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Gilmore Girls 7.12 "To Whom It May Concern"
Original Air Date: January 30, 2007
Discussion Date: June 10, 2008
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Discussion Questions:
- Lorelai is usually honest when she hates food – why hide the quail?
- Did Sookie bring Lorelai coffee from Luke’s on purpose? Why?
- Do you think Sookie now likes the idea of Lorelai & Chris?
- Why is Anna being so mean to Luke before the court? Saying he’s "no parent"?
- Why does Paris auto-include Rory in "Operation Finish Line"? Because Rory is clueless about her future?
- Why doesn’t Sookie realize she’s pregnant?
- Why does Rory seem bored when Richard talks about his classes?
- Why does the Lucy issue bother Rory so much, if they haven’t been friends long?
- Why didn’t Jackson get the vasectomy? Why did he hide it from Sookie?
- Does Anna really think April has no connection with Luke?
- Why is Sookie so mad at Jackson, when she was equally unfair in forcing the vasectomy on him in the first place?
- Do you think Lorelai is warming up to the idea of having a baby with Chris?
- Why does Paris confront Lucy on Rory’s behalf?
- Do you think Lucy is getting too much attention as Rory’s friend, vs Lane for example?
- Do you think Rory was, in any way, responsible for Lucy & Marty breaking up?
- Is Luke making a good impression in court, interrupting the way he is?
- Why does Lorelai have a copy of the letter she sent to Luke?
- Is Chris angry or hurt by the letter? Why?
- Does Luke read "love" into Lorelai’s letter, or is he just proud of what she says?
- Do you agree with Chris, does Lorelai’s letter read like a love letter?
- Should Lorelai have to forget her past feeling for Luke in order to be loyal to Chris?
- Is Chris misreading Lorelai’s signs? Is his jealousy driving them apart?
- Were you surprised the custody hearing was over so quickly, and that Luke won?
- Did you expect Richard to be ok from his heart attack?
And, though not directly related to a spot in this episode, I think this episode has a lot to offer us in terms of love – what it means to love as a friend, what it means to be "in" love, in terms of loyalty and trust, jealousy and anger, hurt and betrayal. And how hard it is to be equal in the way you share your heart.
Tags: to whom it may concern, gilmore girls, gilmore girls season 7, gilmore girls discussion, lorelai letter, luke letter
To me, I didn’t read the letter as a love letter. It didn;t even occurto me until Christopher brought it up. Personally I don’t think that she is warming to the idea of having kids with Chris. I think that she is almost imagining kids with Luke when she is discussing it with Sookie and I feel she is right to because having kids with anyone else except from Luke would be a travesty I feel and they belong together.
i think its really odd that sookie doesnt realise that she is pregnant.
i mean if she realised it when she was pregnant with martha why doesnt she realise now?
yes i totally agree with patty…by going through season 7 i feel it wasnt that bad at all its just that it was cheated on the part where lorelai and luke get back together it was just more implied then
i do feel that lane doesnt get as much attention with rory now that they are older but i like how it shows that she meets new friends
ok so i really like this episode and the letter does read like a love letter but i love it soo much becaue it shows the feelings for luke are still there and i feel that chris is more hurt by the letter because he is starting to see that lorelai still has feelings for him even if she hasnt realized it in the letter yet
Lorelai’s letter was absolutely beautiful and honest. It did read more like a love letter to me, but Chris shouldn’t have gotten so offended by it. Just because Lorelai was doing a nice thing for Luke doesn’t necessarily have to mean that she doesn’t love Chris. Chris and Dean are similar in that way. They get offended by everything and are extremely sensitive. But, Dean was still the best one for Rory, not Jess and never Logan. They made Richard’s heart attack a lot more dramatic than the angina attack in Season 1. They did actually show him collapsing this time and they ended the show like that, which made it even more scarier. I think that a lot of the fans would automatically think that he dropped dead right in the middle of the classroom. But, if you use common sense, Gilmore girls would never kill off a main character just like that. That would have been way too surprising and harsh of them. I just realized that now that I am watching the 7th season more often, it really wasn’t as bad as people thought it was. It’s actually very good.
I it reads like a love letter, but the truth is Lorelai has always been in love with 2 men, Luke and Chris. It dosen’t matter which one she is with they are jealous of the times she spends with the other. This was a beautiful letter and lets the audience know how deep her feelings run for Luke, whether it be as a friend or a love interest.
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