As he reaches the beach, it morphs into "Catch a Wave" by the Beach Boys. a wardrobe.Īs Jess steps off the bus in Venice, we hear "Pipeline" by The Chantays, softly playing in the background. Lily reads "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" while inside of. Her review? "It's not my taste but I respect the attempt." Jess looks at a copy of "Naked Lunch" at Small World Books, a legitimate bookstore in Venice. Emily claims to have read "The Lovely Bones" for book club. Rory reads "The Canterbury Tales" at the start of the episode, presumably for school. Louise: Hopefully the pearls I get when she kicks.ĭon't ever change, Louise. Rory: Louise, what's your grandmother wearing to graduation?
Other than the kid at the hotdog stand ("Dante's Inferno") and the man with the missing keys ("Thank you, baby doll"), they're largely forgettable. Instead, we're introduced to some people who I assume would have become the Venice Beach townies had "Windward Circle" continued. Walter Cronkite? Alex Borstein also plays Drella, the harpist, in S1. Later, when Lorelai walks in and sees Miss Celine, she immediately asks, Miss Celine: Yes, I had that exact suit made in mint for Mrs. Walter Cronkite is clearly a popular person to reference. Miss Celine drops so many celebrity names that it's hard to keep track of them all. Rory is just like, "Hmmm" and Lorelai responds with open disbelief and horror. I don't blame them - it would be hard to fake positivity after hearing that detail - but they do an especially poor job. Lane tries hard to stay positive about Adventist college but Rory and Lorelai are both horrified to hear that the parks are segregated by sex. Number of times Rory or Lorelai treat their bff like shit: I'm never not thinking of things that people could have done to prevent "A Year in the Life" Rory. Maybe those loans would have forced her to actually grow up post-college instead of flitting around Europe without a steady job for ten years. Interest rates were actually reasonable in 2003, so she would have been fine. Let Rory take out student loans like any other kid. Oh yeah, we're all laughing hysterically over your neverending chain of privilege and financial handouts. Just kind of a funny, wacky circle we could all laugh about someday." well, Harvard, but then Harvard became Yale - long story - and now that she's gotten into Yale, I paid them back for Chilton. "Look, um, I owed my parents that money because they helped me put Rory through Chilton, and I wanted her to go to Chilton so that she could get into. Lorelai's call with the Yale financial aid office is cringeworthy.
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How did Miss Celine refrain from insulting this unforgivable monstrosity upon first glance? Natalie Wood, my ass. There aren't many outfit changes, so I must go with Lorelai's leopard print slip dress (with ruffled hem), paired with a busy, floral cardigan, and white kitten heels. I guess there would be a bunch of scenes where Jess tries to repair his relationship with Jimmy? I wonder if Sasha's ten dogs - Angus, Chowder, Rufus, Legolas, Caligula, Mudball, General Lee, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Spot - would have gotten any air time. They probably would have introduced a bunch of ancillary California stereotypes who challenge Jess with their sunny dispositions. I'm curious (but have no clue) where this show would have gone if a network bought it. I remember him mainly as Oliver, the new freelance photographer, from the last (and worst) season of "Suddenly Susan." I'm not a huge fan of Rob Estes, the actor they chose to play Jimmy, but he's relatively inoffensive. For starters, I love Sherilyn Fenn and will give any of her projects a chance, even ones where she's forced to play a pseudo-bohemian named Sasha in a bleach blonde wig. I want to say mean things about this backdoor pilot, but who am I kidding, I totally would have watched "Windward Circle" if it didn't immediately die. "Here Comes the Son" is written and directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino.