‘Gilmore Girls’ Revival Pregnancy Theory Sparks New Debate Among Fans

A lot more than five many years after Gilmore Ladies: A Yr in the Lifestyle debuted, Rory’s stunning being pregnant expose is however creating commotion.

Valerie Campbell, a previous costumer for the exhibit, proposed an exciting principle to Gilmore Ladies enthusiasts by using TikTok, questioning whether Rory (Alexis Bledel) was always who creators had in mind for the twist ending.

“I just had this genuinely weird considered,” Campbell mentioned in a video clip shared previously this thirty day period but initially posted in December 2022. “What if the ultimate 4 words [of the series], which Meredith Nardino Amy [Sherman-Palladino] knew from the incredibly commencing of the exhibit, ended up not intended for Rory to say.”

In the fourth installment of the 2016 revival collection, Rory has a temporary but strong exchange with her mother, Lorelai (Lauren Graham). “Mom,” Rory says. “Yeah?” Lorelai replies, before Rory reveals, “I’m pregnant.”

When some viewers considered Rory’s ending was published in the stars — “After all, you’re me,” Lorelai tells her daughter in the pretty initial episode of Gilmore Women — Campbell questioned no matter whether it was in the beginning Lorelai who was going to fall the pregnancy bombshell.

“Just think about it,” she mentioned in her TikTok. “At the end of the time 8 that we never obtained to see … Lorelai would nevertheless have been at an age that would have been suitable for her to have a baby.”

Lorelai gave beginning to Rory when she was just 16 yrs aged, relocating to the small town of Stars Hollow to raise her daughter as a one mom. Campbell pointed out that a lot of the “buildup” of Lorelai’s tale line is not only about her romance with Luke Danes (Scott Patterson), but also about her estrangement from her moms and dads, Emily (Kelly Bishop) and Richard (Edward Herrmann).

Gilmore Ladies finished in 2007 following 7 seasons, the last of which was not helmed by Sherman-Palladino or Daniel Palladino. Campbell theorized that the revival may possibly have appeared a small diverse “if Amy had gotten to end the [original] series the place she wanted.”

She ongoing: “After all, I do not consider Amy would have needed to make Rory pregnant at that age. 23 is genuinely young. … It really will make much more feeling that Lorelai would have been the just one expressing it.”

Enthusiasts rapidly shared their possess scorching normally takes in the responses segment, with one particular noting that it was “sad” that Lorelai and Luke never ever had a infant with each other. “I experienced always wished it was Lorelei. It would’ve added these kinds of a various twist to the display,” a second TikTok consumer wrote.

Other devoted viewers disagreed. “ASP drove the ‘full circle’ storyline house in the [revival] … I assume she supposed for rory to be the prego a single,” one particular comment read.

An additional discussion has been ongoing because A Year in the Existence premiered: who is the father of Rory’s toddler? When she reconnects with exes Logan (Matt Czuchry) and Jess (Milo Ventimiglia) in the course of the series, Rory is only observed hooking up with Logan on monitor in the new episodes.

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Czuchry completely instructed Us Weekly in January 2021 that he realized the id of the baby’s father — but he wasn’t fascinated in sharing. “Ultimately, this is Amy and Dan’s show and it’s Lauren’s display and it’s Alexis’ clearly show. It’s not mine. And so, for me, it doesn’t truly feel like the appropriate spot to say who it may perhaps or may well not be,” he defined. “Also, if we do arrive back, they could modify their minds. So it could turn into any individual else.”