Gilmore Girls Episode Bracket

Everyone has a comfort show. You know what I'm talking about. The one that feels like a warm hug to your soul. The one that just hearing the theme song causes you to relax. The one you can quote endlessly and make relevant to every conversation. For me, that show is Gilmore Girls. 

If you have never experienced this fast-talking, caffeine-induced hit, all seven seasons are available for streaming on Netflix. (We are not discussing the revival here. It doesn't count.) The first three seasons are gold. If you watch nothing else, watch those. 

I have been a fan for years. I have shirts. I have mugs. I have strong opinions on the Dean-Jess-Logan debate. What I don't have is one, singular, all-time favorite episode. I love too many to be exclusive. 

I had an idea to rectify that while filling out a Taylor Swift Song Bracket. I also thought I loved too many of her songs to be exclusive, but it turns out that Style won the championship for me. So I created a Gilmore Girls Episode Bracket to determine my favorite episode. I know there will be some no-brainer games in this match up, and I know there will be some edge-of-your-seat, can't-make-a-decision matches as well. But for everyone those might be different. So instead of me telling you what the best episode of all time is, you can fill out your own bracket and determine your own champion. 

You can download your own Gilmore Girls Episode Bracket and fill it out (virtually) with your friends. Personally, I plan on doing a Zoom call with fellow fans to hotly debate the best and worst episodes. You can choose your own criteria: story line progression, boyfriend likeability, quoteable lines...whatever makes you like the episode, that's your baseline for determining who wins a match. 

Can't remember what happens in each episode? Not to worry. Here is a Gilmore Girls Episode Bracket Guide with the IMDB episode description and my own added highlights. 

Since some (most) of the witty episode titles were too long to fit in the bracket, you can reference this Gilmore Girls Episode Quadrant Ranking list for the full names of the episodes. 

So, call your fellow Gilmore Girls and embark on this journey. And don't forget the snacks.