The "Gilmore Girls" revival is real and is coming faster than we thought. I drink coffee like a Gilmore, but even I can't stay up all night re-watching 153 episodes before the big day. Catch up on the best show ever with this season by season synopsis.
Season 1
In the first episode of season 1, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore are introduced in their hometown, Stars Hollow. Quite arguably the best mother and daughter duo in television history, they are the epitome of wit and charm and somehow manage to stay a size 0 even though they are constantly eating cheeseburgers at Luke's Diner. Rory is accepted to the prestigious Chilton (a super expensive private school). Lorelai goes to her parents, Emily and Richard, for financial help. In exchange for tuition money, Friday dinners at Rory's grandparents' house become a requirement. Rory and Dean (the new town hottie) start a romance. Meanwhile, Lorelai and Max Medina (one of Rory's teachers) start their own romance. Max proposes to Lorelai by sending 1,000 daisies to the Independence Inn (the inn Lorelai manages). Luke (aka owner of the diner) has a brief encounter with his ex, Rachel. After seeing Luke interact with Lorelai, she sees he loves her and encourages him to tell her his true feelings before she leaves town. Luke goes to Lorelai's house and realizes she has accepted the engagement. The season ends with Lorelai and Rory hugging each other about the good news.
Season 2
Lorelai excitedly plans her wedding to English teacher, Max Medina. Rory seems to have found the perfect boyfriend with Dean. He is good and reliable, but Rory has a wandering eye. She can't help but be attracted to bad boy Jess (aka Luke's nephew from Luke's diner). Lorelai backs out of the wedding and the mother daughter duo take a road trip to Harvard, where Rory realizes her dream.The town's annual Bid-a-Basket festival takes place and Jess buys Rory's basket infuriating Dean. Lorelai graduates business school and officiates her plan to open her own inn with her best friend Sookie. Sookie, who is also the chef at the inn gets married to Jackson (the vegetable and fruit supplier). At the wedding, Rory kisses Jess. Christopher, Rory's father, surprises Lorelai and they share a romantic night.
Season 3
Christopher returns to his girlfriend Sherry, after finding out she is pregnant. Rory and Lorelai get roped in to going to Sherry's baby shower and take the deviled eggs from it to egg Jess' car. Rory and Lorelai compete in Stars Hollow Dance marathon and Rory and Dean finally break up after Rory obsesses over Jess for the whole marathon. Richard and Emily take Lorelai and Rory to a visit to Yale. Jess and Rory start dating, and he makes a bad impression at the Gilmore's Friday night dinner when he shows up with a black eye. Rory is accepted to all the schools she applied to and chooses to go to Yale. Her frenemy, Paris Geller, and her biggest competition at Chilton is heartbroken when she is rejected from Harvard. Dean and his new girlfriend, Lindsey, get engaged. Sherry gives birth to her baby. Rory graduates valedictorian from Chilton and Lorelai and Sookie buy the Dragonfly Inn. The Gilmore Girls prepare for their backpacking adventure through Europe as the season ends.
Season 4
Lorelai and Rory return from their trip to Europe and realize they brought everyone a gift back but Luke. Rory moves into her dorm at Yale and finds out Paris is one of her roommates. Richard and Emily split up after Emily finds out Richard has been visiting his ex-fiance each year. Sookie knows the gender of her baby, but Jackson wants it to remain a surprise. Dean awkwardly invites Rory and Lorelai to his wedding, but he drunkenly tells Luke he loves Rory. Emily throws a launch party for Richard's new business with Jason "Digger." Lorelai goes on a date with Jason. Later, Jason's father sues Richard and reveals that Lorelai and Jason have been dating. Lane gets kicked out of the house by her mom, Mrs. Kim, after sneaking out for a gig. Richard's overbearing mother, Trix, dies. Rory and Paris meet up with old Chilton friends for a wild Florida spring break. Lorelai and Sookie open up the Dragonfly Inn and invite their friends for to stay there. Rory loses her virginity to Dean, who is married.
Season 5
Luke and Lorelai finally have their first kiss and Lorelai gets in a huge fight with Rory after finding out she slept with Dean. Rory decides to go to Europe with Emily after the fight and writes a letter to Dean hoping to sort everything out. Lindsey finds the letter and dramatically kicks Dean out. Lorelai and Luke go on their first official date and Lorelai spends the night. She goes downstairs for coffee wearing only Luke's shirt to see a full diner. Sookie is pregnant with her second baby. Rory researches the Life and Death Brigade for the Yale Daily News, which brings her directly to the handsome and rich Logan Huntzberger. Emily goes on a date, however they are reunited after a minor car accident. They renew their vows and Christopher actively pursues Lorelai even though Luke is her date. All three of them walk in on Rory making out with Logan. Luke and Lorelai break up for a bit but reunite. Rory works as an intern for Logan's father, Mitchum.Mitchum tells her she is not a good writer, and in a moment of anger she decides to steal a yacht with Logan and gets arrested. The season closes with her announcing she will take a hiatus from Yale, which makes Lorelai very upset.
Season 6
Lorelai proposes to Luke and he says yes. Rory is sentenced to community service and moves in with Richard and Emily. Rory is hurt when she finds out about the engagement from Luke. Rory joins the DAR with her grandmother and hosts various social events. Jess returns for a visit and bluntly tells Rory she needs to get her life back together. She returns to Yale and reunites with her mother. A young girl shows up at the diner and claims to be Luke's daughter. Luke and his daughter, April, bond, but he pushes Lorelai away. Rory's best friend Lane gets married and so does Logan's sister. At Logan's sister's wedding, Rory learns Logan slept with half of the bridesmaids. Rory and Logan break up, but get back together after Logan is hospitalized from an injury on one of his Life and Death Brigade trips. Logan graduates Yale and heads to London for a job his father arranged. Lorelai wants to elope with Luke, but when he refuses, they break up for good.
Season 7
Lorelai sleeps with Christopher and Luke finds out. Christopher and Lorelai start a relationship. Christopher takes Lorelai and his daughter, Gigi, to Paris to visit her mother, Sherry. While they are in Paris, Christopher and Lorelai get married. Later on, Luke asks Lorelai to write him a character reference to help get partial custody of his daughter, however it reads as more of a love letter. Luke and Chris split. Logan proposes to Rory, but she tells him no. They break up and Logan heads to San Francisco. Rory graduates Yale and her parents and grandparents attend the ceremony and everyone gets along well. Rory gets a job as a reporter on Obama's campaign trail, but unfortunately has to leave Stars Hollow before her graduation party. Luke works all night to put together her party before she goes. The season ends with Luke and Lorelai embracing and kissing.
