Counting Down to Gilmore Girls

In just a few short weeks, Gilmore Girls will be gracing our television screens once again for the first time in far, far too long. Before you binge watch the four hour-long specials, you want to make sure you’re prepared. Keep reading for a list of key episodes to watch to refresh your memory of all that went on in Stars Hollow way back when, games to play as you watch, a playlist to jam to, and the must-haves for a Rory and Lorelai worthy watch party!

Episodes to re-watch:

1. Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

2. Season 1 Episode 4: The Deer Hunters

3. Season 2 Episode 6: Presenting Lorelai Gilmore

4. Season 3 Episode 6: They Shoot Gilmores, Don’t They?

5. Season 3 Episode 9: A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving

6. Season 4 Episode 2: The Lorelais’ First Day at Yale

7. Season 4 Episode 22: Raincoats and Recipes

8. Season 5 Episode 7: You Jump, I Jump, Jack

9. Season 5 Episode 13: Wedding Bell Blues

10. Season 6 Episode 9: The Prodigal Daughter Returns

11. Season 6 Episode 22: Partings

12. Season 7 Episode 20: Lorelai? Lorelai?

13. Season 7 Episode 22: Bon Voyage

Games to play while you watch the old episodes:

1. Take a drink, or sip your coffee, every time:

   1. Lorelai or Rory drink their own coffee

   2. You hear the theme song

   3. Michel makes a sassy comment

   4. Jess and Rory have a sweet moment

   5. Rory and Dean start bickering

   6. Sookie has a frazzled moment in the kitchen at the Inn

   7. Emily fires a maid

   8. Paris has a breakdown, or is on the verge of one

How to have a Gilmore Girls style watch party:

1. To start:

   1. Brew up some coffee. Okay, more than some. Preferably, enough coffee that even Lorelei would be impressed.

2. The food:

   1. Embrace the breakfast foods, no matter what time of day you end up watching the episodes! Chocolate chip pancakes, pop-tarts, and donuts are a must.

   2. If you’re watching the shows around dinner time, then you probably know where this is going. Friday Night Dinner, anyone? If you’ve got the extra pocket change, or a really nice little sister, dress someone up as a maid to really make it feel like dinner at Richard and Emily’s! Prepare something you wouldn’t normally cook up. Brussel sprouts, maybe?

   3. If you aren’t feeling fancy, embrace the take-out options in your town. Order as much as you can, a la Rory and Lorelai after moving Rory into Yale.

3. For the drinks:

   1. try making The Rory!

4. Put the cell phones down! Embrace the few sweet hours of having new Gilmore Girls back in our lives. Maybe even print out a sign similar to the one in Luke’s.

The Playlist

1. Where You Lead I Will Follow – Carole King
2. There She Goes – The La’s
3. Where The Colors Don’t Go – Sam Phillips
4. I Won’t Grow Up – Rickie Lee Jones
5. If I Could Write – Sam Phillips
6. How to Dream – Sam Phillips
7. Then She Appeared – XTC

Some quotes to take us back: 

• “Hey, did anyone ever think that maybe Sylvia Plath wasn’t crazy, she was just cold?” – Lorelai
• “People are particularly stupid today. I can’t talk to any more of them.” – Michel
• “Is it raining?” – “No, it’s National Baptism Day. Tie your tubes, idiot.” – Paris
• “You can use your mother’s old golf clubs. They’re upstairs, gathering dust, along with the rest of her potential.” – Emily
• “It’s all any of us wants, to find a nice person to hang out with ’til we drop dead. Not a lot to ask!” – Lorelai
• “Give me a burger, onion rings, and a list of people who killed their parents and got away with it. I need some heroes.” – Lorelai
• “Now, did anyone ever to tell you to picture the audience in their underwear? Well, don’t do it. I did it once and I had nightmares for a week. Bulgarians in Speedos.” – Richard
• “Ming-Jei. Look good. Lost weight. Not so fat.” – Mrs. Kim
• :Remind me to tell you about the time my mom wore her rhinestone penis T-shirt to dinner and Grandma had her car towed.” – Rory
• “Oy with the poodles already.” – Lorelai

And if you’re totally living under a rock, here’s the trailer for the new special: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

Hopefully we’ll get all the answers we’ve been waiting for. Does Rory settle down with any of the three main boys in the original series? Are Luke and Lorelai going to make it through? How’s Emily doing without Richard to keep her (somewhat) level-headed?

November 25th, you couldn’t get here soon enough, but we’re ready for ya!