People all over the world are busy watching the second season of Amy Sherman-Palladino's excellent series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. While that series might be today's awards darling, for many fans of the extraordinarily talented writer, she will always be known for her first series, Gilmore Girls. The show has reached nostalgic levels, and has kickstared a number of coffee addictions across the world.
While the show began nearly two decades ago, fans are still combing over the series to look for new clues and revelations about the fast-talking, coffee loving residents of Stars Hollow. These ionate fans have taken to the internet for years to share clues and details that might have gone unnoticed on the first hundred or so watches of the beloved series. While fans had a lot of issues with the revival series, they still binged it and came up with ways to deal with their heartbreak by coming up with some fan theories. In the original series, while there might be less, considering most fans were pretty content with how everything developed, there are still some very interesting ones. In fact, one theory is that Lorelai and Sookie committed a pretty serious felony!
These observations have led to some pretty amazing fan theories. They've also led to some pretty insane ones as well. You can decide how you feel about each one by the end of it, but be warned, each entry is crazier than the last one!
Here are 10 Crazy Fan Theories That Are Impossible (And 10 That Should Have Been True).
20. Impossible: The TV Show Is Rory's Book
Fans were extremely excited when they heard that Gilmore Girls would be coming back as a Netflix mini-series. Unfortunately, Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life was a big disappointment for many fans. The main complaint about the new series is that our sweet, intelligent Rory was acting very out of character.
For some fans, the answer to this was simple. In the revival, Rory starts a book called "Gilmore Girls". Some think that this means that Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life is the real series and that the original series is just the book. This seems pretty far-fetched for a number of reasons. The main one is that even though there were some inconsistencies in the new series, there were far too many consistent elements with the original series to think that we weren't watching a continuation of the original story. Chalk this one up to wishful thinking from some disappointed fans.
19. Should Be True: Logan Is The Father Of Rory's Baby
Many fans thought that when the revival premiered that Rory and Logan would finally get together. Fans sort of got their wish in Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life and sort of didn't.
Rory and Logan did get physical again, but it was while both of them were with other people. (Scandal!) While they will probably never get back together, fans can find some solace in the idea that Logan is the most likely candidate for Rory's surprise pregnancy at the end.
18. Impossible: The Wookie Is The Father Of Rory's Baby
One of the oddest throwaway lines in the revival was when Rory referred to hooking up with a guy dressed up like a Wookie. This seems pretty out of character for the Rory we used to know (unless she was always hiding a secret Star Wars fetish) and it was most likely intended to be a forgettable joke.
They should've known that Gilmore Girls fans don't forget anything. Some fans have theorized that it's actually the Wookie who fathered Rory's baby. This seems pretty ridiculous and random for a show that likes to have as much generational symmetry as it does. (Unless Rory's real father is actually a guy who was dressed up as C-3P0.)
17. Should Be True: Kirk Is Taylor's Son
This fan theory will almost certainly change how you rewatch Gilmore Girls from now on. Many fan detectives out there have come to the conclusion that Kirk Gleason is actually Taylor Doose's son. While there are a few offhand references to Kirk's father in the series, it's far from impossible that in a place like Stars Hollow there are some secret baby daddy hijinks afoot.
The evidence for this theory seems pretty convincing when you stack it up. Taylor tells Lorelai that Dooses suffer from night terrors, an affliction that Kirk also shares. Taylor continuously gives Kirk jobs despite his ineptitude. That reeks of nepotism. The biggest piece of proof is when Kirk actually theorizes momentarily that Taylor might be his father. It could be just a throwaway line, but as we've already covered, there's no such thing to Gilmore Girls fans.
16. Impossible: Dean Is Sam Winchester From Supernatural
Gilmore Girls and Supernatural have two of the largest, most dedicated fan bases out there. It's only natural that there would be some crossover theories between them. Especially considering Jared Padalecki is in both. Some fans of the two series even think that he's playing the same character.
Jared Padalecki stars as Sam Winchester in Supernatural. In his high school years, he and his brother Dean Winchester move around a lot while their father is off hunting demons. Sam has even referenced that he was often left alone. The brothers are experts in creating false identities, it stands to reason that Sam probably got plenty of practice in his early years. Fans think that Sam was laying low in Stars Hollow, using his brother's name as a cover. It's a serious stretch considering how much of Dean's life history we get and how much it conflicts with Sam Winchester's.
15. Should Be True: Rory And Logan Parallel Emily And Richard
Many fans think that Rory and Logan's relationship is meant to symbolize Emily and Richard's. Fans have drummed up lots of evidence to this claim. Richard and Emily had a love that Richard's family didn't approve of while they were both at Yale. This was the exact same set up for Rory and Logan. Richard was also engaged to another woman while Logan cheats on his fiance with Rory in the revival. Trix also openly reviles Emily while Logan's mother made her opinions on Rory quite well known.
Some fans may have a problem with that because of a different symmetrical theory. Many think that Logan is actually Rory's Christopher, proving him to be the father of her baby. There's no reason it can't be both, however. It would be just like Amy Sherman-Palladino to end Rory's journey with her sharing experiences with both the maternal figures in her life.
14. Impossible: Rory Actually ed When She Hit The Deer
Fans are still traumatized by the episode where Rory is late for a test and gets hit by a deer. The scene plays out like a stress dream come to life. For some morbid fans, that trauma is worse than others. Some theorize that not only did Rory miss her test but she actually hit the deer and ed away. This would mean that the entire series and the revival either take place in the afterlife or that they take place in the final seconds of Rory's life as she imagines what could have been.
This seems incredibly unlikely considering that the show is written by Amy Sherman-Palladino and not Damon Lindelof or Stephen King. Those writers might relish the idea of an entire series as a vision in the afterlife, but it's hard to imagine the writer of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel sharing that kind of sensibility.
13. Should Be True: Jess Is Rory's Luke
There's no doubt that several Rory and Jess shippers have been combing through this list, looking for some sign that their favorite pair ended up together in the end. Luckily, this theory doesn't disappoint.
While we've already covered the idea that Logan is probably a combination of Christopher and Richard, that begs to mind which of her beau's could possibly mirror Lorelai's one and only, Luke? Jess is the most likely candidate. He's down to earth, brooding, and a bit distant. The biggest clue that s this theory is that Jess is Luke's nephew. It stands to reason that if this theory is true, Rory just needs to wait a few years after she gives birth before she and Jess end up together.
12. Impossible: Sookie And Lorelai Burned Down The Independence Inn
The Independence Inn was a huge piece of the Gilmore Girls early days. It's where we were first introduced to characters like Sookie and Michel. The sweet establishment was a huge part of Stars Hollow and the Gilmores' lives. That is until it burned down by accident. Or was it an accident?
Some fans theorize that Sookie and Lorelai actually burned down the inn on purpose. This would've potentially been a business motivated move in order to reduce competition for their Dragonfly Inn. This theory is pretty wild. Sookie and Lorelai are hardly criminal masterminds. Even if they somehow managed to pull it off, it's doubtful either would ever be able to keep the secret or live with the guilt.
11. Should Be True: Lorelai & Luke Grow Old Together
This adorable fan theory actually comes courtesy of Luke actor Scott Patterson. When asked how he thought Lorelai and Luke's lives went after the end of the series, he painted quite the lovely picture. His idea was that the two were one of those perfect couples who live together until they are both in their nineties. Then, when one of them ed away, the other would follow soon after, unable to live apart.
This is about the sweetest possible ending to the Lorelai/Luke story. If Amy Sherman-Palladino ever does decide to continue the story and does a Six Feet Under style finale that shows how the characters die, it would be lovely if this is the final image we're left with.
