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In ‘Hay Bale Maze‘, Rory is confronted by a difficult decision about her future. She’s offered a job with the Providence Journal Bulletin, one of the “best jobs” out there for journalists just starting out. But, it’s not the best. It’s not the 6 week unpaid Reston Fellowship with the New York Times.
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Rory seems to have all her confidence back now – fully sure she’s in the running for the Reston Fellowship. Logan encourages Rory to “screw the 401k” and gamble on the Fellowship. Lorelai, who thinks Logan is financially irresponsible (doing a business deal behind his dad’s back, only now dealing with bills, and expecting his ‘contacts’, not ‘work’, to get him back ‘on top’), reminds Logan that “gambling is his thing, not her thing.”
Rory tries to sit down for a pro/con list, but it seems to be frustrating her, rather than calming her. A big issue for Rory is Logan – should he be a factor on the list? Logan tells Rory that she should do what she wants, that he will “factor her in” after (ahem, does he forget saying this later??). And then Rory decides to take the risk and say no to the job offer.
I’ve never understood why Rory didn’t accept the job offer. If she’d gotten the Fellowship, should could have ‘changed her mind’ and dropped the job, after all. But that’s beside the point I was trying to make – I’m curious if Logan, and his risk-it-all personality, have influenced Rory’s decision to go for the Fellowship?
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434 days ago
I’ve always thought she should’ve accepted the job, at least as a “back up” just in case she didn’t get the fellowship. She said herself it was a good job and it was close to Stars Hollow. It seems Logan had an influence on this decision, since she had never been one to gamble and was always more of a careful decision maker. I think the people around you do have an influence, to some degree, on the decisions you make and she may have been swayed by Logan’s opinion of the situation. I wonder what Lorelai thought of her decision, since we never actually see Rory telling her she turned the job down…
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434 days ago
No. Rory made up her own mind on this one, and she wanted the fellowship and went for it. Logan might have had a hand in her decision, but in the end it was hers and hers alone to make. Rory always looked to Logan for that final bit of encouragement when she was trying to make a tough decision and he gave her that extra push. Now that being said, I think she should have taken that job because journalism jobs are very few and far between. I know, I work at a newspaper as a reporter and once you have one of the jobs, you don’t let it go. She could have quit if something else came around, but at least she would have had a job.
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433 days ago
I also think she made the decision on her own this time. But that was a mistake.
She had plenty of time to back out later in case the the Reston fellowship worked out. I never understood how Rory how is always so thoughtful really rolled the dice on this one.
And it’s weird she didn’t even ask Lorelai for advice.
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433 days ago
Logan was being a great boyfriend and let her decide for her self and not let him decide for her. She did a great job and the decession. I would’ve done the same thing.
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432 days ago
I actually like it was very in Rory’s character to wait for what she really wanted rather than doing what she thought would be settling. I think she would have done the same thing even if Logan wasn’t around (and, interestingly, I think Lorelei would have backed her if Logan wasn’t around). On a side note: this is definitely the episode where you see Rory starting to realize that Logan, as important as he’s been the last few years, isn’t as important as her own future. Which, while sad, is a throwback to the old message/Rory from the show’s beginnings.
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