I’ve started my annual Gilmore Girls rewatch on Netflix – here’s why I think it’s a timeless piece of television
Summer is over, the days become shorter and the smell of pumpkin spices fills the air (for those of the northern hemisphere at least). This can only mean one thing: it is Gilmore Girls Season – And now that we have heard a new documentary is on the way, I have officially relapsed.
While I am more a summer person (I am a suction cup for late sunsets), Gilmore Girls is one of the remedies for my seasonal depression and one of the best parts of the transition to the fall. That aside, it remains one of the best programs on Netflix, and a time of timeless television 25 years since its inception.
The most powerful thing that a television show can make is to call on the public of different generations – but why many of us like it so much to see it again at the beginning of each fall?
More than a mother-daughter link
Gilmore GirlsFor those who have not seen it, is an overview of the unique life of the main character Lorelai Gilmore who had his daughter Rory at 16 years old. Their link challenges a classic parent-child relationship as it raises Rory more as a best friend as opposed to the exaggerated treatment she has received in her own education. This is the main objective of the show, but there is so much depth in their history.
Although she had a child at a young age and fled from the house, the character of Lorelai could not be further away from the stereotype of “single mother in difficulty”. It is a refreshing and modern representation of single -parent life.
She turns out to be a motivated and prosperous woman. Like his mother, Rory is just as ambitious and his dream of attending Harvard and becoming a journalist is the backbone of his trip to adulthood.
Another full aspect of the premise of the show is the complicated connection of Lorelai with his own mother Emily – who is undoubtedly THE Best character in the show. A very rich woman with an obstinate and severe exterior, she knows regular clashes with the sarcastic and non -serious personality of Lorelai, who invites questions about what constitutes a “family”.
On the one hand, there is family, an image that Emily spent his whole life trying to orchestrate, ultimately provoking constraints between Lorelai, and even her husband Richard and Rory sometimes. Lorelai is often out of place when she enters the world of her parents, but she feels most comfortable in the company of the inhabitants of Stars Hollow, the small town where she lives with Rory.
As the show progresses, these two worlds are gradually going through, Rory and Lorelai get more involved with the lifestyle of Emily and Richard, but his parents also learn to understand how Stars Hollow allowed their daughter and her granddaughter to evolve – even if Emily does not want.
Everyone has a story from age to age
No matter how young the characters can be, old or rich Gilmore Girls Is a classic so timeless for me for the fact that everyone has a kind of story of transition to adulthood. Everyone is relatable in their own way, and you don’t need to be a parent, a grandparent or a student of an elite school to understand what the characters go through.
There is no doubt that Rory’s journey from the 16 -year -old perfect student to a young mature woman is the evolution of the historical characters in the series, however, it is not even the most interesting – and fans can collectively agree that the deteriorated personality of Rory becomes so shocking.
For me, it is the development of the respective characters of Emily and Emily who makes me want to review Gilmore GirlsEspecially Emily. Beginning as a woman of great class apparently without emotion in the first season, she learns to live her life in a more relaxed way, but never loses the regality that I like in her character.
From family dynamics to class differences – all walking to the rhythm of self -discovery – there are endless reasons for which myself and countless others have a strong attachment to Gilmore Girls. I’m just starting with my rewatch and with a little more than six seasons as well as a Netflix spin-off to pass, I feel like I’m watching it for the first time, which means that I can’t wait to meet some of the best characters on television.
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