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Gilmore Girls
Something tells me Luke and Lorelai’s wedding isn’t going to come off as planned, and it’s not just because of the freaky way everything fell into place when she found the dress. The biggest clue is the date: June 3. That’s after the end of the TV season, so there’s no way they can get married on that date. They either have to move it up or postpone it to next season. And since Luke hasn’t found a way to tell Lorelai he just learned he has a daughter, I’m a little pessimistic.

But that’s not what I want to talk about. I want to say hurray for Gilmore Girls for sending Rory to a shrink. Yes! The poor guy was in a little over his head, of course, trying to keep up with Gilmore banter, which Rory can spew without taking a breath. But when she started talking about breaking up with Logan and stealing the yacht and spending a night in jail and fighting with her mom and everything she’s gone through in the last year (and she barely scratched the surface), it was obvious we need to see her life through the eyes of a slightly bewildered psychologist. He tried, but I don’t think he figured out why she was going to have to give up drinking coffee because Logan hijacked her in the hall. Anyway, we need more of Rory and the shrink.

There’s also a wealth of material to plumb in Paris taking over as editor of the Yale Daily News. She’s really in her element, running a college newspaper like a gulag and making it clear she has a closed-door policy. (“I’m not your mother or your hugger. If you’re having a bad day, find a ledge.”) What we need more of: Doyle, and the all-new totally-pissed-off Lane. What we need less of: Sookie, and Paul Anka the neurotic dog. I’m still keeping an open mind about Luke’s genius daughter, but really, how many genius daughters does one show need?

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