5. Rory is unlikable.
I don’t understand why everyone thinks Rory is so great. I just don’t. It’s like they all see a halo floating over her head.
OK, I will admit that Rory does have beautiful blue eyes and an angelic face.
But looking innocent doesn’t equate to being innocent. And that’s evident throughout the show, as we see Rory wear a plethora of unflattering hats: bad friend, cheater, entitled brat, spoiled brat, felon, hypocrite, mistress, side chick.
Alright, I know that was a lot of hats I just rattled off, so I will only touch on a few.
In Season 4, Rory was Dean’s mistress. But in Season 6, she had trouble forgiving Logan for cheating on her with his sister’s friends, even though he thought they were broken up at the time (Side note, I am in no way condoning Logan’s behavior.).
See the problem here? Not yet? OK, I’ll continue.
In A Year in the Life, Rory often spends quality bedroom time with Logan in London. No big deal, right? Wrong.
Logan has a fiancee, a French heiress named Odette. And Rory’s in a relationship with Paul, who she (somehow) keeps forgetting to break up with.
It’s just a mess. A hot steaming, stinking mess.
Again, Rory chooses the role of the sloppy side piece. She and Logan even have a “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” agreement. Classy.
So, it seems, that cheating is alright with Rory, as long as she’s not the one being cheated on. Quite hypocritical of our young heroine, don’t you think?
And don’t get me wrong, I understand people make mistakes. It happens. Lord knows I’ve had my fair share.
But in 13 years, from her affair with Dean to her affair with Logan, Rory didn’t evolve or grow as a person. She didn’t learn from her mistakes. She stayed the same: selfish and self-centered.
Maybe that was Amy Sherman-Palladino’s goal for the revival: to show us the real Rory Gilmore.
Message received, Amy. Loud and clear.