Gilmore Girls (Season 3) DVD

Rated: Not Rated
Genre: TV Series
Length: 955 minutes
Director: Various
Year: (2002)

Britt Gillette's Gilmore Girls (Season 3) 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 3) DVD features a number of touching episodes including the season premiere "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days" in which everyone's relationship is a source for debate. Rory and Lorelai discuss the merits of Jess versus Dean, while Lorelai's parents debate her relationship with Christopher. Meanwhile, Sookie and Jackson argue over the proper way to decorate their house… Other notable episodes from Season 3 include "A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving" in which Lorelai and Rory eat four different Thanksgiving dinners (including a tofu turkey!), and "Happy Birthday, Baby" in which Lorelai's parents are ecstatic to learn of Rory's decision to attend Yale, but Emily is angry with Richard when Lorelai pays off their loan because she thinks it will mean the end of her relationship with Lorelai and Rory…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Gilmore Girls (Season 3) DVD:

Episode 44 (Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days) Air Date: 09-24-2002
Episode 45 (Haunted Leg) Air Date: 10-01-2002
Episode 46 (Application Anxiety) Air Date: 10-08-2002
Episode 47 (One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes) Air Date: 10-15-2002
Episode 48 (Eight O'Clock at the Oasis) Air Date: 10-22-2002
Episode 49 (Take the Deviled Eggs…) Air Date: 11-05-2002
Episode 50 (They Shoot Gilmore's, Don't They?) Air Date: 11-12-2002
Episode 51 (Let the Games Begin) Air Date: 11-19-2002
Episode 52 (A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving) Air Date: 11-26-2002
Episode 53 (That'll Do, Pig) Air Date: 01-14-2003
Episode 54 (I Solemnly Swear) Air Date: 01-21-2003
Episode 55 (Lorelai Out of Water) Air Date: 01-28-2003
Episode 56 (Dear Emily and Richard) Air Date: 02-04-2003
Episode 57 (Swan Song) Air Date: 02-11-2003
Episode 58 (Face-Off) Air Date: 02-18-2003
Episode 59 (The Big One) Air Date: 02-25-2003
Episode 60 (A Tale of Poes and Fire) Air Date: 04-15-2003
Episode 61 (Happy Birthday, Baby) Air Date: 04-22-2003
Episode 62 (Keg! Max!) Air Date: 04-29-2003
Episode 63 (Say Goodnight, Gracie) Air Date: 05-06-2003
Episode 64 (Here Comes the Son) Air Date: 05-13-2003
Episode 65 (Those are Strings, Pinocchio) Air Date: 05-20-2003

Britt Gillette

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Posted on 26 June 2005