Mashed Banana on Toast is one of my go to snacks! But I dont use a toaster- I grill the bread with butter in a pan 1st & put the mashed Banana on top when it's crispy buttery grilled on both sides. Delicious!
Definitely a good analysis. Both Lorelai & Emily are resentful and can't express that in a healthy way or move on from it. Emily of course is more about what she wants, when she wants etc but she does really try with Rory. And we see how hurt she is that Lorelai took off when she was a kid. She didn't even tell her parents where she was for a long time so they were probably worried she was dead or something happened to the baby etc. And just a general feeling of failure & missing her daughter. Lorelai on the other hand constantly poisons people's minds against Emily & Richard. Instead of just saying something like how she can't stand her parents or doesn't want them in her life, she's going on and on through the series about how horrible they are - and yet we only see them being overbearing with the occasional mister. They're not evil or abusive. So it's nothing that people can't work through - but Lorelai doesn't even try to work through it or with with them. She's basically still 16... and can't communicate or reason. When Rory wants to make her own decision like go to Yale, Lorelai flips out. Assuming that her parents pressured her - when we actually see that Rory had liked Yale, had a bad moment realizing that she was put on a spot for an interview....but Rory still chose herself to apply for it. Then chose it over Harvard. She wantsd Yale... but Lorelai wanted her to go to Harvard. In one episode she said that she wanted Rory to go there since she was a baby. So she pushed that on her the way her parents pushed all those private schools on Lorelai. So she basically is doing the same thing to Rory...except on a lesser scale. And with Rory being older and having her grandparents to back her up she doesn't feel as isolated or outnumbered. And later, when Rory drops out of Yale, despite it being a lame decision, it was her decision... and Lorelai reacts by cutting her out of her life. So while Lorelai might think she doesn't suffocate her own daughter she is doing what amounts to emotional manipulation. Unintentionally, but still.
I have observed that the love between Emily and Lorelai are shown, the words "I love you" are never expressed. But Emily can be really vicious when she wants to be.
I havent watched this show in a few years but I remember I had the whole series on dvd and watched it over and over when I was in highschool. Honestly this show really helped me a lot with resolving issues with my own mother. It helped give me guidance and perspective
Thanks for your suggestion!! I'll look into this scene and hopefully have it in the near future! Please stay tuned and subscribe so you don't miss it! 😊
Can you do one on lorelai proposing to Luke? I found it so weird that she did that out of nowhere while she was mad at Rory for dropping out of yale like she just wanted to be happy??
Yeah I thought it was weird too. I felt like Lorelai was just desperately clinging to someone she loved, afraid to lose another person... and later we see her fully get into it only for Luke to back out. Then 2.0 seconds after the breakup she jumps Christopher. I don't think Lorelai has the healthiest ways to react to problems in her life. lol
