It may not seem like it at first, but Mrs Kim is kind of awesome.

Mrs. Kim

The strict, Uber Christian, rock and roll banning mother of the best friend of the second main character is not someone you would ever think of as being totally awesome, but that’s Gilmore Girls for you. Even the most tired, or over used character archetype is breathed fresh life into. Granted when she first steps onto the scene she is not cool or awesome at all, in fact her strict control of Lane could even be called abusive. And it’s not until Lane is kicked out of the house, and moves in with her bandmates that Mrs Kim is forced to grapple with the idea that if she doesn’t bend just a little, she will lose her daughter for good.

She doesn’t become nice, but over the course of the later seasons of Gilmore Girls she dose start to show support to her daughter and the things and people that are important to her in her own pushy, demanding way. The biggest one being when she arranges tour for her daughter’s band round different churches when it looks like they’re flagging and losing momentum. Pretty big leap from throwing said same daughter out of your house for just liking the wrong kind of music. Let’s hear it for character growth.

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