2. Season 1
Straight out of the gate, Gilmore Ladies feels recent and completely different, with the eccentric city of Stars Hole coming off as remarkably dynamic given the low stakes of the season’s plots.
Once we’re first launched to the mother-daughter group of Lorelai and Rory in season 1, their rapid-fire banter simply finds its tempo and we’re simply alongside for the experience. Via Amy Sherman-Palladino’s glowing dialogue, the pair takes us on an exhaustive tour of Stars Hole and Chilton, and we meet so many kooky characters that our heads are spinning by the ultimate episode. Luke, Miss Patty, Babette, Taylor, Sookie, Lane, Jackson, Paris, Tristan, Emily, Richard, Kirk …they’re all so, a lot, however we can’t get sufficient!
There are additionally key conflicts in play the place the comedy provides method to actual drama: Lorelai isn’t completely happy about making a cope with her wealthy, estranged dad and mom to make sure Rory will get the very best education, and Rory is meek and misplaced among the many wealthy youngsters at Chilton.
Season 1 is nice at constructing the world of Gilmore Ladies, nevertheless it’s nonetheless just a little tough across the edges. Rory is in her passive period right here, extra reactive than lively – outlined as a very good child admired by virtually everybody round her. She’s just a bit too excellent. However there’s additionally an excessive amount of in the best way of excellent stuff to be fully bothered by it.
The pilot is spectacular, the explorations of sophistication divide in “Kill Me Now” and “Rory’s Birthday Events” nonetheless hit arduous, and the evolution of Paris into one of many present’s top-tier characters actually begins in “Paris is Burning.” Some episodes haven’t aged notably nicely (the awkward gender politics of “That Rattling Donna Reed” stand out), however season 1 stays a terrific watch general.
1. Season 2
The second season of Gilmore Ladies is the place the present actually hits its stride, and it’s arduous to not rank it decrease in consequence. The place season 1 was nonetheless centered on the fundamentals, season 2 is far much less fascinated by them, selecting as a substitute to deepen the characters and introduce flaws in Rory that lay the muse for her errors in later seasons.
