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Her wealthy parents, [[Richard Gilmore|Richard]] ([[Edward Herrmann]]) and [[Emily Gilmore|Emily]] ([[Kelly Bishop]]), raised her to be a proper young lady of good breeding. They had her future in society planned out and arranged for her to come out to society after her sixteenth birthday, but Lorelai was always rebellious and resentful of her structured, sheltered and silver spoon upbringing. |
Her wealthy parents, [[Richard Gilmore|Richard]] ([[Edward Herrmann]]) and [[Emily Gilmore|Emily]] ([[Kelly Bishop]]), raised her to be a proper young lady of good breeding. They had her future in society planned out and arranged for her to come out to society after her sixteenth birthday, but Lorelai was always rebellious and resentful of her structured, sheltered and silver spoon upbringing. |
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== Character |
== Character traits == |
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Lorelai's eating habits are famously unhealthy; she is a self-proclaimed caffeine addict, she subsists almost exclusively on [[Pop Tarts]] and takeout. She and Rory had regular food-and-movie nights, for which they would order enough food for several people and then use the leftovers as food for the rest of the week. She dislikes fresh food and fruit and prefers artificially colored and flavored fare. |
Lorelai's eating habits are famously unhealthy; she is a self-proclaimed caffeine addict, she subsists almost exclusively on [[Pop Tarts]] and takeout. She and Rory had regular food-and-movie nights, for which they would order enough food for several people and then use the leftovers as food for the rest of the week. She dislikes fresh food and fruit and prefers artificially colored and flavored fare. |
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Lorelai tends to isolate herself from friends and family after extremely unpleasant arguments. Rather than try to work through the dispute like a mature adult, Lorelai will alienate the other person, whether it's her mother or her daughter, until the dispute is more or less forgotten, indicating that she never really learned how to deal with conflict. |
Lorelai tends to isolate herself from friends and family after extremely unpleasant arguments. Rather than try to work through the dispute like a mature adult, Lorelai will alienate the other person, whether it's her mother or her daughter, until the dispute is more or less forgotten, indicating that she never really learned how to deal with conflict. |
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==The beginnings== |
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As a [[Chelsea Brummet|teenager]], Lorelai dated [[Christopher Hayden]] ([[David Sutcliffe]]), son of Straub (Peter Michael Goetz) and Francine ([[Cristine Rose]]) while in high school, and became pregnant right before her society [[debutante|debut]] (at age 16), which embarrassed and disappointed her parents. <ref name="humiliation">'''Lorelai:''' I humiliated them. The two proudest people in the world and I humiliated them. I spoiled their plans. I took their fine upbringing in a world of comfort and opportunity and I threw it in their faces. I broke their hearts and they'll never forgive me. I guess I can't expect them to. —Season 2, Ep. 21 "Lorelai's Graduation Day" She was graduating from the business college she had been attending)</ref> Christopher's and Lorelai's parents tried to convince them to marry, and Christopher was amenable, but Lorelai refused. When she realized she was in [[labor (childbirth)|labor]], she took a cab alone to the hospital. <ref name="childbirth">'''Emily:''' You do not leave your house when you are having a baby without telling your mother. You say, "Excuse me, Mom. I’m having a baby, give me a ride to the damn hospital!" —Season 3, Ep. 13 "Dear Emily and Richard"</ref> |
As a [[Chelsea Brummet|teenager]], Lorelai dated [[Christopher Hayden]] ([[David Sutcliffe]]), son of Straub (Peter Michael Goetz) and Francine ([[Cristine Rose]]) while in high school, and became pregnant right before her society [[debutante|debut]] (at age 16), which embarrassed and disappointed her parents. <ref name="humiliation">'''Lorelai:''' I humiliated them. The two proudest people in the world and I humiliated them. I spoiled their plans. I took their fine upbringing in a world of comfort and opportunity and I threw it in their faces. I broke their hearts and they'll never forgive me. I guess I can't expect them to. —Season 2, Ep. 21 "Lorelai's Graduation Day" She was graduating from the business college she had been attending)</ref> Christopher's and Lorelai's parents tried to convince them to marry, and Christopher was amenable, but Lorelai refused. When she realized she was in [[labor (childbirth)|labor]], she took a cab alone to the hospital. <ref name="childbirth">'''Emily:''' You do not leave your house when you are having a baby without telling your mother. You say, "Excuse me, Mom. I’m having a baby, give me a ride to the damn hospital!" —Season 3, Ep. 13 "Dear Emily and Richard"</ref> |
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Lorelai attended Hartford [[Community College]] and earned an [[associates degree|Associate of Arts degree]] in business while running the Independence Inn. After the inn burned down, she and Sookie owned and operated The Independence [[Catering]] Company in order to fund renovation of the Dragonfly Inn, their long-term dream, which opened to rave reviews on May 6 during Season 4.<ref name="dragonfly>'''Michel:''' But you wrote [the first reservation] down on a gum wrapper. '''Lorelai:''' So? '''Michel:''' It's embarrassing. This is an historical document. '''Sookie:''' Who cares what she wrote it on? '''Michel:''' [[Big Red (gum)|Big Red]] wrapper. '''Sookie:''' [[Juicyfruit]] would have been better? '''Michel:''' Well, I'm going to go out and get a value pack for when things really start getting busy around here. —Season 4, Ep. 14 "The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais"</ref> |
Lorelai attended Hartford [[Community College]] and earned an [[associates degree|Associate of Arts degree]] in business while running the Independence Inn. After the inn burned down, she and Sookie owned and operated The Independence [[Catering]] Company in order to fund renovation of the Dragonfly Inn, their long-term dream, which opened to rave reviews on May 6 during Season 4.<ref name="dragonfly>'''Michel:''' But you wrote [the first reservation] down on a gum wrapper. '''Lorelai:''' So? '''Michel:''' It's embarrassing. This is an historical document. '''Sookie:''' Who cares what she wrote it on? '''Michel:''' [[Big Red (gum)|Big Red]] wrapper. '''Sookie:''' [[Juicyfruit]] would have been better? '''Michel:''' Well, I'm going to go out and get a value pack for when things really start getting busy around here. —Season 4, Ep. 14 "The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais"</ref> |
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== Family |
== Family life == |
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For many years, Lorelai had almost no contact with her parents, except for visits during major holidays. The rebelliousness of her teen years stayed with her in adulthood. As they both grew up, Lorelai and Rory's relationship evolved into the relationship of two best friends or sisters, rather than a parent to her child. Lorelai stated the fact that their (Lorelai and Rory) relationship was best friends first, mother daughter second. Lorelai would only use the "mom card" as a last resort. It wasn't until she needed to borrow a very large sum of money for Rory's education at the exclusive Chilton Academy that she started seeing her parents regularly due to the mandatory "Friday night dinners" Lorelai reluctantly agreed to attend. |
For many years, Lorelai had almost no contact with her parents, except for visits during major holidays. The rebelliousness of her teen years stayed with her in adulthood. As they both grew up, Lorelai and Rory's relationship evolved into the relationship of two best friends or sisters, rather than a parent to her child. Lorelai stated the fact that their (Lorelai and Rory) relationship was best friends first, mother daughter second. Lorelai would only use the "mom card" as a last resort. It wasn't until she needed to borrow a very large sum of money for Rory's education at the exclusive Chilton Academy that she started seeing her parents regularly due to the mandatory "Friday night dinners" Lorelai reluctantly agreed to attend. |
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By the end of the series, Rory goes off to Chicago to begin a career reporting for politics for an online magazine. Emily believes that since Lorelai and Rory no longer need her money for any tuition, that their routine Friday night dinners will end. However, Lorelai tells her mother that she will continue going to dinner every Friday night, implying that she will maintain a friendly relationship with her parents. |
By the end of the series, Rory goes off to Chicago to begin a career reporting for politics for an online magazine. Emily believes that since Lorelai and Rory no longer need her money for any tuition, that their routine Friday night dinners will end. However, Lorelai tells her mother that she will continue going to dinner every Friday night, implying that she will maintain a friendly relationship with her parents. |
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== Romantic |
== Romantic relationships== |
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Besides an on-again, off-again relationship with Christopher, Lorelai's romantic relationships have included Alex Lesman ([[Billy Burke]]), an outdoorsy coffee house entrepreneur, [[Max Medina]] ([[Scott Cohen]]), a teacher at Chilton who she almost wed, [[Jason Stiles|Jason "Digger" Stiles]], and [[Luke Danes]], the owner of the local diner. |
Besides an on-again, off-again relationship with Christopher, Lorelai's romantic relationships have included Alex Lesman ([[Billy Burke]]), an outdoorsy coffee house entrepreneur, [[Max Medina]] ([[Scott Cohen]]), a teacher at Chilton who she almost wed, [[Jason Stiles|Jason "Digger" Stiles]], and [[Luke Danes]], the owner of the local diner. |
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| Lorelai Victoria Gilmore | |
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| File:Gilmore Girls 1x08.JPG Lorelai on a walk with Max Medina in episode #1.8, "Love and War and Snow" | |
| First appearance | "Pilot" |
| Last appearance | "Bon Voyage" |
| Created by | Amy Sherman-Palladino |
| Portrayed by | Lauren Graham Chelsea Brummet (Young Lorelai) |
| In-universe information | |
| Occupation | Maid (Independence Inn) Manager (Independence Inn) Owner of The Dragonfly Inn |
| Family | Emily Gilmore (mother) Richard Gilmore (father) |
| Spouse | Luke Danes (ex-fiancé/boyfriend) Christopher Hayden (ex-husband) Max Medina (ex-fiancé) Jason Stiles (ex-boyfriend) |
| Children | Lorelai "Rory" Gilmore |
| Relatives | Charles Gilmore (paternal grandfather) Trix Gilmore (paternal grandmother) |
Lorelai Victoria Gilmore (born 1968) is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls , played by Lauren Graham. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore (Marion Ross) and is mother to Rory (Alexis Bledel).
Raised in Hartford, Connecticut, Lorelai is a highly talkative, free-spirited woman, a child of the eighties and part of the MTV generation.[1]
Her wealthy parents, Richard (Edward Herrmann) and Emily (Kelly Bishop), raised her to be a proper young lady of good breeding. They had her future in society planned out and arranged for her to come out to society after her sixteenth birthday, but Lorelai was always rebellious and resentful of her structured, sheltered and silver spoon upbringing.
Character traits
Lorelai's eating habits are famously unhealthy; she is a self-proclaimed caffeine addict, she subsists almost exclusively on Pop Tarts and takeout. She and Rory had regular food-and-movie nights, for which they would order enough food for several people and then use the leftovers as food for the rest of the week. She dislikes fresh food and fruit and prefers artificially colored and flavored fare.
Lorelai is innately humorous and has a witty remark for every situation, often with a pop culture reference. Often, however, her remarks do come at the expense of others, and can confuse people who aren't familiar with her. These kinds of interactions with people, among other things, often make Lorelai seem like a case of arrested development - a fully grown adult woman who somehow never quite outgrew her adolescence. [2]
Lorelai tends to isolate herself from friends and family after extremely unpleasant arguments. Rather than try to work through the dispute like a mature adult, Lorelai will alienate the other person, whether it's her mother or her daughter, until the dispute is more or less forgotten, indicating that she never really learned how to deal with conflict.
The beginnings
As a teenager, Lorelai dated Christopher Hayden (David Sutcliffe), son of Straub (Peter Michael Goetz) and Francine (Cristine Rose) while in high school, and became pregnant right before her society debut (at age 16), which embarrassed and disappointed her parents. [3] Christopher's and Lorelai's parents tried to convince them to marry, and Christopher was amenable, but Lorelai refused. When she realized she was in labor, she took a cab alone to the hospital. [4]
After her daughter, Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore, was born [5], she lived with her parents for a year before running away to find a job at the Independence Inn in Stars Hollow. The owner of the inn, Mia (first played by Elizabeth Franz, then Kathy Baker), took her in, gave her a job as a maid, and let her and Rory live in the back in a renovated potting shed. [6] Lorelai worked her way up over the years, and was eventually promoted to manager. The inn is where she met her best friend, Sookie St. James (Melissa McCarthy), a talented chef.
Lorelai attended Hartford Community College and earned an Associate of Arts degree in business while running the Independence Inn. After the inn burned down, she and Sookie owned and operated The Independence Catering Company in order to fund renovation of the Dragonfly Inn, their long-term dream, which opened to rave reviews on May 6 during Season 4.[7]
Family life
For many years, Lorelai had almost no contact with her parents, except for visits during major holidays. The rebelliousness of her teen years stayed with her in adulthood. As they both grew up, Lorelai and Rory's relationship evolved into the relationship of two best friends or sisters, rather than a parent to her child. Lorelai stated the fact that their (Lorelai and Rory) relationship was best friends first, mother daughter second. Lorelai would only use the "mom card" as a last resort. It wasn't until she needed to borrow a very large sum of money for Rory's education at the exclusive Chilton Academy that she started seeing her parents regularly due to the mandatory "Friday night dinners" Lorelai reluctantly agreed to attend.
Lorelai repaid her parents for the loan when a real estate investment that Richard had made in her name at the time of her birth paid off, but Rory also made her own bargain with her grandparents for Yale tuition. Lorelai continued to attend occasional Friday night dinners, partly as a way to see Rory while she was busy at college.
Lorelai is somewhat insecure when it comes to the relationships between herself, her parents, and Rory. Because her daughter gets along better with her grandparents than she herself ever did, Lorelai often feels that her parents prefer Rory over her. She thinks they view Rory, who is considerably more subdued and more classically "feminine" than her mother, as the daughter they should have had. This seemed very evident when Rory moved in with her grandparents who welcome her with open arms following a rift between Rory and Lorelai after Rory attempted to steal a yacht and dropped out of Yale. Her fears were further cemented when Rory adapted very well to her grandparents' lifestyle, even joining the DAR. Lorelai and Rory later reconcile when Emily becomes too controlling of Rory's life also.
By the end of the series, Rory goes off to Chicago to begin a career reporting for politics for an online magazine. Emily believes that since Lorelai and Rory no longer need her money for any tuition, that their routine Friday night dinners will end. However, Lorelai tells her mother that she will continue going to dinner every Friday night, implying that she will maintain a friendly relationship with her parents.
Romantic relationships
Besides an on-again, off-again relationship with Christopher, Lorelai's romantic relationships have included Alex Lesman (Billy Burke), an outdoorsy coffee house entrepreneur, Max Medina (Scott Cohen), a teacher at Chilton who she almost wed, Jason "Digger" Stiles, and Luke Danes, the owner of the local diner.
- Alex Lesman
Lorelai meets Alex at a seminar in which Sookie reunites with a former friend. They agree to go on a fishing date, although Lorelai has never fished. Lorelai enlists Luke Danes to teach her how to fish. This was more of a casual relationship than a meaningful one. It was never announced that he and Lorelai had broken up, rather he stopped being mentioned in the show.
- Jason Stiles
Jason and Lorelai know each other from childhood. Jason's father is one of Richard's partners and Lorelai and Jason both attended camp together. Jason pursues Lorelai and they began a secret affair, partially fueled by the rebellious nature of the affair. Upon discovery by Richard and Emily, Lorelai continues to date Jason until dealings with Richard's company find Jason pitted against Richard. Lorelai refuses to support Jason's suit against her father, and breaks up with him.
- Max Medina
Max is a well-read teacher at Chilton, to whom Lorelai is instantly attracted. Despite the forbidden nature (he is Rory's teacher), Lorelai agrees to date Max. Their relationship becomes serious and Max decides to propose to Lorelai twice. The first time being romantically inadequate and refused, he takes Lorelai's advice and sends her a thousand yellow daisies. Lorelai and Max continue dating until about a week before their wedding when she realizes that he is not the one for her at her bachelorette party.
- Christopher Hayden
Because he is Rory's father, Lorelai's parents approve of Christopher, and have continually pushed her to pursue a relationship with him. Despite several marriage proposals, Lorelai maintains a casual friendly "no-strings-attached" affair with Christopher throughout the years. However, Lorelai, discovering Christopher with a steady job and a Volvo (in place of the motorcycle he often appeared on in earlier years) starts agreeing to the idea of settling down with Christopher. However, the idea is crushed by the arrival of Christopher's new daughter Georgia, nicknamed Gigi, with his girlfriend Sherry Tinsdale (Mädchen Amick).
Lorelai decides to keep Christopher at arms length, but still comes to his aid when Sherry leaves Christopher and Gigi to pursue a job in Paris. Christopher and Lorelai eventually rekindle their relationship following Lorelai's disengagement to Luke Danes. Christopher tells Lorelai he still loved her, had always loved her and would never stop loving her, and that he didn't want to spend the rest of his life without her. He is convinced that Lorelai is the one for him. He finally convinces her to marry him in Paris but a few of Lorelai's chance encounters with Luke spark Christopher's jealousy. The final straw in the relationship is in the form of a character reference Lorelai writes about Luke that Christopher discovers. Although Christopher is the man Lorelai wants to want, she cannot depend on him to be there for her and Rory.
- Luke Danes
Although Lorelai routinely consumes massive amounts of caffeine and diner food at Luke's, their relationship is platonic for many years. At first Luke is just "the guy that pours her coffee". However, he is also there for her as Rory's surrogate father and admires Lorelai from behind the counter. Lorelai and Luke go way back to the first time they met, Lorelai frantic for coffee and Luke the harried diner owner who presumably is attracted to Lorelai at this first encounter as it's discovered he has kept a memento from it years later. The fortune that Lorelai scribbles for Luke is brought out and mentioned at their first date.
Their relationship becomes serious. Eventually Lorelai, after losing contact with Rory over a huge disagreement, is deeply touched by how Luke wants to help her get Rory back. This dedication to her daughter promts Lorelai to proposes to Luke. He accepts and they begin renovating Lorelai's two-story home. The wedding date is postponed until Lorelai reunites with Rory. However, Lorelai senses a hesitation in Luke when she begins planning the wedding. April Nardini, Luke's secret and source of hesitation, is a daughter that Luke unknowingly had created in a previous relationship with her mother Anna. Lorelai discovers that Luke has been hiding knowledge of April's existence and postpones the wedding again.
Adding to Lorelai's doubts and fears of their relationship, Luke requests that Lorelai have no contact with April. Lorelai respects his wishes until he requests her aide in April's party planning. Unfortunately Anna disapproves and adds to Lorelai's doubts of her and Luke's relationship. Lorelai eventually grows impatient and resentful of Luke taking so long to sort out things with April and after having avoided him for some time, she gives him an ultimatum - elope with her now or never - to which Luke's hesitation causes her departure, possibly from the relationship entirely. Lorelai, full of doubt for her presumed stagnant relationship with Luke, goes to Christopher for comfort.
At first, Lorelai and Luke remain somewhat detached but supportive after the break up. Lorelai avoids his diner and Luke until Luke asks Lorelai for help with April's appendicitis and at the hospital, discovers that she is married. He later asks her for a character reference for a custody battle with Anna. He comes to Lorelai's aide when Richard is in the hospital and Christopher is missing in action. Eventually they have a discussion about their relationship and both apologize for its problems. In the end, after coming through for her and Rory on many occasions, Lorelai and Luke return to each other. Lorelai knows Luke is the one for her and can depend on him to be there for her and Rory.
Trivia
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- Her favorite flower is the yellow daisy.
- Her favorite song in Junior High was Shadow Dancing.
- According to Season One DVD trivia book, Lorelai Gilmore is 5 feet 8 inches tall, but the actress portraying her, Lauren Graham is slightly taller than this at 5 feet 9 inches tall.[citation needed] Chelsea Brummet, who played the young Lorelai, is 5 feet 4 inches tall.[citation needed]
- Her feet are size nine
- Her favorite band in high school was The Go-Go's, but in season one, she cites Metallica as one of her favorite bands. Also high on that list would be The Bangles.
- As a baby she had a big head. ("My first complete sentence was 'Big Head want dolly.'" -- "Emily in Wonderland")
- She burnt all of her baby pictures because of her big head.
- Loves coffee, and pie.
- Goes to Luke's at least once a day (sometimes twice) until their relationship fails and she has to avoid the diner.
- She can smell snow before it falls; had a special relationship with snow because many things happened during the snow (Rory born during a snow storm, Lorelai's first kiss, Rory's first steps, when Lorelai was a little girl and she was sick with an ear infection she wished that something wonderful would happen; the next morning snow fell and she was convinced that some fairygodmother sent it just for her.) Her relationship with snow falls apart, however, during season five when a bunch of problems occur because of it.
- She usually sustains off of junk food and take-out. The only time she ever desired fruit was when she was pregnant.
References
- ^ Lorelai: It's my baby box. It's full of all these little things, mementos and stuff from the night Rory was born. I haven't taken it out in ages...My Walkman with the homemade compilation tape still in it. "99 Luftballons," some R.E.M., some Thompson Twins. Sookie: I never cared for them. Lorelai: The magazine I was reading that night, with a special feature on who's hotter - Andrew McCarthy or Emilio Estevez. —Season 4, Ep. 7 "The Festival of Living Art"
- ^ Emily: Relax Dean, that's just Lorelai's little sense of humor. (To Lorelai) You're very cruel. Lorelai: Well, yes, keeps me young. —Season 2, Ep. 1 "Sadie, Sadie"
- ^ Lorelai: I humiliated them. The two proudest people in the world and I humiliated them. I spoiled their plans. I took their fine upbringing in a world of comfort and opportunity and I threw it in their faces. I broke their hearts and they'll never forgive me. I guess I can't expect them to. —Season 2, Ep. 21 "Lorelai's Graduation Day" She was graduating from the business college she had been attending)
- ^ Emily: You do not leave your house when you are having a baby without telling your mother. You say, "Excuse me, Mom. I’m having a baby, give me a ride to the damn hospital!" —Season 3, Ep. 13 "Dear Emily and Richard"
- ^ Lorelai: I'm Lorelai Gilmore. This is my daughter, Lorelai Gilmore... 'cause I named her after me. I was in the hospital all whacked out on Demerol. Never mind. Um, but we call her Rory. It's short for Lorelai, but she'll answer to either one, or even "Hey, you" depending on the... is the Headmaster here? —Season1, Ep. 2 "The Lorelais First Day at Chilton"
- ^ Rory: I know it looks small, but it's really pretty. Come on. See, we had our bed right over there, and mom put up this really pretty curtain around the tub so that it looked like a real bathroom. And we would just sit outside at night when the inn would have parties and we'd just listen to music and feed the ducks and..." — Season 1, Ep. 19 "Emily in Wonderland"
- ^ Michel: But you wrote [the first reservation] down on a gum wrapper. Lorelai: So? Michel: It's embarrassing. This is an historical document. Sookie: Who cares what she wrote it on? Michel: Big Red wrapper. Sookie: Juicyfruit would have been better? Michel: Well, I'm going to go out and get a value pack for when things really start getting busy around here. —Season 4, Ep. 14 "The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais"