Gilmore Girls’ revival gives fans the ultimate closure on second try

Viewers who were disappointed with the original series finale back in 2007 should be happy with the Netflix sequel as Lorelai and Luke get the ultimate TV couple send-off

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Scott Patterson (left), Lauren Graham (right) and Alexis Bledel as Luke, Lorelai and Rory in the Netflix series Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life.

Published: 12:12pm, 28 Nov 2016Updated: 12:12pm, 28 Nov 2016

Every solid TV series has a will-they-or-won’t-they couple that drives the drama. For Gilmore Girls, that was Lorelai and Luke, the single mum and the grumpy eternal bachelor who seemed like soulmates from the very first scene of the very first episode.

So as you might expect, fans were furious in the sixth season when Luke (Scott Patterson) discovered he had a long-lost daughter, a 12-year-old named April (Vanessa Marano). Her arrival drove such a wedge between him and Lorelai (Lauren Graham) that April is considered by many the most-hated plot device in Gilmore Girls history.

After all of the April drama, Lorelai wound up sleeping with her ex, Christopher (David Sutcliffe), in the sixth season finale. Then creator Amy Sherman-Palladino exited the show. After the revelation of Lorelai and Christopher’s fling, she and Luke split up after several years of dating. Ultimately, they patched things up, and in the series finale, it looked like they might (maybe?) get back together.

Kelly Bishop (left) returns as Emily Gilmore, respectively mother and grandmother of Graham and Bledel’s characters.

Of course, that’s not even close to the closure that fans wanted. However, thanks to the Netflix Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life revival released on Friday (SPOILER ALERT), viewers got to see Lorelai tie up every loose end in her life, including the big Luke question.

When the revival opens, Luke and Lorelai are as happy as can be – in their typical fashion, anyway, as they bicker about Lorelai’s junk food habits and go on dates to the Black, White and Read cinema, watching creepy short films by Kirk (Sean Gunn).

They live together at Lorelai’s house, and we learn that they’ve been together for nine years, and still haven’t tied the knot. The person who really seems to take issue with this living arrangement is Lorelai’s mother, Emily (Kelly Bishop), who calls them “roommates” and doesn’t believe they’re really serious about each other. While that may be wishful thinking because she’s never thought Luke – a diner owner – was good enough for her daughter, Lorelai insists they’re in a real, solid relationship, but in no rush to get married.