Gilmore To Say: A Gilmore Girls Podcast

It’s officially summertime which means it’s time for a mid-year check in! What have been our fave episodes in 2026? Your fave episodes? Who do you want to see as a guest on the podcast this year? Plus, we’re bringing you our summer colors, what’s on our summer watchlist, and a preview of what’s to come on the pod during Gilmore Girls season! Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara an...

Where you call, we will answer! It’s time for our June Round Up and boy did we talk about a LOT this month. The best townie lines, the Gilmores in Stars Hollow, Richard’s relationship with Lorelai vs. Rory AND Gilmore Girls leaving Netflix?! What a month! We start with some of your Stars Hollow Townie one-liner honorable mentions and hear from one of our besties who thinks that Rory’s studious nat...

The day has arrived: Gilmore girls is leaving Netflix. The end of an era!!! Today we’re paying homage to the streaming service that we believe had a heavy hand in the resurgence of our favorite comfort show, ushering in a brand new audience, and, of course, the revival in 2016. So why is it leaving now??? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say! Whimsy goes...

Gilmore Girls lovers, on Wednesdays, we talk books!!! And it is, in fact, Thursday, but we had some technical difficulties, so let's all pretend for today. New York Times bestseller and fangirl Emma Brodie is here to answer to her crimes against our emotions after her latest book INTO THE BLUE crushed and rebuilt us. If you haven't read it, it's an epic romance spanning thirteen years,...

We’re back to talk more about Richard Gilmore’s girls and the ebb and flow of his relationship with Lorelai and Rory throughout Seasons 4-7(ish). Does Rory going to college shift their dynamic? Was there ever any true forgiveness from Lorelai when Richard chose Rory over her at the end of Season 5? And where are the parallels from the early seasons to the later seasons? Grab a cup of coffee and ge...

We’ve been waiting for this one!!! Is Richard’s relationship with Rory his Lorelai “do over”? There are several moments between the three of them, together and separately, in Seasons 1-3 that set up Richard’s relationship with Rory to be that second chance. Where are the parallel moments? How differently does he approach them? And is there any real hope for reconciliation between Lorelai and Richa...

The Gilmores’ Friday Night Dinners became a staple from the very moment we stepped into Lorelai and Rory’s orbit. The power dynamic, the sharpness, the ghosts of Lorelai’s childhood all linger in the air of the Gilmore household. But what happens when you take the Gilmores out of Hartford and drop them in Stars Hollow? How does it - if at all - change the power dynamic with Lorelai, or each other,...

Gilmore Girls lovers, on Wednesdays, we talk books!!! New York Times bestseller and major Gilmore fan Lynn Painter is here with me on June 3rd to talk all about Luke & Lorelai and Duffy & Connor, the love interests in her latest book, First & Forever. A sports romance filled to the brim with witty banter like only Lynn can do, a loving family with an endearing father/daughter relations...

Babette? Miss Patty? You know them, you love them (hopefully) — the town of Stars Hollow is made up of some of the most whimsical characters on Gilmore Girls. From Kirk Gleason to Taylor Doose to “The Contractor…Tom”, they have some of the best laugh-out-loud lines on this fast-talking mouthful of a show. But which are the most notable? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Hal...

Where you call, we will answer! We have a LOT to discuss in today’s May Round-Up: a forgotten Mrs. Kim/Lorelai parallel, a Lane Kim “what if…”, your thoughts on Lorelai’s “mom card”, and a bestie calling in wondering when Rory hit rock bottom and offering us a splashy “what if…” after the Season 4 finale. Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to consider! There...

Where you ask, we will answer! It’s Tara’s engage-a-versary and we’re answering your questions all about her big day. How did watching Gilmore girls growing up inform her wedding vision? Which character’s wedding dress looks most like hers? And will Haley’s bridesmaid dress include a hoop skirt? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say! There should be daisi...

Gilmore Girls lovers, on Wednesdays, we talk books!!! New York Times bestseller of small town romances Laurie Gilmore is here to continue our Very Daisy May we're having at Gilmore To Say with her latest installment of the Dream Harbour series, The Daisy Chain Flower Shop. Filled with all the small town charm, antics, and love you know well, a dash of the melancholy of heartbreak that litters...

It’s another scene analysis episode, besties!!! This week, we’re going word-for-word through Max and Lorelai’s big scene in Season 1 Episode 21, Love Daisies and Troubadours . We’ll be taking you from the living room all the way to the Independence Inn! Was this proposal just a desperate attempt to end a bickering match? Was this romantic or did Max just simply follow directions? And should he hav...

“*We always had a democracy in this house. We never did anything unless we both agreed. But now I guess I'm going to have to play the mom card.” -*Lorelai Gilmore, S1E1: Pilot. The Mothers Day celebration continues! This week, we’re talking about times when Lorelai used the “mom card” on Rory. What exactly is the “mom card” and when does Lorelai tend to use it? When does it backfire on her? An...

There's nothing we love like anniversaries! And daisies!!! So to mark the 25th anniversary of Love, Daisies, and Troubadours (the season 1 Gilmore girls finale!!!) we're reairing our recap of the episode from our spoiler-filled podcast Gilmore Revisited. We finished our recap last year if you want to revisit it yourself! And watch out for our There Should Be Daisies collection arriving soo...

Gilmore Girls lovers, on Wednesdays, we talk books!!! #1 New York Times bestseller  and one of the greatest YA novelist ever, Sarah Dessen , is back for the first time in seven years with a new novel CHANGE OF PLANS. This book is perfect for any longtime Sarah Dessen fans, for anyone who still feels the teenager inside of them, or for a teen reader who might want to find a story to find yourself i...

Happy May, besties! This month is all about the moms, and we’re kicking it off with a full debrief on the different parenting tactics of Mrs. Kim and Lorelai Gilmore. Where do they differ? Where do they collide? And are they ever on the exact same page when it comes to their approach to motherhood? The answer might surprise you! Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have...

We went to LA and all we got was to be in a Gilmore Girls documentary!!! …and a harrowing experience at a hotel. This month’s April round-up, we’re telling y’all about our spontaneous LA experience to lend our Gilmore expertise to an upcoming doc and pouring over your responses about last week’s episode with Kenzie Elizabeth on Richard’s sixteen-year absence from Rory’s life. What did you have to...

How did YOU feel about the Dean/Lindsay vs Chris/Sherry comparison that came from our episode analysis a couple weeks ago? Y’all had some thoughts!!! Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to consider! Our newest podcast, A Marvelous Time: A Marvelous Maisel Recap Podcast , has arrived! Exclusively on Patreon . Be sure to join the Super Cool Party People tier or...

Besties, April 25th is the 20th anniversary of Gilmore Girls season 6 episode 20 Super Cool Party People, so to celebrate the namesake of one of our Patreon tiers, we're giving y'all the recap of the episode we did on Gilmore Revisited-- our spoiler-filled Gilmore recap podcast that's completed on Patreon! If you've ever wanted to get a little sample of what our Patreon is like, th...

She’s bringing us one of the hottest takes we’ve ever had and serving it up to us as if we’re all gathered around her cozy kitchen table in Dallas. Content creator, podcaster, and business owner, Kenzie Elizabeth is here to talk all things Gilmore Girls! Two truths and a lie: The boyfriend she hates most is Jess, she loved “A Year In The Life”, and she thinks we totally glossed over the fact that...

Gilmore Girls lovers, on Wednesdays, we talk books!!! New York Times bestseller  Sasha Peyton Smith's latest novel THE THORN QUEEN wraps up her historical fantasy duology after the success of the first novel THE ROSE BARGAIN. This duology is perfect for you if you love to sink into a story, live beside characters, marvel at how complicated families can really be, and find yourself rooting for...

“He’s Dean, my Dean” -Rory Gilmore, Season 4 Episode 22. Today’s episode style is a little different, besties! We are analyzing the finale scene, word-for-word, of Season 4 Episode 22: Raincoats and Recipes. Did Lorelai actually raise Rory to be the kind of girl who jumps into bed with a married guy? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say! Our newest podca...

How many Easter Eggs have you spotted on Gilmore Girls?? And, no, we’re not talking about the ones Kirk lost in the town square, but we are going to give him the top 12 Easter Eggs of the series to give to Taylor and be the hero. Which ones made our list??? RG/PG? Hep Alien? Dave Rygalski??? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say! Our newest podcast, A Mar...

Where we ask, you always answer besties!! We're doing a little March debrief of what we discussed on-pod this past month and, by far, our Blonde or Bad topic got the most buzz. Did y'all agree? Disagree? How did YOU feel about the non-Gilmore Girls??? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to consider! Our newest podcast, A Marvelous Time: A Marvelous Mai...