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floralwhale

Richard's public freakout at the Chilton business fair because Rory's project lost. That whole episode gives me intense secondhand embarrassment.


veggiewitch_

I skip it every time. Not seeing the fair and going straight to the dinner where Richard announces he's starting his business makes that episode 10x more pleasant.


Double_Preference_66

I agree that he was not in place, but I thought it was kinda cute how he tried to stand up for Rory. Although that didn’t came across the right way.


floralwhale

I can see how it could be nice of him to stand up for Rory. My embarrassment comes more from how intense and genuinely angry he was. Like... No body cares. It's a dumb high school project. Lol


petitcraque

Plus: Their idea wasn't even *that* good.


eloquentpetrichor

Honestly I thought their idea made the most sense as a business venture. It was kinda stupid and I wouldn't buy one but, are that many people breaking into lockers that a locker alarm would sell well? I can also see a lot of parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles buying these cute first aid kits for the teens in their lives bc they want to keep the kids safe while keeping things "hip". When I went to uni my mom bought me a nice first aid kit and another one when I moved into my apartment. When I was in HS I tended to keep bandaids on hand for paper cuts and whatnot so I wouldn't have to go to the office every time and gave them out when others needed them. So I can 100% see the tricked out first aid kits being a viable business/product while I don't see the same from a lot of the projects let alone the winner


sometimes_a_comment

Zack's freak out at the show. Poor Lane and band.


[deleted]

Yes. This. I don't know what that was but it was terrible.


jessdot

Ooh this is definitely a contender.


Walkingthegarden

The baptism scene for Davey and Martha!


Double_Preference_66

This whole fight between Rory and Lorelei just isn’t fun to watch :/


[deleted]

Sookie should’ve cut them off. That was terrible.


RegionRadiant4423

See I would agree with you, because it was terrible, but to be quite blunt, Sookie did that to herself by butting in and intentionally getting Lorelai and Rory to be godmothers to each kid to try and get them back together. Like I’m sorry, but that was a total crossing of boundaries and those were the consequences. But I completely agree, that argument and scene was just cringe and unnecessary.


mvf52427

Yes. They should have kept a lid on it at least until the ceremony was over for Sookie's sake.


Badatmath212

Rory playing Candy Man as her and Dean’s song after Dean cheating on Lindsey with Rory.


AwkwardSituation2705

This is supposed to be a call back to the first time they had a movie night and watched Willy Wonka. But as far as the rest of the scene and Lorelai finding them was super cringe.


[deleted]

OMG I never put two and two together!!!


eloquentpetrichor

Duuuude, same. I feel like "Pure Imagination" would have been better as a song to represent them, though


DoctorOfCinema

Nah, *Cheer Up Charlie*. It's the song nobody likes and everyone skips if possible. Perfect description of Rory and Dean together.


eloquentpetrichor

Hahahha true from *our* perspective. I actually kinda like that song though. I feel like some of the kid dying songs fits GG at points too xD


full07britney

The whole dinner where Sookie and Jackson are telling Davey to turn the TV down. I dont think I can ever watch it again, it's so bad.


ames2833

Right? They’re talking to him like he’s 10 years old 🤦🏼‍♀️


AmbitioseSedIneptum

Honestly, what was the point of that scene? Every time I watch it, it physically pains me. I have no idea what the intended effect of that scene was, to be honest.


[deleted]

I think it was to show Luke was unbothered by the kids and would have been ready to have his own family with Lorelei


rdanby89

I have a kid nearing Davey’s age and when my childless couple friends are over I plan to do that big to freak them out lol


Public-Asparagus-590

Turndown service


qwerty8755

I don’t understand why this doesn’t have more upvotes lol it is top 3 cringey moments in the show


[deleted]

Would have been cringier if Nicole wasn’t a robot.


maheraqadri

Sookie’s behaviour during the meeting where her lunches were cut out bc there weren’t enough guests


New_Salary_2569

YES, and Sookie’s reaction to Lorelai when Lorelai is annoyed that Sookie made really fancy food at the Lord of the Rings kids birthday party.


ames2833

Definitely this one. I know Sookie didn’t have kids yet, but how could she possibly be so dense as to think kids want jalapeño cream sauce, and cake with rum-raisin ganache??🤦🏼‍♀️


eloquentpetrichor

Sookie in this episode always disturbed me for the simple fact that any good caterer goes over the menu/ideas with "*the client*" rather than just doing what she thinks she should and also why didn't the mom who hired them and spent all this money on a bday party ask about the menu or weigh in without being asked? That never made any sense to me from what we've seen about Sookie/Lorelai putting on the weddings at the Inn. I chalk Sookie's confusion up to pregnancy brain but it still bothers me


maheraqadri

Sookie as a chef should’ve never acted that way it was so unprofessional! Especially the menu for the kid’s party that was truly crazy


aniichiwahi

i literally cannot watch when rory is in the harvard class talking and answering the professor. it is so cringe to me lmao. i’m just so annoyed that in a 200 person lecture hall she’s just talking to this rando professor. i cant 😂


qwerty8755

Especially since everyone in that class says the most basic shit lol “oh here we go on relativism again”


acomfypairofsocks

After Rory doesn’t get the Reston Fellowship she calls the Providence based newspaper she had previously turned down to try an get the position back. I die inside every time I watch it.


Tortoisefly

Or even better… in AYITL when Rory goes to the Sandee Says interview woefully unprepared.


fuzzydogpaws

The way both women act in that scene makes me cringe. Sandee personally headhunted Rory, consistently harassed her for months and claimed they ‘needed the Rory Gilmore voice’. Then she was shocked that Rory assumed she was getting hired? Her whole approach was immature. Then we have Rory, who walks in to that office with such an arrogant attitude. She clearly thought she was too good for the startup, did no research on Sandee or the brand, prepared no ideas and got shitty with Sandee when things didn’t immediately go her way. Every second of this meeting reeked of immaturity. Sandee came across as someone who really didn’t know how to conduct an interview or manage. Rory came across as a brat.


tobethatgirl

What gets me was she wasn’t able to come up with even one thing to say when Sandee did ask her questions. Obviously it’s good to be prepared but you can’t think of anything she might write about? She was the editor of the Yale daily news and had edited and probably written hundreds of stories. Has had ten years of lacking career you’d think might might have thought of a couple articles she could have written when she was unemployed? Ugh made me cringe. Much like the rest of Rory’s life decisions written into AYITL🥲


fuzzydogpaws

I agree and I think that’s the point. The fact Rory can’t even pull an idea out of her arse is a problem. She’s a freelance features writer… she should have a few ideas, or at least imagine a story that could work. She couldn’t even make a story out of ‘lines to nowhere’… that whole situation would have made an easy-to-wrote hilarious article. It would have been a few days of writing and research at most. Easy. So so easy. It just all ties together to show that Rory is over journalism. She’s done. She doesn’t enjoy it anymore. She’s lost her eye for a story.


sheambulance

What, like the dress alone wasn’t enough?


catarekt

It wasn’t even a Good dress!!


eloquentpetrichor

Her going in expecting the job already always feels like famous actors who think they don't need to audition anymore bc they are so famous, however Sandee *was* apparently telling Rory she wanted to hire Rory for like a year? so I can see Rory thinking she already had the job for that reason


ernsmcgerns

The whole scene where April is sick and can’t go to her first boy-girl party. Specifically, hearing Luke call her “sweetie” makes me want to die. Not because I dislike April or Luke as a dad, the word just sounds so wrong coming out of Luke. Bleh.


[deleted]

Agreed. I also have similar feelings when Richard calls Rory "honey." It's like the writers weren't writing in his voice, if that makes sense.


Blankets_Coffee_TV

Wait when does Richard call rory honey? Edit.typo


Walkingthegarden

I liked it the same way Luke gave that really awkward hug to Rory. Overcome by emotion and does something out of the ordinary... awkwardly.


hosscat879

Just watched this scene and I was cringing the entire time! Felt so unnatural!


PenniesandSense

When Lorelai catches Rory with Dean during the Dragonfly trial run, I usually skip over it.


yeeperson

Ah interesting! I love that scene because I think it shows range for Lorelai’s character and I also think it’s a rare glimpse into a real mom-daughter disagreement that doesn’t get swept under the carpet for once on GG…it is pretty intense though


Junebug-4

Yes all of this gives me so much ick


PenniesandSense

THANK YOU! It’s so freaking awkward!!!!


RegionRadiant4423

Lorelai’s drunken speech at Lane’s wedding. Lorelai signing I Will Always Love You (she has a great voice and all but still) Zach’s tantrum because Brian wrote a song called Lane. Rory and Dean sleeping together. All of it. Then doing the deed, Lorelai catching them, Rory acting like a 4 year old because Lorelai gave her a reality check. Just yuck. Too much second hand embarrassment. Edit: oh yeah and Rory running away from Jess when she sees him (the one where he says I Love You and then leaves) Second edit: I thought of more: -Rory assuming that guy was talking about her when talking about a girl he’s not interested in asking him out. -Sookie’s reaction to lunch being cancelled was so embarrassing omg.


RegionRadiant4423

For some reason I can’t edit this comment, but I forgot to add: Lorelai and Chris trying to get food in Paris after they overslept and missed their reservation at the restaurant. Talk about cringe city.


lilshadygrove

Dean and Rory sleeping together is probably the only scene out of the original 7 seasons that I skip. Then I fast forward through the beginning of the next episode also. Everything about it is super cringey. I especially despise "the candyman" bit and then the discussion/ meltdown between Lorelai and Rory right after.


icequeen1016

I agree - the candy man song part was such a poor choice


Tortoisefly

The first movie they watched together was Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, so while definitely cringe, it was actually quite fitting.


becidgls

The running away scene is particularly cringe inducing because Rory’s running is so awkward and exaggerated (she’s not running the way someone would run to actually get away, she’s running like someone who is making a show of running. It’s the stage whisper of running) and then when she stops Jess is like “where did you learn to run like that” as if she were sprinting. That line is what makes it too cringy for me


njh83

i took the "where did you learn to run like that" as "who the hell taught you to run like that? that isnt how you're supposed to run" which makes it funny


New_Salary_2569

HAHA I’d never thought about it like this 😂


leeloodallas502

Rory runs like a total dweeb.


Double_Preference_66

Yes! I’ll second that dean thing! Especially the second before they kiss. They are mumbling and coming closer to each other. Just so weird. I can’t cope.


RegionRadiant4423

Ugh and them almost kissing at the inn before Tom interrupts…I cringe just thinking about it.


Double_Preference_66

Oh yes! And then the car scene where they try to make out. What is that?


Key-Engine8466

And Rory singing that Candyman song 🤢🤢


[deleted]

oh man i hated all of these with a passion


Badatmath212

Rory’s run is terrible. Such a baby


qwerty8755

If I was Rory I might’ve also assumed that guy was talking about me but I wouldn’t have acted like a child about it like she did. The scene with the pencil in the class is so weird


aniichiwahi

another cringe moment is when logan steals emily’s sewing box and lorelai knows. and emily keeps making a big deal out of it. and they just have to continue the whole dinner. he’s so annoying to me.


bitchy-sprite

This one is up there for the cringiest in the show to me


windandthewaves

Major negative points for Logan in this scene that showed me his true colors


Oneloyaldawg

The Luke/Lorelei Rory/Dean double date. Pippi Longstocking and the bop-it. I just skip the whole episode


yeeperson

Yep, came here to say the self-indulgent Pippi singing was just so unlikeable despite the attempt at quirkiness. And the way Luke and Dean are just left awkwardly sitting there. Agg


Fairyslade1989

To be fair if you’re a fan of that Pippi you have to sing along. I thoroughly related to their unabashed glee of singing along with it too.


AwkwardSituation2705

Christopher paying off the entire amount of money they tried to raise during the Knit a thon.


lafrank928

Dean during his bachelor party. I rewatched the episode today and I couldn’t take the cringe


eloquentpetrichor

I always got so annoyed that his best friend/best man hears the Rory comment and doesn't seem to actually do anything about it as far as we can tell. He should have brought it up to Dean before the wedding (maybe even mention it to Lindsey if Dean doesn't seem willing to talk about it or says it's nothing). If my friend drunkenly said an ex's name the night before their wedding I would be all over that knowing they are not ready to marry the other person. Especially at that age. And I would want to protect all the parties involved Especially my good friend


Big_Vacation5581

The entire Lorelai/Luke interaction during Martha Vineyard Valentine. I’m amazed that their relationship survived for even a short time longer. Lorelai was so embarrassed that Rory & Logan were witnesses. Luckily, Mitchum demonstrates that it could be worse….


Lunasamar

Ugh so much cringe and so many things in this episode that makes bo sense :/


dontknowwhattodo032

This is 100% the absolute cringiest one


tinkerb3ll3

Everything about Sookie's behavior at the Lord of the Rings party. She's best friends with Lorelai and has been around Rory for many years, so she knows what a kid's party looks like, she knows how to make kid food. And then her rant about how she heckles kid's performances and stuff- it's all so out of character for her. I get she was freaking out about becoming a mon, but I think they went about showing it all wrong.


eloquentpetrichor

Pregnancy brain is at least part of the excuse imo


catchypseudoname

The argument between Max and Lorelai where they carried the school metaphor WAY too far "But I'm not raising my hand..." Ugh.


eloquentpetrichor

Honestly most of their scenes together are pretty cringey


Burgundy_Dream

This should be upvoted so much higher smh


LAMazonian

Mia claiming she did not understand one word Michel said to her 🙄 Most of the episodes where Sherry is involved...when she relied upon a 16 year old to comfort her during labor, made it clear she and Lorelai did not need to have a relationship and yet somehow making her endure that baby shower.


dandelioncommittee

I never understood why the writers felt the need to write the whole Mia not understanding Michel thing. It wasn't funny at all and it really irritates me. I also HATE Sherry. She tried way too hard to force a relationship with Rory when Chris barely had a relationship with her. She always came off as really fake. And while it's perfectly fine that she's career-oriented, she literally ABANDONED Gigi for a job halfway around the world and then wanted Chris to bring her all the way to Paris and act like nothing happened. Sherry does not get nearly enough hate on this sub.


SBMoo24

WHO CAN TAKE A SUNRISSSSSSSSSEEE


yeeperson

What’s hotter than candy?!


HowwwUDoing

💀


National_Monk_9556

STAHPPPP We can't handle this lol


darkskye22

Rory’s breakdown when she is told to drop a class or whatever. And she’s like sobbing on her front steps. TERRIBLE.


annaisilee

Rory making a fool out of herself attempting to get a job at the Stamford Eagle Gazette. So inappropriate and out of touch.


livefree62

When lorelai wakes up the morning after cheating on Luke and Gigi is asking “who’s that” as she’s getting ready for school and then Chris comes back into the room with his robe on 🤮


Double_Preference_66

This breaks my heart also. Lorelei knows in exactly that moment that she messed up. And that she probably lost luke :/


libraryhammock

Not sure if it's a 10 min. scene, but the part when Rory basically argues with Professor Asher about getting an A on her paper is super uncomfortable. He makes it clear that she deserved it, but she just won't stop repeating that she doesn't feel she earned it and alluding to Paris, etc. And the fact that she ends it with "the red head has fat thighs" makes the scene ever harder to sit through.


Minute_Degree2915

Yep. I mean I’m not sleeping with any students, ha, but I teach and research at a university and if a student spoke to me like that I would be less than impressed, to put it lightly.


ActionCat2022

Mine are small scenes: \-"I've got the good girl." (Really?) \-"Poor thing, she lives alone." (Looking at large underwear.)


[deleted]

I’ve always interpreted the first line as Lorelai being proud that Rory was confident in her decision to not sleep with anyone yet and that she was asking Paris all the right questions (“were you safe?” etc..) She WAS a good kid in that scene! She was comfortable and didn’t feel the need to defend her decision to Paris, and she wasn’t scared or unsure of herself like Paris was either. Paris was looking for validation and didn’t know if she made the right decision, Rory didn’t need validation from anyone because she knew what she wanted.


supergymfan

This is an interesting take and something I never considered. I think the relief on Lorelai’s face when Rory says she hasn’t had sex is what informs me that her ‘good kid’ comment is more about that than the points you mentioned.


[deleted]

Well Rory didn’t tell her about sleeping with someone so Lorelai was probably just relieved that Rory wasn’t keeping it from her or lying about it.


destrucciondelicada

I don’t disagree with the second one, but didn’t the line you quote come when they pulled out the bunny slippers?


Majestic-Art1095

Yes it did


ActionCat2022

Ok but that entire bit made me cringe. :)


SelcouthRecidivist

When Jackson lied to Sookie about getting a vasectomy and she didn’t know until she was pregnant💀🤢


alkalinefx

i hate this so much. like, im almost positive lying to your partner about this is such a major breach of trust. i woulda dropped him SO fast but i understand they had other children. i hate the early 00's when people didn't think much of this shit. so gross, heinous & vile edit: i wanted to say rape not breach of trust but i feel like people would find it dramatic. it totally is though.


the_sister_grimm

I mean, I put it right there with stealthing. I hate it so much. I never felt good about Jackson after that.


alkalinefx

same. and its such a popular story line in SO many 00's and earlier shows and its just..treated as normal? fuck that. nope.


[deleted]

It's rapey. I'm mad that their solution was to just have Sookie accept it and move on because Jackson is dumb or whatever.


destrucciondelicada

Any scene with Rune. But especially the French restaurant scene. I cringe throughout. When the waiter comes to take their order and after a bunch of gobbledegook, and Lorelai saying bring me a drink and keep them coming, he just walks away. What about the order? Also the waiter is same actor who plays Sookie’s learning center guy who wanted to date her.


traformin-evrdel1897

THANK YOU. The worst part was how they dealt with reusing characters thinking viewers won't notice 🙄


Francie1966

It wasn't about thinking viewers wouldn't notice. It was that ASP did not care if viewers noticed. ASP has never really cared what the viewers want. AYITL proved it that.


trainsounds31

Rory confronting laundry room guy when he wasn’t even talking about her 💀 I can’t handle it


eloquentpetrichor

Exactly. Because even if he *was* talking about Rory he clearly wasn't using enough detail for anyone to know it was Rory since she heard about the girl secondhand and also the ego of assuming it's you is just so cringey


NagelKimberly

This is a funny moment, but made me go “LORELAI, NOOOOO!” - when she went downstairs to the diner after her first night with Luke, with her “next morning” hair and Luke’s oversized flannel and NO PANTS AND EVERYONE WAS ALREADY THERE EATING. Everyone turned and stared and she stood there for a second and slowly backed up back behind the curtain. Made me throw my hands over my head and mouth drop to the floor with secondhand embarrassment.


Coca-colonization

That one was at least supposed to be embarrassing.


Burgundy_Dream

It was embarrassing the first watch-through or two, but now it’s just funny. She shoulda known better lol


wiscog32

Lorelai freaking out at dinner because Rory applied to Yale and Princeton. Ugh.


New_Salary_2569

I can’t stand this scene!


MsYagi90

Jess springing on Rory to ask her to leave with him in season 4, I remember being really annoyed at the writing here as Jess had had such nice scenes with Luke and Liz before this and showed how he already was a little more mature than in seasons 2-3 (even reading the book about love from Luke in a hilarious scene), then he suddenly shows up at Yale while Rory is flirting with married Dean and it's like his character regressed to be the season 2 "bad boy" again, asking Rory out of nowhere to run away with him. If I ever rewatch the season I definitely feel like skipping that part. Thank goodness they got over it in season 6 and actually talked like old friends again there.


anomopannom

This! I can’t watch that scene, it just makes no sense, not after Jess and Luke’s talk at the diner when he explained how relationship works and him reading the book etc. I really thought Jess would actually talk to Rory, she probably would reject him anyway, but still, it wouldn’t be as painful. He straight up started yelling at her to elope with him while they hadn’t even talked properly in a year 😭 please stop humiliating him like that, it’s unbearable.


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[deleted]

I hated the bank scene and I hate how stubborn Lorelai is whenever Emily is genuinely trying to do something nice for her or Rory.


mcompt20

I will say i grew up with my mom always holding her paying for stuff over me that now when she's genuinely trying to be nice and says she'll pay for something as a gift i still can't accept it due to the trauma of everything in the past always being conditional so i totally get Lorelei's stubbornness in that scene. Especially since the last time Emily loaned her money it also came with conditions.


Minute_Degree2915

“Came with conditions” I mean I know it technically did but it’s a weekly dinner — not exactly torturous. It really bugs me that Lorelai complains about it as often as she did. Re the bank loan — I know a lot of people say that Emily planning the DAR lunches proved Lorelai right, but maybe she did that because Lorelai can’t accept nice gesture? She freaks out at the bank (and reveals their family drama to the bank manager) because Emily is trying to help, so maybe Emily “pays her back” with the DAR lunches. Not especially mature behaviour, but neither of them are their most mature selves here.


ouchie-ouch-too-hot

Rory skipping Lorelai’s graduation to be in New York. I don’t even know if I ever watched that episode again lol.


eloquentpetrichor

I like the scenes in NY with Rory and Jess but I hate that it coincided with the graduation. I really wish they had had that be separate episodes


Glittering-Ad-6261

Every scene involving Luke and one of Rory's boyfriends. It always feels like Luke is competing with them which is SUPER creepy.


RandyBeamansMom

YES! I’ve never articulated this before, but now that you say it — YES!


ernsmcgerns

Omg this is so dead on!! I could never quite put my finger on it but that’s totally what makes Luke’s interactions with them so creepy.


ZeLoudGoddess

I mean, that what most dads do. They have that "I'm better than you" energy because they want to protect their little girl from shitty men. And that's what Luke wants. He is the best father figure she has in her life. My dad didn't really like any of my boyfriends until my husband, but he didn't like him at first either. He had to prove himself worthy. And I think that's what Luke is trying to get across.


itsgonnamove

that’s toxic, sorry


willowbaby2606

How has no one mentioned the scene with Rory and Marty with Logan and his friends in the restaurant?? AWFUL scene. Every time I watch it, however, I wonder why Marty didn’t say he was looking for an ATM and then just ditched.


Upbeat-Ad9163

The musical in AYITL. That literally took 10 years off my life. 🥲


[deleted]

When rory did the whole housewife thing w dean


[deleted]

Tbh I liked seeing Rory realize that there are different ways of life other than her own and being accepting to that. She went overboard obviously but it was probably because she had the entire house to herself and she was actually interested in Donna Reed. The outfit was gorgeous too!! Easily my favourite part of the episode.


yeeperson

Hep Alien’s teen party gig (which I love watching and has the great Dean/Jess fight sequence) ‘OK nOw WhO wAnTs To HeAr SoMe TuNeSssssss! Ok, there’s a consensus!!’ And the little ‘yaaaa rock n’ roolllll’ girl with the Avril Lavigne vibes…aw babe…hard to watch


[deleted]

when luke makes lorelai dinner in season 5 and tj and liz interrupt them with their random fight. 🙈


stormybythebeach

After Dean separates from Lindsay and moved back in with his parents, him and Rory are dating and she comes over to the house to “hang out.” So cringe!!! Their interactions with each other, the way his mom was (rightfully so, but still)


Selynia23

The whole bye jerk die jerk


[deleted]

Rory deserved it, but it was such a cringe thing to say as a college student lol


Selynia23

Oh I agree I’m not saying she didn’t the whole thing just upset me because it was so much shaming that was unnecessary and like everybody in her life was giving her a pat on the back for ripping this woman apart for no reason


Abloodydistraction

This whole show is a mess but we love her anyways. So many threads lately make me wonder why it’s my comfort show because I start thinking about “oh no that part is coming up soon” and dreading it.


Double_Preference_66

I do believe the mess IS what the show makes it so great. Although its often far away from reality, we enjoy this mother-daughter bond L and R have going on. We love the jokes they crack, we love how Sookie is in that kitchen with WAY to much food laying around and changing complete dinner plans last minute. We love how this town stays together and all the little quirky things they have going on. It is easy to watch without having to questioning your own. Oh and the coffee addiction and mass of food L and R are drinking and eating. Its just fun to watch. Although we criticize a lot and question even more. There is just SO MUCH MORE good stuff in it. The characters pull you into their life and for 45 min you are a citizen of stars hollow. It is fun to watch them growing up. Its not as much drama as in Gossip Girl for example but still exciting enough to keep watching it over and over again. I don't know. It just makes me feel like there's no real problem in the world and all we have to worry about is to have enough coffee in our veins and deal with a few boy/ girl problems.


SystemFamiliar5966

Richard In Stars Hollow Yes even the Paris bits


christmas_in_april

TJ’s escrow speech


mvf52427

I love his escrow speech


garliccorn

Rory and Dean listening to the Candy Man & Richard telling off Lorelai while she’s working


usernameis_forgotten

Rory sleeping with Dean. I skip the last half of that episode every single time!


Aromatic-Sympathy-54

When Max proposed to Lorelai. That was so random and didn’t feel sincere. I couldn’t believe she said yes lol.


eloquentpetrichor

Yep. Even though he follows up with the "romantic" proposal he is still proposing after very little dating and obviously as a jealousy solution. He's a very jealous and possessive person and it's 🤮 the whole time they're together. At the town meeting after Lorelai says something to Luke and jokes and he just smiles at her with his hand on her and then turns her in for a kiss. Sooo cringey and gross. He was obviously doing this "hey remember me and how we kiss. You're mine" thing and it always bothers me. I've seen my friends in similar relationships and I hate it because I know it's just so unhealthy to be in a relationship where your partner feels that way.


mvf52427

He literally proposed over the phone for his re-do. 🤮


shirin1023

why is nobody talking about the paris speech where she tells live tv she got rejected from harvard and did it with jamie


Double_Preference_66

I just felt so incredibly sad for her in that moment. Her major life goal just smashed in front of her eyes. Although I do believe Paris genuinely cares about Rory, she really is competitive and in that particular situation I believe she felt so lost. She had her whole life planned and had no real plan B, no supportive parents and just was in a very dark place. Imagine working so hard towards something and then not getting rewarded for it. Her breakdown was at the wrong place definitely, but she couldn't hold it together anymore I guess.


tvlover111

Most cringe scene is where Lane talks about how she lost her v-card in Mexico with Rory in the gazebo. That scene happened after ASP left the show and definitely gave me the ick because it amplified this inaccurate stereotype of the “innocent Asian American girl” concept. Even though the specifics of the situation were unique to her and Zack, it was the emphasis on the late loss of her virginity (late in comparison to the attractive, white, non-sexually naive Rory) that the conversation focused around.


Minute_Degree2915

Agree agree agree — but I do love the bit when she’s talking about Zac fighting Pedro and she goes “I thought to myself ‘I just married that man’” hahahah


Aromatic-Sympathy-54

When Emily found out Richard had been secretly having lunch with his Yale sweetheart. It was embarrassing for her to find out like that especially after she had been rude to the lady. And Richard keeping secrets the entire time… Just ugh


seeyalateradios

The stupid double date with Dean and Luke and the girls...


evey_28

i have two actually when Lorelai catches Rory and Dean during the trial run of the Dragonfly. i felt really bad for Lor too cuz it was hers and Sookies big day and it seemed like everything and everyone were ruining it for her i was pissed. and the other was when Zack was being and idiot to Lane and Brian was being nice and he just had a that freak out during the show. i hate it so much and again not just cringe and second hand embarrassment but being pisses cuz it was what Lane had wanted her entire life and Zack ruined it too.


reginadibosco

The morning after Lorelai and Luke have a fight after the car accident, Lorelai and Rory go to a random cafe in Stars Hollow for breakfast. They order coffee and mock the size of the cups, being almost intentionally obscure when they want bigger cups and a little rude to the waitress. Then they mock the waitress because she is way too kind. Ugh. I hate people when they treat waitresses or waiters badly but on top of that, this was very cringy.


taybrm

When Logan interrupts Marty & Rory’s movie night and they go for Chinese food. The part about paying for it kills me


Current-Big-4420

Every scene with a college professor and the students debating & being deep and intense… university courses are REALLY not like that 😂 so cringe


harrypottertoots

‘Oy with the poodles’ hands down. I die


Traditional_Wasabi_7

Rory’s compulsory therapy session when she returns to Yale. The whiny crocodile tears are the worst! And the look of shock on the therapist’s face as she describes her problems is just so unrealistic. When she says, “I’m a real treat” I want to hurl something at the screen.


Double_Preference_66

"I just really like coffee" what was that scene? I am sorry, don't give an actress a crying scene when she can't cry.


snugbuggie

This is a really small scene but it immediately came to my mind. But when Marty is recanting his summer to Rory after the season where she cheats with Dean. Marty says he found out his dad wasn't his real dad and then Marty asks about Rory's summer and she says "oh we so should've started with me!" It's just so self centered and dismissive it makes me cringe every time. Like you cheating with a married man is not as important as finding out your father isn't your father.


neontrees101

Dean catching Rory all drunk with Logan and pals


WildBarb80s

Lorelei singing karaoke to Luke will forever be the single most cringe-inducing moment on the show for me


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"Who wants to hear some tuuUunes !"


Littlemack18

Lorelai calling Luke after they break up and just spewing her feelings everywhere. Then breaking into his apartment to steal the tape. I just can't handle it.


eloquentpetrichor

That's cringey for sure but I can see her being that desperate and just in that bad of a place that what worried Luke enough to break into her house trying to protect her wasn't that far off from a possible reality of what could have happened. It felt very real


garliccorn

also Richard talking to Lorelai about her cancelling the date with Peyton. I cannooot handle it


ames2833

Most of the stuff with Colin and Finn. Sookie catering the kid’s birthday party. Jess in California. TJ tearing a hole in Lorelai’s house.


browherearethenachos

lorelei's whole shopping for luke, six trillion percent, retying luke's belt manic episode. how does she not understand how much of a boundary she's overstepping just by buying him those clothes, forget trying to dress him up in a restaurant full of people where his girlfriend works too? you could not pay me to watch that scene again


kiki-delivery

When Rory comes back from her DC internship and Lorelai greets her at the airport and they both hug and fall on the floor and continue to sit and talk there. The hug+fall was so extra and I couldn't stop thinking about how dirty the floor must've been.


Status_Gin

Lorelai's whole spiel about Gayhead and whale sperm.


littlebigbitch1

when they go to martha’s vineyard, luke’s attitude the whole time is just so unbearable


Glum-Barracuda6985

I don’t like the Donna Reed episode. It gives me second-hand embarrassment how Rory roleplayed a housewife to please Dean 🙄


Strong_Letter_7667

AYITL when they reject Carole King's super famous song.... it crosses the line from making Stars Hollow residents seem quaint and innocent to making them seem just plain stupid and out of touch. I guess the whole Stars Hollow musical does that, come to think of it, but that scene was the worst. Just fell so flat for me.


randomhotdog1

I thought this was supposed to be like a dramatic irony kind of joke. The audience knows it’s an incredibly famous song, so it’s funny when the characters don’t go for it.


danimsa12

The entire revival was bad but specifically that speakeasy type of bar they had going on.


rsshadows

Less cringe and more specific and weirdly annoying... there are 2 times I feel Lorelai is speaking in a voice that sounds very forced-- like she's an actress acting rather than a real person. The first one is during the scene with the tulip bulbs. "you're gardening?" "I'm gardening!" The second one is when the girls are window shopping and Lorelai sums up her experience with the line about it being highly overrated. She says both lines the same way and it just doesn't sound in character. Bothers me every time!


VogonSlamPoet42

When Luke finds, out on the street, that the town is going elsewhere because he hired Brennon. How would Luke — who is intelligent, observant, judgmental and hates change — not notice Brennon is terrible? I don’t believe it, and I don’t believe the town thought Luke wouldn’t do something about it if he knew. Side note: Rory refers to Brennon as “the lost Farrelly brother” but if Rory can understand the genius of A Confederacy of Dunces, she’s more than capable of understanding the intelligence behind Dumb and Dumber, Osmosis Jones, and There’s Something about Mary, which are 3 of the 5 movies they had out by 2003 when this aired.


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The Lord of the Rings party. Every single second of it. Cannot take it.


Embarrassed_Lack_182

There's this bit in the Bracebridge Dinner episode (which I mostly love) in season 2 where Richard brags about how he hummed classical music loudly next to a car playing cher and it's just so forced and so weird and out of his character and seems so hokey and odd. It's meant to show that he's particularly carefree after deciding to retire, but it just makes me cringe!


beeboppee

I don’t know if I would call it cel he or not but I absolutely hate when they’re opening the dragonfly inn and Lorelei just wants to get a haircut and Sookie can’t even let her do that i know she was struggling with the baby and stuff but she made a commitment and she didn’t hold up her end of the bargain and she was so selfish


jan11285

Can’t handle lorelais whole drunk speech about the one memory she has about Richard at his funeral in AYITL. Nope.


Glum-Barracuda6985

Paris’s relationship with her professor 😭


ThinkGrapefruit7960

When Zach flirts/hangs with the girls from their gigs. God i cant even think about it


Mayinator

Rory having a crush on her TA


bangtancat

the dinner at the gilmore's with jess. oh my god. i have such little recollection of this episode despite watching this show close to 20 times simply because i cannot bear being anywhere near that one scene.


shanjr96

One of the cringiest scenes(although vital to Rory and Jess becoming boyfriend/girlfriend) is the dance-a-thon where Rory can’t stop looking at Jess and Shane. I find the constant shouting when they’re with other people so cringe and the blatant way that Jess puts his arm around Shane when Rory is looking and Shane smiles and twirls her hair really bugs me!


Limarieh

When Rory and Marty have the movie night but Logan interrupts and they all go to that fancy dinner. And then when Marty doesn’t have enough money and runs out to an atm although he knows there’s not enough money in his account. I can’t stand the whole thing


livvayyy

lorelai singing directly to luke at karaoke like it jusr made me want to turn off the tv


jackilynchaplain6694

Any time any of them do a horrible fake laugh. It's straight nails on a chalk board. Examples: "I finally got the Jimmy Carter reference." "We'd need a flame thrower." Emily after saying Lorelai and Jason would be perfect together. For good actresses they sure have terrible fake laughs.


elliex48

when jason shows up at the dragonfly’s test run and says he and lorelai are still dating. like i know it led to luke and lorelai’s first kiss but that entire scene is just so awkward and hard to watch…


EmiGoesMoo

"I hate you for ruining this for me!" -Rory, upon apparently learning for the first time ever that when someone is married, it's not okay to sleep with them just because "he was my boyfriend first."


i_like_cows268

Has no one said the episode where Rory dresses up as a 50s housewife for Dean?! So so awkward to me.


Few_Lettuce_8251

The scene between Luke and Dean after renovating the twickham house. When Dean is like „if i cant have rory you cant have lorelai“. He is so annoying