Before Amy Sherman-Palladino could finish her beloved Gilmore Girls [1], the creator parted ways with the show and it closed its final and seventh season without her. Because of that, Sherman-Palladino didn't have the chance to end the mother-daughter dramedy the way she always planned, with four specific words [2]. She originally mentioned her plans to do it that way in a 2006 interview with TV Guide [3], and since then, the mystery shrouding the infamous last words has only grown. Now that the reboot, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, has premiered, take a look at how the cast reacted to the finale's final words (which you can find out here [4]).
- Matt Czuchry: He recently told Entertainment Weekly [5] he thought it would cause "a heated debate."
- Alexis Bledel: "It is very much what Amy wanted. If anyone knows her storytelling they'll maybe know what to expect," she said in a joint interview with Lauren Graham for EW [6]. "I honestly don't know what to say about it without using specifics. It does kind of, hmm, it does kind of throw you."
- Lauren Graham: "For some reason, my first question was, 'Who says them?' Because I assumed it was one character, when it's two. It's not as resolved as I thought they would be. I thought they would be, 'Honey I'm home!' or something like, 'Goodbye, small town!' So I was like, 'Oh? Really?'"
- Scott Patterson: While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with Liza Weil and Sean Gunn [7], Patterson revealed his thoughts on the last four words. "My idea to Amy was 'Drop the gun, Kirk,' but she rejected it. [The actual words] are more philosophical."
- Liza Weil: "It's bigger than all of us," she told Fallon.
- Kelly Bishop: Bishop was wholly unimpressed after reading the finale's script, telling The Daily Beast [8], "If it's true, this is a really lousy thing to say, if it's really true that those are the last four words then my reaction is, 'Eh.' That's it."