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 (178,087 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Hulu · Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2000)

8.04 avg 21 episodes 8.1 → 8.5 44 min avg

Rebound

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	8.1	2,549
2	The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton	7.9	1,979
3	Kill Me Now	7.8	1,789
4	The Deer Hunters	7.8	1,719
5	Cinnamon's Wake	7.7	1,642
6	Rory's Birthday Parties	8.5	1,756
7	Kiss and Tell	8.3	1,656
8	Love and War and Snow	8.0	1,562
9	Rory's Dance	8.7	1,775
10	Forgiveness and Stuff	8.3	1,545
11	Paris Is Burning	7.6	1,409
12	Double Date	7.7	1,408
13	Concert Interruptus	8.0	1,442
14	That Damn Donna Reed	7.8	1,418
15	Christopher Returns	8.1	1,404
16	Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers	8.0	1,367
17	The Breakup: Part 2	8.0	1,356
18	The Third Lorelai	7.9	1,321
19	Emily in Wonderland	8.1	1,312
20	P.S. I Lo...	8.0	1,290
21	Love, Daisies and Troubadours	8.5	1,474

Season 2 (2001)

8.08 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.7 44 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sadie, Sadie	8.1	1,291
2	Hammers and Veils	7.9	1,231
3	Red Light on the Wedding Night	7.8	1,220
4	The Road Trip to Harvard	8.1	1,355
5	Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy	8.1	1,288
6	Presenting Lorelai Gilmore	8.0	1,223
7	Like Mother, Like Daughter	8.2	1,251
8	The Ins and Outs of Inns	7.8	1,153
9	Run Away, Little Boy	7.9	1,200
10	The Bracebridge Dinner	8.6	1,381
11	Secrets and Loans	7.6	1,138
12	Richard in Stars Hollow	7.9	1,157
13	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	8.4	1,295
14	It Should've Been Lorelai	7.8	1,122
15	Lost and Found	8.0	1,138
16	There's the Rub	8.3	1,254
17	Dead Uncles and Vegetables	7.9	1,130
18	Back in the Saddle Again	7.8	1,101
19	Teach Me Tonight	8.4	1,281
20	Help Wanted	7.9	1,097
21	Lorelai's Graduation Day	8.6	1,301
22	I Can't Get Started	8.7	1,319

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	1,131
2	Haunted Leg	8.0	1,065
3	Application Anxiety	7.7	1,074
4	One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes	7.8	1,056
5	Eight O'Clock at the Oasis	7.6	1,082
6	Take the Deviled Eggs...	7.8	1,067
7	They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?	8.9	1,594
8	Let the Games Begin	8.3	1,133
9	A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving	8.4	1,185
10	That'll Do, Pig	8.0	1,036
11	I Solemnly Swear	7.4	1,011
12	Lorelai Out of Water	7.5	1,003
13	Dear Emily and Richard	8.6	1,410
14	Swan Song	7.9	1,053
15	Face-Off	7.9	1,013
16	The Big One	8.4	1,093
17	A Tale of Poes and Fire	8.1	1,063
18	Happy Birthday, Baby	7.8	1,004
19	Keg! Max!	8.3	1,091
20	Say Goodnight, Gracie	8.0	1,012
21	Here Comes the Son	7.6	1,049
22	Those Are Strings, Pinocchio	9.0	1,326

Season 4 (2003)

8.11 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	1,007
2	The Lorelais' First Day at Yale	8.5	1,169
3	The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles	7.8	980
4	Chicken or Beef?	7.9	977
5	The Fundamental Things Apply	7.8	955
6	An Affair to Remember	7.7	948
7	The Festival of Living Art	8.1	1,090
8	Die, Jerk	7.6	946
9	Ted Koppel's Big Night Out	8.0	976
10	The Nanny and the Professor	7.6	918
11	In the Clamor and the Clangor	8.1	972
12	A Family Matter	7.9	945
13	Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospel	8.2	980
14	The Incredible Sinking Lorelais	8.5	1,132
15	Scene in a Mall	8.2	948
16	The Reigning Lorelai	8.2	1,000
17	Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist	8.0	1,064
18	Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom!	8.1	945
19	Afterboom	7.9	917
20	Luke Can See Her Face	8.5	1,099
21	Last Week Fights, This Week Tights	8.8	1,282
22	Raincoats and Recipes	9.3	1,713

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	1,004
2	A Messenger, Nothing More	7.9	942
3	Written in the Stars	8.4	1,071
4	Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too	7.7	897
5	We Got Us a Pippi Virgin	7.7	911
6	Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!	7.7	907
7	You Jump, I Jump, Jack	8.6	1,321
8	The Party's Over	7.9	986
9	Emily Says Hello	7.8	904
10	But Not as Cute as Pushkin	8.2	995
11	Women of Questionable Morals	7.8	917
12	Come Home	7.9	901
13	Wedding Bell Blues	8.8	1,185
14	Say Something	8.5	1,009
15	Jews and Chinese Food	7.9	933
16	So... Good Talk	8.5	956
17	Pulp Friction	8.0	922
18	To Live and Let Diorama	7.6	913
19	But I'm a Gilmore!	8.2	940
20	How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod?	7.5	865
21	Blame Booze and Melville	7.8	890
22	A House Is Not a Home	8.5	1,006

Season 6 (2005)

7.82 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	926
2	Fight Face	7.5	891
3	The UnGraduate	7.3	857
4	Always a Godmother, Never a God	7.3	878
5	We've Got Magic to Do	8.3	1,061
6	Welcome to the Dollhouse	7.6	873
7	Twenty-One Is the Loneliest Number	8.0	936
8	Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out	8.5	1,075
9	The Prodigal Daughter Returns	8.4	985
10	He's Slippin' 'Em Bread... Dig?	7.4	858
11	The Perfect Dress	7.7	861
12	Just Like Gwen and Gavin	7.6	866
13	Friday Night's Alright for Fighting	9.1	1,659
14	You've Been Gilmored	7.8	852
15	A Vineyard Valentine	7.5	921
16	Bridesmaids Revisited	7.5	874
17	I'm OK, You're OK	7.5	832
18	The Real Paul Anka	7.8	915
19	I Get a Sidekick Out of You	8.2	961
20	Super Cool Party People	7.8	893
21	Driving Miss Gilmore	7.8	876
22	Partings	7.8	1,084

Season 7 (2006)

7.57 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 9.1 43 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Long Morrow	7.4	991
2	That's What You Get, Folks, for Makin' Whoopee	7.2	875
3	Lorelai's First Cotillion	7.2	866
4	'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous	7.3	881
5	The Great Stink	7.1	864
6	Go, Bulldogs!	7.1	856
7	French Twist	6.3	1,030
8	Introducing Lorelai Planetarium	7.1	868
9	Knit, People, Knit!	7.1	865
10	Merry Fisticuffs	7.3	861
11	Santa's Secret Stuff	7.4	860
12	To Whom It May Concern	7.9	897
13	I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia	8.0	900
14	Farewell, My Pet	7.4	847
15	I'm a Kayak, Hear Me Roar	7.7	834
16	Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?	7.9	855
17	Gilmore Girls Only	7.6	868
18	Hay Bale Maze	7.8	871
19	It's Just Like Riding a Bike	8.0	864
20	Lorelai? Lorelai?	8.5	1,021
21	Unto the Breach	8.2	937
22	Bon Voyage	9.1	1,696