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 (174,807 votes)
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Netflix · Hulu · Philo
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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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	2,385
2	The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton	8.0	1,869
3	Kill Me Now	7.8	1,687
4	The Deer Hunters	7.8	1,624
5	Cinnamon's Wake	7.8	1,556
6	Rory's Birthday Parties	8.5	1,664
7	Kiss and Tell	8.3	1,567
8	Love and War and Snow	8.0	1,487
9	Rory's Dance	8.7	1,690
10	Forgiveness and Stuff	8.3	1,467
11	Paris Is Burning	7.6	1,338
12	Double Date	7.7	1,341
13	Concert Interruptus	8.0	1,374
14	That Damn Donna Reed	7.8	1,347
15	Christopher Returns	8.1	1,336
16	Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers	8.1	1,305
17	The Breakup: Part 2	8.0	1,293
18	The Third Lorelai	7.9	1,256
19	Emily in Wonderland	8.1	1,251
20	P.S. I Lo...	8.0	1,234
21	Love, Daisies and Troubadours	8.5	1,412

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	1,240
2	Hammers and Veils	7.9	1,184
3	Red Light on the Wedding Night	7.8	1,174
4	The Road Trip to Harvard	8.1	1,309
5	Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy	8.1	1,244
6	Presenting Lorelai Gilmore	8.1	1,178
7	Like Mother, Like Daughter	8.2	1,203
8	The Ins and Outs of Inns	7.8	1,112
9	Run Away, Little Boy	7.9	1,160
10	The Bracebridge Dinner	8.6	1,336
11	Secrets and Loans	7.6	1,097
12	Richard in Stars Hollow	7.9	1,113
13	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	8.4	1,249
14	It Should've Been Lorelai	7.8	1,081
15	Lost and Found	8.0	1,093
16	There's the Rub	8.3	1,205
17	Dead Uncles and Vegetables	7.9	1,086
18	Back in the Saddle Again	7.8	1,059
19	Teach Me Tonight	8.4	1,237
20	Help Wanted	7.9	1,056
21	Lorelai's Graduation Day	8.6	1,251
22	I Can't Get Started	8.7	1,273

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	1,094
2	Haunted Leg	8.0	1,028
3	Application Anxiety	7.7	1,036
4	One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes	7.8	1,020
5	Eight O'Clock at the Oasis	7.6	1,043
6	Take the Deviled Eggs...	7.8	1,030
7	They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?	8.9	1,549
8	Let the Games Begin	8.3	1,093
9	A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving	8.4	1,148
10	That'll Do, Pig	8.0	995
11	I Solemnly Swear	7.4	973
12	Lorelai Out of Water	7.5	968
13	Dear Emily and Richard	8.6	1,365
14	Swan Song	7.9	1,018
15	Face-Off	7.9	981
16	The Big One	8.4	1,061
17	A Tale of Poes and Fire	8.1	1,028
18	Happy Birthday, Baby	7.8	970
19	Keg! Max!	8.3	1,059
20	Say Goodnight, Gracie	8.0	982
21	Here Comes the Son	7.6	1,012
22	Those Are Strings, Pinocchio	9.0	1,283

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	976
2	The Lorelais' First Day at Yale	8.5	1,134
3	The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles	7.8	951
4	Chicken or Beef?	7.9	948
5	The Fundamental Things Apply	7.8	924
6	An Affair to Remember	7.7	918
7	The Festival of Living Art	8.1	1,055
8	Die, Jerk	7.6	915
9	Ted Koppel's Big Night Out	8.0	946
10	The Nanny and the Professor	7.6	889
11	In the Clamor and the Clangor	8.1	939
12	A Family Matter	7.9	913
13	Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospel	8.2	945
14	The Incredible Sinking Lorelais	8.6	1,098
15	Scene in a Mall	8.2	917
16	The Reigning Lorelai	8.2	970
17	Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist	8.0	1,038
18	Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom!	8.1	918
19	Afterboom	7.9	889
20	Luke Can See Her Face	8.5	1,067
21	Last Week Fights, This Week Tights	8.8	1,242
22	Raincoats and Recipes	9.3	1,671

Season 5 (2004)

8.05 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 8.5 44 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller	8.2	972
2	A Messenger, Nothing More	7.9	913
3	Written in the Stars	8.4	1,041
4	Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too	7.7	871
5	We Got Us a Pippi Virgin	7.7	886
6	Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!	7.7	883
7	You Jump, I Jump, Jack	8.6	1,287
8	The Party's Over	7.9	956
9	Emily Says Hello	7.8	876
10	But Not as Cute as Pushkin	8.2	967
11	Women of Questionable Morals	7.8	891
12	Come Home	7.9	876
13	Wedding Bell Blues	8.8	1,153
14	Say Something	8.5	982
15	Jews and Chinese Food	8.0	908
16	So... Good Talk	8.5	928
17	Pulp Friction	8.0	898
18	To Live and Let Diorama	7.6	890
19	But I'm a Gilmore!	8.2	915
20	How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod?	7.5	842
21	Blame Booze and Melville	7.8	868
22	A House Is Not a Home	8.5	979

Season 6 (2005)

7.83 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 7.9 44 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	New and Improved Lorelai	7.7	899
2	Fight Face	7.5	866
3	The UnGraduate	7.4	838
4	Always a Godmother, Never a God	7.3	861
5	We've Got Magic to Do	8.3	1,036
6	Welcome to the Dollhouse	7.6	852
7	Twenty-One Is the Loneliest Number	8.0	915
8	Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out	8.5	1,052
9	The Prodigal Daughter Returns	8.4	963
10	He's Slippin' 'Em Bread... Dig?	7.4	836
11	The Perfect Dress	7.7	841
12	Just Like Gwen and Gavin	7.6	848
13	Friday Night's Alright for Fighting	9.1	1,628
14	You've Been Gilmored	7.8	831
15	A Vineyard Valentine	7.5	902
16	Bridesmaids Revisited	7.5	854
17	I'm OK, You're OK	7.5	816
18	The Real Paul Anka	7.8	897
19	I Get a Sidekick Out of You	8.2	941
20	Super Cool Party People	7.8	874
21	Driving Miss Gilmore	7.8	859
22	Partings	7.9	1,060

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	972
2	That's What You Get, Folks, for Makin' Whoopee	7.2	861
3	Lorelai's First Cotillion	7.2	851
4	'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous	7.3	866
5	The Great Stink	7.1	848
6	Go, Bulldogs!	7.1	840
7	French Twist	6.3	1,008
8	Introducing Lorelai Planetarium	7.1	850
9	Knit, People, Knit!	7.2	848
10	Merry Fisticuffs	7.3	843
11	Santa's Secret Stuff	7.4	843
12	To Whom It May Concern	7.9	879
13	I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia	8.0	883
14	Farewell, My Pet	7.5	831
15	I'm a Kayak, Hear Me Roar	7.7	818
16	Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?	7.9	838
17	Gilmore Girls Only	7.7	850
18	Hay Bale Maze	7.8	852
19	It's Just Like Riding a Bike	8.0	845
20	Lorelai? Lorelai?	8.5	999
21	Unto the Breach	8.2	919
22	Bon Voyage	9.1	1,671

Gilmore Girls (2000)

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