20 Best TV Episodes Of 2016 

10. Fall - Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life

Best TV Episodes 2016
Netflix

Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life was, on the whole, a hugely successful reboot for Netflix - indeed, one of the best examples yet of how to successfully revive a TV show after a long period of time (in this case, nine years).

While it had some low moments (that Stars Hollow musical went on forever), it was beautifully wrapped in Fall by creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.

The episode plays to some of the show's biggest strengths, in particular the relationship between Lorelai and Emily, with the former's phone call one of the series' (both original and revived) emotional high-points.

Add in the ethereal quality of the Life and Death Brigade's musical interlude, Luke and Lorelai finally getting the wedding they deserved, and Sherman-Palladino getting to put *those* final four words on-screen, and it served as a fitting way to bring everything full circle.

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