One of the vital irritating issues about TV reveals is that they don’t all the time go the best way we wish them to. That is very true on the subject of relationship drama — whether or not it’s a lover’s spat that ends in a breakup, a dishonest scandal, or, within the case of Gilmore Ladies, a secret baby. In the event you’ve watched the present, you doubtless know all in regards to the “will-they-won’t-they” dynamic between Luke (Scott Patterson) and Lorelai (Lauren Graham). Their chemistry was palpable from the beginning, but it wasn’t till the Season 4 finale that they lastly took the massive step and had their first kiss. It was a sigh of reduction for longtime followers, as we lastly received to look at their romance take off — that’s, till about midway by way of Season 6. There, Luke discovers he has a 12-year-old daughter he knew nothing about. Her identify is April (Vanessa Marano), and he or she is arguably probably the most divisive character in the whole present because of how her sudden look throws a wrench in Luke and Lorelai’s relationship.

Lately, Scott Patterson, who performs Luke on Gilmore Ladies, spoke to ScreenRant and defended the storyline, in addition to the character of April, claiming that it was vital for the expansion of Luke and Lorelai’s general relationship. However regardless that I can see the place Patterson is coming from, I couldn’t disagree extra. I imagine the April storyline on Gilmore Ladies damage Luke and Lorelai’s relationship in near-irreparable methods.

Scott Patterson Thinks the April Storyline Was a Good Addition to ‘Gilmore Ladies’

Within the aforementioned ScreenRant interview, Patterson mirrored on his current reunion with Mariano, saying, “I perceive the followers did not just like the writers throwing a monkey wrench into the Luke and Lorelai factor, however it needed to occur. It is a threat you are taking, however the payoff is so nice. It does not break something. It simply form of deepens the form of comeback that is required. I all the time beloved her. I want the backlash wasn’t so prompt and vitriolic… These are very severe followers.”

Whereas I wholeheartedly agree that Mariano shouldn’t be receiving merciless therapy from followers as a result of function she performed as a child, I disagree with Patterson’s reasoning as to why he felt the storyline needed to occur. I don’t imagine it deepened the comeback between Luke and Lorelai in any respect; it soured their reconciliation within the collection finale for a mess of causes, not the least of which is as a result of it all the time felt so sudden.

Clearly, I used to be glad to see the 2 of them reconnect, however after spending almost the whole remaining season aside, to not point out Luke maintaining such an enormous secret from Lorelai within the season prior, their reunion simply does not have the affect it ought to have. I truly don’t assume the problem with their romance within the later seasons will be blamed solely on April’s existence, although it definitely performed an element because of Luke’s inconceivable alternative to cover it from Lorelai. The primary drawback lies in the truth that their reunion occurs within the remaining episode of the unique collection, which means we by no means get to see them work by way of their points or discuss in regards to the April state of affairs — or Lorelai’s sophisticated dynamic together with her ex, Christopher (David Sutcliffe), for that matter.

Luke and Lorelai’s Reunion Was Rushed in ‘Gilmore Ladies’

The primary flaw of the April storyline is that Luke decides to maintain her existence a secret from Lorelai. At first, it is sensible, as he himself remains to be making an attempt to wrap his head across the information that he’s now a father. However as soon as he began spending extra time with April and have become a much bigger a part of her life, he ought to’ve informed Lorelai about her. Certain it will have been a clumsy dialog, however Lorelai would have understood. As somebody who as soon as handled an unplanned being pregnant, she greater than most individuals would perceive what it’s wish to have parenthood thrust upon you whenever you least count on it. Finally, Luke does let Lorelai in concerning April, however that second is rapidly squandered by April’s mom, Anna (Sherilyn Fenn), who desires Lorelai nowhere close to her daughter — for concern of April changing into connected to her and ending up damage if Lorelai and Luke resolve to interrupt up. Whereas I perceive Anna’s intuition to guard her daughter, it is senseless on this state of affairs, as Luke and Lorelai are already engaged.

Admittedly, the 2 do find yourself splitting, since Luke continues to steer a separate life with April and repeatedly cuts out Lorelai within the course of, and, in a second of weak point, Lorelai sleeps with Christopher, who finally ends up changing into her principal love curiosity for almost all of Season 7. It isn’t till the finale that she and Luke discover their method again to one another, alhough there’s a number of backwards and forwards all through the season, and moments the place it’s clear Lorelai remains to be in love with Luke. It’s so good once they do reunite, and their kiss says greater than phrases may in that second — which wouldn’t often be a difficulty, aside from the truth that it’s the ultimate episode, and there is by no means an opportunity for them to speak issues out at size. I do not agree that Gilmore Ladies‘ April storyline made the Luke and Lorelai reunion sweeter, when in actuality it pushed them aside. A rushed reunion within the final 5 minutes doesn’t undo all of that, and after seven seasons of construct up, Luke and Lorelai’s romance deserved higher.