Gilmore Girls

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Season 8
Season #: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 64 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 64
  3. Negative: 12 out of 64

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  1. OnyxShadow
    Nov 26, 2016
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. May contain minor spoilers...

    This four episode season was all over the place in terms of quality. Episode one was good. Episode two was meh. Three was a catastrophe. Four was for the most part as good as the original series. I can't even describe how cringe-inducingly bad that overlong play rehearsal scene from episode three was. In a season that had so little time to get where it needed to with so many characters and so many plot lines it was utterly useless to the story and wasn't even funny in the slightest. That makes the nearly flawless execution of the final episode all the more baffling.

    I think probably the most disappointing thing about this season was what it did to the character of Rory. She has progressed all the way from a mature, disciplined, warm-hearted sixteen year old to a unfocused, immature thirty-two year old who sleeps with one guy who's getting married, another guy who she doesn't care about, and another who cosplays a wookie (and I can't even go further without major spoilers). So basically I'm wondering which one of the writers Alexis Bledel pissed off.    … Expand
  2. chloehorton
    Dec 19, 2016
    0
    Utterly boring. For a so called 'family' show, it sure does glamorise infidelity a whole lot, and without any sort of remorse or development into the characters who are being cheated on. It brushes over them, as if they don't matter and portray an ugly version of what they deem a relationship. The ending "coming full circle" also does not sit well with me, this show seems to lack growth asUtterly boring. For a so called 'family' show, it sure does glamorise infidelity a whole lot, and without any sort of remorse or development into the characters who are being cheated on. It brushes over them, as if they don't matter and portray an ugly version of what they deem a relationship. The ending "coming full circle" also does not sit well with me, this show seems to lack growth as we are set up to praise Rory for making the same mistakes as her mother, instead of learning and growing from them. There is so much more I could say but I'd rather not waste my breath discussing the extremely slow pace, the unfortunate and lengthy musical number and the ultimate unlike-ability of the characters that never get their endings. Gilmore Girls 'A Year In The Life' should really be name Gilmore Girls 'A Year Of Wasted Time And Wasted Potential'… Expand

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60
#60 Best TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Nov 28, 2016
    83
    Bishop is just so authentic as a widow finding her way that she deserves an Emmy. Some things, of course, will never change, and fans wouldn’t have it any other way. Sherman-Palladino’s dialogue still races, stuffed with pop culture references.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: David Sims
    Nov 23, 2016
    80
    A Year in the Life won’t necessarily convert new viewers—like any revival, it’s making a play for a loyal fanbase, which should be more than enough to justify Netflix’s investment in the show. But as a salvage attempt after Gilmore Girls’ original bittersweet ending, it feels wholly justified.
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Nov 23, 2016
    70
    There’s a fine line between celebrating the past and exhuming it. Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life stays, mostly, on the good side of that line.
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