Alexis Bledel Says We’re Getting “Closure” On Rory’s Old Boyfriends In The New ‘Gilmore Girls’

There are many things that fans of Gilmore Girls are waiting see when the new series drops on Netflix on November 25. There are problems that need to be fixed, stories that need an ending, and many lingering questions that need answers. One of those just happens to be linked to the biggest debate in the show’s seven-season history: which one of Rory’s boyfriends was the best?

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When it was announced that all three of Rory’s former boyfriends — lunkhead townie Dean, bad-boy Jess and snobby charmer Logan — would be returning for the new series, fans began to wildly speculate. Would Rory end up with one of her old loves and, if so, WHICH ONE? It seemed likely, given Rory’s propensity to stick with what she knows, that the show would definitively answer that Rory’s Boyfriend poll you’ve almost definitely taken half a dozen times on BuzzFeed.

Well, Rory herself has finally hinted that we might get our answer. In a recent interview, Alexis Bledel (who portrays Rory on the series) told US Weekly that viewers would find out where Rory stands with each of her former beaus.

“It think there is satisfying closure for any fans of the three couples that tend to get some attention,” Bledel said. “But they’re very different interactions. I would say each one of them [gets] closure in a different way.”

So there we have it; a conclusion to this age-old debate might be on the horizon. It’s time for you to draw up the battlelines and plan your attack against all your friends who incorrectly think Dean was the better boyfriend. Best prepare your Team Logan t-shirts now.

In addition to spilling some goss about the series’ fan-dividing romances, Bledel talked about Rory’s life as she enters the new series. Despite speculation that she had given up her journalistic aspirations to become a teacher, Rory is still reporting (though this time in a post-print media world).

Bledel hinted that Rory has had some career ups and downs, and that the job has her travelling regularly, “crashing on couches and staying with friends” rather than “planting roots anywhere”.

“She’s been working hard, as she does,” Bledel added (reminding us of one of Rory’s least-appealing qualities: swottishness). “It’s real time, so it’s been about eight years that she’s been living a bit of a vagabond lifestyle, kind of chasing each story that she becomes passionate about and wants to tell.”

US Weekly also caught up with Lauren Graham, who plays Rory’s mother Lorelai, to check in on what’s in store for the coffee-skolling inn owner and news was a little more dire.

“I would say not much has changed, which is kind of where we start our story because she’s maybe had a case of slight arrested development, and something about losing her dad is going to propel her forward,” Graham said. “But in most ways, in all the ways I loved the character, it’s the same.”

Hmmm… stuck in a rut sounds to me like some of that famously well-worn Lorelai/Luke “will they or won’t they” drama. Still, any news is good news when it comes to the Gilmore Girls — even if Netflix is only dolling out scraps at a time. The countdown to November is on!