There are countless awesome tv series with female showrunners at the helm. Thus far, I've only covered "Gilmore Girls" in its entirety, but there's more TK! "My Brilliant Friend" is next.
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"We Got Us a Pippi Virgin" is directed by Stephen Clancy, written by Daniel Palladino. You might remember Clancy from his work on S4's "The Incredible Sinking Lorelais," the episode where everyone named "Lorelai" acts like a monumental
I obviously intended to put this together much sooner, but the end of February is better than never. This has been one of the best years for film in recent memory. This is the fourth "best of" list that I've put together and the only one
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"Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too" is directed by Lee Shallat Chemel, written by Bill Prady. Both of these people are relatively new to the "GG" universe. This is Chemel's only S5 directing credit, but she'll go on to produce
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"Written in the Stars" is directed by Kenny Ortega, written by Amy Sherman-Palladino. Ortega is an old pro in the "GG" universe and has directed the following previous episodes:
"They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?" - Without a doubt,
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"A Messenger, Nothing More" is written and directed by Daniel Palladino. In standard DP fashion, this episode is chock full of townie hijinks. Stars Hollow's jour de fête is the Cider Mill Parade, complete with children dressed like apples and a creepy
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In somewhat standard fashion, ASP writes and directs the S5 premiere. The pilot and Palladino-less S7 opener are the only exceptions to the norm. While I understand it, I totally resent her for leading us deeper into a third take of Rory and Dean's
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"Raincoats and Recipes" is directed and written by Amy Sherman-Palladino. Despite all of the Rory/Dean fuckery, it's one of my favorites of the season. I wish ASP and Dan could clone themselves and write/direct everything.
Most batshit crazy outfit:
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"Last Week Fights, This Week Tights" is directed by Chris Long, written by Daniel Palladino. This is Long's final directing credit after a long string of episodes starting in S2:
"Presenting Lorelai Gilmore" - Coming out ceremonies are patriarchal nonsense
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"Luke Can See Her Face" is directed by Matthew Diamond, written by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino. Diamond has previously directed two episodes:
"The Hobbit, The Sofa, and Digger Stiles" - Sookie makes blanched crudités with a lemon-garlic aioli dipping sauce for
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"Afterboom" is directed by Michael Zinberg, written by Sheila R. Lawrence. This is Zinberg's first episode of "GG," although he'll go on to occasionally direct during seasons 5 and 6. He's a longstanding TV veteran with
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"Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom!" is written and directed by Daniel Palladino. I don't have any news about him specifically, but S3 of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" drops on December 6, just in time for my holiday-induced depressive spiral. Mark your
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"Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist" is directed by Jamie Babbit, written by Amy Sherman-Palladino. I desperately want Babbit to direct another feature film. I revisit "But I'm a Cheerleader" (1999) once every few years and surprisingly, it
