Note 1: Hey y’all! I would like to sincerely apologize to anyone who may have been hurt or offended with the food section of the video. The honest truth is that when I recorded that part, like many other parts of the video, it was after a long day of work and I was just being lazy. I’m not used to making long videos like this and I wanted to give up plenty of times because I wanted to address so many things and I didn’t want to post it if wasn’t good enough. It doesn’t change the fact that it is already out there but I would still like to apologize for the diabetic comment - I only used it because I was going to reference another movie that showed the darker sides of teenage parenting. Still, I messed up and should have been more careful and it won’t happen again. In passing I would also like to apologize for using A*******’s syndrome when talking about Paris. It also was never to offend or hurt anyone and I honestly had no idea up until the comments that this was no longer acceptable. As I mentioned at the end of video, the comment section is open for educating, constructive criticisms and discussions. I am fully aware that this is the internet and people get mad about lots of dumb things but I can admit when I messed up and this is me saying that I’ve heard, I’ve understand and I’ve learned. Anyway to all those giving me love ,thank you so much, I am looking forward to making many more of these and making them better as I go. ❤️🥰

for kirk, he's more than just comedic relief. this guy have a hundreds different kind of job and his jobs always blue collar one. this makes me think that kirk is basically that everyday guy that's forgettable but actually very hardworking, talented, reliable, and surprisingly funny

okay PAUSE Rory getting the same hairstyle as Lindsey in season 4 is new information for me that’s mind blowing actually

It will always annoy me how they had Lane fight so hard for dreams only to get married and pregnant and stay in Stars Hollow. They couldn't give her a successful career as a music teacher at Chilton or something?? Also I really like the plotline where Rory dropped out of Yale- it was nice to see her relaxed and behaving like a typical 18 y/o. Her character was wildly insufferable towards the end though.

While Lorelai and Rory are both semi-equally flawed characters, I think Lorelai’s more likeable because she is more self aware about her mistakes and flaws, Rory just thinks she’s perfect and never apologizes for anything she does, she hurt so many people that loved her like her mom and Dean and sometimes her grandparents and she just didn’t care. Even Emily and Paris are more likeable because they know they can be abrasive and strict and whatever, Rory’s just very stuck up.

Rory, Lorelai, and Emily I think are a good example of generational trauma. Literally the saying "I won't mess my kids up the way my parents did me....I'll mess them up in new and different ways." Lorelai was too lacks in disciplining Rory because she was too busy giving her daughter all the love and affection she craved but never got. Emily was raised in a distant way very firmly and had what she saw as a successful life ignoring the fact that many of her friends did the same only to suffer under cruel, cheating husbands so she tried to mold Lorelai in her image thinking it would afford her the same success only to get a daughter as strong willed as both her parents. It'd be interesting in a few years to see what kind of parent Rory turns out to be. Given how we see her with Paris' children my money would be on a distracted narcissistic one who thinks she's giving her child the space she didn't really get with a mother who was constantly in her life when she's really neglecting them leaving her mother to step in with affection the same way Rory's grandparents stepped in with discipline.

I'm so glad somebody else clocked the transformation of Dean. He went from someone who was not as academically intelligent as Rory but still fairly smart, somewhat well read and clearly possessing a lot of mechanical and practical intelligence (because he re-built a car at 16 years old) to a blithering incoherent idiot just to have us root for Rory to gaslight him and get with Jesse.

I highly disagree that Mrs. Kim did not engage in abusive parenting tactics with Lane. She controlled EVERY aspect of Lane's life, and Lane could not be herself for the first 18 or so years of her life. When Lane's secret life was revealed, she was shunned and kicked out. Lane wasn't allowed to eat normal food. She didn't get to go out to the things other kids did. She didn't get to choose a college she liked. Lane lived with so much more stress and fear than she needed to bc of how controlling Mrs. Kim was. Controlling every aspect of what a kid does, who she dates, what she eats, what she can watch and listen to, and reacting with extreme punishment whenever those rules are violated, so that the kid is living in constant fear, is abuse to me.

I agree, Jess became too good for Rory. That "why did you drop out of Yale" was probably my favorite scene in the show and was a great reality check for Rory. Also, I knew Rory wouldn't be a good journalist after that ballet review. As a journalism major, I don't have a problem with what she wrote but a good journalist sticks to their instincts, and Mitchum (and Doyle) knew she didn't have that.

I never forgave Rory for not setting people straight *WHY* Jess crashed the car. He swerved to not hit an animal, wow, what a monster 😒

I used to hate Rory's character, especially how she was portrayed in the revival, but then I read "Bad Feminist" by Roxane Gay. She talks about how women in TV shows and movies are expected to be perfect, and if they have flaws and are "bad" people, we hate their character, but there are often male characters who are scumbags that we love despite their flaws because they're an interesting character. That made me realize that what I hated about Rory was that she wasn't perfect like she was supposed to be. From listening to your review, I think its a really good point for why viewers end up hating her. She's the "perfect girl", so ends up disappointing all of us when she's a flawed person who makes bad decisions and doesn't show growth. We can love Lorelai and Emily through their flaws because they were never portrayed as perfect people, so we appreciate their growth as signs that they are actually good or at least trying to be. Same with Jess: he's always been a jerk so when he becomes a decent person by the end we can say he's not so bad, but Rory almost regressed to be a worse person if we value her character based on how much growth she had.

I totally agree with the Lane bit! I thnk Rory's whole arc was already a groundbreaking "life doesnt turn out as you would have liked" to be and crushing expectations in the audience minds, but Lane should've been the very realistic example of a lot of very opressed kids that escape from their houses and finally gets their dreams in a realistic way. Of course she probably wouldn't have become a rockstar, but probably a succesful producer or something related to music. But something.

I wish you had put the Michele scene where he is delivering the CD to Lane. He runs around the block way more times than he was meant to and idk that scene always made me think Michele’s lack of wanting to help people was a front.

I don’t love the age difference between Paris and Asher, but their relationship made allot of sense to me. Think about it, Paris’s parents are almost completely absent from the show, we see her mom once in season 1 for a very brief scene and she’s actively criticizing Paris’s skin and overall appearance, we NEVER see her Dad, and we only hear about her parents a hand full of times throughout the course of the show after that. They don’t even show up for her high school graduation, remember how shocked and amazed she was after spending Christmas with Jamie and his family? She calls Lorelai “the closest thing I have to a mother outside of Nanny” in AYITL which is shocking to Lorelai because they really haven’t spent all that much time together. Paris is STARVED for parental love and approval, it makes perfect sense to me that she would fall in love with someone like Asher, who is 1) a parent 2) a teacher 3) an older individual who’s more mentally compatible with her. Asher was able to provide Paris with the emotional support, acceptance and approval that she never received from her own parents. Is the relationship inappropriate and low key/high key creepy? Sure. But we often seek in our partners all the things we got or never got from our parents, so parental love starved Paris dating a much older man makes 100% sense for her character, and I think in some ways, adds some depth to her character

There was another scene like the not rectifying paris' sexual activity after not getting into Harvard. It really bothered me that lane's first time Was such a bad experience and she got pregnant and then hated and gave up on sex. They didn't rectify that either as far as I can remember. The just smoothed into the pregnancy plot and it's a really weird message to send.

In the DVD box sets, they have a little booklet that explains every. Single. Reference. They make in each episode 💙

30:10 You gotta understand the that mansion for Lorelei was a Skinners box of torture One of my favorite, and saddest , details of the show was when Emily, Rory, and Lorelei go to Mia's wedding, and they are standing outside the house and Lorelei lets herself in. Emily is aghast at the informality, but Lorelei says something like Mia wants people to feel at home. And then you remember that, in every single Friday night dinner, Lorelei Knocked and waited outside, as way to express that this house was no longer her home. Emily was surprised that Lorelei let herself into Mia's place, which means that Lorelei was telling Emily exactly how she felt every Friday and it went right over her head.

You touched on this during the video, but I think the biggest reason why Rory turned out the way she did is because she basically grew up without parents. Everyone who wasn't Lorelai, like her grandparents and Christopher, had very little authority over her since their relationship could easily be cut off if Rory wanted. The only one who had any actual power to set her straight was Lorelai, but this whole "best friend first, mother second" thing allowed Rory to get away with horrible behavior that later on evolved into what we saw. For example, early on in the series, Rory starts snapping at everyone because she had a fight with Dean (I think they broke up or something). She not only says awful things to Lorelai (if I spoke to my mother like that I would have been slapped across the face, rightfully so) and then RUNS AWAY to her grandparents house. And what does Lorelai do after she freaked out over Rory going missing? She allows her to stay there until next morning and then comes in to talk to her all "friendly" because she believes Rory understands she did wrong. BUT SHE DOESNT, what Rory learns from this experience is that she can be horrible to everyone around her, run away from home, and have no consequences as long as she says "sorry". She doesn't even get grounded. I feel this was what contributed the most to her behavior later on, which is sad because I do believe she would have turned out better (she was a hard worker, and a kind person) if she had been set straight when she needed to be.

I was always annoyed by how Rory treated her boyfriend Paul in the revival, when he seemed to be a perfectly nice guy. Then I realised that Rory was so used to being fawned all over by everyone in her small town, and when she wasn't doing well with her journalism career, she used Paul as a crutch to boost her own spirits.

I don't think Richard was neutral or layed back as a father. Lorelai said herself that he demanded something from her and if she didn't come up to his standard he dropped her and lost interest because poor him was sooo disappointed. That's emotional blackmail, gaslighting and neglect. And even after all this years he hadn't changed towards his daughter. They weren't even able to have a real fight or argument because he didn't want to deal with Lorelai's different opinion. Like when the fight broke out between Richard and Straub, Lorelai thought finally, there is her father standing up for her, siding with her. She wanted to thank him for it and what did he do? He told her he did it for the Gilmore name - for his pride, his ego to tell the truth. Nice dad.

about paris and rory's relationship; YES. i thought i was the only one whi felt bad for paris that she was the only one who considered rory her best friend meanwhile rory didn't even consider paris near the best friend aspect at all. i think i remember in one of the episodes where someone referred to paris as rory's bestfriend and rory was just like "...yeah... i guess she's my best friend..." like i genuinely felt bad for paris 😭

People always argue that Dean suddenly became a bad boyfriend so the show could make room for Jess, but I think the writers did a good job in sowing the seeds of Dean's downfall early. Even taking Jess out of the equation, Dean was too clingy. Lorelai chalked it up to him being so in love, but it was a real problem. Like when he decided to ambush Rory after she told him she wanted a day to herself to do homework, and that was after she promised to go out tomorrow. Or how he would blow up or blame Rory for things outside of her control. Remember when Rory was terrified over losing Dean's bracelet, not because she loved it, but because she wanted to avoid another blow up fight. As soon as she started walking on eggshells, scared of his reaction to things like that it was rightly over. He was also irrationally mad at other characters down the line like Lindsey and Luke.

my favourite guy for rory was definitely logan because he did something dean and jess couldn’t. he thought he didn’t deserve rory and for that reason he didn’t pursue her or make her uncomfortable and only got together with her because she wanted to. he was respectful of her life, understanding how important her mum was to her and how important the town of stars hollow was to her too. unlike dean and jess, he wasn’t looking in on the rich world he was looking in on the small town charm world from the rich word, he also reminds me a lot of lorelai, they both come from rich families whose views they don’t agree with, we’re quite reckless teenagers and fast talkers. lorelai found her way out while logan didn’t however. rory didn’t go and fall in love with a man who reminded her of her father. she went and found someone who loved her strongly, unconditionally like her mother, someone who reminded her of her mother. i also think that dean was rory’s christopher. BOTH parents idea of a perfect boyfriend, the first love, the first sexual partner, the man both gilmore girls keep running to despite knowing how wrong he is for them and the man who ultimately they’ll always love because he’s what safe feels like.

I got the impression that Rory’s “terror” over losing Dean’s bracelet wasn’t because she was afraid of him, but because she puts so much pressure on herself to be perfect, and by extension - the perfect girlfriend. People take Rory’s asking Dean “Are you mad?” all the time to mean that he made her nervous, but she often asked her mom the same thing. I think she prides herself on being able to keep the peace, and is quick to try and fix things whenever something rocks the boat. I think Lorelai calling Dean “the perfect boyfriend” contributes to Rory’s attempts to try and be the “perfect girlfriend” for him. And I also think it’s telling that Rory is always asking “Are you mad?” instead of “Are you mad at ME?”.

I think I enjoy Luke's character so much because I was raised in a family of grumpy men who underneath the tough skin is just really selfless and sometimes really goofy and he embodies that type of person so well.

Kirk is a great example of how a community can care for and appreciate neurodiverse people who don't fit within the traditional molds of society. I love the way that the people of Stars Hollow band together to make sure Kirk is always looked after and supported.

I don't think I ever hated Rory (except for the Revival, it was just unbelivebale). I think I learned to love her in the earlier seasons like family. Sometimes they don't behave like you want them to, but you love them trough it & hope they find the right way. In general the whole show feels like home to me. Probably because I watched it a lot in my teenage years.

I think you are the first person I've heard point out that A Year in the Life feels so odd and awful because the storyline picked up where it left off, rather than where the characters would be almost a decade later. I absolutely agree, and it actually feels so obvious that I'm surprised I didn't think it until you pointed it out here. Rory struggling so much to get footing as a journalist and the sense of entitlement and better-than-thou attitude she has in her career would make a lot more sense as a twenty-something recently graduated at the top of her year at a top university. After almost a decade of rejection, logically she should be looking into an alternative career (such as teaching) or, at the very least, not still be believing against all evidence that she is topshit in her field. Paris and Emily are the only two whose storylines made sense for the characters at that time in their lives and I'm happy for them. Also, I think the moment I turned off Rory was when she risked going to see Jess on the day of her mother's graduation and missed the event. I kept wanting that moment to be silly, childish thing. I kept wanting her to come back from that, and was genuinely disappointed that she never did.

On Luke being awkward with Lorelai, my theory is that it’s because Lorelai has a very loud and colorful personality, and Luke is very reserved, so it’s possible he felt a little intimidated by her (not in a bad way; more like “she’s so full of life, why would she ever want to be with me?” kind of thing)

It was just my mum and I at home after my Dad died. This show made me feel less alone being a mother/daughter team. On Saturday nights we would buy chocolate and watch the latest GG episode together. The chocolate was necessary because we knew the show would make us crave junk haha. Happy memories during hard times that I’m grateful for.

I just recently rewatched the whole series and re-fell in love with it after being set off kilter by the revival. I didn't understand why Rory ended up a "failure", why Lorelai and Luke were still kinda rocky, and why Rory would sleep with Logan. Then I watched the show again and it all made perfect sense the trajectory of the characters. Honestly, it's crazy how well the show runners followed through on their characterization. Because she was older than me in universe, I sometimes forgot that Rory was only a few years older than me and was experiencing the rapid proliferation of technology, the 2008 financial crisis, and intense hiring market just a few years before I would. They trickled in time stamps throughout the series of this changing world throughout the original series (the Gilmore's getting a computer and WIfi for RIchard to use at home, Luke refusing to get a cellphone, traditional newspapers figuring out whether they should go online or not, Logan's failed online startup), so of course Rory's expectations of journalism would no longer her serve her in today's environment where clickbait and hustle is king and she's still stuck on investigative rigor and a pensioned/benefited job. And it's obvious she still holds this opinion in the revival when she looks down on that Buzzfeed-esque journal to the point she doesn't even come in with ideas to the interview and expected to have the job based on name alone. I think this also plays into the fact that she wants to be like her mother. She could have easily married Logan, they could have been happy together, and she could have even taken the job following Obama's campaign knowing Logan would be there to support her. He would have had plenty of resources for her to fall back on to figure out what she really wanted at the end of that gig too. But I think she took her mother's example to heart (you can do anything, work your way up, raise a child, be independent) which is not necessarily a bad thing. Lorelai did an amazing job with what she had and she did work her way up, become a homeowner and a business owner, and raise her daughter with compassion and patience. But that's not the world Rory inherited where a single teen mom could do that on the timeline Lorleai was able to. EVen less so in the corporate or academic worlds. Today's world is really only affordable for partnerships and two incomes. I think I've gained a lot more sympathy for Rory as a fellow millenial (and one that luckily didn't have to graduate into the 2008 crisis) after my rewatch. And to answer your question, I stand by Logan being the best match for her. I find it truly sad where they are in the revival though when THEY could have been married...

I love how you underlined and talked in depth about the photography and cinematography because I feel that’s a very big part of what makes me bond with a show and makes me go back to it, as you said the first season felt like comfort because of that too. And I was so shocked in the revival because it was so different it didn’t feel like the same show. I feel that the show lost most of its warmth along the way and it’s such a shame considering how well they did it in the first seasons.

I liked Taylor a lot. He is definitely insufferable at times but he fulfilled an essential community role for everyone. Stars Hollow wouldn't have been what it was without his contributions.

Oh my God! Lindsey! I feel bad for her. She deserved none of it.

in slight defense of Jackson in the vasectomy storyline, sookie was wrong for just ordering him to get it done in the first place. no discussion. no looking into other options. no asking him how he felt. he was dead wrong for lying about getting it done, but there seemed to be a startling lack of communication in both directions. I'm shocked they stayed together after that fiasco, tbh

While I misunderstood Ms. kim at first, I respected her as the show went on. She did not like Zack at all at first, but when she saw how much they loved each other and how much he respected Lane, she went above and beyond making sure he can provide for her daughter. And while she can be strict, there is always give and take with her. I loved that scene where Lane was happy to be standing outside on the porch which shows that Ms. kim does care about Lane’s happiness in small ways. And while it took for a while, due to pride, she did apologize to Lane if she hurt her or has done something which some people don’t do. I respect that.

I was always really impressed with how the actor who played Emily (Kelly Bishop) looked in the flashbacks. She has such acting range that I really believed that she was older or younger depending on the time period that the show was portraying. Big props to her 👏

Negative consequences to girls being sexually active is disturbingly common. Nancy in Stranger Things, Winona Ryder’s character in Mermaids from the 90s, and a character in JK Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy all feature a person dying or nearly doing so while a young girl was having sex, mostly for the first time. We seem to still be holding onto to old ideas about female sexuality, and if they should even have it.

What I love the most about the show is that there is no evil. Just normal life with normal people and pretty normal issues. Characters have flaws because that's how human nature is in real life too. They make mistakes and do wrong things like everybody does. It lifts my spirit just knowing that at any time I can get hold of Gilmore Girls's life in Stars Hollow!!!

1:19:45 didn't Rory propose the idea of getting the boat and Logan hesitated to go along with the plan?

Luke is favorite character, he’s not perfect, but I appreciate his authenticity. He also just reminds me of a lot of men I grew up around, capable, loyal, gruff, but genuinely good. I’m also realizing that Luke Danes and Darcy apparently shaped my preferences in romantic and platonic relationships. I can’t put it better than Sondheim “Nice is different than good” and that’s exactly why I never fully embraced Christopher and Logan. Their superficial charm set off too many red flags for me. Jesse grew on me, once he dropped the defensive act. When he showed up after the Yale storyline, and was immediately having none of the bullshit. His monologue was so satisfying. I mean, Jesse bringing that reality check from the top rope.

I totally agrree that ms. Kim was not abusive. She was strict. I grew up with a parent that was in many ways just like mrs. Kim, in the strict sense, and so i had to act like Lane and hide my true self but my dad WAS abusive and the difference is HUGE. Lane was afraid of disappointing her mom but she wasn't afraid of her mom hurting her. When Lane drew up the courage to stand up to her, Ms. Kim would recognize that she needed to address the situation and did so. She stuck with her boundaries and rules but gave Lane options. She never belittled lane, she never threatened her, she never hurt her, she never minimized her, she never wanted to make her feel bad, and she never manipulated her. She was always upfront about what the rules were and why and while the rules sucked or we're extreme... she was consistent. While Emily had her own weird and extreme rules, Emily resorted to talking down to Lorelai, manipulating situations to make her go along with her ideas, and using control and coercion. An abusive parent will withhold love and affection, will try to break a person's esteem, and will use threats and power over the person. Ms. Kim was a lot but she wasn't abusive. I think this is why Lane has such good feelings towards her parents even though she didn't agree with them and had to learn how to create a life that was different from theirs. Lorelai had to force her way out and literally became estranged from her parents in order to individuate.

It was so strange seeing "Grown Up Dean" in the revival, looking like he just walked off the set of "Supernatural". I spent too many years seeing him, with that look, as Sam, lol!

I would love a second revival season, mostly just because I'm a sucker for more Gilmore Girls content, but also because I think we all really badly want some sort of redemption arc for Rory. Half her life seems to be a series of bad, self-centered decisions. I think her being a mom and having to be responsible for another human for the first time could be a really interesting opportunity for her to grow in a way that many fans long hoped for. I feel like Lorelai's story is more or less complete at this point (and Emily's certainly is), but Rory's is just kind of left hanging.

41:51 Yaaaas, thanks for mentioning this. Paris absolutely is on the spectrum. I don't know if the authors met someone like her or if they intentionally thought about making an autistic character (sadly, a less likely scenario) but she has a lot of characteristics. And as someone on the spectrum myself, I must admit that I saw a lot of myself in her. While Rory always expressed her passions with a calm or light enthusiasm, Paris was the type of person who was all or nothing, a passion that quickly became obsession every time and oh boy that's speaks to me so much 😂

The tree episode did it for me. I was floored and just horrified at the entitlement. I'm convinced that if she went to Harvard her trajectory would be sooooo different.

I still like Rory, I just don't like her all the time, but she's a great complex character

i love the style of older shows, i wish all newer shows could have a cozy feel to them

i think rory's faults always made sense with her character. also i actually never stopped liking her? like in that way you're there for your friend even if theyre in the wrong. idk. maybe i wont like her if i do a rewatch, but i do now.

1:23:43 at the time I definitely liked Jess more, but it was probably the dreamy bad boy thing. Looking back now, I think Logan was the best for Rory at the time ( in colege), he showed how privileged she was and how the real world worked. From a young age Rory was shelter, the sentiment " Rory is special" was so prevelent that I can't even judge her. However, at the revival, it just bothered me the fact that they hadn't changed!

Yeah I came to loathe Rory and was far more invested in Lorelai's story as it progressed. I hated the revival though. I've never been bored and unwhelmed by something I was excited for.

I definitely really disliked a lot of decisions Rory made and disappointed at how she turned out but I liked that she did turn out that way because it’s realistic. If she turned out more like how she was in season one it wouldn’t have been very believable.

I, for one, liked Lane's arc. It's a testament to the fact that dreams change and people's lives can turn out differently from your teenage ideals. And still, you can end up happy. Lane's rebellion against her repressive mother was fuelled by idealising Rory's relationship with Lorelai. As time goes by, you realise that their bond is not so ideal, that it may be stifling and a little smidge toxic even. With time, Lane's determination sparks respect and growth in her mother, and in turn, Lane understands that Mrs. Kim loves her. Lane and Zack may not be for everyone, but for me, they have a realistic and heartwarming story

the moment i felt really let down by rory's arc is when she went on to date logan after him and his friends were horrible and classicist towards marty (even going out of their way to humiliate him) despite the fact that marty was her friend at the time?? it's horrible enough that logan and his friends acted that way towards other people in of itself but for rory to do nothing as one of her friends suffers the brunt of it???

Taylor made me want to throw things every time he spoke and the faces he made. Almost made me forget he's just a character and that the actor is most likely not like him at all. Kudos to Michael Winters.

I'm really impressed by how thorough and balanced this series review was! I didn't agree with every single thing you said, but it honestly would've been pretty crazy if I did, and in the end I agreed with like 95% of it, and could understand your perspective the other 5% of the time. What I think I appreciated most was your commitment to evaluating the narrative on its own terms and not just automatically interpreting everything though an "in hindsight and from a 2022 perspective" lens. You _do_ discuss how the show comes across in hindsight, and from a modern perspective, which is entirely valid, but you do a great job of first discussing the show on its own terms and _then_ discussing how the perspective of hindsight effects what we take away from the narrative.

Lorelei’s conflict resolution skills with Rory are awful at best, non-existent at worst because they didn’t learn it with the smaller stuff. Lorelei says in the pilot that the fight over Dean and Chilton was their first argument, and that’s a few weeks shy of Rory’s sixteenth birthday. Rory sleeps with the married Dean, goes to Europe with Emily for the summer so she doesn’t have to confront her very disproving mother or deal with Dean. Bonus points for sending him a letter and blowing up his marriage by doing so, yet never apologises. Gets bad feedback on an internship performance and steals a boat, goes to Emily and Richard for sympathy to avoid her mother (who gets in a very satisfying Told You So when they realise she was right all along).

There's a ton of things with Luke that I kind of had a "head canon" about. I think basically he lost his parents before he was twenty (part of why he hates hospitals). Also, he had a very rocky relationship with his dad (in my head it was a reaction of his mom dying earlier). Which messed him up as far as emotional intimacy went. It made sense that he wouldn't be able to let even people who knew him (like Rachel) get too close. Of course, the other problem was the writers kept messing up things in order to keep ratings going, keep the plot moving, etc. Which maybe was the safer choice but it made the show difficult to watch in the latter seasons.

I am currently rewatching the show and as a 27 year old i have to say the most interesting and heart felt scenes to me are the ones where we get glimpses into the complicated and multi layered relationship between Lorelei and her parents. The thing i love most about the show as an adult is that their relationship is never magically healed or fixed. It is difficult and it stays that way because sometimes that's just how it is, too many misunderstandings, fights and conflicts can do that to people. It doesn't take away from the fact that Lorelei's parents want to stay 8n her life because they love her or that she still craves their approval but cannot ask for it - those just make their inability to communicate properly more tragic. And it is realistic. That's life. That's people. Not the weird cookie cutter bff mother daughter sunshine stuff the early seasons tried to sell us, cause that turned out unfortunate as well as we know now

Can we just all take a hot second to appreciate that when the narrator says, "[Lorelai] sort of ends up folding," Lorelai is walking in with an arm full of laundry? lmao. Great editing.

I am always here for a long analysis of Gilmore Girls. I never considered the cinematography and lighting, but the way you framed it - of course! It makes sense that the first few seasons are the comfort and nostalgia seasons 💛🌙🌟✨

I have never seen an episode of Gilmore girls, but i still really enjoyed the video I really enjoy long retrospectives from fans about shows i haven't seen, so thanks for this

There are episodes where Lorelei and Rory will have a conversation while cleaning out the fridge, smelling containers of food and asking for opinions during the conversation so that’s another attention to detail within the lifestyle. It is noticeable that when Rory comes visiting from college and sees actual, proper food in the fridge, along with other clues (typical belt tightening measures like cutting down on magazine subscriptions and movie channels, trimming the fat basically) picks up that her mother is going through some financial issues. Lorelei’s job is fairly active as well, she’s on her feet a lot behind the front desk or following up on a guest issue or in business, and Sookie isn’t averse to sharing some food for free so that helps the budget.

Emily’s growth was one of the only good parts of the revival. It made her seem a lot more human to me.

If I remember correctly (it was in an interview I watched a long long time ago) the show runners hated how Lane's character turned out, they wanted her to pursue music or become something more, but since they left for the last season they couldn't do anything about it.

I'm at wave 2. And I agree with almost 100% The time I stopped liking Rory was the scene where she returns to Yale for Sophomore year and the moving guys HOLDING A COUCH and she tells them to open the door. I thought that was literally disgusting behavior

Great show, awful revival 😑 Mitchum was completely right about Rory's lack of grit and the revival only emphasised that. Rory also sounded like she was self aware but lacked any real awareness of where she sat in relation to her classmates. Love Digger for whatever reason. I love Lorelai despite her flaws too (whereas Rory's flaws annoy me lol) I'm younger than Rory but always gravitated towards Lorelai more. Regardless of any criticism the show is worth a watch!

God I SO agree about many things that you have said! The cinematography is 100% what I was thinking. when I'm reminiscing about the show, it's always about the "feel good" nostalgia of the first seasons. Even now, watching it on a high-quality screen, I miss the old, warm feeling and colors of the first seasons. I also never understood the massive appeal of Lor and Luke. I think that character-wise, Chris was a better match. His arc aside, they had great chemistry, they knew each other so well, and they had similar tastes, and humor, and he's one of the only people besides Rory in my opinion that actually understood her pop culture references lol. I think that first season Dean was pretty good. He liked Rory, he was protective and intelligent. I HATED the way they flipped his character. I do like Logan very much. Yes he was spoiled (Rory was too), and yes he could be a jerk sometimes, but I think that eventually, he is the only bf that treated her respectfully and equally. He knew that telling her to go back to school won't help (if Lor can't, no one can) and he let her be, and eventually (with the help of Jess) she went back because she wanted to! I have so many thoughts but I won't bore you with all of them, but I loved this video!

hi, have you seen "The Gilmore Girls Diet and Food Obsession A Deep Dive" - by JessicaViana?it reveals what the actresses were really eating when making the show and it's a pretty good deep dive into the food issues.... I never noticed before how Rory always leaves a table while leaving a plate completely full or how she eats scrambled EGGS or CEREAL with her hands, one small bite at a time ;) and thanks for editing out that Paris's assumed diagnosis, much appreciated. anger and buIIying people is not even a stereotypical symptome... Paris is an enneagram type 8 :) like Emily... it's said that Rory is type 1 or 5 and Lorelai is type 7.

Fun fact they did eat the food for the first few seasons. But stopped when they started getting sick. I think from there they decided to play with food instead of spit takes. Also it’s possible for someone to be skinny and eat a lot of junk food. We don’t know how much they are but it seemed like junk food was a Saturday night thing only and take out was the main food, which take out if completely fine. I agree that finances were probably all centered around food. Also it’s only the two of them, while Lorelei has an established job. It’s not like she’s feeding ten kids. To add Sookie probably also helped a lot because she was the chief. I’m sure they had leftovers a lot from the Inns.

I never watched Gilmore Girls, but your analysis was so engaging and entertaining, that I made it to the end, and I am considering watching it. Great analysis like always!

This is an extremely well-done video! You were so organized, you touched upon every theme and every important character which was very impressive. You covered seven seasons plus a revival so well that I have nothing left to say but excellent job!! You put so much work into this and I appreciate that kind of work ethic and thoroughness! And it was a pleasure to watch! It had a nice flow and I enjoyed it very much:))

This video was so well done! I can’t wait to see what else you have in store

I think Logan is my favorite of Ror's boyfriends and the one who is the best fit for her. He respected her, he treated her well. He calls her out on her lack of self-awareness. I don't think he treats anyone of lower social class any worse than any of the other privileged characters on the show. Rory learned from her grandparents that doors could be opened for her simply because of her family name, not Logan. It was Rory, not Logan who had the idea to steal the yacht. And while Logan does respect Rory's decision to take time off from Yale, he makes it clear in his own way that he doesn't agree with her that leaving school is a good idea. I thought his family was so rude to her at that dinner, but I loved seeing a group of people not fawn over her. And Mitchum was spot on. She didn't have what it takes to be a journalist. She would have been better as an editor or in academia. I don't ship Lorelai with Luke. He makes a better big brother figure than a romantic partner for her. I think Jason/Digger was the best match for her.

I super enjoyed this video! I love watching long deeps dives so thank you so much for putting in this much work (: very appreciated!

Coming back to finish this video, and I didn’t realize how fast the first hour and twenty minutes went! Very entertaining and engaging!

Great video! I love longer deep dives so this was perfect thank you

I love the analyses in the chat!!! I’ve waited all my life to read gilmore girls discourse truth be told

I loved seeing somebody else be able to talk about gilmore girls for over an hour and say the things I've been thinking for months now! i am just now rewatching the show for the first time and am noticing these things much more this time around. I wish the rest of the seasons were like the first 3 but I will always love this show!

i’ve been waiting for a video like this!!😭 it’s so wonderful !!!!! oh this is my feel good show

Can’t believe I finished the whole thing. It was very entertaining, thank you so much for making this. Your channel is so underrated!

Unpopular opinion: I loved Lane's arc. It shows that sometimes you realize you can have a wonderfully simple life. I love that she didn't need to become a famous rock star or move to a big city. She was content with her life and truly loved her mother and wanted to stay close to her.

This was so good! Thank you!

this is the most accurate explanation of any series ever! love this video sm

this was an incredible summary video! I watched the whole thing!! thanks for putting all the time and energy into making this, as a long time GG fan it made me so happy!

This video is everythig I ever needed !

you have no ideia how much i wanted someone to do a video like this....this is my favorite show, thank you so much

I LOVE this video SO much!!! Thank you, thank you for making this!!! Your deep dive analysis, very well, written, thought out, and entertaining to listen to.

thank you for this!!! explained everything i was feeling about the show but couldn’t exactly put a finger on

Gil was one of my favorite minor characters. Mostly because sebastian Bach. If you dont know the band skid row, check them out. He was also a major hottie back in the day, in my opinion.

Thank you for putting so much work and thought into this video. I enjoyed every minute of it and listening to your take on the characters because I had similar views as well.❤️

Just came here to say that I come back around here once a year since you posted it because it's my favorite analysis of the show. Keep up the good work!!

great analysis like usual! I don't know much about Gilmore Girls, but this was very captivating. I've watched a few episodes. I'm probably going to start it again now 🌟

I loved this video! Could watch it for another hour!!

Oh this is a joy to listen to, you've got such a nice calm and soothing way to narrate I'd like to add I'd love to see more longform content from you

This was fantastic! Ive never seen Gilmore Girls but I can still appreciate the love you have when discussing this piece of media.

I feel like the reason why Luke was so rude and obnoxiously angry towards any of the guys that Rory tried to date was because he was basically the only father figure really that she had consistently he was there for a lot of her major milestones so I feel like his feelings were pretty valid.

Great job on deep diving! I loved Gilmore Girls back when I was a teenager and I still think of it fondly. What makes it good in my opinion are imperfections - the characters sometimes are annoying or do bad things not because they are villains or it's a situation they are in but because they are just people. I appreciate the escapism of this small town and I think it's interesting that most people got quite average life, I guss that's my explanation for Lane.

i loved it sm! love your narrative and your voice made me want to rewatch gilmore girls all over again

this flowed so well and you have a knack for eloquently stating your opinions without offending others! awesome video