Gilmore Girls TV Review: Welcome to quaint Stars Hollow, Connecticut. People often mistake Independence Inn’s manager, headstrong single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), and her equally willful teenage daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), for sisters. Lorelai and Rory cope with the same emotional ups and downs, including Lorelai’s overbearing, old-money parents (Edward Herrmann) and the joys and frustrations of the male gender.