What do a cup of coffee, a teenage mother, a Yale graduate, a sleepy town, and another cup of coffee add up to? (Warning, spoilers ahead!)
Gilmore Girls is a lighthearted comedy that begins with 16 year old Rory, and 32 year old mother Lorelai struggling to pay for Rory's attendance to a private high school, in order to help her accomplish her dream of graduating from Harvard.
Throughout the series, we see Lorelai struggle to maintain a relationship with her parents, who are paying for Rory's education in exchange for Friday night dinners, while she accomplishes her dream of owning an inn. During this time, Rory's dream shifts from attending Harvard to following in her grandfather's footsteps and going to Yale.
Following Aristotle's guidelines for comedy, the show ends seven seasons and a four part Netflix special later: Lorelai has her inn and is finally married to Luke, Rory graduates from Yale, and is working on a book before she reveals a big surprise which brings the show full circle.
Spoilers!!!!! I love Gilmore Girls and purposefully haven't watch the sequel yet. Gilmore Girls is definitely a comedy that enhanced my understanding of the world. My mom and I watched the whole series together, and the sometimes I saw Rory and Lorelai's outlandish and amusing conflicts reflected in a more realistic way in my own life.
ReplyDeleteI really wish you had tagged this with spoilers :( the "full circle" comment made it clear that Rory got pregnant
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