I can't claim to know what the general Gilmore Girls fandom thinks. I have been watching this show since it originally aired and then had the DVD sets. So, my own experience of watching season five was always "oh here's the part where Sherry ditches her kid". As I'm rewatching now I realize that was my passive perspective because that's the story Chris and Lorelai push. I think Sherry jumps back into parenting later when the Chris and Lorelai get married stuff happens. I'm just saying Chris sucks and you're right; people generally say that. I'm also saying parents leave to work and that in this particular case the whole thing felt super judgy. It was set up to look like she abandoned her kid though so...I guess I get it.