Based on the responses that the above Reddit comment received, it seems safe to say that there are plenty of “Gilmore Girls” fans who think Paris deserved better treatment from the show’s writers. Responding to their fellow fan’s original comment, u/Good_Establishment_8 even wrote, “I agree with all of this. I felt slightly better when Paris was the [more] successful one in [‘A Year in the Life’].” Meanwhile, in the same thread, u/iammoonbird observed, “The character development of Paris is so good but every time she’s at her peak, the show downplays her.”
For her part, “Gilmore Girls” star Liza Weil herself has admitted that she found it initially difficult to embody the toxic, confrontative version of Paris that viewers are first introduced to in the series. While promoting her role in “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life,” the actor told Cosmopolitan, “In Season 1, it was hard. I do remember feeling like, ‘Oh gosh, what is the value of portraying a mean girl on television? I’m not sure if it was helping anybody.'”
While Weil was quick to acknowledge her character’s faults, the actor also noted, “The thing that’s the most lovely to me, looking back at my time on ‘Gilmore Girls,’ was how fortunate I was to be a young actor and to be on a show that made it really cool for girls to be smart.” In other words, while Weil hasn’t forgotten about Paris’ darker moments on “Gilmore Girls,” she ultimately seems proud of just how much her character got to fail, succeed, grow, and change over the course of the show’s run.
