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When "Gilmore Girls" debuted on The WB in 2000, teen girls everywhere adored the quietly confident teenage character of Rory . Played by Alexis Bledel, she had the kind of life that adolescents dream of: a mom who treated her like an adult, Ivy League-level intelligence, cute boyfriends , and a hometown that looked like it'd smell of pumpkin spice year-round .

Today, those teen girls have grown up. Many of them started their own families , and as they rewatch — and again rewatch — the series, they no longer see themselves in Rory, but in her quippy, caffeine-obsessed mom Lorelai, played by Lauren Graham. "It's hard not to admire her," says Shannon Healey, a single mom

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