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Gilmore Girls: The Complete Second Season (Repackage)(DVD)
Lorelai and Rory Gilmore's unique mother-daughter relationship
evolves this season as Lorelai ponders a surprise marriage
proposal and Rory enters her next year at the exclusive Chilton
Academy and continues her on again/off again romance with Dean.
Friday night dinners with Lorelai's uptight parents keep up the
family tradition of fun and friction, and Lorelai continues to
works at the Independence Inn while dreaming of opening her own
B&B. Meanwhile, at Luke's, coffee's not the only thing brewing as
the gruff proprietor realizes that Lorelai may be more than just
his best customer. The series also stars Melissa McCarthy
(Samantha Who?) as Lorelai's best friend, Sookie St. James; Jared
Padalecki as Dean; Edward Hermann as Richard Gilmore; and, new
this season, Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) as Jess, Luke's wild
17-year-old nephew. Plus, Chad Michael Murray is a recurring
guest star as Rory's classmate, Tristan.
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Love was in the air at the beginning of the second season of
Gilmore Girls, as both Gilmores found themselves in the midst of
perfect, giddy relationships--or so they thought. Lorelai (Lauren
Graham) had accepted the proposal of English teacher Max (Scott
Cohen) and was excitedly planning her first wedding; Rory (Alexis
Bledel) was back on happy footing with townie hunk Dean (Jared
Padalecki) after a dust-up near the end of season one that
prompted a mini-break for the teen twosome. However, series
creator Amy Sherman-Palladino had anything but smooth sailing on
the horizon for her heroines, giving Lorelai a severe case of
cold feet and Rory a major distraction in the form of Jess (Milo
Ventimiglia), the bad boy newly arrived in town. Soon, Rory found
herself extremely attracted to Jess, while Lorelai rekindled the
flame of passion that once burned long ago with Rory's her,
Christopher (David Sutcliffe), who made his way back into her
life despite a girlfriend in the wings.
After the minor romantic speed bumps of the first season (
/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002BJGYUS ), the introduction of actual
conflict into the second season of Gilmore Girls helped give the
happy-goofy atmosphere of Stars Hollow a decided tension, as Rory
tangled with her emotions over Jess and began the first tiny
steps away from her good-girl persona. The episode "A-Tisket,
A-Tasket," centered around the annual town auction of picnic
baskets, was a wonderful portrait of Rory's conflicting
adolescent feelings for both Dean and Jess. However, it was
Lorelai's simmering chemistry with former flame Christopher, only
hinted at in the first season, that gave the show its energy as
well as its heartbreak, culminating in the stellar season finale
"I Can't Get Started." But lest you think Gilmore Girls was
centered only on romance, the second season also gave the
expansive ensemble cast many hilarious moments, ranging from the
hallway politics of Rory's private school to the town antics that
shaped the Gilmores' daily lives. Through it all, the appealing
Bledel and the radiant Graham exuded wit, charm, and a way with
snappy patter not seen since the golden days of '30s screwball
comedy. --Mark Englehart