Rory’s A Year In The Life Story Suggests A Sad Logan Plot If Gilmore Girls Season 9 Ever Happens

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Served as a much-needed Gilmore Girls Reunion after its release in 2016, but one detail from the miniseries suggests that any potential follow-up will have a sad Logan story. The four-episode reunion featured Luke Danes and Lorelai Gilmore getting married, Richard Gilmore’s death, and Rory’s shocking pregnancy announcement. A key theme for the sequel – as in the original show – is the exploration of generational patterns. However, the cyclical structure of the story suggests that if Gilmore Girls Season 9 happens, a heartbreaking piece of history may repeat itself.

Rory was born when her parents were 16 years old, and her mother, Lorelai Gilmore, insisted on raising her alone. Lorelai fears being pressured to marry Rory’s fatherChristopher, so young, and moved to the small town of Stars Hollow, to start a new life. In adulthood, Rory met a similar fate in her 30s, having an affair with her wealthy ex-boyfriend Logan Huntzberger and becoming pregnant. The show insinuates her plans to raise the child on her own. Despite the parallels between Logan and Christopher, Logan is much more responsible, and cutting him out of raising his child would be a tragic repeat of history.

Logan is almost certainly the father of Rory’s baby in Gilmore Girls

Rory has an affair with Logan despite being engaged to someone else

While the end of A year in the life Leaving the father of Rory’s baby purposefully ambiguous, it is clear that the father is likely Logan. Rory and Logan continue to have an intimate relationship, years after she turns down Logan’s proposal at her Yale graduation. Logan has since become engaged to a woman named Odette, who was never shown on camera.

It remains unclear why the couple never got together, but viewers can assume that the new engagement is potentially a result of the family pressure that Logan once experienced during the couple’s college years. Given that the revival showcases no other significant relationships in Rory’s life, it is implied that Logan is the father, as confirmed by A year in the life Costume designer Valerie Campbell (via Collider).

Since Rory finds herself in a career rut and continuing down the same toxic patterns she had as a young adult, it is clear that she will attempt to raise the child on her own. Although the affair is unethical, Logan is a much more respectful and dutiful person than Rory’s father, Christopher, is, despite their shared old-money backgrounds, and would like to help raise the child immediately. For those Gilmore Girls Cycle to repeat would be disappointingHow Rory was given so many tools to avoid the same struggles her mother endured.

Christopher’s a year in the life scene suggests Logan won’t be in Rory’s baby’s life

This pivotal scene supports the mirror theory of Rory’s fate

In a meta moment, Rory decides to write a book about the lives of her family, especially the women, and take it Gilmore Girls. When Rory questions her relationship with Christopher, asking him why he never fought to be a more active parent to her, it becomes clear that Rory is not only looking for answers, but trying to gauge how Logan would act in this situation. While Rory has the advantage of a high-quality education and an independent life in her 30s, Logan, although a generally responsible type, has now built his own life in London. This leaves viewers wondering if Logan will repeat the same path as Christopher.

Christopher expresses regret about walking away from Lorelai as a co-parent so easily, but makes it clear that he feels Lorelai was more suited to be a parent. In doing so, he tries to absolve himself of responsibility – In fact, he was only willing to be a parent if he was romantically involved with Lorelai. This aspect of the pattern is precisely why Logan’s story should not emulate Christopher’s.

Gilmore Girls Season 9 should not repeat Christopher’s story with Logan and Rory’s baby

Rory has broken too many patterns to repeat this one

In Christopher’s absence, Luke Danes stepped up as a father figure to Rory, even when his relationship with Lorelai was purely platonic. In his own way, Luke’s nephew, Jess Mariano, finds himself in a similar role of supporting Rory as an adult, when he has matured and charted a certain path in life in the publishing world. Jess encourages Rory to stay true to herself and return to Yale after she drops out, and encourages her to write her book in A year in life.

As Jess gazes wistfully at Rory through a window, it becomes clear that despite his protestations, Jess has never gotten over Rory. His lingering feelings along with his instinct to help her in times of need mirror his uncle’s relationship with Lorelai, making him the perfect candidate to become a surrogate father figure to Rory’s unborn child should Logan choose to be absent.

The biggest difference between the two stories is that both Rory and Jess are more socio-economically secure than Luke and Lorelai, because both uncle and mother worked to provide their nephew and daughter with better opportunities, respectively. While a mirror plot line between Lorelai and Rory’s pregnancy may illustrate that the struggles transcend generations, It would not make sense for these systemic issues to cross class lines in a contemporary setting.

Will there ever be a Gilmore Girls Season 9?

Series creator Amy Sherman Palladino is open to it

In 2023, series creator Amy Sherman Palladino confirmed that she is certainly open to continuing the show and exploring the next generation of characters. Palladino previously expressed distaste for the endings of some of the characters’ stories, namely Lane Kim. She said that “Families are dysfunctional forever and because of that, this is the best possible way to come up with stories because you will never solve your problems there.” (via Rolling Stone). She went on to explain that there is still more to expand that she hopes to explore now in the streaming era with less time constraints.

Lauren Graham, who stars as Lorelai Gilmore, told the outlet that it’s “No current schedule“For another revival, but that she would be open to return one should emerge. Sherman Palladino confirmed that a ninth. Gilmore Girls Season is certainly on the table for the future. This means that fans may still get some resolution surrounding the ongoing mystery of Rory’s parental journey.

Sources: Collider, Rolling Stone