One Gilmore Girls Scene That Fans Are Still (Wrongfully) Mad About

Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, Gilmore Girls follows the mother-daughter duo, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, as they navigate through life. While Rory eventually became one of the show’s least favorite characters, Lorelai managed to stick around the fans’ hearts throughout the series.

However, one scene with Lorelai got the people all riled up then, and they haven’t let go ever since. In season 5, episode 22, A House Is Not A Home, she comes to Luke for comfort because she is upset that Rory is quitting Yale. Luke quickly comes up with a plan on how to keep Rory in school (and in check), which leads to Lorelai proposing to him out of the blue.

The twist is unexpected and seems ill-advised… at first, but that’s not why the audience takes issue with the scene. Believe it or not, the people are actually mad about the fact that Lorelai is the one to propose, not Luke as tradition dictates.

The scene can be viewed as problematic on several levels, but Lorelai asking Luke to marry her ain’t it. First, it continues Gilmore Girls’ controversial tradition of proposals (them being a solution to some argument between the characters and, therefore, losing all meaning).

Second, it takes away the magic of the moment because Lorelai blurts out her proposal on the spur of the moment, just because she is distraught about Rory, which is probably not the right motivation to ask someone to marry her.

The fact that she is the one who pops the question? That’s just an extremely Lorelai thing to do. She has always defied societal norms and made her own choices, no matter what anyone thought. You can bet that she doesn’t care about anyone’s expectations of her as a modern-day woman!

Anyway, the fandom needs to calm down. Lorelai and Luke have gotten their happy ending (and Lorelai has successfully proposed for the second time, mind you), so that should be all that matters, right?