Gilmore Girls is an American comedy drama series starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. It follows single mother Lorelai Victoria Gilmore and her daughter Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, a close-knit small town with many quirky characters, located roughly thirty minutes from Hartford. The series explores family, friendship, generational divides, and social class. Gilmore Girls features frequent popular culture and political references and social commentary that manifest most clearly in Lorelai's difficult relationship with her wealthy upper class parents.
