I came to the Gilmore Girls late in life, consuming it through Netflix with unexpected glee. When Netflix recognized that I was one of a million plus viewers it decided to reward us by bringing a close to the storyline. The original cast and writers returned to grace us with a four-part mini series meant to finally close the door on what has come to be ranked among my favorite shows of all time. It was entirely worth the wait and the watch, triggering feelings that surprised me.
From the opening scene the show drenches you in a sense of familiarity and family. Rory is coming home and you get to feel like this is a real home and not a set made for TV. The people seem to genuinely care for each other and the main characters belong to that place. That sense of belonging me has long eluded me in my own life, so it warmed my heart to see it carried out so well in the drama.
That feeling of home and family and the things we do in our tiny worlds pervaded the four episodes, mingling with the growth and change of each of the Gilmores and their loved ones. Though everything changes, they are still a part of Stars Hollow and still, inherently, the people we came to love through their ups and downs and seven seasons of drama.