Gilmore Girls

The epitome of comfort TV. The witty dialogue and strong acting frequently mitigate the inherent chick flick-iness of it all. And as much as I've grown tired of Melissa McCarthy's schtick in recent years, she's pretty darn adorable here.

Like The Simpsons, I find it hard to rate because of how massively the quality varies. I'll do two separate reviews here: Seasons 1-3 constitute the best non-genre high school-centric TV series of all time outside of Freaks and Geeks and Friday Night Lights. Warm, funny, witty, quotable, just enormously watchable. (Best episode: "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?") Seasons 4-7 Gilmore Girls is a mediocre-to-poor college show that quickly runs out of storylines. My rating is more for seasons 1-3.

if you watch carefully this is actually a very deep show that challenges you to consider the ethical implications of each character's---nah I just spend each episode happily nitpicking a character and the target rotates regularly and apparently someone to critique plus fast-talking humor creates comfort food for me. also paris is best girl and should've been endgame, fight me

(Completed) I love it in some ways (Emily & Lorelai), and am annoyed by it in others (Rory). P.S. Seasons 1-3 are the best, 4 is okay, and 5-7 aren't worth watching. I hate Rory.

yas

Not my cup of tea but for a girly show the two leads have fantastic chemistry. Early glimpses of the talented Melissa McCarthy as well.

it's THAT show you'll watch every time autumn falls

This is what happens when you pay writers per word.

Terrible writing but somehow is the ultimate comfort show to most including me 🤔

14 nov - 31 dec