A Year In The Life’s Biggest Disappointment Was That Gilmore Girls Told The Same Story 11 Years Earlier

While Rory’s story in A Year in the Life was heavily criticized upon the revival’s release, the biggest issue with this Gilmore Girls plot was largely glossed over. On the face of it, Rory’s plot in 2016’s Gilmore Girls revival A Year in the Life should have been a triumph. The original show might have offered a relatively optimistic vision of Lorelai balancing her career and motherhood, but her romantic and financial struggles were never far from the show’s focus. As such, Rory struggling to find her purpose while also having a hard time professionally made perfect sense.