Bon Voyage, Ror and Lor!

Gilmore Girls:
An absolutely beautiful series finale. Definitely one for my "favorite finales" list. I'm particularly impressed that the GG writers pulled off such a touching finale without knowing for sure if it was the series finale. I guess if the show HAD come back for season 8, we'd spend a lot of time watching Rory riding around on a bus? That could be fun; everything involving the Gilmores is fun--except when Lorelai makes "sad face." That's not fun for anybody.

I'm super proud of Rory landing her Obama job. That jobs seems like it would be even more fun than the NY Times internship since she'll get to travel and hang out with all the other reporters. The downside is that she'll have to spend a lot of time in Iowa... :-) My one hang up was: did she really send out 75 resumes? Did she personally tailor each cover letter to the specific newspaper she sent it to? And if so, does she sleep? Geez. I do kind of love how Gilmore always seems just a little confused about how college and jobs work in the real world.

Another of my favorite moments was when Lorelai agreed to continue Friday night dinners with Emily and Richard. It's nice to know that this seven year process of getting Rory through high school and college have gone a long way to repair the damage between Lorelai and her parents. Without Rory around, maybe Lor and Emily will become best buds and pal around :-) Because that would be hysterical.

And Luke and Lorelai kissed...and that was the end of it, which I love because I'm totally ok with L/L being together--but actually watching it makes me gag. I hope they go on the boat trip to Maine together and eventually get married under the hoopa that Luke built for Lorelai. That would be lovely.

The final scene was perfect--almost an exact parallel to the final scene of the pilot episode: Rory and Lorelai in the diner, playfully bantering, while Luke makes them food. I love, love, love it when shows end by coming full circle (hence my blubbering during The OC finale when they showed the clip of Marissa standing in the sun and Ryan driving past). While it would be nice to know how Amy Sherman-Pallidino was planning to end the show (the infamous last two words), I think the new team did a stellar job.

Ok, sniff, sniff. Thank goodness the Gilmores are on ABC Family every afternoon! I'm not sure I could live without them.

Ann's Favorite Series Finales Ever

In honor of the Gilmore Girls series finale tonight (sniff, sniff), I've compiled a list of my favorite series finales ever:

• The OC: I still get sad thinking about this show being gone. Thankfully, one of my favorite shows of all time ended with one of my favorites finales of all time. The finale 15 or so minutes of this ep especially were fantastic. Ryan standing in the Cohen house remembering the early days was so touching. And I'm such a sucker for the shot of Marissa standing in the sun while Ryan drives by. I was bawling. Also awesome were the flash forward clips: Seth and Summer getting married, Julie graduating college, MiniCoop excelling in school, Sandy teaching at Berkley Law, Ryan working as an architect and helping kids. It was so nice to see that our favorite characters (minus Marissa, of course) all getting happy endings.
• Alias: This was another show that was hard to say goodbye to. Sydney, Sark, Vaughn, Jack, Sloane, Marshall, Will, Francie, Irina and Dixon all meant so much to me. The episode was complicated, of course, what with Irina falling through a skylight, Sloane becoming immortal, Jack trapping immortal Sloane in a tomb/cave, etc. Loved Sydney and Vaughn living happily-ever-after on the beach with their kids...while Sydney still goes on the occasional mission to take down Sark. Sydney and Sark forever!
• Arrested Development: George Michael and Maebe aren't related after all!
• Full House: Michelle gets amnesia...but then remembers everyone. Phew. In even better news, Steve takes D.J. to the prom and Steph is the Juliet to a cute boy's Romeo.
• Angel: I didn't even really watch this show, but I loved this episode. Fade out on Angel and friends taking on thousands of evil demon things. ("Personally, I'd like to slay the dragon."--so cool)

And, just for the heck of it, bad series finales:

• Lois & Clark: A mysterious baby shows up in their freaking house when they find out that Clark can't have kids (Earth kids, at least). Lois was so sappy. Ugh.
• Due South: The flash-forward scenes were so discouraging!
• Three's Company: Jack and Janet did not end up together. Enough said.

Now only a few hours until we find out where the Gilmore finale will rank on this list :-(

Another Gilmore Milestone

Gilmore Girls:
Wow. The second-to-last episode ever. I can't wrap my head around life without the Gilmores. Congrats to Rory on her graduation from Yale. This graduation ceremony wasn't the tear-jerker that her Chilton commencement was, but it was still a lovely moment. And it was all the more appropriate because I was watching the episode in Delaware with my girls who themselves will be graduating in a couple weeks :-)

Rory does seem to have bad luck relationship-wise on her graduation days. She broke up with Jess around the time she graduated from high school, and now Logan's on the way out too. I agree with her decision to decline his proposal for the time being... I mean, what is the rush? But I was a little shocked the Logan turned it into an all-or-nothing situation. Was that necessary? If he really loves her that much, how can he be willing to just cut her out of his life completely? I don't really understand, but whatever; good riddance, Logan.

I liked that Christopher was back for this episode. I find it odd though that only a few months later Chris and Lorelai seem to have already moved on from their failed marriage, while Lorelai and Luke are still all messed up. Like, geez, Luke, just because Lorelai is telling Miss Patty and Babette that her karaoke song didn't mean anything, it doesn't mean that's how she really feels. Like she would tell Miss Patty and Babette the truth about that?

My favorite part was when Chris said he didn't think GiGi is ready for The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll. Ha! Take that, CW.

Better get the kleenex ready for next week's series finale :-( It's going to be hard to say goodbye.

Veronica Mars:
I love this show. It's a triumph, really. Even this week when there was not much mystery in either of the two cases, the show still made for a very entertaining hour.

Yea for Paul Rudd. I have great affinity for him; he is, after all, Josh from Clueless, one of my favorite movies ever. He was hilarious as the washed-up rocker. His radio interview with Piz alone was fantastic. First, he asks the girl in the food court to show him her boobs, then he admits to using drugs and alcohol to get him through the day, and then he points out that a campus Jewish group's initials are S.S. Oy vey.

I also very much enjoyed Dick's online video of himself dancing next to his moving car and running over his own foot. And I do like the Mac and Max combo. Mopey Logan was a little annoying, what with his wondering whether Veronica cheated on him with Piz. No, Logan dear, infidelity is your thing, not 'Ron's. And 'Ron was too busy surveilling Logan to have time to cheat on him :-)

Piznarski is such a sweetie which, according to Paul Rudd, was why he had no women, but now he's got one! Woot! (And Chris Lowell and Kristin Bell are just as adorable in real life! Their interview on cwtv.com is hilarious. Best part is Kristin comparing her seeing Chris to Queen Elizabeth seeing the deer in The Queen. Fantastic.)

What a time to be a Gilmore Girl...

The CW is saying that Gilmore is not coming back for another season (even another shortened season). That is bad news. Seriously bad news. This is a dark day :-(

This better mean that they have a time slot open for Veronica Mars on next season's schedule.