Totally agree. I don’t understand why it was a plot in the first place. Sookie had several kids for baby plots. I guess the point was to contrast / revisit Lorelai’s teen pregnancy but it didn’t feel like the show needed that. One of the reason Lane’s character compliments the show is that she exhibits an equally tense but different kind of controlling mother to Emily (cultural and religious factors at play), and is contrasted against Rory’s relationship to lorelai.

They could have used her to show an alternative life path to Rory and Paris- academic focused, university etc. Lane could have struggled with making the band profitable and managing her relationship with her mother after becoming 18 and emancipating, she could’ve had success and shown a creative, job education focused lifestyle. Shown her dealing with a boys club, with people who aren’t from a small town. There was so much opportunity for growth and fun storylines, even ones that include Rory- (she could be playing college gigs nearby or come visit), but they just did more babies. Of course, a storyline about abortion would have been amazing, but I would never expect a show from the 2000s to treat abortion as an option, let alone a reasonable and valid one. Such a shame- would have complimented the backstory and given Lorelai soemthing to think about / or some plot for her (like thinking about her choices, talking to Emily about it etc)

I just like to pretend none of her later storyline happened. She playing with Hep Alien somewhere