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However, Rory's life is not perfect: According to Sherman-Palladino, she's in a place where she did everything right, like going to college, getting the job she wanted, and yet her life is not what she wanted it to be. "Because the world is changing now, I think that's something that a lot of 30-something, very well educated kids are going through, because they're turning around going, wait a minute, I did it! Why am I not getting where I need to go?"

Bledel told reporters that Rory gets into the newspaper business right when newspapers become irrelevant, which contributes to her struggles.

As for her love life, "people's questions will be answered," she says.

The movies will deal with Richard's death, which coincides with the cast mourning the real-life death of Edward Hermann. According to Graham, the death looming over both the show and the cast has given the show a "depth and emotional complexity."

That devastating aspect of the story is part of the crossroads that Lorelai, Rory, and Emily each find themselves on when the show picks back up. "What does the death of a husband mean to a woman who had a life very specific to her all these years. Where does she go from here?" Sherman-Palladino said of Emily, and then of Lorelai: "And a very single, but coupled, but independent woman who had these guards up her whole life to protect her daughter and protect herself and suddenly is looking at where am I now? Where's my comfort?"