Back in the day, Gilmore Girls was one of my favorite shows on TV. It showcased the rare dynamic of a mother and a daughter who were more like sisters than mother and daughter. That pairing consisted of Lorelai and Rory living in a small Connecticut town called Stars Hollow. Lorelai was the sarcastic, pop-culture-spewing, coffee-addict that had her daughter Rory (short for Lorelai) at the age of 16. Lorelai passed on her ways to Rory, but the difference was that Rory was a brainiac destined for Harvard. What was different about this show is that it had a good balance of showing the everyday struggles adults and teenagers have to go through. From Lorelai breaking down and asking her parents to help pay for Rory’s private school, to Rory going through her first love with Stars Hollow hunk Dean, Gilmore Girls had a never ending amount of life lessons for its viewers.
I started watching when ABC Family started playing episodes every day, and from then on I was hooked. I had to watch every episode so I could get caught up with the current season that was playing on TV that year, which probably around 2005. As the show progressed, the issues the characters had to deal with progressed. Anyone who watched the show knew of the heart-wrenching feeling of watching Rory go through the struggles of young love with Dean and Jess. Everyone could identify with the mean girl at school, Paris, that Rory had regular competition with and with the feeling of waiting to hear back from universities about your acceptance. Also, seeing Lorelai go through the struggles of finding a soul mate, first with Max then with Christopher, but I was always rooting for her and Luke to work out. At one point there was even a few somber episodes when Rory and Lorelai got into a serious fight about Rory taking a semester off after screwing up royally with the law. Eventually the story lines worked themselves out and the show closed its doors in 2007. Most of the loose ends were tied up, but it still left viewers wondering about the fate of the shows beloved characters.
Since the show, ended Lauren Graham, who played Lorelai, went on to act in NBC’s hit show Parenthood and in several other movies, like Evan Almighty. Alexis Bledel went on to act in movies after the show ended, such as The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 and Post Grad. Most notably the show’s supporting actress, Melissa McCarthy, who played Lorelai’s quirky best friend Sookie, went on to act in movies like Bridesmaids and The Heat.
There has been talk from the show’s creator and some of the actors since the show ended about doing some form of a Gilmore Girls movie to tie up the remaining loose ends. Although there is nothing currently in the works, I can’t help but wonder if one day I’ll get the chance to see where my favorite Stars Hollow residents are these days.
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