8 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Gilmore Girls’

The characters are endearingly kooky, the setting is so quaint it’s bordering on the fantastical and the sharp, witty dialogue moves so fast it’s perhaps best taken in with subtitles on — there are so many reasons that Gilmore Girls is still one of the most beloved and most-watched TV shows of all time. But the main reason it has such staying power is the strong, authentic bond of Rory and Lorelai Gilmore (played by Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham) that is at the heart of the series. If you’ve ever been a mother or a daughter or a person who just doesn’t quite fit in, you will see yourself somewhere in Stars Hollow no matter what the year is or what age you are.