A very smart and funny dramedy about a rebellious former teenage unwed mother (now adult, independent and successful) from a wealthy upper crust family, and her high-achieving teenage daughter, who live together in Starr’s Hollow, a small town near Hartford, Connecticut.
The duo at the center of the story are separated by only 17 years of age and the actual fact of their relationship and roles as mother and daughter, but otherwise behave like two teenage best friends, as they try to find their way together through their respective growing up processes, love affairs, relationship problems and broken hearts, oddball friends, difficult parents and grandparents, and charming but unhinged neighbors and assorted characters around town.
We binged this endearing series for several months. We also saw Netflix's four-part "9 years later" sequel, The Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, where we caught up almost a decade after the end of the original series (circa 2016) with Lorelei, Rory and most of the other familiar denizens of Starrs' Hollow.
This series was written and produced by Amy Sherman-Palladino (who also wrote and produced The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel). Both series feature harried single mothers in unusual predicaments, each surviving and sometimes thriving while producing a nonstop flow of hyperactive dialogue and wisecracks.
The fact that Lorelei Gilmore (the mother, brilliantly played by Lauren Graham) has a more than able verbal sparring partner in her best friend/daughter Rory (equally brilliantly played by Alexis Bledel), along with numerous other verbally-quick-witted friends and relatives, makes the whole show a delightful and very worthwhile entertainment. Highly recommended.
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