AYITL: Its Biggest Mistake Was Using Gilmore Girls’ Original Ending

The 2016 Gilmore Girls revival series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life ending was one planned during the original run of the show but no longer worked. A Year in the Life picked up almost a decade after the 2007 Gilmore Girls ending, catching up with the titular Gilmores: Lorelai, Rory, and Emily. The revival finds each of the Gilmores in very different places. Lorelai is mostly settled with Luke, perhaps ready to start a new family. Emily is trying to move on after Richard’s passing. Rory is still trying to make it in journalism, though the warning of Mitchum Huntzberger that she doesn’t have it is looking more and more like the gospel truth. It’s Rory’s journey ending that leads Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life to its fateful conclusion and those hotly anticipated last words: “Mom?” “Yeah?” “I’m pregnant.”