's your soulmate and your ultimate destiny doesn't mean you're going to be with them tomorrow, this week, this month. There's a journey. I'm not sure, if tomorrow everything was perfect with Luke and Lorelai and they were stettled down with no issues or problems, I don't know how interesting dramatically that would be. I feel like Lorelai and Luke will have an opportunity this year to grow a lot and change a lot, and perhaps lead to a situation where they're more ready to be together."

Now, playing devil's advocate, Lorelai getting back with Christopher has been Luke's greatest nightmare since he started dating her.

"You know what they say: you manifest in your life what you most fear."

And knowing the kind of guy that he is, I can't see him easily forgiving her. If or when they get back together, I can't see how they can ever be the same as a couple.

"It's a big question. We spend a lot of time talking about this stuff."

(At this point, Rhina Mimoun, former showrunner on "Everwood" and now one of Rosenthal's lieutenants, chimed in that "Men never forgive. That's why you stink!" After attempting to defend my gender, I continued.)

How passionate were the discussions about all of this last season?

snip.

But did you ever talk with Amy about what she planned to do with this storyline if she hadn't left? Do you know what her plan was?

"No."

"We're very interested in telling stories. We want every episode to feel like, 'Wow, you've really gone somewhere.' It really feels like you've traveled with these people. We're excited about those stories. It's coming along great. We're very much in synch as a staff. We feel very positive about this season."

Will Luke's daughter still be involved?

"Absolutely."

And Sherilyn Fenn?
"Yes. his relationship with them will continue to grow deeper and more contemplated."

Any chance Luke will respond to what Lorelai did by doing the same thing with April's mom?

"I don't know. But I know that their relationship will grow in significance in his life."

Moving on for a minute, Matt (Czruchy) isn't leaving the show, but Logan's going to be in England. How will that work?

"The first part of the season is (Logan and Rory) trying to deal with a long-distance relationship. Something will come and change that."

It's always struck me that Logan considers going into the family newspaper business as a fate worse than death, and I always wonder why he doesn't realize that all he has to do to escape is to turn down the money.

"I guess so could all of the Murdoch kids."

And it's weird to me that Rory, who knows how much he hates it, has teamed up with (Logan's dad) to put him on this path, like this is the only way he can grow up.

"I think it will make him grow up. He'll do less drinking and partying, and he'll have something to focus on."

But he so clearly, viscerally hates this.

"He's not a big fan of his father. And that's part of his journey this year, exploring what being in the working world means to him."

Okay, so now we come to what's clearly the biggest question going into next season: how much are we going to see of Sebastian Bach?

"He will be appearing occasionally."

Occasionally?

"Occasionally."

Occasionally?

"That's all I can promise."

Oh, alright. You do have, between the regulars and the recurring characters, an enormous cast.

"It's a huge cast, so you can't service everybody every time."

You can go half a season with just one Michel subplot or something.

"It's not for lack of trying. It's just a lot of relationships, a lot of dynamics."

Well, what storylines do you have in mind for the supporting characters?

"Lane and Zach got married, married life is going to bring a lot of challenges and surprises for them. Richard's going to get a job teaching at Yale, an opportunity to fill in kind of thing. Emily's going to do a little tutoring of young debutantes. Paris will spend the summer opening up her own version of the Princeton Review, tutoring students. Everybody's got lots to do."

And Kirk?

"Kirk will be Kirk. I guarantee it."

How were you and the other writers introduced to the idea of April?

"It was something (Amy and Daniel) felt strongly about. They thought it would be a central tenet of the season."

I have to say, I like April as a character, and I don't even mind the whole "Luke has a kid he didn't know about" reveal, but I hate how she was used to drive the wedge in between Luke and Lorelai. By the time Lorelai wound up at Christopher's door, I believed that's where she would go, but I could feel the hand of God painting her into that corner as the season moved along.

"Fair enough."

You said in the press conference that you're not planning this as the final season. Do you have any grand plans for the characters that would take you another two, three years?

"Of course. They live in the world, they have a life, they have relationships, I have no doubt we could do more seasons after this one. That's up to the powers that be."

snip

What new characters will we have?
"We haven't cast them, but some new friends of Rory's at Yale and new colleagues of Logan in London."

Will Rory be traveling back and forth, or will it be a lot of them on the phone?
"For starters, yeah. Long distance relationship. Not using the Huntzberger jet. She's at Yale, he's in London."

vaso

They keep twisting the knife and jump on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know next season will be all

lancer1993

wow good interview, thanks xmonalpx,

Richard teaching at Yale can't wait!

last thread
Yep the big dope! he must be in the teaser no matter how much we hate it, unless we cut to Lorelai arriving at the CS and no bedroom scene in the teaser. The first 11 pages coulf be Lorelai driving around?

xmonalpx

I like the things about all the other characters. I think ROSE is right though, whether you guys believe it or not. This is rough for everyone and we will have to watch it be rough. But just wait for the happy ending, it will be so rewarding, after all the :vomit: we are possibly going through.

xmonalpx

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and as genki said
"At least he finally cleared up that LORELAI MADE A RATIONAL CHOICE TO GO TO CHRIS...IT WAS NOT LUKE'S FAULT....BUT HER OWN!!!! "


I'm still beyond excited to see the relationship fix ups and things work out, so we can have an amazing happy ending, AFTER all the **** is fixed.

lancer1993

Yeah I posted and that interview poped up LOL

I hope so!

elle26

Well, DR is really winning the hearts of L/L fans everywhere. Nicely done DR.

ProfessorFabulous

So is anyone else disliking DR more and more with every interview they read? No? Just me? Alright. A few points:

How does Lorelai having a hysterical breakdown in the middle of Luke's lead to her making a rational decision about her life? Am I the only one confused by that? If anything she decided that if Luke didn't want her then at least she knew someone that did, which to me is not a rational decision about the direction she wants her life to take. And am I the only one who thought the first 4 seasons (and whatever they went through in their friendship prior to that) was LL's journey to be together? And that they knew they were ready to be together after the breakup in S5? And that watching them married and settled and dealing with whatever issues came out of that would be interesting and compelling? Gah. The happiness I felt over receiving my new keyboard is quickly fading.

withbatedbreath

*growl* not happy. and MA has definitely been upstaged by this guy. i don't even know where to start.

apparently. i asked the same thing earlier, is marriage really that dull, ,anyone? and for gods sakes, they could just BE married and everything still be like before, it doesn't hafta be the central focus. and they'd get a sweeps week wedding arc!

Mots15

Nice going, DR. Thanks a lot man.

That really took the sting out of my softball injury. Yay for Gilmore Girls.

Shira81

Congrats DR I hate you more then ASP and that took years, wow. I really hope the ratings suck otherwise LC will end uptogether.

Bootie

Lancer ~ could you edit the interview out of your post since the other copy is right above it.....

Thanks.

notoutforawalk

Yep. You are the only one.

How can you not see that hysteria in one minute leads to crystal clear decision making the next. Crazy person. /snark

And yeah. Hating him, but at the same time, kind of glad I don't have to be strung along with the "happy quotes" from ASP that didn't come to fruition. So that's weird.