So its a show?
AfterGilmore Girlshit Netflix in October 2014, the show found a new generation of passionate fans.
Lorelai is made because of her experience with her family, and Emily is Emily because Lorelai left.
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That to me was a real hook in terms of who the character was.
ALEXIS BLEDEL (Rory Gilmore):Rorys grandparents welcome her into that world and give her everything.
At the same time, Rory knows thats not really where she belongs.
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KELLY BISHOP (Emily Gilmore):The three generations is what brought it to a different level.
So I thought, I know this family.
SHERMAN-PALLADINO:Luke was originally a female character.
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Then they just had chemistry.
It was the episode where they were in the market and Lorelais spying on Dean.
Luke was there, and they had this scene that didnt mean anything.
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SCOTT PATTERSON (Luke Danes):You never know about that kind of thing.
I knew it from the moment we met, I knew it was going to work.
We just had a rhythm.
He always pined for her.
SHERMAN-PALLADINO:Who wouldnt?
Who wore jeans like Lorelai Gilmore?
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Emily came out of the gate 100 percent.
GRAHAM:I love Gypsy, played by Rose Abdoo.
Her secret subtext always was that she was a little in love with Lorelai.
Maybe thats why I love her.
PATTERSON:My favorite townie is a toss-up between Taylor and Babette.
Sally Struthers [who played Babette] is a force of nature.
SHERMAN-PALLADINO:And sometimes you just gotta make s up.
SPARKY (Paul Anka):Woof.
BLEDEL:[Rory sleeping with Dean then] was one of the things that surprised me.
I didnt think it was something that made a lot of sense for my character.
It was something I had to wrap my head around.
SHERMAN-PALLADINO:We didnt want Rory to have sex in high school; that wasnt who she was.
BLEDEL:It was like a miniature twin.
In the outtakes I fell off that bed a couple of times.
GRAHAM:The thing I remember having a struggle with was when Rory and Lorelai are apart.
It just felt odd.
SHERMAN-PALLADINO:We felt like [Rorys] rebellious time was going to come much later than other kids.
Her teens were spent being best friends with her mother.
BLEDEL:We got to a point in the series where she was just a little bit too perfect.
SHERMAN-PALLADINO:We wanted Rory to date her father.
Every girl has a father issue, and Logan was Christopher.
BLEDEL:Its a relationship like the one Lorelai and Christopher had in their youth.
They do reckless things together.
Its fun but on this lavish scale.
SHERMAN-PALLADINO:We always played that Rory and Jess saw each other for what they were.
And that was the great thing about that relationship.
He really got her.
BLEDEL:They always had an intellectual connection, and he pushed her out of her comfort zone.
That was a big part of their relationship.
Thats the role that Jess filled, particularly with Rory.
A less satisfying seventh (and final) season.
Plus, we just missed her.
She was our god; she created us.
GRAHAM:Christopher and I got married that season.
They had to get one of the super-fan assistants to get on the phone with me to remind me.
It just seemed so out of character that I literally blocked it from my memory.
That was my season 7 experience.
So its great that we get a chance to see what her original vision was now.
