This Genius 'Gilmore Girls' Prequel Idea Is A Need Not A Want

After Lauren Graham posted about an old issue of TV Guide (and co-star Scott Patterson weighed in on the Gilmore Girls shocker he still can't get over), one comment that got me thinking about a whole new spinoff.

"I hope for a prequel," user @anikahelm commented on Lauren's Instagram. "I would love to watch a show about Emily. What was her youth like? How did she become the woman she was? And Kelly Bishop tells the story as narrator."

I would LOVE to see a story all about Emily Gilmore growing up, figuring out her own coming-of-age years, and then meeting Richard and falling in love. I'm also totally confident that Emily's college years could have been (almost) just as crazy as Rory's in Gilmore Girls season 5, which would amazing to see onscreen.

Considering Lauren Graham has said that Kelly Bishop is basically Emily Gilmore IRL, Kelly would HAVE to offer her input. "[She's] so disciplined and so prepared and never, ever complains," Lauren said while promoting her book Have I Told You This Already?. "Once in a while if we were working until, like, two in the morning or something, she'd get a little glimmer in her eye and she'd be like, 'Do you want to split a bag of Cheetos?'"

That in and of itself sounds like a funny scene between Emily and another Smith College student ;). If we were ever to see this Gilmore Girls prequel, hopefully creator Amy Sherman-Palladino would be involved too! After all, it's just not the same with ASP's signature quick-witted scripts.