Famous Last Words: Gilmore Girls and Thanksgiving *(SPOILERS AHEAD)*

"Mom?"
"Yea?"
"I'm pregnant."

Those were the last four words???

For those of you who don't know, I am an avid Gilmore Girls fan. I have watched the complete 7 seasons twice, once by myself and a second time with my mother. Thanksgiving holiday this year meant family, food, and the Gilmore Girls revival. Although I did enjoy the apple pie and the green bean casserole (a personal favorite), my mom and I were mostly focused on the following day's Netflix release of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.

To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. But I think I speak for many when I make that statement. Rory Gilmore, a character I looked up to (for the most part) throughout the series was made to be a fool, a mistress, and a complete failure. Something about this struck a chord in myself, watching someone who was Yale educated, had access to money galore, and networking opportunities to the top newspaper man himself fail was.... horrifying. It made me start thinking that I was going to fail, that applying to all of those Physical Therapy schools was a waste of time and effort. That my school work meant nothing, and that when push came to shove I would be graduating college with a somewhat meaningless degree. Then I paused and thought about what would the old Rory do (WWTORD, a bit of a mouthful I agree)? She would not give up, she would push herself to succeed in the worst of circumstances. WHICH IS WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND HER FLAILING AROUND FOR EIGHT YEARS AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO! The Rory I knew and loved would pick herself up and have a backup plan, hell she would have a plan for every letter of the alphabet.

So that is what I have done (not quite so literally however). After watching the horror that unfolded in front of my eyes that was the revival, I made three backup plans. I made plans for myself in tens of different situations and as I made the list, I realized something very different. This is what Gilmore Girls was trying to show, that even in the best of circumstances sometimes life doesn't work out. We can't control it all, as much as we would like to. Some of the relationship debauchery (as a Team Logan fan myself) could have been left out and who knows? Maybe Netflix will pick up the series following Rory and her child, who we can assume is Logan's. Not Pete, Paul, or whatever his name was or the Wookie's. And maybe.... just maybe... Logan will become the man Rory needs (and leave Jess in the dust). Or perhaps they meant to show that Rory didn't need a man to be whole and happy, something most of us fans would hate to hear after the history of the show. As I slowly come to grips with the reality that Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband have left us with, I come more to grips with my own future. Although I may not be able to control it all, I can't help but try. So, world, wherever you lead, I will follow.... with a lot of coffee. 

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