I am NOT team Luke
I genuinely get so mad about Luke. When they are just friends I think they are great. I know he is pinning for her and it influences their dynamic but it should have stayed that way. He lies to her. He holds her to standards that he fails to meet. He drags her along YOU WAITED ALL THIS TIME MARRY HER. The scene with Sookie when Lorelai does the car analogy monologue and says "t was him not fighting for me. I gave him the ultimatum and he let me walk away. I didn't want a life separate from Luke, and that's all he could give me. It's like Luke is driving a car and I just want to be in the passenger seat. He's locked the door and I have to hold onto the bumper. I am not even asking him to open the door for me, just leave it unlocked and say come in, but he didn't do that. So I am hanging on to the bumper and life goes on and the car goes on, and I get really badly bruised and I'm hitting potholes. And it hurts. It really hurts. So yesterday I had to let go of the bumper. Because it hurts too much."
That was it for me. She said EXACTLY what she meant there. This is something I think SO many women can relate to feeling. I would HAVE never let me friend walk back to a man who made her feel this way. Luke is not a good boyfriend and he is a worst fiancé. I know she says that in S7 and it is controversial if we stand by that season as canon. However, that monologue has ALWAYS stayed with me and I can never look at luke the same even in a re watch