Is Gilmore Girls foidslop?
A show people rewatch every October mainly for the feeling of a small town in autumn.
Most people rewatching Gilmore Girls already know how it ends. They put it on because Stars Hollow always seems to be in the middle of fall, everyone is holding coffee, and there's a town festival every other episode. It's background TV for wearing a big sweater.
The rewatch usually starts on the first cold day and runs through Thanksgiving. Everybody has a position on Dean, Jess and Logan, and a lot of people find their answer has changed since they were sixteen.
Gilmore Girls was created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and ran for seven seasons, from 2000 to 2007, on the WB and then the CW. It follows Lorelai Gilmore and her daughter Rory in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, and it was known for dialogue so fast that scripts ran much longer than a normal hour of TV. Netflix picked up the streaming rights and made a four-part revival, A Year in the Life, in 2016.
Streaming is what turned it into a seasonal ritual. Its fans found it again on Netflix, new viewers found it through clips, and the fall rewatch became a running joke online. Luke's Diner pop-ups have been staged in real coffee shops, and Stars Hollow-themed sweaters and mugs show up every October. The show has its critics, mostly about Rory's later seasons, and its fans will tell you about those too.
Yes, because
- It has an unofficial start date every year
- It comes with a sweater
- The boyfriend question gets argued every single fall
No, because
- The writing is fast and actually good
- At its core it's a show about a mother and daughter, which is pretty universal
- It got critical praise when it aired, long before it was a comfort rewatch
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