While it’s been 18 years since the finale of Gilmore Girls and nearly 10 years since the follow up mini-series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, which of Rory Gilmore’s boyfriends was “the one” for her is still a hotly debated topic.
So much so, that even the stars of the show still discuss it to this day.
In a new interview with PEOPLE, Jared Padalecki, who played Dean, and Matt Czuchry, who played Logan, shared their own opinions on the age-old Gilmore Girls question, are they team Dean, team Logan, or team Jess?
And their answers might surprise you.
“Funny enough, I’m team Jess […] Just knowing the show and having some idea of where Rory was in her life. They all were flawed, let’s be clear,” Padalecki said in the interview. “Well, I’ll say Dean was flawed. They all had their issues. But today, I’m team Jess.”
“Yeah, it’s kinda changed for me over the course of time,” Czuchry shared, weighing in. “I think right now […] if Logan does get married to his fiancée, that happens there, and let’s say they get divorced or something like that, and he changes his life, then I could see Logan coming back and being with Rory, because he would be in a completely different place in his life.”
Czuchry clarified that it would take a lot of growth and change on Logan’s part over the years to bring them back together.
Czuchry continued, saying, “[Logan] wasn’t willing, basically, to give up that life that he had with taking over the paper. But I think if he went on and lived, sort of, that life, and had his wife, but then things change […] it just kind of depends on when we drop back in in the story, I think.”
Czuchry also explained that he’s not sure how Rory would feel about Logan coming back into her life, considering their history and his engagement to someone else.
“I don’t know how Rory would feel–maybe she would say no,” Czuchry clarified as Padalecki laughed in the background. “But I do feel like, for Logan, Rory always felt like she didn’t need any of the money. She didn’t need any of the attention. She didn’t need that lifestyle, and that was incredibly attractive to Logan because she was down-to-earth, and that’s what made her just so so special, and I think that Logan craved that.”
Fans of the show were loving the duo’s detailed responses in the video’s comments.
“It’s really fun that they still play along, and that they give thoughtful answers about what they think the characters might be up to,” one fan commented on the video.
“Love this! If I am reading between the lines, this conversation is suggesting another mini series is needed. Let’s do this!” another fan added.
