(May 2007) 'Gilmore Girls' takes final bow on last episode
By: Marshall Fleming
When Amy Sherman-Palladino created Gilmore Girls seven seasons ago, she knew from the start how she wanted the series to end; even down the final four words of the last episode. Unfortunately for her, and the cast, and the fans, and the show itself, she wasn't around when the end ultimately came.
Sherman-Palladino and husband Dan Palladino, (also a writer for the show), left after the shows sixth season, reportedly because they couldn't agree to terms of a new contract with the network. Apparently where the creator and head writer goes, so goes witty dialogue and quality plot lines.
Most fans of the show were extremely disappointed with the seventh season's writing, but still sat on their couches on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. to tune in. Then, May 3 a bomb dropped: the CW announced that the scheduled season finale for May 15 was now going to be the series finale. It caught so many people off-guard that even some of the cast and crew didn't see it coming.
It came down to the show's stars, Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel opting not to renew their contracts.
Leading up to the farewell, many fans were upset that the show would not be having a special send off, and that it would just end with a typical season finale. What most of the producers and cast members were saying, however, was that the episode could really go either way, and that it brought the series full circle.
Rory (Bledel), now a Yale graduate, got a job with an online news magazine, covering Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and would ultimately be leaving home for a long period of time. Had the show come back for an eighth season, writing her back into episodes would prove difficult. Meanwhile, Lorelei (Graham) and Luke (Patterson) seemingly got back together for good.
The episode's writing was nothing spectacular but it did bring some closure to the series. The final scene was similar to the first scene of the series - Rory and Lorelei sitting in Luke's diner drinking coffee. Nothing spectacular. No double-wedding that many speculated would be the finale. No reappearance of one of Rory's old boyfriends to come in and take her away. Just breakfast in the diner one last time.
It still would be nice if Sherman-Palladino would let us know what those final four words would have been.
http://media.www.thetriangle.org
When Amy Sherman-Palladino created Gilmore Girls seven seasons ago, she knew from the start how she wanted the series to end; even down the final four words of the last episode. Unfortunately for her, and the cast, and the fans, and the show itself, she wasn't around when the end ultimately came.
Sherman-Palladino and husband Dan Palladino, (also a writer for the show), left after the shows sixth season, reportedly because they couldn't agree to terms of a new contract with the network. Apparently where the creator and head writer goes, so goes witty dialogue and quality plot lines.
Most fans of the show were extremely disappointed with the seventh season's writing, but still sat on their couches on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. to tune in. Then, May 3 a bomb dropped: the CW announced that the scheduled season finale for May 15 was now going to be the series finale. It caught so many people off-guard that even some of the cast and crew didn't see it coming.
It came down to the show's stars, Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel opting not to renew their contracts.
Leading up to the farewell, many fans were upset that the show would not be having a special send off, and that it would just end with a typical season finale. What most of the producers and cast members were saying, however, was that the episode could really go either way, and that it brought the series full circle.
Rory (Bledel), now a Yale graduate, got a job with an online news magazine, covering Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and would ultimately be leaving home for a long period of time. Had the show come back for an eighth season, writing her back into episodes would prove difficult. Meanwhile, Lorelei (Graham) and Luke (Patterson) seemingly got back together for good.
The episode's writing was nothing spectacular but it did bring some closure to the series. The final scene was similar to the first scene of the series - Rory and Lorelei sitting in Luke's diner drinking coffee. Nothing spectacular. No double-wedding that many speculated would be the finale. No reappearance of one of Rory's old boyfriends to come in and take her away. Just breakfast in the diner one last time.
It still would be nice if Sherman-Palladino would let us know what those final four words would have been.
http://media.www.thetriangle.org
posted by MissCoffee @ 9:56 p.m.
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