‘Gilmore Girls’: 3 Storylines the Show Dropped That Fans Still Want Answers to
For seven seasons, Gilmore Girls fans tuned in to watch the antics of Stars Hollow’s most important residents, Lorelai Gilmore and her daughter Rory Gilmore. The other Stars Hollow inhabitants and the people who floated around Lorelai and Rory became equally important to fans. That might be why some dropped storylines still irritate fans. Nearly 15 years after the series aired its final episode, fans still want answers to these three dropped storylines.
Gilmore Girls fans never found out what Jackson Belville and Sookie St. James name their third baby?
Season 7 of Gilmore Girls is controversial. The original showrunner, Amy Sherman-Palladino, didn’t even bother to watch the final season. Perhaps the most contentious storyline during the often debated season involved Sookie St. James and her husband, Jackson Bellville. During the show’s last season, Sookie finds out she’s pregnant for the third time. The strange thing is that Jackson supposedly had a vasectomy after baby number 2. Jackson later reveals that he had been lying for two full years. He never had the procedure done.
Fans never found out if Sookie had a boy or a girl, and they never found out the baby’s name, either. Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life never made mention of the child either. Melissa McCarthy’s role was extremely limited in the revival. Considering the limited appearance of Sookie, it seems safe to assume that fans will never know if Sookie and Jackson’s third baby had eight middle names like their daughter. Jackson and Sookie’s second child was named Martha Janice Lori Ethan Rupert Glenda Carson Daisy Danny Belville.
Fans still want to know how Lane and Dave ended their relationship
During the third season of Gilmore Girls, Lane Kim was deeply involved in a covert relationship with Dave Rygalski. By the beginning of season 4, Dave was away at college in California but still very much dating Lane. Lane and Rory mentioned Dave multiple times during season 4, and then he suddenly vanished. Eventually, Lane moved on to date and mary her other bandmate, Zack.
Adam Brody, the actor who portrayed Dave, left Gilmore Girls to pursue a role on The O.C., which explains why Sherman-Palladino sent him to California for school. Still, the writers failed to explain why the couple broke up, never discussed the fallout, and completely glossed over the weirdness of Lane dating two different members of her band. Exploring the storyline a little more, or, at the very least, showing the fall out of its ending, would have made Lane a more interesting character.
Gilmore Girls viewers are still trying to calculate Kirk Gleason’s age
Kirk Gleason was a small side character who quickly became a fan favorite. His quirky behavior, work ethic, and desperate desire to impress Taylor Doose made him utterly unique. His age, however, was forever a mystery. Everyone in Stars Hollow treats Kirk like a child, and Paris Geller even questions his age in season 5. Still, the show’s writers never reveal his age.
There are a few hints to suggest that Kirk is, at the very least, around the same age as Luke Danes. Kirk once revealed that Luke picked on him at school. Still, his actual age is never shared. Sure, it’s obviously a choice, but fans would like a resolution to the big mystery at some point.
