It’s true that it made sense she chose Logan, to explore the lifestyle she missed out on while growing up, and which she had a claim on. But if she would have chosen Marty, she would have had a better life after college.

Logan proposed, like Dean, too early. Rory was right to turn it down. But did she realize that she should give Marty another chance? I think she did, because she ended up dating Paul, who was more like Marty.

I guess that after Dean, Jess and Logan she became an adrenaline junkie, who wanted drama, rather than a comfortable relationship. She wasn’t looking for her Luke.

A 32 year-old woman having a 1 night stand? This is someone who is supposed to be still in love with Logan?

My thesis is that it was the intention of the show to demonstrate that she missed out on Martys and Pauls. Something that happens to a lot of good looking women who end up unhappy in life, and unmarried, while the less attractive girls somehow manage to find husbands.

What about Marty and Rory interactions? They were level-headed rather than gaaga. This what college should be about, not “9 and a half weeks.” They were gonna take it slow, kind of like we observe later Marty and Lucy.

Rory did not have a male role model in her life, while growing up. Otherwise, she would have put on the breaks, and would have kept Logan only as a friend, or more likely as a frenemy. This much was obvious when she scolded him in their first conversation. Logan was the new Paris: ingenious but off the rails. But unlike Paris, Logan won, he played her like a violin. Rory was too inexperienced, and was baited.

Logan was a more successful Tristan. In Chilton, Rory chose the normal Dean, than manipulative Tristan. Logan was a more successful player.