While standing in an insanely long line at Luke’s Diner (the Roasterie on 119th) two men approached the line asking what was going on. After they left a woman exclaimed “I thought they were kidding!” An exchange between Lorelai, Rory and Dean (when he was a tolerable character) describing “The Donna Reed Show” popped into my head immediately: “So it’s a TV show?” “It’s a lifestyle.” “It’s a religion.” The woman, and myself, along with many other followers of the religion that is “Gilmore Girls,” have been long waiting for the show’s revival.

In case you’ve been living under a rock like those two men, Netflix’s four-part show “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” is the anticipated revival fans have been waiting for. The original TV show follows the lives of Lorelai and her daughter Rory, the Gilmore girls. Their close relationship, the grandparents living in Hartford and the eccentric characters of the town create the ‘lifestyle’ and ‘religion’.

Since the announcement in early spring I have been scanning the internet constantly for any and all news about the revival. Probably for the best, the cast and crew have been very tight-lipped. But with not much to hold onto, their tight-lips have made the wait till Black Friday (the release) seem like a year.

Before I delve into my conspiracy theory and hopes for the characters in the revival, let me give you the facts according to Time magazine. Each of the show’s four-parts will each be in line with a season, the finale will be fall with all of the original cast members returning. Edward Herrmann, who played Richard, died in 2014, and the show will start off by following the girl’s lives after his death. Lorelai will be in a relationship with Luke, but unmarried. All three of Rory’s old boyfriends will be returning with her eventually ending up with one of them. And the final four words Amy- Sherman Palladino had planned from the start of the show will finally be said.

I have been team Jess since the bad boy with a heart of gold stepped foot in Stars Hollow and made gross Dean squirm in season two. In my mind, he squashed the competition when he wrote his own book and convinced Rory to go back to Yale in season six.

My ‘conspiracy theory’ involves who Rory ends up with and of course goes along with what I want to happen. On Netflix, the image shown for “Gilmore Girls” is none other than Jess. It used to be a picture of the two gilmore girls but was changed around May (when filming wrapped up). Milo Ventimiglia, the actor who plays Jess, has also said that in the revival Jess shakes up some characters’ lives in typical Jess fashion. Is Jess going to do to Logan what he did to Dean? I sure hope so because Jess and Rory are meant to be.

But no matter who Rory ends up with or what the final four words are, I can only hope the revival ignites the same emotions the first run of the show did. What I describe as a ‘hug for your heart’, the show delivers wit and warmth to viewers. While my expectations and hopes for the characters are high and are making the wait for Black Friday seem like a year, the happiness I am sure to feel watching the show makes it all worth it.