Dating with the Gilmore Girls

We have a instagram now. Find us at https://www.instagram.com/datingwiththegilmoregirls/ . You will find little reminisces of the food we ate for the show. 

We start by talking about how often Luke closes the diner then move to talk about diner style restaurant as a whole and their relative decline in the United States. Abby then vigorously defends her caffeine addiction. We question why Michel would go to a diner every day.  We  consider whether Dean’s reaction to finding out about the accident with Rory’s Car was to much or actually was a tame react...

HAPPY ONE AND A HALF YEAR ANNIVERSARY! We decided to watch three of the movies mentioned in episode 219 impromptu and give you our impressions on them. The movies are Suspense, Arctic Flight, and Killer Shark. We decide which one would have been fine to do instead of The Yearling. Also we talk about the Yearling as a piece of literature. 

219 He’s A Kid. We start with Simon on a extensive digression about the work Slaughter House Five and its influence on pop culture. Then we talk about Lorelai annoying totally not miser Taylor into getting to lead the Stars Hollow Movie Festival, and discuss the various actual movies that they it turns out can show. We then as non parents totally have great advice on how to act as a parent to a te...

218 Omelets and Business  We start with our dinner witgh a fine omelet; that Loreali might request some modifications on. We then move to talking about about the issues of Richard and not having not have anything to do. Then we move on to Rory and her treatment of Dean which we question if Rory showing disrespect for Dean, and how he should be able to meet her in Luke’s diner as based on previous...

We start by explaining answering machines to any possible zoomers who would for some reason listen. Then we talk about this how this episode is interesting as it is just almost entirely a Luke episode, not a Lorelai or especially a Rory storyline. We follow this by a extensive debate on how many times you must taste something to determine if it is acceptable. It is obviously two, not three. We beg...

We had to redo this so we are missing our bagels and our in this episode, a short on admittedly we don't have much to go on. We discuss the actress Madchen Amick, the actress playing Christopher's new love interest Sherry, whether she looks like Elle McPherson and whether her character Sherry is weird.  Whether Chris was concealing that Sherry was with him in Hartford. We talk about if Emily was a...

In this episode we start off  with what will be an issue throughout this commentary, we get way off topic repeatedly. We start with what we will throughout this episode talk about, the Dean, Rory, Jess shipping fight. Then we move to Miss Patty playing unwanted matchmaker for Lorelai, and we have a short discussion on you should and shouldn’t put your dating profiel. This is where Simon totally do...

In this episode we start by complimenting our very authentic Chinese food (As authentic as Al’s Pancake World) , we talk about why you never ask a women how many coffees she has had in a day. Both of us talk aobut our fan theory for why Paris and Rory have been having a better relationship so far despite the how not showing a softening of the animosity that we saw in the last season due to their s...

In this episode we have a lot of straw sounds as we consume our Haagen Dazs chocolate-chocolate milk shakes. We question how Lane could go to The Rocky Horror Picture Show due to Mrs. Kim. Then Simon talks about his research into termites and which type of North American termites are destructive in the manner this episode intones is happening to the house, not the kind in Connecticut it turns out....

We open the episode talking about our meal, Michelle’s pancakes and how using whole milk would mean if we sold it to him he would sue us. Simon advocates watching the non Stanley Kubrick version of the Shining. Abby disagrees. Simon goes into a diatribe about Shakespeare and how nobody in the last 60 years seems to understand Romeo and Juliet. Then we both agree that Richard II is a better play th...

In this episode among other things we talk about the guest star Linda Porter who plays Fran and her accomplishments outside the how. There are several parts where we talk about the owner of the Independence Inn Mia, we have several disagreements about the portrayal of her character. We talk about how Luke apparently on top of being a Buffet head is a Trekkie and based on her references to it. Lore...

We start talking about why we don't like the recipe provided in the official recipe book. Then Simon feels he must comment on the very realistic snow around Star's Hollow.  We talk of the Bracebridge dinner to be performed at the Independence Inn. Simon makes clear that pomegranates are the greatest fruit of all. We talk about Richard and Emily relationship issues and discuss how it could be affec...

An episode that gave us alot of trouble, this was our third attempt after technical difficulties and a computer change meant we lost our original recording and then the second was not saved,  Simon lost his notes so talked off the cuff.  We discuss why Sandra Day O' Conor was not a Puff and where she went to prep school.  We have a little change of subject talking about  various major guests stars...

This episode arguably is one of the most impactful of the series as it starts up several arcs that will follow the show till its very end. Also we get Simon going on a extended speculation of Christopher’s relationship with his parents. And forgive Simon who admittedly seems to misplace events in the episode   We open with Rory and Lorelai watching as Richard and Emily Gilmore yell at each other t...

A long one. We start the episode discussing the wonderful Danishes Abby made for the episode. We open with Simon showing his distate for the Sex Pistols, and then we note that its insane that boy scouts would expect a diner to serve them grilled cheese or burgers at 7:30 in the morning after having glued rocks together all night. We note that Luke suddenly gets a phone call and wonder if it means...

We open up our episode discussing the amazing not from the Official Cook Book scones Abby made. Then we talk about If other people figured Lorelai would sadly not walk down the Aisle with Max based on Suki and company's reactions when she calls them over the phone to say the "Weddings is off". We follow that up with Abigail saying we should have wall paper that looks like it moves with Simon sugge...

A episode we did really late. We talk about playing the 1,2,3 Game. Why you would hate someone if you bought them meowing cat mits. Why is Luke a bad gift giver and will remain one.  Misses Kim's presaging a LOTR meme a year before the movie trilogy adaptation was released. We have a long conversation about how Rory in her bad state following her breakup with Dean is while exasperating also is jus...

We start this episode off by discussing the ethics of tasting wedding cakes if you are already scheduled someone to make you a wedding cake, while we eat Ben and Jerry's as part of our date.  Why Max staying over reveals that Lorelai doesn't see a future between Lorelai and Max as Lorelai and to a lesser extent Rory keep him from watching Billy Jack with them. We discuss if you should put bruschet...

We open the episode talking about the newspaper Lorelai may be wearing. Then Simon has a rant about Renaissance English playwrights and too many classes at Chilton on Shakespeare. We talk about Emily and Lorelai and Emily feeling slighted about finding out about Lorelai's engagement to Max by way of Sookie and imagining it as a intentional slight.  We discuss if we will have chicken Kiev at our we...

We discuss how we totally didn't make this episode after the finale of season 1. How Gilmore Girls tries to not have large breaks for summer. Why we don't have bridal magazines at our wedding. The town literally stalking Lorelai when she tells Luke about the engagement to Max.  Why does Sookie not seem to know Lorelai was back with Max. Why is Lorelai not telling her parents about the engagement....

This is the finale of the first season, yes we cannot find episode 20 where we screwed up strodle, its a long episode. We start asking if Lorelai is dreaming Luke at the start of the episode, or if he is there. We discuss how we begin Lane as the show going "what do we do with Lane?". We have a discussion  if Taylor was yet meant to be a character with lore or merely a comedic element for him not...

`We look at the first episode we meet the third Lorelai. That being the Richard's Mother also known as "gran" or "Trix". We talk about Lorelei's possible relation with her namesake when she was Rory's age, and then look at Tristan going on a date with Paris. We have a intense debate over when a trust should be made for someone, as well as explanations of how trusts can work. We make a slight aside...

First upload since we got married., Abby ruins the pancakes. We discuss the dynamics of Kim's antiques, Abby explain how to use a grapefruit spoon as a weapon, we discuss how there are way too many Charlie's Angels. We infer that Lorelai has a extreme variety of shoes. We look at the  first appearance of the Dragonfly Inn. We discuss how does Rory have a job at the Independence Inn. And whether Em...

A update, no we didn't drop off the face of the earth. It turns out when going from Dating to Married alot of stuff can get in your way.