Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

I was super excited to see this mini series, especially when there was so much hype about it. The only real great part about this mini series is being able to see all of the cast ten years later and what they're doing with their lives. Hence the 6/10 rating. But overall, there are some really weird scenes that are abnormal for the original show. Some scenes just seem out of place and feel overall awkward. And I feel like the original show ended off on a good note, allowing the audience to decide what happens next. This follow up just put a damper on my hopes for the characters. I wish they left the original alone.

I don't get why the rating is so high the miniseries just ruined the series : no Lorelai funny jokes, Rory being irritating as usual and everyone has small parts.

The episode are so long and there are unnecessary filler and the ending why did it leave in a cliffhanger

I can't speak for everyone, but I think a fair amount of GG fans would agree with me: what we wanted in a reunion series was more of the first 5 seasons, not more of the last 2. It's been 10 years and somehow everyone is only just now finding themselves? Luke and Lorelai have NEVER talked about whether to have kids and only now want to get married? Rory is ambling around befuddled about who to sleep with and where to live? Actually bring some closure to the story and give fans some satisfaction in watching their favorite characters find fulfillment and happiness. What's the point of doing a reunion series if they're all just as aimless as they were in season 7 and the show ends on some open-ended cliffhanger that leaves us all throwing our hands up all over again. The writing and acting tries too hard and falls very flat. You don't gain anything from this series and in fact lose a lot of the magic and sense of hope you were left with in 2007.

Gilmore girls is my all-time favorite show. Quirky, smart, and expertly cast, the original series left us wanting for nothing. This is why I was so hoping that the revival would carry on the original spirit of this modern classic. I was wrong. I didn't want to get my hopes up, because revivals are hardly ever as good as the original, so I came in expecting very little, but at least hoping that it would keep up the original spark of the show. Instead, we got 6 hours of disjointed banter, none of which succeeded in matching the original level of cleverness. Many of the characters, such as Jason, Dean, and Doyle, seemed to have been shoehorned into the script just to check a box. Their interaction with the main characters seemed forced and very scripted, not at all in keeping with the Gilmore banter we have all come to know and love. It seemed as though the writers were so set on having the story come full circle that they forgot that this show is less about that and more about the comedy. We watch Gilmore girls, partly to watch a refreshing, albeit unnatural, mother daughter relationship, but more than that, we watch it to laugh. And the writers seemed to have forgotten that that was what we loved most. More than anything, I was hoping for a better ending to the show than I got in season 7 of the original. I'm not sure I got it. I'm not really sure what I got. All I can say is that I'm left scratching my head. It wasn't good, but it wasn't really bad either. The bottom line is it wasn't Gilmore girls.

I don't know why everyone is complaining so much. This was a GREAT revival and aside from a few scenes that I really could have gone without sitting through, I am super pleased with what they did. I decided long ago, after spending way too many months hating the ending of Buffy, to just enjoy what my favorite writers decide to do with THEIR characters. I'm not saying you have to love it, but when you spend years investing in your favorite towns, characters, and stories, what is the point of being angry with how it ends? Calm down people...Were there dumb scenes? Yes, Were some of the plot lines senseless? Yes. Did a few of the scenes feel forced? Yes. But overall they captured the essence of the characters and their lives in Stars Hollow and I will continue loving GG and hoping for another season!