I’ve been watching Gilmore Girls for the past 2.5 months now.
I started my exercise routine with it and saw the episodes during my
much-needed rest time. 7 seasons with 22 episodes of 45 minutes each have
filled my mundane days with sweet love. It is a series that doesn’t entail
much, yet it fills my heart with joy. I’ve smiled with it, I’ve cried with it,
and I’ve basically lived with the people in it in the small town of Stars
Hollow.
I am on my last two episodes now which I am sure I will
finish before lunch. I’ve been feeling unusually blue today and I guess the
reason is parting with these fictional characters that I have now grown so fond
of. It happens every time I fall in love with a television series. That is why
I never, never watch the last few episodes of Friends.
Partings. I absolutely hate them. Why do we have to part
away from those we love? I am not the types who would call people endlessly. Just
to know the fact that they are a part of my life is enough. But when they are
not and I am helpless, it is heart-breaking.
I think everyone deals with such situations differently. Some
cry their heart out. Others just tend to ignore their feelings and hope they
will fade away with time. Some just keep wishing it had never happened. And
some of us feel all these emotions at the same time.
There is always a silver lining to partings - they are
called fresh beginnings. Every end is a start to something new, something
exciting. We never see it first. We never understand the reasons. But they
happen. Life unfolds itself and we move on. Those who genuinely try to move on
find happiness in their fresh starts. Those who cling to the fact that the past
was better, unfortunately never enjoy life in its full glory.
So much gyaan over
a T.V. series? Nah- it is just that I have to accept the fact that I need to
move on. Today Gilmore Girls will end, but tomorrow I will start a different
series. I will unlock a new town, fall in love with new characters, feel a part
of their lives and just be with them for the next several weeks. I might feel today
that there will be no series like this one and I will feel this longing, this
emptiness for the rest of my life. But then, somehow I also know that there will be one to replace it.
There always is, and it is always better. We just need to embrace sad endings and happy beginnings and everything in between.
I felt the same way with Desperate Housewives.! There were mean and badass to each other most of the time...but I lived like one of them for a long time. When I watched the last episode, I felt so bad that from the next day I had no idea what to do with my free time!
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling! I still want to live in an area like that with my best friends and weekly poker afternoons!
DeleteI just revisited FRIENDS... all 10 seasons back to back ending last Sunday. The emotional upheaval at realizing this was the last episode really made me teary eyed. I hate goodbyes... I suck at them
ReplyDeleteI never ever watch the last episode. I've seen it once and that is enough. I suck at goodbyes too :(
DeleteI know this feeling. I find it so hard to read the last ten pages of ant Book because I know once I reach the last page , there would be a full stop. I won't know anything beyond that part of their lives.
ReplyDeleteI just started watching Friends now :)
Yes, this happens with books as well. It never happens with quick reads and movies though. Maybe because it is all about the amount of time spent with someone or something..
DeleteI felt this after watching 5 seasons for Game of thrones, knowing that season 6 would take months. Yes there was no parting but the feeling was similar.
ReplyDeleteParting with someone or something is so hard because of the sense of attachment. :)
I didn't get attach to GOT! Somehow I don't feel much for any character in that series. And its good actually - they all keep dying!
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ReplyDelete"There always is, and it is always better. We just need to embrace sad endings and happy beginnings and everything in between. "
loved it!!! :)