Almost everyone hates Gilmore Girls Season 7, but this Season deserves more heat

Gilmore Girls has never been short of drama within the Gilmore household, but much of the critique gets discriminatorily reduced on its seventh season.

While Season 7 faced justifiable backlash from fans—mainly due to the showrunner changes and Lorelai’s puzzling relationship/marriage with Christopher—another season caused deeper destruction to the Gilmore Girls legacy.

Season 6, though often outshined, took more liberties with quality, character veracity, and storytelling uniformity.

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Gilmore Girls Season 6 fractured its core more than Season 7 ever did

Gilmore Girls Season 6 is the true spindle point where the show’s grounds initially begin to fissure. The season detached its leads both emotionally and well, as well as in the flesh, with Lorelai and Rory both spending most of their time separated.

Their separation wasn’t just there for added dramatic that somehow adds to the plot—it was rather confusing.

The main forte of Gilmore Girls had always since the dawn of time, rested on its significant mother-daughter duo, and without it, the sixth season felt at loose ends.

The characters’ decisions felt alien too: Rory leaving Yale after she was mildly criticized by Mitchum Huntzberger to then going on to live with Richard and Emily, to joining the DAR with unsettling enthusiasm, and defying any responsibility for stealing a yacht with Logan?

Well, if anything at all, Season 6 did give us an iconic Jess Mariano moment that stems from Rory falling off the edge. His iconic line from 6x8 that ultimately draws some sense back into Rory’s head;

“Living in your grandparents’ place? Being in the DAR, No Yale. Why did you drop out of Yale?”

However, back to season 6? it was a far cry from the original motivated and simple small-town characters that fans had been looking out for ever since season 1.

In the meantime, fans were finally happy with the Luke and Lorelai storyline but alas, season 6 did not let that relationship to stay afloat for too long.

Lorelai’s downhill spiral played out silently but excruciatingly painful to watch. Watching Luke stop obsessing over het to somehow magically wanting to add April (his daughter that he did not tell anyone about let alone Lorelai) into his life wasn’t just unsatisfactory —it felt harsh.

Lorelai’s appeals for being let into his life went overlooked, leaving her visibly reduced towards loneliness. The miscommunication and emotional halts between them weren’t just vexing —it was mind-numbing.

Gilmore Girls had always flourished on fast-paced banter and layered tension. That was their thing that made the show stand out to be who it truly was. But this season’s long silences and fissured rhythms felt unsettlingly off-brand.

Then came the 22nd episode finale titled “Partings.” The season closed off with an upsetting breakup and a thoughtless and annoying hookup between Lorelai and Christopher.

The initial seeds of Season 7’s most nit-picked storyline—Lorelai marrying Christopher—had already been planted in the finale of Season 6.

The emotional frenzy and debatable writing didn’t begin in season 7; they were the legacy that clearly stemmed from season 6.

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Gilmore Girls Season 7, for all its flaws, offers emotional resolution and necessary growth

While Gilmore Girls Season 7 lacked the piercing voice and aura of the Palladinos, it did bring out some much-needed essential closure.

Yes, storylines like Michel’s dog funeral in “Farewell, My Pet” went on for far too long but to call the entire season a let-down overlooks the intricacies it brought back into main frame focus.

Rory’s post-college unease, for instance, was quite relatable especially for young adults figuring out their way through life. Her being rejected from The New York Times and being on-board for a last-minute job covering Obama’s campaign were optimistic directions that did indeed reflect real-world ambiguity for young adults.

New characters on screen like Lucy and Olivia gave Rory some long-overdue female friendships beyond Lane and Paris.

These new add-ons reminded viewers that Gilmore Girls could still progress, even if its original charm has shifted.

Lane’s storyline on the other hand severely faltered—reduced to motherhood tropes, something again that fans heavily criticize—but hey? Rory’s arc re-claimed its balance.

Meanwhile, Lorelai and Luke sorted out their relationship troubles and to some extent, by the finale, the show brought back the rhythm of Stars Hollow and the emotional small-town feels it had momentarily lost.

And then came the heartfelt scene that no fans could criticize no matter how much they dislike this season – Rory and Lorelai’s goodbye. As Rory prepares to leave for her job, she tells Lorelai;

“Mom, you’ve given me everything I need.”

This single line authenticated the heart of Gilmore Girls and served as a perfect bookend to their shared journey as mother and daughter.

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Gilmore Girls Season 7 may have been short of the original creators’ allure, and it did falter in a lot of important story line like Lane and Christopher…but it brought out emotional honesty and resolution if we try to look at the season on an overall scale.

In contrast, Season 6 interrupted everything that made the show feel much-loved in the first place. If we’re being fair, it’s not Season 7 that deserves the most heat—it’s Season 6.

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