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* When Dave asks Mrs. Kim if he can take Lane to the prom, she responds with a quote that he assumes is from the Bible. Rather than admit that he was confused, he stayed up the entire night reading the Bible, futilely trying to figure it out, only to find out the next day that it was a quote from Shakespeare. This was in 2002, when a Google search would have identified the quote in seconds. Was Dave just too clueless to use the internet?

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* Jess's perpetual irritation towards Lorelai and her self-declared "wild and awesome" persona makes a little more sense by the time his mother Liz comes into town. Liz has been described by both Luke and Jess as extremely flaky and negligent in raising her son and a throwaway line at her wedding revealed she had been heavily involved with marijuana use in the past. Liz even commented during her second pregnancy that she was an binge drinker before realizing she was pregnant with Jess. In other words, Liz Danes is the completely opposite of Lorelai, so Jess sees Lorelai as a mere pretender and faking her "craziness" when his own mother had been wild and crazy, with the implication that he had a rough upbringing.

* Jess's perpetual irritation towards Lorelai and her self-declared "wild and awesome" persona makes a little more sense by the time his mother Liz comes into town. Liz has been described by both Luke and Jess as extremely flaky and negligent in raising her son and a throwaway line at her wedding revealed she had been heavily involved with marijuana use in the past. Liz even commented during her second pregnancy that she was an underaged binge drinker before realizing she was pregnant with Jess. In other words, Liz Danes is the completely opposite of Lorelai, so Jess sees Lorelai as a mere pretender and faking her "craziness" when his own mother had been wild and crazy, with the implication that he had a rough upbringing.

* Jess's perpetual irritation towards Lorelai and her self-declared "wild and awesome" persona makes a little more sense by the time his mother Liz comes into town. Liz has been described by both Luke and Jess as extremely flaky and negligent in raising her son and a throwaway line at her wedding revealed she had been heavily involved with marijuana use in the past. In other words, Liz Danes is the completely opposite of Lorelai, so Jess sees Lorelai as a mere pretender and faking her "craziness" when his own mother had been wild and crazy, with the implication that he had a rough upbringing.

* On at least two occasions, we see Kirk simply insert himself into a job role without permission, even when expressly forbidden. He crashes a staff meeting at the Dragonfly, and later that episode is found working in the kitchen; Sookie assumed that Lorelai hired him. When Luke chaperones April's field trip, Kirk offers to run the diner, to which Luke emphatically responds, "No." A minute later, he takes advantage of Caesar stepping out to start serving people, telling them that he runs the place. Who's to say he doesn't do this all the time? He apparently gets job after job despite being a class A moron and lunatic. What if nobody's hiring him at all? What if he's just walking in and doing job-related stuff, and they're temporarily confused about whether he supposed to be there (i.e. someone else hired him and didn't mention it)? Then when they catch on, he's tossed out on his ear, and he does it all over again, thus explaining his long string of apparently very brief jobs.

* Rory and Jess' final interaction in season 6 has a bit of an abrupt ending, showing that the two still have great chemistry but at the time, Rory is still in love with Logan and leaves with Jess looking sadly after her. Seems like a depressing way to end things for them, (specially with all the CharacterDevelopment Jess has gone through), until you learn that WordOfGod apparently meant for them to end up back together had the show runned an 8th season. Jess was even supposed to appear in season 7, but then Amy quit as director thanks to ExecutiveMeddling and Jess' actor, Milo Ventimiglia, wasn't interested in working for another director. It would explain why that final interaction between him and Rory was left without closure.

* Why does Rory want to be a Foreign Correspondent? She's grown up in a small town with the same people and loves books. She probably was excited to have some adventure and her love of literature translated to becoming

* In the first season, Emily Gilmore is totally supportive and even encourages Lorelai to date Luke. However, she later tries to break them up when they actually get together in Season 6. While this is may just be a continuity error, it actually makes sense. In season one Emily and Lorelai just started being a part of each others lives again and Emily probably wanted back in Lorelai's good graces a bit more by showing she's okay with this. Also, Lorelai wasn't interested in Luke, and it's a lot easier to be supportive of something that is a minute possibility, and Emily barely knows Luke anyway. Most importantly, Emily always wanted Lorelai to end up with Christopher. In the first season, this was barely a possibility as Christopher had been out of the Gilmores lives for ages, but by the Sixth season he'd been around and he and Lorelai had attempted a relationship multiple times, so Emily believed they had a chance and pushed Lorelai the direction she wanted.

* In the first season, Emily Gilmore is totally supportive and even encourages Lorelai to date Luke. However, she later tries to break them up when they actually get together in Season 6. While this is may just be a continuity error, it actually makes sense. In season one Emily and Lorelai just started being a part of each others lives again and Emily probably wanted back in Lorelai's good graces a bit more by showing she's okay with this. Also, Lorelai wasn't interested in Luke, and it's a lot easier to be supportive of something that is a minute possibility. Most importantly, Emily always wanted Lorelai to end up with Christopher. In the first season, this was barely a possibility as Christopher had been out of the Gilmores lives for ages, but by the Sixth season he'd been around and he and Lorelai had attempted a relationship multiple times, so Emily believed they had a chance and pushed Lorelai the direction she wanted.

* Rory and Jess' final interaction in season 6 has a bit of an abrupt ending, showing that the two still have great chemistry but at the time, Rory is still in love with Logan and leaves with Jess looking sadly after her. Seems like a depressing way to end things for them, (specially with all the CharacterDevelopment Jess has gone through), until you learn that WordOfGod apparently meant for them to end up back together had the show runned an 8th season. Jess was even supposed to appear in season 7, but then Amy quit as director thanks to ExecutiveMeddling and Jess' actor, Milo Ventimiglia, wasn't interested in working for another director. It would explaing why that final interaction between him and Rory seemed to be left on a cliffhanger.

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** Also, remember that when Paris started properly dating Jamie during their last year, she had a bit of difficulty with concentration in class for a while.

* It seems odd that Rory would have surpassed Paris in grades to become valedictorian at Chilton after her rough start, until you consider that it's the kind of place where a 4.0 GPA is probably borderline unattainable. Under those conditions, Rory could have outperformed Paris by a small but consistent degree over two and a half years, edging her out of the top spot. Paris' meltdown when she didn't get into Harvard probably impacted her GPA as well.

* Over the course of the series, it becomes clear that Rory systematically avoids any relationship that has the potential to really last. She literally always picks the flighty bad boy over the stable nice guy, flips out when any boyfriend gets too serious and finally breaks up with Logan when he proposes to her. On the surface, this just seems like she has to maintain her 'independent woman' status. But consider, girls innately tend to see their mothers as models for what they should be and their fathers as models of the boys they should pursue. Rory plays this for all it's worth, basically being a miniature version of her mother. So what does she take from her father? It's pretty clear that Rory unconsciously absorbed the idea that the proper role for a romantic partner is to hang around for a while, and then leave. In her mind, a key attribute for a man is "not there anymore."
** Except Rory didn't break up with Logan. She didn't accept his proposal, yeah. But was willing to try to make it work. She was willing to try long distance, she was willing to try to continue on. She said multiple times that she was too young to be engaged. She really isn't the bad guy in how shit with Logan ended.

* It seems odd that Rory would have surpassed Paris in grades to become valedictorian at Chilton after her rough start, until you consider that it's the kind of place where a 4.0 GPA is probably borderline unattainable. Under those conditions, Rory could have outperformed Paris by a small but consistent degree over two and a half years, edging her out of the top spot.

** Not only that, bear in mind that Jess was basically rejected by his parents because they didn't want to raise him while Lorelai rejected her parents in a fit of teen rebellion. Her attempt to parlay this into relating with him comes off as condescendingly patronizing in hindsight. It would have further exacerbate his irritation at being shipped off to Stars Hollow against his will.

* Over the course of the series, it becomes clear that Rory systematically avoids any relationship that has the potential to really last. She literally always picks the flighty bad boy over the stable nice guy, flips out when any boyfriend gets to serious and finally breaks up with Logan when he proposes to her. On the surface, this just seems like she has to maintain her 'independent woman' status. But consider, girls innately tend to see their mothers as models for what they should be and their fathers as models of the boys they should pursue. Rory plays this for all it's worth, basically being a miniature version of her mother. So what does she take from her father? It's pretty clear that Rory unconsciously absorbed the idea that the proper role for a romantic partner is to hang around for a while, and then leave. In her mind, a key attribute for a man is "not there anymore."

* Jess's perpetual irritation towards Lorelai and her self-declared "wild and awesome" persona makes a little more sense by the time his mother Liz comes into town. Liz has been described by both Luke and Jess as extremely flaky and negligent in raising her son and a throwaway line at her wedding revealed she had been heavily involved with marijuana use in the past. In other words, Liz Danes is the completely opposite of Lorelai, so Jess sees Lorelai as a mere pretender and faking her wackiness when his own mother had been wild and crazy, with the implication that his childhood was implied to be extremely rough. Lorelai's initial condescension and patronizing remarks towards to him didn't help to further his irritation.

* Jess's perpetual irritation towards Lorelai and her self-declared "crazy mom" persona makes a little more sense by the time his mother Liz comes into town. Liz has been described by both Luke and Jess as extremely flaky and negligent in raising her son and a throwaway line at her wedding of having been heavily involved with marijuana use. In other words, Liz Danes was the completely opposite of Lorelai and Jess sees Lorelai as merely pretending to be wacky and having a rough life when his own mother had been crazy and his childhood was implied to be extremely rough.

* Jess's perpetual irritation towards Lorelai and her self-declared "crazy mom" persona makes a little more sense by the time his mother Liz comes into town. Liz has been described by both Luke and Jess as extremely flaky and negligent in raising her son and a throwaway line at her wedding of having been heavily involved with marijuana use. In other words, Liz Danes was the completely opposite of Lorelai and Jess sees Lorelai as merely pretending when his own mother had been crazy.

* Jess's perpetual irritation towards Lorelai and her self-declared "crazy mom" persona makes a little more sense by the time his mother Liz comes into town. Liz has been described by both Luke and Jess as extremely flaky and negligent in raising her son and a throwaway line at her wedding of having been heavily involved with marijuana use. In other words, Liz Danes was the completely opposite of Lorelai and Jess sees Lorelai as merely pretending when his own mother had been.

* Over the course of the series, it becomes clear that Rory systematically avoids any relationship that has the potential to really last. She literally always picks the flighty bad boy over the stable nice guy, flips out when any boyfriend gets to serious and finally breaks up with Logan when he proposes to her. On the surface, this just seems like she has to maintain her 'independent woman' status. But consider, girls innately tend to see their mothers as models for what they should be and their fathers as models of the boys they should pursue. Rory plays this for all it's worth, basically being a miniature version of her mother. So what does she take from her father? It's pretty clear that Rory unconsciously absorbed the idea that the proper role for a romantic partner is to hang around for a while, and then leave. In her mind, a key attribute for a man is "not there anymore."

* Over the course of the series, it becomes clear that Rory systematically avoids any relationship that has the potential to really last. She literally always picks the flighty bad boy over the stable nice guy, flips out when any boyfriend gets to serious and finally breaks up with Logan when he proposes to her. On the surface, this just seems like she has to maintain her 'independent woman' status. But consider, girls innately tend to see their mothers as models for what they should be and their fathers as models of the boys they should pursue. Rory plays this for all it's worth, basically being a miniature version of her mother. So what does she take from her father? It's pretty clear that Rory unconsciously absorbed the idea that the proper role of a man is to be there for a while, and then leave. In her mind, a key attribute for a man is "not there anymore."