25 Netflix shows to watch if you miss Friends
By Reed Gaudens
Netflix shows like Friends: Gilmore Girls
Seasons: 7 + miniseries
Created By: Amy Sherman-Palladino
Starring: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Keiko Agena, Scott Patterson, Yanic Truesdale, Kelly Bishop, Edward Herrmann, Liza Weil, Jared Padalecki, Milo Ventimiglia, Sean Gunn, Chris Eigeman, Matt Czuchry
Say what you will about Lorelai and Rory, but Gilmore Girls is one of the most thematically rich series around, and one of those themes that’s constantly explored is friendship. Whether it’s the blurred lines of Lorelai and Rory’s mother-daughter bond, Rory’s complicated frenemy connection with Paris or the BFF business partnership of Lorelai and Sookie, friends are aplenty in Stars Hollow.
Gilmore Girls centers on young mother Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), her 16-year-old Ivy League-bound daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel) and the generational baggage of mother-daughter relationships that lingers in their lives. The show isn’t just a drama about a quirky small town and a family divide by class, it’s a comedy about the friendships we find to lift us up and feel like the family we really need.
Even though Gilmore Girls isn’t a multi-cam sitcom like Friends and isn’t specifically based on a group of friends making their way through a pivotal (Ross pun intended) period in their lives, they overlap in romance, laughter and friendship. Not to mention, both series hail from the same era of television and provide a similar sense of cozy 2000s nostalgia. If you’re missing Friends on Netflix, take a trip back in time with another old favorite.