Gilmore Girls is an American comedy drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino that premiered in October of 2000 and is available on Netflix. It stars Lauren Graham, who plays Lorelai Gilmore, and Alexis Bledel, who plays her 16-year-old daughter, Rory Gilmore.
Lorelai had Rory when she was that age, and the show is about their close mother-daughter relationship and each of their lives in their small town in Connecticut, Stars Hollow. Lorelai is a funny, sarcastic, and “messy” single woman who runs Independence Inn and wants to find love for herself someday.
The show starts in September, with Rory starting at a new private school, Chilton, her freshman year of highschool. That last season ends after she graduates college and starts her career as a journalist, so it’s basically a story of her adolescence.
I love this show with my whole heart. I feel like I see myself in Rory’s character: struggling with school, learning about boys and just trying to figure things out. I love how the show illustrates how people can change, and it doesn’t hide the struggles that people go through. Whether it’s romantic, academic, financial and more. This show contains the good, the bad and the ugly.
I also like the simplicity of Gilmore Girls. It’s not so simple that it lacks character and is boring. No, it’s just simple enough for me that I can watch it to wind down after a long day or just fill my time with something enjoyable. The plot and humor hooked me from the pilot episode, and I think both represent the authentic character of Gilmore Girls.
The show is perfect for fall time because it starts in September, the start of fall, playing “There She Goes” by Sixpence None the Richer. Lorelai, Rory and her best friend Lane are already wearing beanies, scarves, jackets, sweaters and jean jackets in the first couple episodes. Their styles reflect fall with the dark red lipsticks, vanilla and toasted marshmallow lip gloss, dark brown boots with their jeans and many maroon accents.
The show does cover many years, including all the seasons multiple times throughout its seven seasons. But the intro that plays near the beginning of every episode features red, orange and brown colored trees. The cinematography gives off autumn vibes with a red tint and digital camera feel.
I’ve heard some say Gilmore Girls is slow and boring, but I disagree because each and every episode has unique comedy and interesting drama that always sucks me in. Each episode has its own plot, but all the episodes seem to connect to the larger story about Lorelai and Rory’s lives.
The comedy and many references Lorelai uses throughout the whole show are so funny and plentiful, I could watch the show a million times, and it’d never get old
