We are getting closer and closer to the Netflix debut of the reboot Gilmore Girls [1]: A Year in the Life (it's all dropping on Nov. 25 [2]!), and even though the teaser [3] gave us footage, actual footage, of the Gilmores in action, we still want to know exactly what we'll see. We've been following all the details [4] about the reboot since it was announced, but what about actual plot points and stuff on the show? Specific details have been scarce, but the cast and creators did reveal a few things at the Netflix TCA. Here are some of the major events we will see when the show comes to Netflix!
Answers About Rory's Love Life
Rory is single at the end of the series, and all of the actors who played her boyfriends are coming back to the cast [5], "in one way or another," according to Alexis Bledel at Summer TCA [6]. While we don't have too many clues about who — if anyone — Rory ends up with by the end of the reboot, Bledel made a promising pledge: "I think people's questions are answered by the end of it."
Richard's Death Will Loom Large Over the Episodes
Edward Herrmann, the actor who played Richard Gilmore — aka Rory's grandfather, Lorelai's dad, and Emily's husband — sadly passed away in 2014. When the series picks up, though we don't know yet how much time has passed since Richard's death, the characters will be dealing with their grief [7], and it will affect their lives deeply. When Gilmore Girls [8] diehards. If you're unfamiliar, here's the brief explanation: creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and her EP husband Daniel Palladino left the show in 2006, just before its seventh and final season after contract negotiations with The CW didn't work out. Therefore, Sherman-Palladino never got to end the series the way she wanted it to — which included four specific words [9] that she has never disclosed. Our curiosity will be satisfied by the end of the fourth installment of the reboot, when we will all finally hear the final four words.