French Twist

Season 7, Episode 7, Aired
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Christopher and Lorelai take Gigi to visit her mother in Paris. They have a wonderful, romantic time enjoying the city. Rory comes to the end of her tenure as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Daily News and suddenly finds herself unsure of her future and her new friends, Olivia and Lucy, help her cope. Rory finally meets Lucy's new boyfriend. Christopher and Lorelai return home with a surprise for everyone.moreless
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  • I loved the whole Laine and Zack scenes with Laine's mom...but aside from that nothing happened!!! Oh sure Lorelai and Chris got married...but big deal...nothing still didn't happen!!!

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    By J_critic, Dec 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    It was so obvious that if you took out Laine, Zack and Mrs.Kim from this episode...one would see that nothing happened! (and thats too bad!!!)

    Oh sure Lorelai and Chris got married...but big deal...nothing still didn't happen!!!
    There wasn't any magical breathtaking moment...where they looked into each others eyes and knew they were meant for each other.

    The only reason Chris got Lorelai to marry him was because he starved her ...then presented her with food.Obviously she would have said "yes" to anything...to get some food!!!

    Who wants a man that starves you, drags you across town looking for food(on a empty stomach) and then realizes that his grandfather choked/bite the dust...leaving him with tones of money...so now he can bribe people to get food!
    Whoo-hoo...yippie!
    How utterly romantic!(not!!)

    Luke is a master cook/chef, he could have prepared a feast without having to leave the room!

    But no biggie...Lorelai you chose the one with money who can bribe his way around....at this rate, i have only one question: 'What will you do when the money runs out?'moreless

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  • Loreali and Christopher take Gigi to Paris to visit her mother.

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    By Buffy19, Dec 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    No! No! No! They did not just do that. They did not just marry Loreali and Christopher. Does anyone else see how wrong that is? Luke and Loreali are meant to be together. Am I the only one who thinks that? I can't believe Loreali would ever get married without Rory there. That is so out of character. Maybe the writer's plan to break them up and have Lor and Luke back together by the end of the season. I sure hope so. The scenes between Lane and Zach and her mum were the only entertaining parts of the whole episode.moreless

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  • PERFECT! PERFECT! PERFECT! PERFECT! PERFECT!!!!!!!!

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    By anyabr, Dec 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode was a dream come true. Lorelai and Christopher take his daughter Gigi to Paris to see Sherry. And what was supposed to be a romantic trip ends up crushed by severe jet lag and hunger. When they're finally awake, it's 4a.m. and every restaurant is closed. But Chris, adorable as he is, pays for a restaurant to open just so he can get Lor some food. There they start remembering everything they had planned for their Paris trip when they were sixteen (which kinda got postponed due to, well, Lorelai's pregnancy). And he remembers every single detail. I mean, Luke didn't even bother to tell Lorelai he had a kid, Chris remembers stuff she said more than twenty years ago. And she says she loves him!!!!!!!! Like, three times!!! A record for Lorelai Gilmore!!!!! Then he states the obvious: they love each other, they're perfect for each other, and they're in Paris, the most romantic city in the world. He proposes. She thinks it's too soon. But he's just so sweet and loving and they cut to another scene, and I get crazy.

    But in the end of the episode, they get home and after small talk, Chris simply says "Welcome home, Mrs Hayden", and Lorelai has this beautiful ring on her finger. YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! They got married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never loved 'Gilmore Girls' this much!!!!!

    Also, for the first time this season, I liked Rory. As much as I hate her "Girls Gone Wild" (according to Paris) friends Lucy and Olivia, Rory was on her sweet, cute ways again. Maybe it's because I'm graduating High School next year and have the same worries Rory had on this episode about where is her life going, but I think all the scenes were pretty well written. And I tought Rory's hair looked pretty great in pink. Oh, and Marty's back, pretending he doesn't know Rory. That's a wait and see.

    Lane and Zach are having twins!!! That is SOOO sweet! All their scenes with Mrs Kim were completely hilarious, and I can't wait to see them all living together. But nothing matters, because Lorelai and Christopher are now Mr and Mrs Hayden!!!!!!! Thank you, David Rosenthal, for this wonderful early Christmas gift!!!!!!!!moreless

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  • The marriage was rushed and not much seems to be happening this season.

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    By stewie1423, Jun 04, 2009 Report Abuse
    So the whole Paris thing was bearable but not exactly entertaining. It was very lovey-dovey and not what I really tune in to Gilmore Girls for...I agree with others that the marriage was really rushed, all Christopher said was please and then we found out she said yes...her face at the end already screams regret. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting but just wasn't what GG is...

    As for Rory not much happened but at least she remained in character. She had a panic attack about what she'll do next...her new friends aren't developed enough yet but I loved the Marty thing at the end. The way he pretended not to know her was interesting. The Lane/Mrs Kim stuff was funny, with her moving into their house.

    So...a filler episode except the annoyingly bad marriage. Just not great writing.moreless

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  • The way Rory described how she felt like she was on an edge of cliff, and not sure where or what to do next I was like 'oh my gosh that is exactly how I'm feeling!'moreless

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    By Jennyfer_, Dec 19, 2008 Report Abuse
    I was feeling really teary when I watched this episode anyway because of what is going on in my life, but the way Rory described how she felt like she was on an edge of cliff, and not sure where or what to do next I was like 'oh my gosh that is exactly how I'm feeling!', in fact I said it out loud at the time. I've got half year of Sixth Form college left and I have lots of pressure on me to get good grades for uni, where I'm going to do Biology, but I'm only doing that because I have no clue what I want to do with my life and Biology seemed like the right choice for me, I want to end up doing something I love..
    Before I get too depressed/worried again I just want to say, this is one of the reasons why I love Gilmore Girls so much, even though it's in a different country and not exactly like my life, I can relate to the show so much, and I think that's what makes a good, make that great show!

    I've skimmed over other reviews for this episode and I really don't how people can't like this episode..or maybe I'm bias... although I guess it is true the whole Lorelei and Christpher thing in Paris was bit boring to watch (mainly because I prefer Luke!)

    Great episode!moreless

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    • Lorelai and Christopher woke up at 4am, then they went out in search of food, spoke to the bread man, came back to the hotel for a rendezvous, showered and were at the fancy restaurant by 5am. Edit
    • Just like Luke and Nicole, Lorelai marries Christopher on the spur of the moment. Neither marriage works out. Edit
    • While in Paris, Chris and Lorelai were talking about their 16 year old dreams of going to Paris and sleeping on a park bench. Actually, that was Chris' dream. Lorelai always said she would be staying at the hotel near the bench Chris was sleeping on! Edit

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    • International Airdates: Italy - October 16, 2007 on Italia 1 Spain - September 25, 2007 on FOX TV Spain Germany - November 30, 2007 on VOX Edit
    • David Sutcliffe (Christopher Hayden) is credited as a Special Guest Star. Edit
    • Music: "Ce petit coeur" (This Small Heart) by Francoise Hardy "Selling Yourself Short" by What Made Milwaukee Famous "L'anamour" by Jane Birkin "You And Me" by Daniel May "What A Time It Was" by Daniel May Edit

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    • Mrs. Kim: So, Monday you move in with me. (long silence) Zach: Cool... Edit
    • Lorelai: Fine! Crummy Europe, its crummy time change. We switched the metric system, why they didn't switch their timezone? Chris: We didn't actually switch... Lorelai: I know! Edit
    • Lorelai: No room service and no minibar but two toilets, where are their priorities? Edit

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    • French bread-guy: Funny Americans. Everybody loves Raymond... Everybody loves Raymond was a popular tv-show based on the comedy of Ray Romano. It ran on CBS from 1996 to 2005. Edit
    • Lorelai: Hey, is the Tour de France still going on? cause we could stand on low Paris street and yell "woohoo!!" when the guys go by, or I could pour a cup of water on one of them as he goes whipping by! The Tour de France is the world's best known cycling race that takes place every year in July and ends at the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Edit
    • Olivia: We got the Vikings, Edvard Munch, and that's all I got. Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter and printmaker, and an important forerunner for Expressionistic art. The Scream, Munch's best-known painting, is one of the pieces in a series titled The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of life, love, fear, death and melancholy. Edit

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