Her Mother 39;s Daughter Episode 30

[Cris Luczak]

Onthe other end of that question, is how we can help our teen and tween daughters build their confidence while making good style choices, despite endless images of mid-drifts, high heels (and worse) that surround them.

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Directing and writing credits:

Directed by Dennis Erdman, written by Joan Binder Weiss. The most notable credit on Erdman's resume is for "Running with Scissors," the "Sex and the City" episode where Natasha finds out that Big and Carrie are lying/cheating assholes and Miranda is sexually attracted to a sandwich (Miranda 4 ever).

This is the last episode of "GG" written by Weiss, although she's credited as the executive story editor up through the end of Season 2. You may also remember her as the writer of the following episodes:

Most batshit crazy outfit:

I typically try not to post screenshots from Netflix because they're a grainy mess, but look at this fucking shirt that Lorelai wears to the Chilton booster club meeting:

It's a mess of fake lace, sparkle, and racist wtf-ery. Someone needs to douse it in kerosene and give Lorelai a stern lecture on cultural appropriation. As the seasons progress, it only becomes worse. Remember the episode in Season 7 when Rory's Asia trip gets canceled and Lorelai decides to make "crazy Asia" for her? Yeah. That could have been prevented if someone intervened at this crucial moment.

Lorelai: Yesterday I saw you talking to Ava, you know, she's in my booster club?

Luke: Yeah, I know who she is.

Lorelai: Oh, good. Well, good. So anyhow, I saw you guys talking alone and it seemed kind of private, and she mentioned earlier that you didn't make her, you know, gag, so I just figured you guys were making some sort of plans to hang out. And see, the thing is, I just think it would be a little weird if you started dating a Chilton mom. Look, I know I have no right to say anything to you, but it's just, um, if you did date her, well, I'm in the Booster Club with her, which means that I'll hear things, and I don't know, it's just, I'd like to keep that Chilton life separate from my Stars Hollow life, so if there's any way that you could not date her, that would be really great.

After Luke calls her out and explains that a) his personal life is none of her business and b) he was just giving Ava directions, Lorelai STILL doesn't apologize. She tells him his directions are bullshit and storms out of the diner. This behavior isn't cute and it's something LG really needs to discuss in therapy.

I forgot all about Mariah Carey's "Glitter" breakdown and fell into a black hole of articles after Francie mentioned it. I think the tl;dr is that Tommy Mottola is pond scum and the entertainment business is a brutal place for women. I wholeheartedly agree with Mariah on this statement:

Stars Hollow weirdness:

Kirk is now a mechanic, and reveals "I carried a duffel bag and ate lunch by myself my entire school career, and I turned out just fine." In Season 6, we find out that Kirk has managed to save a quarter of a million dollars for a down payment on the Twickham house, so according to our capitalist society, he's not wrong.

Nancy Reagan loved a sharp red suit and even wore one to her own funeral. First lady style is typically boring and conservative (minus Michelle Obama and I guess Jackie Kennedy), so I would consider a comparison to any of them an insult.

Rory reads "The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty" by Eudora Welty when she sits on the couch and waits for her "kidnappers" to arrive. When Headmaster Charleston busts her for bell ringing, she mentions "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" by Rebecca Wells.

Best song of the episode:

"Know Your Onion" by The Shins. Rory listens to this song on her Walkman when the guidance counselor startles her and requests a meeting. The Shins actually make a cameo appearance on "GG" in Season 4 ("Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist").

Thoughts:

If my (hypothetical) daughter's private school told me I wasn't participating enough in parent organizations, I would remind them how much I pay them and tell them to fuck off forever. I don't think any amount of shaming could guilt me into hanging out with the women from the booster club. Ava, aka Mary Alice Young from "Desperate Housewives," is the most tolerable of the bunch, but even she makes obnoxious, tone-deaf comments. She also fetishizes Luke in a way that makes me, and obviously Lorelai, uncomfortable.

It's distasteful for Ava to openly salivate over Luke at a function for her daughter's school, but it's straight-up contemptible for Lorelai to then grill him over his interaction with Ava and tell him she'd prefer if he didn't date her. What the hell, Lorelai? I don't understand how she's so in denial over her crush on Luke and her jealousy over his potential date. If I were Luke, I would have found Ava's number and asked her out just to spite Lorelai.

While Lorelai deals with booster club bs, Rory discusses homecoming and other riveting topics with the Puffs, Chilton's secret sorority run by Francie, a character the "GG" writers whip out when they're completely devoid of ideas and need to waste time. As the show progresses and Rory moves on to Yale, The Life and Death Brigade replaces the Puffs (and other Chilton nonsense) as the new writers' room crutch. If I were watching this show as it aired, I probably would have tuned out after two boring episodes in a row ("Presenting Lorelai Gilmore" is another tedious episode). I refuse to believe any viewer is on the edge of her seat, wondering about whether or not Rory gets suspended for ringing a fucking bell.

The Lorelai and Rory Gilmore mother-daughter relationship was, for the most part, the dream. Throughout seven seasons of Gilmore Girls and a four-episode revival, Lorelai and Rory loved each other, supported each other, and had the same pop cultural references. Their relationship was every young girl's dream. But watching Rory, Lorelai, and Emily go through life's ups and downs as mothers and daughters made one thing very clear: nothing beats reality. These 17 Gilmore Girls episodes will make you appreciate your mom the way the entire show did: fully and sometimes begrudgingly.

In this episode, Lorelai and Emily are forced into some mother-daughter bonding courtesy of a spa weekend. A weekend away with your mother might not always sound like the most relaxing way to spend a few days (it certainly isn't for Lorelai), but by the end of this episode, you will be on the phone with your mom planning a weekend away.

"Dear Emily and Richard" was an anomaly in Gilmore Girls: a flashback episode, finally giving fans a glimpse at what happened when Lorelai got pregnant at 16. It's a good episode to watch if you need a shift in perspective. What you thought about your parents' actions as a teenager probably isn't be the same as how you view them as an adult.

Nothing like watching the forced mother-daughter bonding in "Like Mother, Like Daughter" to get you in the mood to bond with your own mom, or at the very least be happy for every time she didn't force you to spend time with her.

After a long time not speaking, Rory and Lorelai finally reunite in "The Prodigal Daughter Returns." Even if you've never really been on the outs with your mom, this episode will remind you how good it feels when finally see your mom after a long time apart. (Also it will make you want a mom hug.)

"That'll Do Pig" will probably make you appreciate your mom, but it will definitely make you appreciate your mother-in-law. Watching Lorelai Gilmore the first viciously attack Emily for 45 minutes will do that to you.

"Lorelai's Graduation Day" is guaranteed to make every daughter feel a little bit guilty, but that's a good thing. Watching Rory miss her mother's graduation and Lorelai realize how much her parents are proud of her will make you want to pick up the phone and thank your mom for always being there for you, even when you didn't see it (or want it).

"They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?" is traditionally remembered as the episode where Rory and Dean broke up, clearing the way for Rory and Jess to start dating, but it also makes every daughter ask the question: "Do I love my mother enough to participate in a 24-hour dance marathon?"

"Last Week Fights, This Week Tights" finds Lorelai trying to play peacemaker between Lane and Mrs. Kim, the other dysfunctional mother-daughter pair in the show. As a bonus, there's a sweet reunion between Jess and his mother that will definitely make you believe that no matter what your relationship with your mom was like growing up, there's always hope for improvement as you get older.

Watching Lorelai awkwardly kickstart a new relationship with her parents in the Gilmore Girls pilot really makes you appreciate your mother, or really any mother who is not the slightly scary Emily Gilmore.

The Gilmore women are off to a wedding in "Gilmore Girls Only," an episode that further explored how Emily has felt being left out of Rory's childhood. Guaranteed to have you calling your grandmother, stat.

Nothing makes you appreciate your mother more than when finally faced with the prospect of leaving home, even if it's just to move into a Yale dorm room like Rory in "The Lorelais' First Day at Yale."

Another episode about embarking on a new phase in life and, notably, leaving home, the series finale "Bon Voyage" will show you how impossible it is to ever thank your mother for everything she's done for you, but it will make you want to try.

Lorelai swoops in to help plan Lane's baby shower, which inevitably turns into her trying to navigate Lane and Mrs. Kim's tumultuous relationship. Lane and Mrs. Kim have a more traditional mother-daughter relationship than any other in the series, and will definitely remind you of at least one moment when you thought: this is one thing I will never do to my kids.

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