They’re “all in!” Throughout Gilmore Girls’ tenure, eager fans watched lovable grump Luke Danes pine for leading lady Lorelai Gilmore until he eventually won her heart.
“I am always, always, always going to go with the very first time that we see those two together in the diner,” Scott Patterson — who portrayed the Stars Hollow diner owner for seven seasons on The WB series — exclusively told Us Weekly In May 2021, his favorite scene was opposite. Lauren Graham’s Lorelai. “And she comes up and I say, ‘You have a problem, you know, how many cups?’ … It says everything about the relationship. It speaks volumes about the sexual tension between them and the way she played it. It was perfect. And it was the moment I realized that I was going to have a lot of fun working with Lauren and that the work was going to be on a very high level.”
The “I Am All In” podcast host added at the time: “That’s what you hope to get, a partner that’s that skilled and scene present in the scene.”
Gilmore Girls was created by Amy Sherman-PalladinoHer husband, Daniel PalladinoThe original seven-season run of the dramedy lasted from 2000 to 2007. The beloved dramedy was revived by Netflix for a four-episode revival. A Year in the LifeIn November 2016, The show introduced dedicated viewers to the mother-daughter couple of Lorelai Gilmore and Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) in their quirky small town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut. Patterson, Kelly Bishop, Edward Herrmann, Melissa McCarthy, Jared Padalecki, Milo VentimigliaAnd Matt CzuchryAlso, starred.
Lorelai has to balance her life as a single mother to Rory, 16 years old, and running the inn. She is also constantly on the lookout for her ideal partner. The Dragonfly Inn coowner has dated Max Medina over the years.Scott Cohen), Jason “Digger” Stiles (Chris Eigeman) and Rory’s father, Christopher Hayden (David Sutcliffe), before she finally admits she has feelings for the ever-dependable Luke.
“[Luke’s]Gruffness can bring out [Lorelai’s], sort of, flirtatiousness,” the Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist alum told Entertainment Weekly November 2016. “There’s a chemistry there. They connect over time. They need each other as balance; she lightens him up and he roots her a little bit, but it took a while to get there.”
Although Luke and Lorelai finally shared their feelings for each other during season 4, it took the pair a while before they could take the next step. Fans were able to see that the couple eventually married in the finale thanks to Netflix’s revival.
“We did it in one of these four [Netflix] chapters,” Patterson exclusively teased his favorite scene with Graham to Us in August 2016. “There are two that are penultimate Luke and Lorelai scenes. It will be the scene that ends all Luke/Lorelai scenes. They are simply amazing. I haven’t seen them, but I’ve been told.”
Scroll below to revisit Luke and Lorelai’s sweet journey to happily ever after:
