It’s been seven years since we all stood under Luke’s makeshift tent in the middle of Stars Hollow and bid farewell to the Gilmore Girls. Now, in honor of the show’s debut on Netflix, here’s a little look into what happened to the residents of the world’s quirkiest town.

Rory: Just two days into her life on the Obama campaign, the unthinkable happened: campaign advisor Samantha Power said, “Hey, Lime Green Fanny Pack Girl, do you have any gum?” Timidly, Rory handed her a piece.

Rory stayed with the campaign, scoring candid interviews with the candidate and sparking friendships with the staff. Some questioned if she was perhaps a bit too close, as she and Reggie Love were seen canoodling in a Kansas cornfield and in a Denver bar. She sent a lot of postcards. Mostly to her mom and to her grandparents. Some to Paris and Lane, some to Jess, a few to Logan.

When Obama moved to Washington in 2009, so did Rory Gilmore. She covered politics for the online magazine until it was inevitably rolled into Gawker Media in 2010. Feeling a bit tired of the journalism game, Rory called in an old favor and got a job supporting Power in the White House. She took night classes at Georgetown. There, she struck up a relationship with Dr. Howard Minkoff, her professor of Global Health. Howard was dependable. Howard was polite. “Howard would never consider jumping off a cliff in South America,” Rory assured herself while making Howard a dairy-free omelet one autumn morning. (Howard was sensitive to dairy.) A few nights later, an old Twilight Zone episode came on the television while Howard was grading papers. Rory broke up with him the next morning.

Rory followed Power to the UN and to New York in 2013. She became singularly focused on her work. Lorelai created a Tinder account for her, but she never had the courage to decide which way to swipe. “He might really love Tolstoy!” she thought, looking at a man’s shirtless bathroom mirror selfie. One morning, she arrived at her office to find a four-foot rocket ship waiting on her desk. “Much more difficult to find than a Birkin bag,” read the note.

Lorelai: The morning after Rory left for Iowa, Lorelai marched into the diner, looked Luke squarely in the eye and said, “Enough.” She grabbed some boxes and proceeded to move all of his belongings into her house. That night Luke did what he would do most every night for the rest of his life: he closed the diner and walked to Lorelai’s house, carrying doggie bags for Lorelai and Paul Anka.

In the years that followed, The Dragonfly expanded to include Dragon Farm, allowing Jackson and Sookie to create a true farm-to- table restaurant. Notoriety grew and Lorelai was inspired – with a little prodding from Emily Gilmore – to open The Butterfly, a boutique inn in the Berkshires. Soon Lorelai was in talks to get her own Travel Channel show. The network quickly “changed creative direction” when Lorelai pitched an episode in which Paul Anka the dog challenged Paul Anka the person to a lobster eating contest.

Lorelai spends the majority of her time in Stars Hollow and briefly entertained the idea of running for mayor. She still looks through the menu at Luke’s before ordering breakfast.

Luke: The day Lorelai moved Luke into her house was the best day of Luke Danes’ life. That summer, when April came to stay with them, he built bunk beds in Rory’s room so “both of his daughters would always have a place at home.”

The diner is now filled with framed photographs of Rory posing with dignitaries and April’s award-winning science projects. Cell phones are still not permitted, but exceptions are made if Rory is calling from abroad. The summer before April left for college Luke, Lorelai, April and Rory finally took that trip to ride all of the roller coasters on the eastern seaboard. April’s freshman dorm mattress is still in the back of Luke’s truck.

Sookie: Sookie and Jackson are seen as the pioneers of the local food movement. They’ve hosted their own Ted Talks and amassed followers on Twitter faster than Jackson could grow tomatoes. The Dragonfly was recently featured in an edition of “GOOP Getaways.”

Emily Gilmore: Emily did some soul searching when Rory left for Iowa. In a move that is still discussed in the hallowed halls of the DAR, Emily tenured her resignation to the board. “But just to the board, Richard,” she said, after a few too many Friday night martinis, “for one is always a daughter of the American Revolution.” This former Goldwater Girl now devotes the majority of her time to fundraising for Planned Parenthood and EqualityConnecticut. However, Emily is still Emily. Stumbling upon Occupy Wall Street while on her way to the MET, she raised a handkerchief to her nose and decreed they should all just get a job.

Richard Gilmore: When Richard saw the town of Stars Hollow come together to celebrate Rory on that rainy May day, he was struck by the incredible force that was his very own daughter. Motivated a bit by his brush with death and by the Buddhism book someone left at The Club, he decided to be more present in his daughter’s life. He now has a weekly poker game with Luke and takes Lorelai out for Chinese every Tuesday.

Paris: Paris was born for medical school. She gained notoriety when she purchased two versions of each text book: one for class and one to take into the shower so she never had to stop studying. Doyle kept his promise to follow her wherever she went and, after many postcards from Rory on the subject, she decided to give their relationship a shot — provided he specialized in a field with a high earning potential, of course.

Paris made headlines when she performed a triple bypass surgery just 15 minutes after giving birth, and again when she posed for the cover of Time (the headline of which read, “I HAVE IT ALL”) breastfeeding in the operating room.

Lane: Hep Alien struck it big in 2008, and Lane found herself on a world tour with two toddlers. And wouldn’t you know it: the next time Zach and Lane had sex, she was knocked-up again. “I have three-headed sperm!” Zach famously declared at a show in Stockholm. The band stayed together through three more albums, another world tour, and another pregnancy. Two years ago Lane finally convinced Zach that vasectomies are “so rock and roll.” They live in Park Slope with Mrs. Kim.

Taylor: Inspired by shaking Barack Obama’s hand at a rally in Hartford, Taylor realized that he was meant for so much more than small town manorial life. He ran for the state senate and, surprisingly, won. Connecticut was now Taylor’s oyster, and he decided to run for governor. His campaign started off strong, but a violent scuffle with a troubadour ended up on YouTube, thus ruining Taylor’s political aspirations. He now spends the majority of his time gently admonishing immigrants while teaching Patriotism classes at the Stars Hollow Community Center.

Kirk: He still has night terrors.

Miss Patti: Tired of regaling school children with her tales of sex and intrigue, Miss Patti decided to take her talents from the stage to the page. Her autobiography, I Always Get a Standing O, is currently a New York Times best seller.

Michel: With Lorelai overseeing their growing New England inn empire, the day-to-day management of the Dragonfly fell mostly to Michel. He found the task odious, the guests insipid, and their requests downright vile. On a particularly hot August morning, he heard the dreaded tones of new French Canadian guests on the deck and steeled himself for the torturous exchange that was sure to befall him. When, who would believe it, Celine Dion walked into the Dragonfly. He fainted on the spot.

Dean: After the breakup with Rory, Dean needed to leave town. He packed up his things and moved back to Chicago. He found a construction job and took night classes at a community college. It took a while, but after six years, Dean finally had a degree. On an evening in 2011, he ran into Rory outside of his favorite bar. “I’m… here for Obama,” she stammered. “I don’t vote,” he replied.

Jess: Luke worried that in the age of the Kindle and Google Books, the outlook for Jess’ independent book publishing business was grim. It’s not thriving, but it’s enough to pay the rent and gives Jess freedom to write. He has a modest following and fair reviews. He’s genuinely happy. A few summers ago he married a tall girl from Cincinnati. Luke was his best man. Rory sent a postcard.

Logan: Logan was really good at making money. He knew the best way to out shadow a Huntzberger was to out-earn a Hutzberger. Two years after joining the start-up, he left with a few engineers and started a social network for dog lovers. He was 26 when he made his first billion. He thought the money would make him happy. It didn’t. He thought his father’s respect would make him happy. It didn’t. He thought he saw Rory once, while chatting up VCs at the convention in Denver, but he lost her in the crowd.

He met Mirabella at a party in SOMA. She was beautiful, Brazilian, and he liked the way she said his name. They married on a sandy beach in Mexico a year after they met.

He didn’t know how much he loved the post cards until one day he realized it had been a year since he received one. Two days later he googled her. Photos of Rory smiling at Georgetown faculty events populated his screen.

The next day he noticed a rocket ship in the window of an antique store in The Mission, he bought it on impulse. Mirabella instagrammed herself doing yoga next to it. He moved out that afternoon.

Joy Engel lives and writes in Portland, Maine, where she eats a lot of lobster and keeps talking about that one time when Michelle Obama told her she liked her dress.

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