Every episode of Gilmore Girls has a grace note. Every episode, even the very worst, has some weird, quirky jewel of a moment that makes the whole thing worth watching — even something as small as Rory casually roasting a marshmallow over her stove burner when she gets home from school, or Taylor showing off his horrible toupee. Gilmore Girls premiered on the WB in the fall of 2000, and slowly grew into a sleeper hit. It’s a low-concept show: Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham, who had better finally get an Emmy nod out of the upcoming Netflix revival) used to be a daughter of wealth and privilege. Then she got pregnant at 16. Now she’s raising her precocious teenage daughter Rory (Alexis...
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