Well, the Dean was part of a mystery, alright, but not exactly the one I guessed. Looking back on it now, I realize that it was kind of stupid to guess that the Dean was the rapist. I mean, wouldn’t someone notice the Dean at a party or in the dorms? Uh, duh. Also duh was the revelation that it was Mo and Mercer. Really, that’s the big reveal? It all seemed too obvious to be true. The only true shock was that the two of them were working together. One mystery never resolved? Why the hell did he shave their heads afterwards? And why did Mo get the hair, instead of Mercer? Color me confused. What a weak mystery. Let’s hope the Dean murder mystery is more dramatic. My fine detective skills knew that something weird was going on with him. What they didn’t pick up on was that it was just the writers setting up the next story arc.

Another big mystery of the night? How Gilmore Girls suddenly got good again. Seriously, last week was not one of the worst episodes of the show ever, but THE WORST EPISODE EVER. I mean, the only thing worse was the Aerie Tuesdays crap they put on after it. Could someone please shoot the Aerie girls? Please? But I digress. If you tuned in tonight and weren’t paying attention you might have thought that it was a repeat from last season, because it was actually kind of good, and really surprising, it was funny. When did that happen? I think the key to tonight’s success was focusing on someone other than the two main Gilmore Girls for once. They’ve been getting way too mopey. What this episode had that we’ve been missing for a long time: The elder Gilmores and Friday night dinner; Paris being weird, but not being bitter about not being editor of the Yale newspaper; Luke’s extended family; Luke with a backbone, telling off April’s mom; and everyone else in Star’s Hollow not working at the Inn. Oh, and JOKES! Funny, the writers remembered that this show was mainly a comedy and they included some jokes this week.

And hell, if the writers would just have Luke punch Christopher again instead of just repeatedly showing it in previews for (not) next week, that would help too.