That Time Gilmore Girls' Rory Showed Her Absolute Worst (No, It's Not the Dean Story)

It's not news that a person can change over time, and fictional people, a.k.a. television characters, are no exception. This is especially noticeable in long-running series where there's plenty of time to see all the character development.

Well, Gilmore Girls is a perfect example of this, with the change that the main character, Rory, has gone through. In the first seasons of the show, she was this perfect girl with good grades and everything. She was capable and smart and only brought joy.

We can’t say that life didn’t put her through some dramatic stuff — there actually were lots of things that could have put her out of her chosen path. But it didn’t truly happen until season 4.

This chapter featured Rory’s downfall, as there were so many things she had done wrong during this season. Actually, the worst thing she had ever done was also in season 4.

While many of you may think we are talking about the season finale where she slept with Dean while he was married to Lindsay, you are wrong. Yes, this was totally inappropriate behavior, and even Lorelai called her out on it, but this was not the time when Rory completely lost her face in the eyes of the fans.

There’s another awful Rory moment earlier in the season that is so painful to watch now. It happened when she was asked to write a review of the recital for the Yale Daily News, only for it to be rejected several times.

When she finally writes a real review, the one that actually tells the readers that the show was bad, she gets it published. But it works out badly for her... The thing is, Rory made some harsh comments about the lead ballerina of the show. In fact, she compares her to a hippo and describes her as a drunken dockworker.

When she's confronted by the ballerina, she tries to defend her words, saying that they are part of her job as a journalist, but there's nothing in that job description that says body-shaming is okay.

From that moment on, Rory's character lost any chance of redemption and only got worse. If you don't remember that, it's probably time to binge-watch Gilmore Girls on Netflix yet again.