" Gilmore Girls" fans rejoice! The first official "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" trailer has been released and it is jam packed with v important information.
The trailer can be found on YouTube, but there's a lot of content packed into this 2:26 video, so I've done what I do best (aka, overanalyze fictional characters and their lives). This, in no particular order, is what I've picked apart from the trailer so far:
1. Rory is apparently a vagabond, which raises all sort of questions
When this image first came out, showing Rory at the front of a Chilton classroom, people had some questions. They can all be summed up to: "What is she doing there?" And while this trailer doesn't necessarily answer that question, it does tell us at least two things: Rory is not a teacher (because she doesn't have a job), and Paris has returned to Chilton as well. So it's probably some sort of alumni event, but since Rory is living some sort of nomadic existence, I can't imagine Headmaster Charleston invited her back to speak (especially after she, like, completely lost that prospective Yale student back in season 4...) It's just sort of odd that they're giving these Chilton scenes so much screen time...right?
2. LUKE AND LORELAI ARE STILL TOGETHER but Lorelai is doing that annoying "Am I really happy?" thing
L&L are together! YES! And Luke is in the Gilmore girls' kitchen yelling about their lack of nutrition and all is right with the world. (Enterheart eyes emoji here.)
Of course, we kind of already knew that from the stills of Luke and Lor holding hands and this article with Vanessa Marano (April Nardini).
Except it's Lorelai Lee Gilmore and nothing is ever simple. "I thought I knew exactly what I wanted and exactly where I was going but lately...things seem hazier," is heard, followed by a not very convincing, "We're happy. Luke and I are...happy." And I want to scream because if these two don't end up together then my OTP since I was 10 years old is done, over, canon dead. And I can't take that.
3. Emily seems pretty stinkin' cool in this revival
After Richard's funeral, Emily does two things: buys a giant ("It's the whole wall!") portrait of him, and adopts a minimalist philosophy about her possessions ("If it brings you joy, you keep it, and if it doesn't, out it goes.") But more importantly, EMILY GILMORE IS WEARING JEANS AND A T-SHIRT. There's also a quick shot of her at what looks like a Stars Hollow event of some sort, and she's having a good time.
Then there's the whole "3 generations; 2 girls; 1 town" lead out, which makes me think Emily will play a bigger (better?) part in Lorelai and Rory's lives than she did throughout the first seven seasons. This makes sense, considering Lorelai's relationship with her parents was finally in a really good place in the series finale. We shall see.
4. Stars Hollow Publishing House + Jess Freakin' Mariano
If you look closely, the window of this shop gives a crazy clue as to what Jess Mariano's whereabouts are. It's not crystal clear, but that window says something along the lines of "Stars Hollow Publishing."
Jess' background indicates that this is a work space, not a public store. And since the trailer made it incredibly clear that this is not where Rory works ("I don't have a job! I don't have credit! I don't have underwear!") the only logical explanation is that Jess has moved from Philadelphia and opened a publishing house in Stars Hollow.
In summary, OTP #2 is safe for the time being, and I'm happy as a clam.
A Significant Lack of Nardini:
I mean, I now she's only supposed to be in one episode, but... her absence worries me. Not because I like April Show-Ruining Nardini, but because if we're getting a Luke and Lorelai wedding, April is definitely gonna be there. Yea, she's off at college but COME ON I need some hope to grab onto that this wedding is going to happen. I've been waiting for it since "Will you marry me?" "What?" "Just looking for a way to shut you up."
If November 25 could hurry up and get here, that'd be great.
