Although The cast of Gilmore Girls might have been talented, but even they sometimes struggled to sell the show’s wilder twists. Gilmore Girls was a relatively grounded series, meaning Jess actor Milo Ventimiglia’s suggestion that his character should have been killed off in a violent mugging was always going to sound ludicrous. However, this quality also meant the show's more dramatic moments sometimes strained credulity.

For instance, The most hated Gilmore Girls storylines mostly shared this strange sense of tonal discordance, as evidenced in season 6, episode 20, “Super Cool Party People.”

Logan’s Accident Went Nowhere In Gilmore Girls Season 6

Logan Almost Dies But The Experience Barely Changes His and Rory’s Story

“Super Cool Party People” sees Logan sustain life-threatening injuries during a Life and Death Brigade stunt that goes badly wrong. This extremely dramatic storyline jars with the cozy tone of the series in general, and the disparity between the usual low-stakes events and this high drama becomes even more notable when Rory berates Finn and Colin for their part in the stunt. Since their introduction, the Life and Death Brigade had always felt like an idealized, romanticized vision of fraternity secret societies, a group of debonair rich kids who were as effortlessly witty as they were daring.

Logan’s injuries could have led Rory to cast a more critical eye on the Life and Death Brigade’s antics, questioning whether they were as harmless as they seemed.

Thus, “Super Cool Party People” suddenly treating Logan’s risky behavior realistically was a bizarre, jarring surprise. It now seems like a storyline Gilmore Girls could have done without, but at the time of its introduction, the plot had real promise. Logan’s injuries could have led Rory to cast a more critical eye on the Life and Death Brigade’s antics, questioning whether they were as harmless as they seemed. Alternatively, the accident could have caused Logan to question his love of risky fun, leading him to interrogate just what he was running from with his hard-partying lifestyle.

The problem was that the storyline didn’t take either of these routes. In fact, the plot went nowhere. Logan’s injuries were initially depicted as life-altering, and it would have been fascinating to see Gilmore Girls show its most privileged character adjusting to life with a disability over the course of seasons 6 and 7. Instead, Logan swiftly made a full recovery, mostly off-screen, and was back to being the exact same character before the end of season 6.

Gilmore Girls Season 6's Rory & Logan Story Was A Major Missed Opportunity

Logan’s Accident Could Have Explained Rory and Logan’s Breakup

It would have been easy, thematically fitting, and dramatically devastating for Gilmore Girls to use this accident as a catalyst for Rory and Logan’s breakup. While Gilmore Girls’ ing characters needed some screen time of their own, Rory and Logan are the main characters of season 6 after Lorelai and Luke. As such, Gilmore Girls could have sown the seeds of the pair’s eventual breakup after Logan’s accident, either with Logan defending his decisions and Rory resenting their consequences, or the opposite approach.

Logan could have doubled down on his life-endangering antics, alienating Rory and his own family in the process as he risked life and limb once again.

Logan could have been sobered by his brush with death, and he could have gotten more serious about working for his father. This could have prompted a breakup, since Rory resented his father, Mitchum, for dismissing her journalistic potential. On the other hand, Logan could have doubled down on his life-endangering antics, alienating Rory and his own family in the process as he risked life and limb once again. Either of these plots would have foreshadowed the fact that Rory and Logan would break up before the show’s original run ended, but it’s easy to see why the show didn’t go this way.

Gilmore Girls Never Really Ended Rory and Logan’s Relationship

A Year in the Life Revealed The Duo Never Fully Broke Up

Although they did technically part ways in the penultimate episode of season 7, Rory and Logan never truly broke up in Gilmore Girls. 2016’s Netflix revival Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life revealed that the pair were still sleeping together casually a full decade after their breakup, even though Logan was engaged to another woman and Rory was in an ostensibly serious relationship with her new boyfriend, Paul. This plot was infamously unpopular with viewers and critics alike, as many felt it represented a betrayal of Rory’s character.

While this is a fair criticism, the storyline could just as easily be accused of mistreating Logan. Logan could have matured and grown as a person after almost dying during one of his Life and Death Brigade stunts, but he instead remained in stasis off-screen for a decade. As if to underline this, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life even featured a night out with the Life and Death Brigade, now well into their 30s. After introducing Jess as a successful publisher, the revival seemed determined to prove that Logan was still the same immature rich kid as always.

Gilmore Girls Season 6 Pushed The Limits Of The Show's Storytelling

Gilmore Girls Sometimes Dropped Characters And Plots Without Warning

The biggest issue with Logan’s recovery is that Gilmore Girls ignores it entirely in what may be a misguided attempt at realism. Throughout its run, Gilmore Girls had a tendency to drop plots unexpectedly to mirror the way that, in real life, certain seemingly significant events lead nowhere despite their apparent import. Guest star Billy Burke’s Alex took Lorelai on two romantic dates and, despite their chemistry, was then never mentioned again.

Logan’s life-threatening injuries were the most compelling thing to ever happen to his otherwise stagnant character, and they seemed to carry a lot of potential that Gilmore Girls proceeds to waste.

Similarly, Chris Eigeman’s Jason arrived at the Dragonfly Inn ready to win Lorelai back, but the show and Lorelai had moved on, so what would have been a romantic climax in another story is simply a non-sequitur. It is a clever way to subvert audience expectations, but this approach flopped in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life and season 6’s Logan story, which failed to make his fate interesting or engaging. Logan’s life-threatening injuries were the most compelling thing to ever happen to his otherwise stagnant character, and they seemed to carry a lot of potential that Gilmore Girls proceeded to waste.