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The show follows single, thirty-something Lorelai Victoria Gilmore ( Lauren Graham) and her teenaged daughter, Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore ( Alexis Bledel), in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut. Rory was fifteen when the show began (although Lorelai said she was sixteen in the pilot, she celebrated her birthday several episodes later).

Regular elements of the series include:

• Lorelai's conflicts with her wealthy parents, particularly her headstrong mother. Emily ( Kelly Bishop) and Richard ( Edward Herrmann) had their societal hopes for Lorelai dashed by her becoming an unwed mother at the age of 16Teenage pregnancy refers to the controversial social issue of teenage girls getting pregnant. In developing countries teenage pregnancy is quite usual since many women are expected to be married and with children before they are 20. The perceived problem. Lorelai repaid her parents for their disapproval by keeping their contact with their granddaughter Rory to a minimum; by the time the series begins, financial necessities require Lorelai to approach her parents for help and have regular contact with them.
• Lorelai's relationshipSee: relational model personal relationship mathematical relationship, including: inverse relationship direct relationship relation (mathematics). with Luke ( Scott PattersonScott Patterson (born September 11, 1958) is an American actor. He was born in New Jersey and played in minor baseball leagues before becoming an actor. He is best known for his role as Luke Danes in the television comedy Gilmore Girls although he has gue), which, at the end of the fourth season, finally developed from a friendship into a romantic relationship.
• Rory's coming of ageComing of age is a time at which young persons legally (or otherwise) become adults. It can be at different ages in different countries. Many cultures have ceremonies to test or mark the coming of age. The term coming of age is also used in reference to s, complicated by:
  • Her close relationship with her mother. At the time the series begins, Lorelai and Rory regard each other more as best friends than as mother-and-daughter; Rory's burgeoning adulthood and occasional need to pull away begin to complicate this relationship, although the closeness between them remains a constant on the show.
  • Rory's academic aspirations. Rory wants to attend the elite Harvard UniversityHarvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. It was founded on September 8, 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, making it the oldest post-secondary s; to achieve this she is enrolled in the elite (fictional) Chilton Academy, an unfamiliar world to Rory filled with the rich and the high-strung. Rory ultimately decides to go to YaleYale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third oldest American collegiate institution (or fourth, if St. John's College, Annapolis is included) and one of the most prestigious in the world. The Univer after visiting the campus with her mother and alumnus grandfather.
  • Her romantic attractions variously to new-in-town Dean Forester ( Jared PadaleckiJared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dean Forester in the television comedy Gilmore Girls although he has had small roles in movies such as New York Minute and Cheaper by the Dozen''. Padaleck) and bad-boy Jess Mariano ( Milo Ventimiglia), Luke's nephew.
  • Rory's relationships with longtime best friend Lane Kim ( Keiko Agena)—a second-generation Korean-American from a strict background—and Paris Geller ( Liza Weil), a friend/rival at both Chilton and Yale.
• Lorelai's career as the manager of an inn, with aspirations to open one of her own. After years of planning, she and best friend Sookie ( Melissa McCarthy) have opened their own inn, the Dragonfly.

A trademark of Gilmore Girls is the extremely fast-paced conversations between Lorelai and Rory. The show's wit and character-based, gentle humour have won it a loyal following. With its humour arising from small-town eccentricities, it resembles the American television comedy Northern Exposure. Another similarity is both shows' extensive use of contemporary music—some quite obscure—to help set mood and tone.

The first season was released on DVD May 4, 2004. The second will be out on December 7, 2004.