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Ask Ausiello vom 12.4.

Question: I just read that Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband, Daniel, are not returning for next season's Gilmore Girls. Please tell me it's not true. My heart is breaking. She had a plan! — Megan

Ausiello: Relax. Breathe. Read. No decision has been made either way. As I understand it, both sides — Team Palladino and Warner Bros. — are still trying to hash out a deal that would bring them back next fall for a seventh season. But I'd be lying if I told you there weren't some really scary moments yesterday. The situation is extremely fluid, but rest assured the moment I have something definitive to report — no matter what the hour — I will post an update on The Ausiello Report*. I am on this story like Emily on the rocks.

Question: So, honestly, how frightened should Luke and Lorelai fans be by the new bits of spoiler information floating out there about the season finale? — Megan

Ausiello: I don't have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.

Question: Please tell me I am having a nightmare about the upcoming Gilmore Girls season finale. Why would ****** ***** **** ***********? — Erin

Ausiello: Oh, that spoiler information. Well, all I have to say about that is this: ***** and *** don't necessarily mean the same thing. But in if they do happen to mean the same in this instance, well, be afraid, Erin. Be very afraid.

Question: The characters of Luke and Lorelai have been trashed this season on Gilmore Girls, the romance has been broken, and the final image that we the fans will be left with over the summer hiatus is ******* in *** with *****. One hell of a plan you had, Amy Sherman-Palladino! — Debbie

Ausiello: I don't know what you want me to say. I agree, the show has been off its game this season. The whole April storyline, which I was open to in theory, has been a disappointment. I also agree with all those who wrote in saying Lorelai is not the type of person who would sit idly by while Luke shuts her out of his life. She would have spoken up long ago and demanded that April be a part of her life, too. If it makes you feel any better — and it probably won't — that scene is coming. In the season finale. Everything we've been wanting Lorelai to tell Luke these past four months finally comes out, and, from what I'm told, Lauren Graham knocks another one out of the park. Is it too little too late? That remains to be seen. But with all its faults, damnit, I still love this show. And although AS-P can frustrate me at times, it would be a disaster if she and Dan weren't to come back next season to see our Girls through to their happy ending. There, I said my peace.

*Worst Gilmore Girls News Ever

My fellow Gilmore Girls fans. [Sigh] My poor, unfortunate fellow Gilmore Girls fans. If you thought rumors of a Lorelai-Christopher hookup in the season finale were as bad as it could get, you've got another think comin' — and this one's a real heartbreaker. Series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has opted not to renew her contract and will be leaving at the end of the season — and she's taking husband Dan with her. I wish I were joking. The news was delivered to me late yesterday, and I'm still in denial. The most fantabulous dramedy in aeons, if not ever, is headed into what is likely to be its final season — and its first season on a brand-new network — without its mama or her right-hand man. [Sigh] Well, you can bet that when I chat with AS-P herself in a few minutes, I'll get to the bottom of this. And once I know anything, so will you. In the meantime, feel free to panic. I know I am.