I think what I liked the most about it was that Rory and Lorelai did what they were told, thereby avoiding a soap opera/sitcom situation.

Yep. Plus the shot of Rory looking on at the end in her new haircut. She's both moved on and not, which is what going off to college is, especially the first year.

Besides last season's finale (Rory's graduation speech), that was the first GG that I have ever teared up at. JE rocks.

Anyone know the name of the actress who played Eve on Buffy (not Angel)? I think she was on Judging Amy last night, but I'm not sure.

That's why she looked familiar...

That's why she looked familiar...

You didn't recognize her due to the lack of a worse-than-usual mangling of a Southern Accent.

I looked at Buffyguide.com, but they haven't updated the actor list since Selfless aired. Note to self: Don't search on "eve" again, without marking the "match whole word only" box, because you hit on Forever, Revelations, Steve, and too much other stuff.

I caught GG last night as well. I didn't know Jane Espenson wrote the episode, but for the first time since the beginning of this season, it felt like GG had its pep back. I especially loved Lorelai having a meltdown at Luke's diner. As for Taylor--he's always been a power-tripping little prat. But, instead of laughing at his puny manipulative tactics as I used to, I seriously wanted reach into the screen and rip his head off last night. My GOD, he was unbearable.

As for the whole Spuffy violence in "Dead Things".... hmm, I kind of thought that the writers crossed the line from cartoonish superhero/kung-fu violence to something really dark and disturbing there. I mean, I used to laugh at Buffy slapping Spike around, and enjoy the stylized fights they used to have before Spike got the pesky chip. But that alley scene felt different. Not because 'Buffy the bee-a-tch hurt my woobie Spike' (Oy. Also, no mere words can possibly explain how much I loath the infantile term, "woobie"), but because they *were* in a relationship when that happened. Sick and twisted and wrong relationship, but a relationship nonetheless. It was a cycle of abuse all right, just not the one-sided thing the rabid Spikoholics made it into. Spike manipulated her emotionally, and Buffy used him and hurt him physically, and everything came to head in that alley scene--Buffy's self-loathing projected onto Spike, and Spike engaged in a sick attempt to bind Buffy to him emotionally, even at the expense of getting himself pummelled to pulp. I found the scene extraordinarily disturbing, and brilliant as well in the way it highlighted the pathology of their relationship, and in the way it harkened back to the B/F church scene in "Who Are You?".

Anyway, that was my long-winded way to say, those folks at Usenet sure do have the gift of one-way interpretation, but I didn't think the violence, at least in the context of "Dead Things", was at all cartoonish. But then, I love "Dead Things". It's probably my favorite episode of season 6, second only to OM,WF. It cut me up, and I loved it.

Edited to add: TVTome has Amanda Fuller as Eve.

Edited to add: TVTome has Amanda Fuller as Eve.

Ooo! Thanks, Vonnie!

t runs off to IMDB

eta Hmm, neither IMDB nor TVTome given me the validation I need. Possibly not updated yet? Or am I wrong...

Amanda Fuller played Eve in "Showtime". Don't know about Judging Amy. Was too busy watching the World's Stupidest Cubs Fan screw up the team he ostensibly likes.

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Actually, smonster, if you scroll down a bit on her TV Tome page, she's listed as "shannon" in Judging Amy under the "co-starring role" category. I don't watch Judging Amy, but I'd say that you're plenty validated there.

Yes, thanks again Vonnie, just found it. Not used to TVTome.

For all those other OCD peeps (crickets) Amanda Fuller info.

eta Sorry about that, y'all. Hope I fixed the code before it gave anyone a headache.