I don't believe that bull----, ''If you love it, let it go.'' If you love it, stay there and make sure no one else f---s it up.
And my first response was: Yeah! Just another one of the many reasons why I have a crush on Amy Sherman-Palladino. But then I thought again. Isn't letting Gilmore Girls go and letting other people fuck it up exactly what she did?
It's just problematic to have to add this codicil to her statement:
Unless you can't come to terms with the network. If so, then walk away only after having painted your characters into piss-poor positions. So that even if the new showrunner had been a more distinct writer, he still wouldn't have been able to save the ship.
My admiration for her sharp writing remains undiminished, and I'm looking forward to the new series. But...
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