I am not sure if I ever mentioned it, but Gilmore Girls is my absolut favorite TV series in the entire world. I have many favorite ones and many that I watch on a weekly basis, but Gilmore Girls is on the very top of the list. The series and I have a long history together. I was 10 years old when it premiered in the US in the fall of 2000. However, it took four additional years for it to come to Germany. I was 14 years old when I discovered Gilmore Girls, when it premiered on German television. Since that day, it has been a love story. And it will never end. It is a never ending love story.
Next week, on November 25th to be more precise, there will be four new 90 min Gilmore Girls episodes on Netflix. I thought this would be a great opportunity to tell you more about it being my favorite series and the reasons for it. As previously mentioned, I started watching this wonderful series from the very beginning of its German television premier. I cannot tell you the exact TV schedule anymore, because it was a very long time ago. But what I can remember is, that I always watched it in the afternoon. The series follows a fast-talking mother-daughter duo — Lorelai and Rory Gilmore — throughout their daily lives with all its glory and struggles. Lorelai became a mother when she was 16 years old. She has always been kind of a rebel in the perfect world of her wealthy parents Richard and Emily Gilmore. She „escaped“ (Lorelai would describe it like that) this world when Rory was about a year old and moved to Stars Hollow, a town about half an hour away from her parents. She started working at the Independence Inn, which she later ran. From the very first moment, I was hooked. I mean, come on. Who does not want have Lorelai as a mom and Rory as a best friend? Okay, I want to have Lorelai as a second mom because my mom is pretty awesome. But I still want to have Rory as a best friend. Who does not want to go to Luke’s diner on a daily basis many times a day? Who does not want to have a Sookie — a very talented, crazy, and clumsy chef and Lorelai’s best friend and later business partner? And a Jackson — Sookie’s husband? And I do not even have to mentioned Rory’s boyfriends. I love the debates about who is team Dean, team Jess, or team Logan. I am still undecided between team Jess and team Logan. I mean Dean was her first boyfriend and he was alright. But he also always was kind of jealous and possessive. Jess was her second boyfriend and he was a bad boy — skipping school, lying to Luke (his uncle), being kind of an idiot. But he turnt his life around and became a very decent guy. And then there is Logan, Rory’s third boyfriend and college boyfriend. He comes from money and he likes to show it. He can be a huge idiot, but after many bumps on the road he realizes he loves Rory very much. There is also the debate concerning Lorelai’s boyfriends or fiancés. She had a few — Max Medina (engaged and he was Rory’s teacher at Chilton), Alex, or Jason. But the real debate is between Christopher —Rory’s father and later Lorelai’s husband (they also got divorced very quickly after getting married in season 7 and who is always around — or Luke — close friend and later fiancé. I personally cannot decided between those two. Emily and Richard Gilmore bring an interesting twist into the story. Lorelai and her parents do not have the best of relationships and their Friday night dinners, also with Rory, are hilarious. It is not only the characters I fell in love with, it is also the setting. This small town with its inhabitants who are more like a large family. They have all this crazy and unique festivals and carnivals. Or an easter egg hunt for the entire town. This whole town is very unique. The storylines are also never boring. There is always something going on and there is never a dull moment. Everything is always a mix between the serious and the funny. I could talk forever about this show. As of of right now, there are 7 seasons. But soon there will be four new episodes, which makes me very happy. Gilmore Girls is a show that I have been watching for over 10 years. I have watched every season multiple times and I know every single episode by heart. I went through my teenage years with it. I basically grew up watching the show. I learnt quite a few lessons from it. Here are a few: Whatever life throws at you, deal with it with dignity. Try to always find the good thing in every situation. Do not take yourself too seriously sometimes. Never give up on your dreams. You can be however you want to be, do not let anyone else tell you differently.
Rory and Lorelai will continue to be a part of my life. I always return to my favorite fast-talking mother-daughter duo. For everyone, who loves them as much as I do, keep watching it. For everyone, who never watched a single episode, go and start now!!
For everyone, who cannot wait until next week like me? We’ve waited a long time for new episodes, we can wait one more week!!
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