The build-up was much better than the payoff. Lets get that out of the way. Here is what I liked.
I liked that the Stars Hollow regulars all didn't get their massive life change that happens in alot of series finales. Miss Patty didn't get her career resurrected. Sookie didn't get to be a chef-testant on reality TV. I liked that there was some normalcy in the finale. The scenes between Richard, Emily, and Lorelai were some of the best scenes in the entire series. And the penultimate scene between L&L...masterfully done. Quick; simple, and to the point. They didn't have Luke using 5 syllable words or ham it up too much. Great.
But c'mon. Let me get this straight...the entire town and all of the cast regulars disappear in this secret meeting in the middle of the day and Rory and Lorelai don't notice the complete abandonment of the town? Did they have to do the refusal of the wedding ring in the final episode? Why not give Rory and Logan a happy and ambiguous ending??? There are other moments that made me look sideways at the TV in the final episode but these are on the top of the list.
I would have liked to have seem a lot more girlpower in the final season from Rory at the end--this goes for the last 2 season of her chasing this boy who is so bad to her around. And I kept waiting for the payoff. It never came. Maybe deploy Paris as someone who could essentially cut Logan off at the knees because she "knows" the type better than Rory does.
All in all though...a fine series. As a personal aside, I am a WestWing nut. The series used a lot of the same actors and GG was recommended to me by the podcast The West Wing Weekly. The series was a breath of fresh air and I subscribed to Netflix solely for the purpose of watching GG. Money well spent in my view. I can't wait to see "A year in the life"
I liked that the Stars Hollow regulars all didn't get their massive life change that happens in alot of series finales. Miss Patty didn't get her career resurrected. Sookie didn't get to be a chef-testant on reality TV. I liked that there was some normalcy in the finale. The scenes between Richard, Emily, and Lorelai were some of the best scenes in the entire series. And the penultimate scene between L&L...masterfully done. Quick; simple, and to the point. They didn't have Luke using 5 syllable words or ham it up too much. Great.
But c'mon. Let me get this straight...the entire town and all of the cast regulars disappear in this secret meeting in the middle of the day and Rory and Lorelai don't notice the complete abandonment of the town? Did they have to do the refusal of the wedding ring in the final episode? Why not give Rory and Logan a happy and ambiguous ending??? There are other moments that made me look sideways at the TV in the final episode but these are on the top of the list.
I would have liked to have seem a lot more girlpower in the final season from Rory at the end--this goes for the last 2 season of her chasing this boy who is so bad to her around. And I kept waiting for the payoff. It never came. Maybe deploy Paris as someone who could essentially cut Logan off at the knees because she "knows" the type better than Rory does.
All in all though...a fine series. As a personal aside, I am a WestWing nut. The series used a lot of the same actors and GG was recommended to me by the podcast The West Wing Weekly. The series was a breath of fresh air and I subscribed to Netflix solely for the purpose of watching GG. Money well spent in my view. I can't wait to see "A year in the life"