I Hate Anna Nardini

Am I the only one who's actually sort of enjoying this season of Gilmore Girls?  Most of the commentaries I've read have suggested that the magic has gone.  I couldn't disagree more, and I think that last night's episode was an example of all that's going right this season.  We had some very funny throw-away bits, such as Paris and Doyle's hip hop dancing and the 2002 party.  We had an unusually palatable Liz/T.J. subplot.  The Knitathon subplot was a surprisingly deft bit of Stars Hollow wackiness (about which more in a minute).  Most importantly, we finally, finally, finally got to see Luke stand up to that dickslap Anna Nardini.

Anna has been a nightmare from the beginning.  She's basically all of Lorelai's worst qualities, only sanctimonious and joyless.  This week's  passive-aggressive (and then aggressive-aggressive) douchebaggery was just the latest atrocity and thank God, we finally got to see Luke get angry with her.   So that was fun.

I also wanted to say some more about the Knitathon.  I thought that that story, in fact the entire Christopher/carpetbagger plot, really sums up Stars Hollow.  Stars Hollow is very tolerant of certain people -- Lorelai, Luke, Kirk, Taylor -- but that tolerance is not extended beyond a certain point nor to everyone.  I think that Lorelai is exactly like this as well -- note her rules for film-watching, for instance.

Also last night was the finale to the rape mystery on Veronica Mars.  I thought it was pretty inept.  As with the entire arc, there were things I liked, but it felt rushed and a little predictable.   I'm hoping the next arc is better.
-- Peter

Comments

[Mike]

I liked Veronica Mars this week. I know my opinion doesn't count that much, since I just started watching at the end of the second season, but I still liked this mystery better than the wtf-is-going-on bus over the cliff mystery.

I never really bought the end of last season, where she had that Shazam moment looking at the picture of Beaver. It seemed like a big jump, for me, and it just didn't really make sense.

The rape thing made a lot more sense. The only thing I didn't like was when they first found out Mercer had a radio show, and it was like "oh then he couldn't possibly do it." But that seems to happen all the time -- if anyone has anything resembling an alibi, then they just totally buy it and move on to the next suspect.

I liked how the next mystery started up right away, too. Also, everything is somewhat interconnected, which is nice. There's the rape thing that is kinda related to the frat houses, and then the president gets killed, which might have something to do with the frat vote, or maybe its his wife. Either way, I'm ready for the rest of the season.

Finally, the scenes where she was confronting Mercer and what's his name were well done, and fairly tense. I thought it was a little bit unbelievable when she found out that the cup belonged to the little sister, and then that girl said "Do you think she's ok"?, and Veronica just ran off. Couldn't she say, "No, I think she's being raped, come with me (or call the cops, or both)." But then again, we just had the whole Logan-wants-to-help-but-she-does-everything-alone subplot, so I guess that was there just to explain this action.

Anyway, you can go back to talking about the OC.

[rachel]

I think that Gilmore this year is good too. Not exactly the same, but good. Last season was pretty awful and that was still ASP and co. This year they seem truer to the characters. I am glad Anna is getting hers! It is fine to leave April with Luke when it helps her out but is stunned and refuses to let Luke see her after they move??