Calgary fans eager to wake up to new Gilmore Girls episodes

Calgary is no Stars Hollow, but it's home tofans of the fictional town in Gilmore Girls.

A revival of the cancelled series, four episodes called A Year in the Life, will be available Friday morning on Netflix, featuring the show's original cast.

When the series first began airing in 2000, Lenora Kingcott watched the television series with her teenage daughter Alex, enjoying the charm and wit portrayed in the relationship between the fictional mother and teenage daughterLorelai and RoryGilmore.

Now, Alex Kingcott is old enough that she identifies with the young mother on the show more than the teenage girl, and she's looking forward todiscovering what happens to the characters.

"It's going to be cool now to see everybody ten years later, where they ended up and what's happening."

The Calgarymother and daughter plan to watch the show together after a sleepoverand breakfast.

"A whole generation grew up with it, a whole generation of girls from junior high up to high school. It spoke to them. And there were mothers that enjoyed watching it with them," said Lenora Kingcott.

The Kingcotts says the show was edgy for its time and featured intelligent writing and two leading female characters.

'Me, the couch, bottle of wine, some pizza'

They aren't the only Calgary fans looking forward to waking up Friday morning to a fresh batch of episodes.

Chrissy Antoniotticreates fan art based on the show and sells it on the website Etsy.

"On a normal Friday, I'd meet my personal trainer in the morning, but I've already told him that I'm busy because I have a date with my couch and Netflix for the day," she said.

"Me, the couch, bottle of wine, some pizza and the Gilmore Girls."

The key to the show is the relatable characters, Antoniottisays.

"Shows nowadays, there has to be like an explosion or a death every second episode for you to stay hooked but Gilmore Girls it's just like you and your mom or you and your friend. So it's just really relatable."

Next stop: Stars Hollow

Clara Jaide isa local blogger who wastoo young to appreciate Gilmore Girls when it came out, but found it on Netflix and binged.

"You watch Rory go through love and heartbreak and I think every teenage girl can relate to that and Lorelai is just so talkative, which is what I kind of relate to because I babble forever."

Antoniotti says even though Stars Hollow is fictional, if she ever leaves Calgary, that's the kind of town she'd pick.

"I think that Stars Hollow is where everybody wants to live."