Gilmore Girls

M: TV series are interesting. They are different from movies. They are a bigger commitment. They are something you can look forward to, and they are in your life for an extended period of time. They can be great, or they can be huge time wasters (or both). A Movie is like choosing a restaurant to eat a meal, and a TV series is like choosing a caterer to make your meals for the next several months. So you have to choose wisely. The Gilmore Girls, at 7 seasons, is definitely a big investment. It took us about a year, and two different homes, to get through. The first season, I kind of half watched, have played on my computer. But, as the series went on, I tuned in more and more. Over time, it became something that V and I looked forward to. This is a fun series, with great dialog (and a lot of it, tons in fact). A mother and daughter live and love and learn. Lots of quirky characters come and go, and make a place in your heart. Lauren Graham plays the mother, Lorelai Gilmore, brilliantly. Some questionable moral decisions, and a bit preachy at times. But very fun. This is a good series to watch as a couple. 3 stars

V: We had a lot of fun watching these. I found it to be good escapism after a long day of housewifery. Lauren Graham, as M mentioned, is really great. Very funny, very likable, even though she does really dumb things sometimes. The writers (there are many) loved sticking in as many obscure cultural references as they could into an episode. Sometimes the extent to which they did that was annoying- kinda like the word-of-the-day snuck into high school plays. I remember the "gravy" performance. Otherwise, it was kind of fun, and they provided a list of their references in the dvd, uh, "pamphlet." Because there were so many writers, there were incongruities at times, but only irritating people like me would be bothered with it. (Or is bothersome people like me being irritated?) Just a few tiny complaints. So, you can tell that we liked it since we watched the entire series in a year. It was good fun. 3 stars