Gilmore Girls (2000)

Comedy · Drama

Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (176,108 votes)
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Hulu · Philo
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2000)

8.05 avg 21 episodes 8.1 → 8.5 44 min avg

Rebound

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	8.1	2,438
2	The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton	8.0	1,905
3	Kill Me Now	7.8	1,726
4	The Deer Hunters	7.8	1,659
5	Cinnamon's Wake	7.8	1,585
6	Rory's Birthday Parties	8.5	1,696
7	Kiss and Tell	8.3	1,600
8	Love and War and Snow	8.0	1,516
9	Rory's Dance	8.7	1,723
10	Forgiveness and Stuff	8.3	1,500
11	Paris Is Burning	7.6	1,367
12	Double Date	7.7	1,368
13	Concert Interruptus	8.0	1,399
14	That Damn Donna Reed	7.8	1,371
15	Christopher Returns	8.1	1,361
16	Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers	8.1	1,326
17	The Breakup: Part 2	8.0	1,315
18	The Third Lorelai	7.9	1,282
19	Emily in Wonderland	8.1	1,274
20	P.S. I Lo...	8.0	1,255
21	Love, Daisies and Troubadours	8.5	1,437

Season 2 (2001)

8.09 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.7 44 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sadie, Sadie	8.1	1,258
2	Hammers and Veils	7.9	1,201
3	Red Light on the Wedding Night	7.8	1,190
4	The Road Trip to Harvard	8.1	1,328
5	Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy	8.1	1,259
6	Presenting Lorelai Gilmore	8.1	1,194
7	Like Mother, Like Daughter	8.2	1,221
8	The Ins and Outs of Inns	7.8	1,125
9	Run Away, Little Boy	7.9	1,174
10	The Bracebridge Dinner	8.6	1,352
11	Secrets and Loans	7.6	1,112
12	Richard in Stars Hollow	7.9	1,128
13	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	8.4	1,267
14	It Should've Been Lorelai	7.8	1,099
15	Lost and Found	8.0	1,109
16	There's the Rub	8.3	1,224
17	Dead Uncles and Vegetables	7.9	1,101
18	Back in the Saddle Again	7.8	1,074
19	Teach Me Tonight	8.4	1,256
20	Help Wanted	7.9	1,070
21	Lorelai's Graduation Day	8.6	1,269
22	I Can't Get Started	8.7	1,293

Season 3 (2002)

8.05 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 9.0 44 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days	8.1	1,106
2	Haunted Leg	8.0	1,041
3	Application Anxiety	7.7	1,047
4	One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes	7.8	1,030
5	Eight O'Clock at the Oasis	7.6	1,056
6	Take the Deviled Eggs...	7.8	1,043
7	They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?	8.9	1,565
8	Let the Games Begin	8.3	1,107
9	A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving	8.4	1,162
10	That'll Do, Pig	8.0	1,011
11	I Solemnly Swear	7.4	987
12	Lorelai Out of Water	7.5	981
13	Dear Emily and Richard	8.6	1,385
14	Swan Song	7.9	1,031
15	Face-Off	7.9	992
16	The Big One	8.4	1,071
17	A Tale of Poes and Fire	8.1	1,040
18	Happy Birthday, Baby	7.8	981
19	Keg! Max!	8.3	1,069
20	Say Goodnight, Gracie	8.0	991
21	Here Comes the Son	7.6	1,025
22	Those Are Strings, Pinocchio	9.0	1,299

Season 4 (2003)

8.12 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 9.3 44 min avg

Big finale

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ballrooms and Biscotti	7.8	984
2	The Lorelais' First Day at Yale	8.5	1,146
3	The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles	7.8	959
4	Chicken or Beef?	7.9	956
5	The Fundamental Things Apply	7.8	933
6	An Affair to Remember	7.7	925
7	The Festival of Living Art	8.1	1,063
8	Die, Jerk	7.6	921
9	Ted Koppel's Big Night Out	8.0	953
10	The Nanny and the Professor	7.6	895
11	In the Clamor and the Clangor	8.1	945
12	A Family Matter	7.9	919
13	Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospel	8.2	952
14	The Incredible Sinking Lorelais	8.6	1,105
15	Scene in a Mall	8.2	924
16	The Reigning Lorelai	8.3	976
17	Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist	8.0	1,043
18	Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom!	8.1	923
19	Afterboom	7.9	895
20	Luke Can See Her Face	8.5	1,076
21	Last Week Fights, This Week Tights	8.8	1,252
22	Raincoats and Recipes	9.3	1,685

Season 5 (2004)

8.05 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.5 44 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller	8.1	981
2	A Messenger, Nothing More	7.9	920
3	Written in the Stars	8.4	1,049
4	Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too	7.7	878
5	We Got Us a Pippi Virgin	7.7	893
6	Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!	7.7	888
7	You Jump, I Jump, Jack	8.6	1,298
8	The Party's Over	7.9	964
9	Emily Says Hello	7.8	884
10	But Not as Cute as Pushkin	8.2	975
11	Women of Questionable Morals	7.8	898
12	Come Home	7.9	881
13	Wedding Bell Blues	8.8	1,164
14	Say Something	8.5	989
15	Jews and Chinese Food	8.0	916
16	So... Good Talk	8.5	938
17	Pulp Friction	8.0	906
18	To Live and Let Diorama	7.6	896
19	But I'm a Gilmore!	8.2	923
20	How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod?	7.5	850
21	Blame Booze and Melville	7.8	876
22	A House Is Not a Home	8.5	990

Season 6 (2005)

7.83 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 44 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	New and Improved Lorelai	7.7	908
2	Fight Face	7.5	875
3	The UnGraduate	7.4	843
4	Always a Godmother, Never a God	7.3	864
5	We've Got Magic to Do	8.3	1,044
6	Welcome to the Dollhouse	7.6	859
7	Twenty-One Is the Loneliest Number	8.0	922
8	Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out	8.5	1,062
9	The Prodigal Daughter Returns	8.4	972
10	He's Slippin' 'Em Bread... Dig?	7.4	843
11	The Perfect Dress	7.7	847
12	Just Like Gwen and Gavin	7.6	853
13	Friday Night's Alright for Fighting	9.1	1,643
14	You've Been Gilmored	7.8	838
15	A Vineyard Valentine	7.5	907
16	Bridesmaids Revisited	7.5	861
17	I'm OK, You're OK	7.5	822
18	The Real Paul Anka	7.8	904
19	I Get a Sidekick Out of You	8.2	948
20	Super Cool Party People	7.8	882
21	Driving Miss Gilmore	7.8	866
22	Partings	7.8	1,072

Season 7 (2006)

7.59 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 9.1 43 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Long Morrow	7.4	980
2	That's What You Get, Folks, for Makin' Whoopee	7.2	866
3	Lorelai's First Cotillion	7.2	855
4	'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous	7.3	872
5	The Great Stink	7.1	855
6	Go, Bulldogs!	7.1	847
7	French Twist	6.3	1,016
8	Introducing Lorelai Planetarium	7.1	858
9	Knit, People, Knit!	7.2	855
10	Merry Fisticuffs	7.3	849
11	Santa's Secret Stuff	7.4	850
12	To Whom It May Concern	7.9	885
13	I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia	8.0	889
14	Farewell, My Pet	7.5	837
15	I'm a Kayak, Hear Me Roar	7.7	823
16	Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?	7.9	846
17	Gilmore Girls Only	7.7	859
18	Hay Bale Maze	7.8	860
19	It's Just Like Riding a Bike	8.0	855
20	Lorelai? Lorelai?	8.5	1,011
21	Unto the Breach	8.2	929
22	Bon Voyage	9.1	1,686