Gilmore Girls
This wonderful show aired in October 2000. I didn’t watch it from the beginning, but became a regular viewer. I don’t have a fanatic website but have kept track of other work Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel have done. For a while it actually bugged me, I mean, who talks that fast?! Aside from just being the way Amy Sherman-Palladino writes them, you could say it’s a coping device for the family drama. That used to be the main drama, between Lorelai and her mother Emily. Despite all the times we’re told they never fight, there is also mother-daughter drama between Lorelai and Rory. In the beginning it was funnier, not just the dialogue, but the events. Over it’s run, the show has grown increasingly dramatic. This last, sixth season, seemed to be all drama (often leaving me a bit depressed), sometimes only the incredible dialogue brought laughs. I’ll hand it to Sookie and Jackson though, when a ton of marijuana is accidentally grown, their attempts to keep is secret is great.
Sad news, however, causes some to wonder if the next season, whether it end the series or not, will be the same. Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino, the creators and writers are leaving because of disagreements with the WB. AS-P wanted a two-year guarantee which wasn’t accepted because so far the actors are only contracted for one more year. One of the shows producers will take over, a man who has been around a while and if he can’t keep it going for a while longer, will hopefully keep it together at least long enough to end season seven well. We at least need to see Rory finished from Yale and hopefully Lorelai happy and settled.
Here is lots about the show on Wikipedia.
Article on tvguide.com
Oh! I was completely put out by this last season. I am sad that hte Palladinos left, but I was disappointed by the character assassinations of Laurelai and Luke, so I wonder if maybe a new direction isn’t exactly what the doctor ordered.