79. February Bonus: Lorelai & Sookie: Friendship, Fights, and the Dragonfly Inn

About this episode

The episode explores the friendship and business partnership between Lorelai and Sookie as they open the Dragonfly Inn.

Lorelai Gilmore and Sookie St. James are not only best friends, but become business partners, too! Today we explore how they navigate friendship AND business, when they decided to open the Dragonfly Inn in Stars Hollow. We answer questions like: why did they want to open an inn together? Where did they fail as business partners? What are the parallels to Rory showing Emily where they used to live? Did Lorelai use the Dragonfly Inn as a way to hide from her feelings (again)? Plus, we dive into Lorelai and Sookie’s most epic fights, whether Sookie’s journey in A Year in the Life was realistic, and who could’ve taken Sookie’s place as co-owner of the Dragonfly. This is a preview of a bonus episode. To access the full episode, join our Patreon, where you’ll get extra bonus episodes every month at patreon.com/gabbinggilmore 🔎Remember, this is not a spoiler-free podcast, so everything is on the table. 👋Wanna share your thoughts? Leave us a voice note here. Edited and produced by Jackie Procyk and Catherine Bailey. Cover art by MGI Studios. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

People in this episode

Hosts: Jackie Procyk, Catherine Bailey

Topics covered

• friendship
• business
• inn opening
• conflict
• character analysis

Keywords

• Lorelai Gilmore
• Sookie St. James
• Dragonfly Inn
• friendship
• business partnership
• Gilmore Girls

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dragonfly Inn

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