Gilmore Girls— “Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out” (2005) “We always played that Rory and Jess saw each other for what they were. That was the great thing about that relationship. She saw Jess for exactly what he was, and he really got her. So it just seemed like a natural thing [for Jess to pull Rory out of her funk] because you needed somebody to do it.” —Amy Sherman-Palladino
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel— “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?” (2022) “Part of what I love about [Midge and Lenny’s] relationship is he looks at her as his equal. He doesn’t look at her like a skirt or a conquest. And when they’re sitting and drinking in that bar, they’re doing so as two comics who are beaten down. They’re peers and they’re trying to help each other.” —Amy Sherman-Palladino
