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And no, I'm not talking about Dean O'Dell.

Gilmore Girls 7.09: "Knit, People, Knit!"

At the end of the episode, I was squealing into my pillow, so I wouldn't wake my roommates. Go, Luke!!! It's about time!! And perhaps this will just be the start of him taking action and saying what he thinks and standing up for himself.

Doula, guys? I love Liz and TJ, but seriously. That child is going to get some serious mocking on the playground. How did Jess end up with such a normal name? I do love them, though, and awwww, it's a girl! Jess has a baby sister.

For some reason, I didn't see Rory moving back in with Paris and Doyle, but it totally makes sense. I just wasn't thinking that way. Paris and Doyle, though? Made for each other. Seriously. There couldn't be a better match for Paris, and I love that we see them doing the krav maga, and him really sticking by her, and them dancing. They just fit.

And my favorite part of that scene was Logan's face while Paris was outlining the terms of the lease. He knows Paris, and he just took her with a grain of salt. It was just priceless, and another one of those subtle things (like his interactions with Lorelai in "Introducing Lorelai Planetarium") that show how utterly in tune with Rory's life he is.

Okay, here's my prediction for Rory and Logan, with Logan moving back to the States. I think that this is where the big test of all their progress in London will happen. When he's overseas, there's an expectation that the distance will be difficult, but when he's within a few hours of where she is, it makes it almost more difficult when their schedules don't coincide and they can't spend time together or be at each other's events (or apartments). I still think they'll make it, but I think that Rory may still be expecting this to make things like they were last year, and it's not going to work that way--it'll be yet a different way of seeing it altogether, and it'll take some adjustment.

Marty, Marty, Marty. Things were great for about 3 minutes there, and I really like you, so why did you have to act like that?

I did like Rory's comment about "I rejected him--if you can even call it that--years ago." It's an ongoing debate on the boards as to whether Rory treated him badly, and I, for one, don't think that she did. I thought that she was naive about the fact that he liked her, but once she knew, she didn't string him along or lead him on. She told him, flat-out, that she wasn't interested, and their friendship fizzled--which is perfectly natural. It happens. Trust me, I know. So I was glad to see canonical confirmation that she thinks that way.

I still stand by my statement, when Marty first came back, that he and Lucy seem suited for each other. I like them better together than I liked the idea of him with Rory, and I don't want him to mess that up because he's still hung up on her. Even if he was drunk. Because, really, Boyfriend needs to move on. Doyle drunkenly hitting on Rory? Disturbing, but amusing. Marty drunkenly hitting on Rory? Disturbing and sad.

Um. Lorelai and Chris. Chris and Jackson. Man-date. That was funny, and I loved Jackson not-so-subtly sticking up for Lorelai. Reminds me of Aaron. If he was a farmer, he would be Jackson. Although I'm not sure how I'd feel about Aaron telling my husband that "many have tried; many have failed."

And I literally cringed for Chris when he went to talk to Taylor. Just... don't, okay? You were good, with the Jackson-love, and Patty and Babette were being nice to you, and then you went and wrecked it.

Knit-a-thon? Cute, but I kept thinking about the Dance Marathon, and thinking that it didn't measure up to that as a Stars Hollow quirky event.

Veronica Mars 3.09: "Spit & Eggs"

Mac's back! Yay! Although it was a little weird to have her bookend the rape mystery the way she did--being involved with finding out about Parker, and then being there for the end.

Logan and Veronica... saw it coming, but I thought that it would be at the beginning of the next arc. I thought that something would happen in the cliffhanger that would lead to a break-up. However, I cried at Logan's "pain now or pain later" speech. Just... guh. It seemed, at that moment, like such a no-win situation; everything he did, from then on out, was infused with so much love, and it'll be interesting to see how this new phase plays out.

Piz cracked me up, going on about the radio show, when Mac, Wallace, and Veronica were all just staring at him. And his dance? Hee! I don't want a romantic Veronica/Piz plotline, but I do love the guy.

I totally called Moe being involved with the rapes. And as soon as he appeared to "rescue" Veronica, I knew he was in there somehow, and kept trying to yell at her not to drink his dumb oolong, but she couldn't hear me. I didn't put the Mercer/Moe connection together until I saw the picture, though.

(Which, by the way, puts Mercer's time in prison in a totally different light.)

I'd actually thought that Mercer was the main rapist and Moe was a copycat. Which was sort of on the right track, but I didn't put the connection between the two of them together.

And, oh, Keith.  You knew that having an affair with a married woman was stupid.  At least you had the sense to look heartbroken when Cyrus was breaking down as his marriage crumbled around his ears.  Nice twist, though, that his next infidelity case is for someone he's got a connection to, on some level.  It's harder to swallow than if it had just been a random dude.

Oy.  This is taking forever to write.  Way to keep getting distracted by work to do!  Sheesh, people.  Priorities.  Come on.

I'm not even going to speculate on Dean O'Dell's murder yet, except to say that I think Weevil's going to feature more prominently in it.  How could he not, especially being the one to find the body?  I see an accusation happening there, although I kind of hope not.

Aaaannnnyyyway.  I don't even remember anything else I had to say about that episode.  To put it all into perspective, I got home from rehearsal 12 hours ago, and in that time, have watched 2 hours of TV, gotten up and ready to work, driven 45 minutes to work, and have been here for 3 1/2 hours.  Oh, and there was a little bit of sleep there, too.