Lucky for us all, Netflix was able to convince showrunners Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino that they had the right outlet for bringing the series back.
So, now of course, everyone is looking for that to be resolved in some way.
Instead of a more traditional television season, fans were treated to four 90-minute specials, each one covering a season during a year in the lives of Rory and Lorelai, which picked up with the characters about a decade after we last saw them on the show.