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When I was in high school, mornings were a battle. I'd hit the snooze button on my alarm more times than I care to admit, roll out of bed, rush to get ready, and hop on my bus before it left me stranded, often having to sacrifice breakfast in the process.
That's why Gilmore Girls continues to fascinate me, as well as countless fans around the globe. Somehow, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, the mother-daughter pair who repeatedly claimed they weren't "morning people," managed to make it to Luke's Diner for breakfast before heading to work and school each day. How?!
Their jam-packed morning routines have been a topic of debate plaguing online fan forums for a while. For instance, people have long been wondering how the duo was able to accomplish so much before truly starting their days. After some digging into the timeline, here's what we found!
Here's our breakdown of whether or not Rory and Lorelai could have actually eaten at Luke's Diner every morning on Gilmore Girls...
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To begin answering this question, we have to return to Season 1, Episode 2 of Gilmore Girls. It follows Rory's first day at Chilton, and Lorelai plans to accompany her to school. So, she sets her alarm clock for 5:45 a.m. because she needs to pick up her dry cleaning that morning as well.
We later watched as Lorelai overslept, causing chaos to ensue when she had no appropriate clothes to wear to Chilton. But that's not the important detail here. Consider this: if we think it would've taken Lorelai a maximum of 30 minutes to visit the dry cleaners, then we can probably assume her normal wake-up time is around 6:15 a.m.
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Rory might get up at about the same time or a bit later. Either way, Lorelai would have around 35 minutes to get ready for her day before leaving and heading to Luke's at 6:50 a.m., usually with Rory in tow.
Fans know that Lorelai and Rory's home is located close to town, which is why they normally walk there. Luke's was around a 10-minute walk away, so if they were able to hit the pavement by 6:50 a.m., they'd arrive at 7:00 a.m.
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Finally, Rory had to take a bus ride to Chilton from Stars Hollow each morning before she began driving, which was approximately 40 minutes. If we assume that she got on the bus at 7:20 a.m., that would leave her and Lorelai with about 20 minutes of coffee-drinking and breakfast-eating time.
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But while this routine might technically be feasible, it still seems like a squeeze that wouldn't be realistic every single day. Not to mention, fans have pointed out how there seem to be other plot holes, such as how the sun is somehow always up when Lorelai and Rory are getting ready, no matter the season.
Additionally, Rory appears to have a decent amount of free time for socializing in general, despite being a straight-A student who's on the debate team, student council, yearbook, and the school paper at Chilton. As some Redditors noted, though, Gilmore Girls is (obviously) a TV show, and the more "boring" parts of Rory's day don't always make it on-screen.
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So, Rory likely reads during her commute to and from school, uses her lunch period or free periods to catch up on work, and arrives home from school earlier than Lorelai gets back from work, meaning she has more alone time to complete her homework. Additionally, viewers have seen Rory study late at night, have her nose buried in her books at Luke's before tests, and turn down some plans, such as with her first boyfriend, Dean, in favor of studying.
Regardless, the fact that it's always bright outside when Lorelai and Rory wake up is one plot hole we can't really explain.
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