Gilmore Girls' further revival still remains in question and this plot loophole in A Year in the Life is a major reason behind it

Netflix's Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life takes us back to encounter the lives of the OG characters of the beloved show Gilmore Girls after a decade since the events in the ending of the original series. However, fans were sceptical about several plotlines of the revival show, as it either made some of the characters deviate from their usual behavior or make the same mistakes they had made a decade ago in the original series, resulting in unexpected plot loopholes.

For instance, the revival show made Lauren Graham’s Lorelai make an unexpected out-of-character decision to go on a trek (a trek that she ended up not doing) without any proper explanation in a four-part miniseries. She decided to clear her head and get away from everything going on in her life for some time, but the story was not developed fully as there was not enough time, which made her decision questionable.

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Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’s plotline of Lorelai’s trek was one of the many plots that made no sense

The revival series of Gilmore Girls showed what all the main characters of the original series were up to after a decade. Rory’s professional struggles remain endless as she suddenly loses her job and has to look for other opportunities, and ends up working as the editor in chief of the Stars Hollow Gazette, while also penning her memoir about her childhood in Stars Hollow. Her professional life aside, Rory’s personal life also doesn’t seem sorted as she is having an affair with Logan, who is engaged.

The plotlines suggested how Rory was still the same as seen in the original Gilmore Girls' story, doing things that a teen Rory would have done. However, the main story that made little sense was Lorelai’s plotline of going on to trek after being inspired by Cheryl Strayed’s novel Wild. Viewers who have seen the original series would know that Lorelai is not a nature-loving woman. She prefers being and doing things indoors. So, a plotline where she wants to go on a trek, that too the Pacific Crest Trail, was unbelievable as the reason behind her trail was not thoroughly explained, and neither did the four-part miniseries have the time to address the personality change of Lorelai.

Even in the series, Luke points out that the decision of her going on a trek was absurd and also lists out the things that she might encounter, such as mosquitoes, rivers, and bugs, that she does not like. She decides to go out to clear her head and comes back without completing the whole trek, making the storyline more incomplete and absurd.

Lorelai doing something out of her character was not the actual issue, but the miniseries did not have enough time to build up a coherent storyline supporting her spontaneous decision to do an outdoor activity that she would not like in the first place.

More about the Gilmore Girls’ revival show

While the revival series of Gilmore Girls had many problems, it still managed to portray the arc of Richard’s death and the improvement in the mother-daughter relationship of Lorelai and Emily. It was revealed in the series that Lorelai couldn’t remember a positive memory to share during Richard’s funeral, which soured their relationship.

However, in the last episode of the miniseries, Emily and Lorelai make amends in their relationship when she calls her mother and tells her how her father showed up on her 13th birthday, making it one of her best birthdays. This marks one of the most emotional but sweet moments of the miniseries, involving Lorelai and her mother, and also provides closure to the grief caused by Richard’s death.

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Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life is streaming on Netflix.

Also Read: Where was Gilmore Girls filmed? All the filming locations of our all-time favorite show, explored

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