This post includes widely-known spoilers for the next couple of Gilmore Girls episodes, but is primarily composed of rampant speculation.

Gilmore Girls is in trouble. Everyone who writes about the show tends to agree — this Lorelai and Christopher thing is boxing them into a corner that they're going to have a really, really hard time getting out of it.

What's really scary is that Chris and Lorelai are eloping. That's right, eloping. This means they'll be married. Annoying! How on earth is Lorelai going to get rid of him once she's bound to him til death?

That's where I got my theory: The show's going to kill Christopher. Suddenly, in an accident. His death will have the following effects:

• Lorelai and Rory will be very sad.
• They will also be independently wealthy.
• Lorelai will start to be friends with Luke again. Friends only, like at the beginning of the series.
• Hopefully, Logan's reaction to Rory's grief will be so terrible that she will be forced to dump him. Or, she dumps him because he reminds her too much of her dad. Or, he just leaves. Leave, Logan! You're not wanted, either!

I can't say it's a good idea, but I also can't think of any other options. It's a little too late in their relationship to discover they actually can't stand each other.

Thoughts?

Whenever I find myself remembering way too much about television shows, it makes me feel bad about myself.  I'll be able to recite entire episodes of Roseanne or Will and Grace, but my knowledge of American history is very "Lincoln freed the slaves!  George Washington chopped down the cherry tree!"

On that note, I've been thinking a lot lately about the Super Friends.

I don't remember a lot about it (it went off the air when I was six), but I remember being obsessed with it.  The premise, if you recall, was that it was basically a more kidsy version of the Justice League — the crime-fighting conglomerate of Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and others.  They fought the Legion of Doom, which was a team of all the heroes' worst enemies.

They must have gone all out with the merchandising, because all of my memories of the show have to do with toys.  I had a Hawkman action figure where if you squeezed his legs, his wings flapped.  And I remember being upset about not getting some Super Friends-related crap and throwing a fit in the toy store.

Since I don't really have that much to say about this show other than "Remember the Superfriends?", here's a quick game.  On the list of names below which is a lesser-known Super Friends recurring character and which is a DC-area gay bar?

Cobalt

Giganta

Zan 

El Dorado 

The Eagle

Apex

Atom 

Remington

The Green Lantern

Firestorm 

(answers after the jump)