Gilmore Girls (Season 2) DVD

Rated: Not Rated
Genre: TV Series
Length: 976 minutes
Director: Various
Year: (2001)

Britt Gillette's Gilmore Girls (Season 2) DVD Review

Nominated for 1 Emmy and 1 Golden Globe in its first five seasons, Gilmore Girls has experienced much greater success among TV viewers than among industry critics. In fact, the show is the first script supported by the Family Friendly Forum's script development fund to go on and become a regular television series. Part of an initiative between The WB Network - maker of such hits as Dawson's Creek (1998), Felicity (1998), Angel (1999), and Smallville (2001) - and fellow industry executives, this push for more family-oriented programming resulted in a series showcasing a unique mother-daughter bond and the various people they encounter on their life voyage of discovery. Set in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, Gilmore Girls utilizes many of the same sets as the hit series The Dukes Of Hazzard (1979) - another successful Warner Brothers production from years past…

Gilmore Girls is set in a small idyllic community in Connecticut filled with a wide range of diverse characters and eccentric personalities. Against this backdrop, Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) attempts to raise her daughter and best friend, Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel), to carve out a better life for herself. Having made a number of youthful mistakes, Lorelai made the decision to raise her daughter by herself at a young age (the same age as Rory when the series begins), and she's bound and determined to make sure that Rory makes better decisions for herself. As Rory prepares to go off to college, she displays many of the same likes and dislikes as her mother - especially when it comes to the opposite sex, and that's what worries Lorelai the most… A borderline soap opera, Gilmore Girls is more of a serial drama that focuses on the love, friendship, and shared growth of a mother and daughter as they live out their dreams in modern day America…

The Gilmore Girls (Season 2) DVD features a number of touching episodes including the season premiere "Sadie, Sadie" in which Lorelai accepts Max's marriage proposal and tells everyone except her parents the good news. In the meantime, Rory brings Dean to her grandparent's house to celebrate Rory's academic success at Chilton, only to have Richard castigate Dean for his lack of ambition. Meanwhile, Emily is heartbroken when she learns of her daughter's wedding from Sookie instead of Lorelai… Other notable episodes from Season 2 include "The Ins and Outs of Inns" in which Lorelai and Sookie decide to follow their dream to buy and run an inn (but encounter complications in finding the right property), and "There's the Rub" in which Emily and Lorelai bond while taking a weekend spa…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Gilmore Girls (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 22 (Sadie, Sadie) Air Date: 10-09-2001
Episode 23 (Hammers and Veils) Air Date: 10-09-2001
Episode 24 (Red Light on the Wedding Night) Air Date: 10-16-2001
Episode 25 (The Road Trip to Harvard) Air Date: 10-23-2001
Episode 26 (Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy) Air Date: 10-30-2001
Episode 27 (Presenting Lorelai Gilmore) Air Date: 11-06-2001
Episode 28 (Like Mother, Like Daughter) Air Date: 11-13-2001
Episode 29 (The Ins and Outs of Inns) Air Date: 11-20-2001
Episode 30 (Run Away, Little Boy) Air Date: 11-27-2001
Episode 31 (The Bracebridge Dinner) Air Date: 12-11-2001
Episode 32 (Secrets and Loans) Air Date: 01-22-2002
Episode 33 (Richard in Stars Hollow) Air Date: 01-29-2002
Episode 34 (A-Tisket, A-Tasket) Air Date: 02-05-2002
Episode 35 (It Should've Been Lorelai) Air Date: 02-12-2002
Episode 36 (Lost and Found) Air Date: 02-26-2002
Episode 37 (There's the Rub) Air Date: 04-09-2002
Episode 38 (Dead Uncles and Vegetables) Air Date: 04-16-2002
Episode 39 (Back in the Saddle Again) Air Date: 04-23-2002
Episode 40 (Teach Me Tonight) Air Date: 04-30-2002
Episode 41 (Help Wanted) Air Date: 05-07-2002
Episode 42 (Lorelai's Graduation Day) Air Date: 05-14-2002
Episode 43 (I Can't Get Started) Air Date: 05-21-2002

Britt Gillette

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Posted on 26 June 2005