Lorelei and Richard Butt Heads Over Jason | Gilmore Girls

[@lovefromwonderland]

This is the biggest “Just be my dad” cry I’ve ever heard from Lorelai on this show. Richard is just like Emily, always thinking with his emotions first. They put that before being a parent.

[@daesgatling1345]

he wasn't thinking about his emotions. He was literally trying to protect everything he built.

[@lovefromwonderland]

@@daesgatling1345 You sure? You're telling me that him deciding to sue Jason has nothing to do with the fact that Lorelai lied to him and Emily about dating him?

[@megmur1766]

@@lovefromwonderlandI mean even if it was the other reasons still explained his decision

[@nickimorelli9991]

@@lovefromwonderland You would see that Richard did what he did for him and Emily and NOT Lorelai if you were not so triggered. Maybe if you ever decide to leave wonderland for the real world you won't be so spoiled & entitled.

[@lovefromwonderland]

@@nickimorelli9991 Talk about a flimsy argument. What does my profile pic being Alice from Alice in Wonderland have to do with me stating that this type of bullshit from Richard is exactly why he’s not close to Lorelai?

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

Richard was a viper working in a den of fellow vipers, his behavior was no more surprising than Lorelei's reaction to it. Sure enough, she showed that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree by how she treated Jason, same as she treated Max and Luke. The entire Gilmore clan is actually pretty dreadful.

[@nickimorelli9991]

@palaceofwisdom9448 No one is worse than Lorelai & Rory. You pointed out how bad Lorelai was with the men in her life. So was Rory. But Richard & Emily, sans their brief separation, were a wonderful team who supported and took care of each other. That was proven time & again.

[@RoPiDe]

Emily was right, Jason's reasons for working with Richard were so petty and childish, nothing good could come out of it. Yes, his father was horrible, but instead of make him an enemy he should have gone somewhere else, other careers, other place, away from him...

[@oooh19]

Yea but she had a point that Richard wasn’t treated well by his workplace who forced him out and they could have settled things better instead of going after Jason

[@m.layfette6249]

This entire situation was orchestrated by Jason's father. Richard and Jason's new business was pulling away clients, large clients away from the industry. Jason took the opportunity to partner with Richard to strike out on his own and to payback his father for years/decades of abusive/manipulative behavior. Anyway, Jason only started dating Lorelei because he knew it would ultimately make her parents upset. An enticement for Lorelei all the way. After a few months, Jason wanted to take the relationship further, just as he and Richard's business was beginning to prosper. Because of Jason's disrespectful behavior towards his father, Richard ultimately decided to kick Jason out and partner with his former company. "Better the devil you know."

[@angeninetytwo]

That was awful, telling your daughter to leave because you won’t agree to anything.. didn’t remember Richard was so callous

[@potocatepetl]

he had his moments... Let's be honest, most wealthy people aren't wealthy because they are nice and empathetic..

[@nickimorelli9991]

@@potocatepetl What a cop out. You whine just like Lorelai ("Boo hoo, rich people are mean.....until they can pay for my kid to go to a fancy prep school & college then they are great!!!"). Did you listen to Richard? He thought he was protecting what he & his wife had rather than risk losing what they had in the lawsuit filed against him. Richard may have been ruthless but it came from a protective place. Jason was callous in his choice to try to hurt his own father by going into business with Richard.

[@potocatepetl]

@@nickimorelli9991 I whine? Where exactly? I stated the truth. Now your character might be similar to Richard's and you felt attacked, but that is a you problem. And by the way, Lorelei payed them back. Should I also mention the scandal her parents created for no reason when Rory's father decided he will be the one paying from a certain point on? Or the fact that they payed for Rory's school under the condition that Lorelei and Rory will go for dinner once a week and will send a weekly report (!?) on Rory??? No, they were not the worst people in the world or the series, but I would avoid such people in real life like the pest.

[@nickimorelli9991]

@@potocatepetl Still whining I see. And you rewriting the truth is a typical narc move. No wonder you side with Lorelai. But you think you avoid people as if no one wants you anyway LOL.

[@potocatepetl]

@@nickimorelli9991 Oh look, a snowflake that isn't able to debate or accept other's opinion and jumps to insults. Sweety, only because you have 1000 "friends" online, doesn't mean you are liked or have any idea what real life family or friends mean. Now chop, chop, your online therapist is waiting for you! Maybe you learn some new words (obviously without understanding their meaning) that you can use... online of course!

[@zidneya]

I understand why Richard did what he did. But in season 2 his former employers didn't think twice before denigrating him, ignoring him. Lorelai said it best: "That job was killing him". And now they threaten him and try to take everything from him 0:41. What more proof do you need that this company are bad people? Richard says he isn't choosing anyone. To me, that's the problem. Make a choice and stay away from those people. But okay, what's done is done. He did what he did to preserve his life. Richard Gilmore is neither the first nor the last person in the world who has to work for someone mean in order to provide for his family. Like I said, I understand. Still, the least he could do is show some remorse and empathy, admit what you did was wrong (a necessary evil is still an evil). Don't accuse your daughter of being selfish when you go back to work for the selfish ones.

[@rogueryder3285]

It took him and Emily 15 years to get her back into the house. I thought there relationship was healed

[@rachelmartin5187]

​@rogueryder3285 The relationship with Lorelai and her parents was never healed, tbh. They learned to coexist because of Rory. The closest Richard came to actually apologizing was in the last episode where he told Lorelai that he regretted her having to leave their house in order to build a good life in stars hollow. Sure, it wasn't a traditional apology, but it's more than Emily ever gave.

[@rogueryder3285]

@billiejean8665 by dating a guy she really like? Richard and Emily put her in way worse situations where they were the most selfish

[@ImaneBou30]

Poor Jason!!!

[@cantdestroyher7245]

Didn't like him but gee whiz he didn't deserve what that family did to him

[@cantdestroyher7245]

@billiejean8665 he did (and rightly so) and then lorelai dumped him for it

[@dietdrpepper15]

So glad Lorelai got to voice exactly what Richard do to Jason, it was cruel. We understand why, yes but it doesn't make it any less cruel. AND when has Lorelai EVER 'chosen'/'picked' a boyfriend over her family? That was a low blow and completely untrue. She was explaining what Richard did to Jason, and how that for some reason is choosing him. She is completely right and he is is completely wrong. Maybe screwing Jason over was the only way to save 'everything he's worked for', but to criticize Lorelai for SEEING Jason's side is wrong.

[@halyketarrant]

You know showing this scene to someone who does not know Gilmore girls would probably end in that person thinking Richard as the strict and sometimes cruel parent, not Emily. I understand what he did, but he could have done it while treating Lorelei better. The first scene was hard to watch.

[@jamiegollwitzer8528]

let the madness begin

[@oooh19]

Why not just bring your drinks 🍹 to the table anyway? How’s that weird? Most people will have a beverage with their meal 🍽️

[@AishaBrownIsMe]

Emily and Richard have yelled at Lorelei in the past for trying to bring her before dinner drinks to the dinner table. Tldr; rich people are weird.

[@dayschange2]

It’s some sort of etiquette thing, I think. Cocktails before dinner, then wine with dinner, and then coffee or brandy after dinner.

[@davido.1233]

This is the most rushed Friday Night Dinner ever.

[@larina023]

But they always eat dinner at 7, so why are they surprised?

[@potocatepetl]

They met at 7 and first had drink and talked for a while and afterwards had dinne.

[@blairbrown4812]

You know when Emily Gilmore refers to Jason by his real name,she just got way past real.

[@nickimorelli9991]

Funny that Lorelai ran away from her parents & broke their hearts because she thought about only what she wanted for herself & for Rory. But when Richard had to make a similar choice to protect what he & his wife had after Jason's dad filed that lawsuit, Lorelai saw it only from her point of view. She never grew up-she made everything about her. Ugh.

[@fairypjm3603]

what are you talking about?

[@nickimorelli9991]

@@fairypjm3603 You clearly don't understand so I won't waste my time. Smh.

[@fairypjm3603]

@@nickimorelli9991 lorelai was a CHILD when she ran away from her mentally abusive home. richard was a grown man who had no problem with ruining someone else’s life. it’s not even remotely the same thing. richard and emily are horrible people.

[@nickimorelli9991]

@@fairypjm3603 You are another ridiculous drama queen misusing the term abusive to serve your own entitled agenda. You are a horrible person. I feel so sorry for your parents to have such a spoiled entitled child. I will pray for them.

[@joannewalton3059]

Too bad little Lorili

[@RoseRedd-k4b]

So let me get this straight, Emily and Richard separated because of Jason and Lorelai??

[@davidwilds8647]

They'd just gotten their daughter back after 15 years not too long ago, Richard had forced Lorelai into a really difficult position and didn't even have the decency to admit that he'd done so, the comment about "I didn't expect any different" was uncalled-for and bitchy, and then when Emily tells him that she's afraid this will drive Lorelai away and Rory with her, Richard dismisses her concern. It's very difficult to live with someone who only accepts their own perspective and refuses to take yours seriously. For Emily to admit that verbally she's worried about something means deep down she's freaking out, and he completely dismissed her. Not only that, **he told her to go.** They just got her back, things were still fragile, and he told her to go. He knows how important it is to Emily that they manage to have a relationship with Lorelai and Rory again, and still he told Lorelai to go, very dismissively I might add.

Richard secret lunches with his ex-fiancée, missing important events like a friend’s funeral for golf, and the disrespect Emily felt in their relationship led to their separation. Jason was just a contributing factor.

[@RoseRedd-k4b]

@@davidwilds8647 Wow can you be my therapist? That was explained so wonderfully. And Richard sounds like my dad, very dismissive attitude.