Mitchum Was Right: Rory Gilmore Didn't Have It.

    Rory Gilmore becoming a failed journalist at age 32 came as anything but a shock to me. An entitled, white, wealthy-by-proxy, sheltered girl with little discipline from her childish mother and virtually absent father does not a strong Christiane Amanpour successor make.

    Journalism requires simultaneous grit, curiosity, and resilience. While Rory did display bouts of these qualities in isolated bursts, she did not employ them in the trifecta that the field demands.

    In the pilot, Rory almost gives up the chance to go to a prestigious private high school for a chance to stay closer to a boy she just met. She was sixteen, so I grant her grace, but it's the first instance of many where outside influences derail her ambitions. 

    Rory's main weakness is her entitlement and her refusal to acknowledge it.