Sad ... So Sad

I can't believe it's over. My dear friends, Lorelai and Rory, have left the air and I don't know what I'll do without them. I was certain that the last episode would be bad. Maybe I believed that because I haven't wanted this to happen and I felt that if the last episode was bad, it would prove me right. Didn't happen, though. The last episode was charming.

Luke's gesture in planning the party was almost as heartwarming as his perseverence in making sure that it would happen. Rory's first job on the campaign trail suits her perfectly and the way that Lorelai and her parents interacted was more than I could have imagined. The ending was perfect too - where better for the series to end than the diner where they spent some of their best times?

As much as I like things that end in perfect, nice, happy ways, I guess that I can be satisfied with the ending of the love stories. Luke and Lorelai are friends or together or whatever and Rory and Logan are over. I will always hold out hope for a spin-off in which Rory and Logan somehow get back together, though. Maybe when the campaign trail reaches California they reconnect, then Rory returns after her job to work in San Fran.

This really is the end of an era - there is no other show on tv that is so witty and charming. The characters on Gilmore Girls are timeless and while that will prove to be a negative as these actors try to pursue other roles, it means that the lessons they have taught me and the jokes that have amused me will stay in my heart forever. Goodbye, Stars Hollow. You'll be sorely missed.