Oh, I think Gretchen and Meredith are just about at the end of their rope--they're actually snapping at each other meaningfully now. (Not horrifyingly, but with real irritation.) That said, one of the things I like about them is that even though they do look pretty wiped, they look genuinely happy when they discover they haven't been eliminated. They want to keep going.

I feel like I shouldn't've liked Lynn and Alex as much as I did, because really they were kind of asses. But I did, and I'm sorry to see them go. Ron and Kelly continue to do nothing for me; Joyce and Uchenna are lovely human beings who aren't very good at navigation; and Rob and Amber are the best racers there, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Oddly, I discovered that I like Rob a lot more when he stops trying to play cute and starts looking stressed and snappish. All of a sudden I didn't want to throttle him all of the time.

I am too crabby to live.

GG was enh for me last night. people's voices seemed a bit off.

It was weird. The whole Paris begging for change thing. WTF, and how was that resolved? I may have FFed past it, but did she just stay out there?

it wasn't resolved - they never showed her again. Not a tight episode.

Hey, have we heard from Jeff lately? How's he doing?

I was also made twitchy by the seeds they planted for Luke and Lorelai's next fallout -- is he good enough (cue the return of the babyfather) and should he buy the house and prep for a family (will he tell her first, or will it be an expensive surprise?). But I didn't watch much previous to this season, so I don't know if it's in character.

And the thing with Dean was weird, too: Lorelei's been in Star's Hollow for what, 20 years? Rory may want bigger and better things, but Lorelei? Is Dean really that stupid? I really hope they're not actually meaning that as any kind of foreshadowing or cause for insecurity for Luke, cause... not.

The first part of that is not only in character for this season, it's a dead horse.

GG - all the stuff that stupidhead Dean was saying to Luke made NO SENSE to me. Lorelai loves Stars Hollow and has chosen to make it her home. Christopher has never shown that he is in any way "better" except that he comes from a family with money.

The buying the house stuff as something he is doing FOR her seems odd and out of character to me. BUT, I can totally see that he has wanted this house for years and has pictured it being the house he would have a family in, nothing connected to his relationship with Lorelai, and I can see her not being able to see the differences and folks like nosy Mr. Busybody mayor guy making it all worse.

But Tom, I haven't seen him believe it this season. That's why I wondered.

Still, he looks good in that shirt.