Gilmore Girlsstar Lauren Graham reveals one storyline that she wasn’t a fan of. Graham played Lorelai Gilmore on the seminal drama and often shared scenes with Alexis Bledel’sRory Gilmore. Though the mother and daughter had an overall very positive relationship, they did face a few speedbumps along the way later in the show’s run. One of their tiffs even stretched for most of a season, which Graham isn’t looking back on too fondly.
While appearing on theCall Her Daddypodcast, Graham reflected on her time onGilmore Girlsand admitted thatshewasn’t a fan of the separation that occurred between Lorelai and Rory in season 5and continued into season 6. In the quote below, Graham recalls talking to Bledel about the split and hearing from people that they didn’t like it, though series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino believed it was necessary:
There’s a year when Alexis [Bledel] and I — Rory and Lorelai — are in a fight for a long time and we would talk about it, and Amy [Sherman-Palladino] was like, “You know you can’t do a show for this long and not have conflict.” I forget even what the conflict was but it went on for a while, and that’s the one that I would hear from people that they didn’t like.
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It Was A Change Of Pace
The rift that Graham references occurs whenRory tells her mother that she’ll be dropping out of Yale University. Rory comes to this decision after her confidence as an aspiring journalist is severely shaken, though it ultimately leads to a significant disagreement between mother and daughter. In practice, it frees up Rory to stay with her grandparents. It likewise allows Lorelai to deepenher relationship with Luke(Scott Patterson), with them even getting engaged during this period.
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By shifting the focus away from the Lorelai-Rory dynamic, albeit in a drastic way,it allowedGilmore Girlsto more wholeheartedly explore other pairings. That is an understandable object for a writers' room tasked with keeping a series fresh. The trouble, however, occurred because of the duration of the mother-daughter conflict, which took away the part of the show that many viewers liked best. It made for an emotional and, for many, unsatisfying storyline that went against the very thingGilmore Girlswas built on.
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The Early Seasons Were Best
Rory and Lorelai eventually found their way backto one another. Maybe because of the fight, and likely just as one factor among many, it is a common refrain that the early seasons ofGilmore Girlsare the strongest. That’s particularly true as the original creator exited before the show officially wrapped up. Netflix’s revival,A Year in the Life, went some way to address some of the complaints while also creating others. Still, there was perhaps no easy way to tap into the pleasant surprise thatStars Hollowrepresented when it was first introduced to audiences 25 years ago.
