Gilmore Girls is a window revolving around a mother-daughter duo, Lorelai and Rory, and their eccentric personalities. It is a rollercoaster ride of a sixteen year old girl giving birth and abandoning her privileged parents to start life afresh in Stars Hollow.
This television show is not the good old drama, as it has substantial humour added by Grandfather and Grandmother, Richard and Emily Gilmore. This, along with bucket loads of instances that everyone experiences every day, enables the viewer to feel close to all the characters and their mannerisms. The forty-five minute episodes seem to fly by. In fact, on a stressful day, Lorelai and Gilmore can be your messiahs. The first scene of the pilot will throw you into a fit of giggles and you’ll know for sure that this is for you.
In a time where people usually prefer sci-fi and crime television shows like ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Quantico’, Gilmore Girls proves to be sunny and safe. No one is kidnapped or abused in any way. In fact, finding a crime in Stars Hollow is one of the most difficult jobs for the mayor, another comical character.
You will find yourselves growing with Rory, learning from Lorelai, being practical with Richard and caring with Emily, being rooted with Luke, giving second chances alongside Max, being passionate with Lane and committed with Dean, having depth with Jess,breaking stereotypes with Logan, and finally, being focused with Paris. All of the credit for this goes to remarkable actors like Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore) and Lauren Graham (Lorelai Gilmore)
Like any of our lives, the characters too have their ups and downs, dreams and ambitions, loves and heartaches. We see Rory’s desire to get into Harvard and then choosing Yale instead. Lorelai, on the other hand, succeeds in opening her own Dragonfly Inn with her best friend Sookie. Their natural ability to be there for each other is something I look up to tremendously.
The best way to watch this incredible television show would be, of course, with your mother. I feel it is essential for everyone to have a taste of this show because the independent and confident manner in which Lorelai brings up Rory, even at the age of sixteen, is the way people should approach parenting. Rather than a mother-daughter pair, they are each other’s best friend. As scarce as they may be these days, a close mother-daughter bond like Lorelai and Rory’s should be ideal.
Gilmore Girls was first aired in 2000, but a mother-daughter relationship is so universal that it hits the same sweet spot with the audience even 21 years later. The optimism, open mindedness and drive builds up all the characters to be people whose specks of flaws seem to be within us – so much so that I believe that “We’re almost there and nowhere near it. All that matters is we’re going!”