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Episode Name: "French Twist" aka "The Proposal"
Episode Number: 7.07
Air Date: November 14, 2006
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Lorelai and GiGi, GiGi getting quizzed on how to say Bonjour. BTW, she is such a cute kid now! Sitting in that cute outfit with her blonde pigtails. So cute. Lorelai mentions that Paris is the "city of love." Hint hint. But they are doing such a good job of making sure GiGi feels good about going to Paris to see her mom.
Yale Daily News party for Rory as thanks for being editor and as good luck for her future. They give her gifts – a large pencil and a frame of her last edition. Then Paris chimes in about Rory being honest, direct and to the point. But all the while she’s bitter about the difference between Rory’s time on the Daily as editor and Paris’. She didn’t exactly get a nice farewell, now did she?
Rory then expresses her thanks to the other journalists. She seems very sad to be stepping down. Being in her last year, she can no longer stay on as editor, but boy is she sad. She passes on the celebratory drinks for the "new" editor. Poor Rory, a phase in her life is ending.
Lane. TWINS!! It’s confirmed. TWINS. OMG, Zach thinks they are conjoined. lol. One baby, not so easy. Two, a little hard. OMG, Lane is so pregnant looking. Really really. Wait till you see the pictures!! And Lane has not told Mrs. Kim yet. It’s not going to be an easy conversation, that’s for sure. But at least we’ll get to see Mrs. Kim.
Paris. I can firmly say their hotel room is better than any I stayed in while on my honeymoon in Europe! Oh boy. So pretty. Chris congratulates Lorelai for being so great with GiGi and with Sherri. Sherri was all ready for GiGi, with the right preparation, which is a big deal for her.
Lorelai then realizes they are in Paris, the most beautiful city. And then Chris calls to make a reservation at one of the best restaurants in Paris while Lorelai cuddles in the comfy bed. Chris pulls the sweet guy out and says thanks to Lorelai again.
Paris is being offered a teaching assistant position, which may get her a scholarship later on. And then grills Rory to see what her plans are – grad school? Paris warns Rory about a tailspin after leaving the paper. Whole bunch of free time. Lots of angst. Paris suggests calling Lucy and Olivia, who are "girls gone wild"-like. That, or drugs.
Lane and Zach eating at Mrs. Kim’s place. But not saying anything. Mrs. Kim is looking good. Lane and Zach are trying to figure out who tells Mrs. Kim, by gestures, but nobody wins. Mrs. Kim says she thinks she knows why Lane and Zach have been avoiding them – they have no new music. Then Lane blurts out that they are pregnant and that they waited till the marriage and start freaking out.
Mrs. Kim panic face? No, she comes over and says congratulations. Zach spills that it is twins. And then Mrs. Kim says they must move in with her on Monday. And Zach says cool??
Lorelai is awoken in Paris by sirens outside. She is freaked out. Oh, they missed dinner! Missed their 7pm dinner appointment by a few hours. It’s 4am!! They are now both starving. Chris suggests room service. Lorelai wants a cheeseburger, which so does not exist in Paris, btw. They don’t have room service, anyway. So they decide to go back to bed and get up for an early breakfast. But neither can fall asleep. Instead talk of all the things they are thinking about while not sleeping. Chris then decides to just go out and find some open romantic restaurant, which must exist somewhere in Paris.
Rory at her apartment, calls Olivia. Olivia is making a mobile which is really funky. Lucy saunters in – ok, who wears a hat inside! Anyway, Rory asks if they want to do something. Lucy and Olivia suggest going off to a cabin. But a house will do. Rory suggests her place in Stars Hollow. Interesting.
Chris and Lorelai looking for food. Stalking after someone who appears to be eating a sandwich. Scare him off. Mmm, fresh baked bread being delivered to a bakery for that morning. They try to accost the delivery truck man. He just laughs them off as "funny Americans." Pouty Lorelai. But the whole situation reminds Lorelai of when they were in 10th grade and he had stood waiting for her during a lunch time exam, waiting to give her a pizza slice. She gets all romantic and nostalgic.
Luke’s Diner. Lane chiding Zach for saying "cool," then Kirk comes over to see if he can feel a kick from the baby. Luke then tells Lane not to carry heavy food, to ask Liz for advice. And says they will be great parents. Parents. Not kids. That hits them. Big deal. But also allows them to (maybe) say no to Mrs. Kim.
Wow, what a view from Chris and Lorelai’s room. After doing, well, they have no clothes. lol. Hungry again. Or still. Lorelai suggests eating the view. Chris says he can "fix this," but he won’t tell Lorelai what it is. Just that it’s bigger than a bread box.
Rory, Olivia and Lucy in Stars Hollow, with foils in their hair, looking at photo albums. Commenting on Dean. And Rory’s 5’7" height. Then they comment on how good “boyfriend’s” (Marty) hair is. The color of "Crackle", the style of "Pop" from Rice Crispies.
Olivia and Lucy spot Rory’s wall of height measurements. Rory is oddly freaked by it, who knows why.
Chris and Lorelai at a restaurant called Fermé. It’s closed, but Chris knocks. And are admitted without delay. To a private table in an empty restaurant – except for the many many servers, of course. Wine for breakfast. Or is it late dinner? Oh, a view of the Eiffel, all lit up. Wow.
Chris gives a beautiful speech about how they had dreamed about going to Paris as kids, but that had been derailed (Rory). And that, despite all that, they made it, as if they had never changed. And yet they had. Chris used his new fortune to "bribe" to get the restaurant open. He "forgets" about being rich. lol
They look absolutely in love. Lorelai would be happy with a croissant, sleeping on a park bench. But Chris gave her a 4-star restaurant and hotel.
"I’d still sleep on a park bench with you" – Chris
"Name the bench" – Lorelai
What a romantic meal and speech and just everything. Ok, I was prepared to hate this SO much, but even I would be swept off my feet with all that! But perhaps she is being too swept off her feet. Losing her head. Not thinking of her own real feelings and life and Rory!
Lane and Zach go to visit Mrs. Kim, who is setting up their room (two separate beds, lol). Zach steps up and is the one to say "no", and they try to convince Mrs. Kim that they are adults, are a family, and feel it important to do it on their own. Mrs. Kim says she respects their decision, but does not look happy.
Olivia, Lucy and Rory with their streaks. Purple, green and pink. In that order. Lucy mentions the Yale Daily and writing an article about their hair, which makes Rory totally sad. She actually starts to cry.
"Everything is just ending. I feel like everything is over." – Rory
She is done at the Yale Daily. And almost at Yale. And that in front of her is a huge abyss, and she doesn’t know what is in front of her or where she is going. Or how her relationship with Logan will play out. And she’s never experienced that. She’s always known what was ahead of her (minus, of course, that year she quit Yale).
Rory talks out her options. Law school, um no. Grad school? Journalism school? She has no idea.
And then we zoom to Paris where Chris and Lorelai seem to have their lives completely in order. Happy to the brim. Lorelai says she doesn’t want it to end. The writing is bad (come on, even when Lorelai is happy and in love, she is way more funny than these lame lines!), but the gestures are good here.
Then Chris brings up the "remember how I told you I’d wait till we were both 80, to figure out us…"
"I don’t wanna wait" – Chris
Lorelai says it’s too soon, but she really doesn’t seem convinced. Chris says it’s taken them 25 years to get to where they are now. They are ready. Lorelai objects, that they should wait. Even brings up the Rory card, that she is not there. Chris then says it blunt, "marry me."
Lane and Zach are talking baby names. Bad ones. Mrs. Kim is there, putting away things not baby safe, unloading groceries and moving in. They may be too adult to live with Mrs. Kim now, so she will live with them. Interesting.
Lucy and Olivia bring Rory back to their apartment where Lucy introduces Rory to "boyfriend" – Marty. Who pretends not to know her. And Rory freaks out and asks why, but Lucy and Olivia come back before he can answer. And he then proceeds to ignore her.
Lorelai and Chris are back in Stars Hollow. Ok, that was a bit of a jump in time.
"Welcome home Mrs. Hayden" – Chris
Lorelai in a wedding ring!! One she turns around and around on her finger with a look of confusion…
Tags: gilmore girls, gilmore girls season 7, season seven, the proposal, french twist, elope, paris, recap, tv, television, the cw, gg
1078 days ago
[...] a Comment // In ‘French Twist‘, I’m left wondering, did Lorelai mean to marry Christopher, or was she simply swept [...]
1987 days ago
[...] Episode 7.07: French TwistAir date November 14, 2006Lorelai and Christopher both encounter a Parisian truck driver who makes fun of them butchering his French language, and we see French women doing laundry. They are both in Paris, to drop off GiGi with Sherry. They have a romantic time, despite jet lag, and elope is the word of the day. Lucy and Olivia suggest a girls’ night in Stars Hollow, and upon their return, Marty makes his first appearance as the new boyfriend of Lucy – he pretends not to know Rory. Rory is troubled by her future, including her future with Logan. More…[Spoiler][Trailer][Recap][Pictures][Video Clips] [...]
Where did Chirs get all this money from…years agao he was a motorcycle riding misfit..now suddenly he’s this refined rich guy…what did I miss?
ok there is no stars hallow anymore. u don’t c babet anymore or ms. patty only ocasionaly. and after the episode when kirk was about to break up w/ lulu u don’t c him anymore u used to c him every episode. honestly what has happend to this show? this is just sad.
i also can’t wait till luke and chris get into a fist fight!!!!
that sounds like a great ep. i can’t wait only there or so weeks. oh teah someonr made a appy comment about what she said to chris. i remeber back in season5 she was over the mon hap that she now had luke officaly.
It does!!! I am so curious about this “warning”.
Unfortunately the fight isn’t until the Christmas episode, but here’s the episode description for it, and I’m sure that you will be very pleased:
CW Episode Description for Episode 10
Dec. 5 Mark your calendars for this one!
“Merry Fisticuffs”
LUKE AND CHRISTOPHER COME TO BLOWS — Luke and Lorelai share a sweet moment when Luke introduces her to Liz’s new baby. Christopher witnesses the scene and it adds to his concern that Lorelai isn’t fully committed to their marriage. The next day, Lorelai and Christopher get into a fight over whether they should exchange vows at the elaborate wedding party Emily is throwing for them. Luke contacts a lawyer over his custody troubles with Ana, then runs into Christopher and the two have an ugly confrontation in the streets of Stars Hollow. Meanwhile, when Logan discovers that Rory and Marty have been pretending that they just met, rather than admitting their previous friendship to Lucy, he reveals the truth to Lucy. Finally, Emily gives Lorelai a warning about her marriage.
wahooooo!!! sounds like a very promising episode :)
I agree with mollie! i hope that Luke will get back together with Lorelai and Chris will go with Sherri where he belongs. He has a kid and a wife (ex wife) he has the life Lorelai dreams of and with L and L back together that will fulfil her dream and Rory will be rory again! PLus you know how much Luke loves rory he will knock some scence into her Chris would to but he would want her to spend more time with him! And remember when Chris came over to Yale and tryed to get her to play hooky! yeah that was not a great example of parenting! I hope Luke wins the Battle next week! I am jumping up and down and screaming! i am so excited!
one there is still and aways will b Krik. he hasn’t changed. and i think that thre won’t be another fude between lorelai and rory but rory will make lorelai relize that she dosn’t really want to spend the rest of her life with chris. she will help her relize she secertly and truly stil loves luke and that love she has for luke is deep and endless.
i think that during the holidays luke will do somehting that tottally blows lorelai over wile i think chris is out of town. this would all make sense. i being a playright in my spare time can read through stories really well.
i like lanes new story line with the twins and all. and i think rory needs a new one and logan could help her relize what she wants to do next and for all we know he could propose soon.
Janey’s post SAID IT ALL! These writers are obviously braindead. They can only write overly cheesy dialogue that is repulsive and better suited for a mid-afternoon soap opera than for what was ONCE the smartest show on television. This has become a joke; if Chris said the word romantic one more time I was going to turn off the TV. He is the most one-dimensional character I have ever seen on prime-time tv.
all i am waiting for is the fight between luke and chris, the breakup between lorelai and chris, and when luke and lorelai get back together. i am also looking foward to logan moving to new york and for lane to have her twins.
I think they should have flown Rory out to Paris and had a better wedding scene. Now it’s just going to be weeks of Rory whining that she wasn’t there,and another damn fight between lorilei and rory. I am still watching in hopes that it will get good again.
I agree with Tammy too. There is no Lorilei, No Rory, No Stars Hollow, nothing that made Gilmore Girls – not good – but GREAT! Com’ on. If something isn’t done soon – everyone will tune out and there will not be another season. I have a young mother – so we related to Lor and Rory. But now the woman we knew – no longer exist.
i like what tammy said
2007 days ago
[...] Gilmore Girls 7.07 "French Twist"Air Date: Novemebr 14, 2006Video Clips[Read Recap] [...]
Note to CW:
How to save ‘Gilmore Girls’
Step 1) Give Amy Sherman-Palladino whatever it will take for her to return and run the show.
Step 2) Burn any remaining unaired Rosenthal episodes.
Step 3) have Lorelai re-wake up in bed with Christopher and say, “Wow! What a terrible dream I had!”
yes i know, i have already said two big things, but i have a major point here. at the end of season 5 and the begining of season 6, lorelai PROPOSED to luke. that showed that she really wanted to marry him. but, this season, chris proposed to lorelai, and lorelai hesitated! she also did not look happy at the end of the episode! this shows that lorelai doesnt want to be with chris!
more to add:) now it is almost like lorelai is pleasing her parents by marrying chris! and lorelai doesnt even seem to like the marriage. i mean, it was almost like chris pushed her into marrying him. they were only dating a few months, and even if they have known each other forever, part of that time chris has broken lorelai’s heart! and she hesitated when chris asked her to marry him! plus the dialogue wasnt gilmore girls at all! the whole time lor and chris were like “ooo i love you” and “oh im soo happy” and “i just dont want this to end!”. i never would have imagined for those words to be said on gilmore girls! the writing isnt the same.
plus, what happened to stars hollow? wheres kirk and miss patty and babbette and sookie and jackson? you dont see any of that anymore! the whole “eating at lukes everyday” is gone too! yes, i know that there is a reason for that but still! plus, where is the relationship between lorelai and rory that was the whole point of the show?? all of this made the show the show!
and lorelai used to be more independent. now every moment is spent with christopher. in this season, do you remember even one scene where lorelai wasnt with chris? i dont! now she is depending on other characters. the show isnt the same. my number one question is WHERE ARE ALL OF THE REFRENCES????
more to add:) now it is almost like lor is pleasing emily! it is clear to everyone with a brain that lorelai isnt happy with the marriage! and chris almost pushed her into marrying him! lorelai actually proposed to luke, which showed that she really wanted to marry him! while with chris they were only dating a few months, plus chris’ history of always leaving, plus when chris proposed lorelai was hesitant! it is almost like she was obligated to say yes!
the writers really messed up this episode. it almost didnt even resemble gilmore girls. the way lor and chris were with each other “ooo i love you” and “oh i am sooo happy!” and “i just dont want this to end!”. all of these phrases i couldnt even imagine being said on gilmore girls. lorelai used to be more independent. does anyone even remember a scene in the last few episodes when lorelai wasnt with christopher? i dont! you dont even see stars hollow anymore, which was what made the show….well….THE SHOW! what happened to kirk and miss patty and babbete and jackson and sookie??? gilmore girls just isnt the same!
i agree with you “obsessed gg fan”! now that lorelai married chris, she will become more like emily and richard! i mean, emily has always wanted for lorelai and chris to be together, and part of lorelai’s relationship with emily is that she always does the oppostie of what emily wants! yea, at some points i GUESS (very slim guess here) it would have been nice for lor to be with chris, but she belongs with luke! and part of her being with luke (not saying this was the only reason she was with luke) was that emily and richard hated him! the writers have screwed everything up!!!